Feature request: USB jog-wheel device not recognised

[peterjc]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have recently bought a small USB jog-wheel on Ali Express which does the following (successfully tested on macOS Sequoia 15.2):

• Clockwise: Volume up
• Anticlockwise: Volume down
• Press: Mute
• Hold-down clockwise: Next track ⏭️
• Hold-down anticlockwise: Previous track ⏮️

Use case

I am hoping to remap this to use it for scrolling (I would like to try sending wheel mouse actions, or something like PageUp/PageDown).

Problem

Kanata version 1.7.0 does not recognise this device:

❯ kanata --version
kanata 1.7.0
❯ kanata -l
Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Karabiner DriverKit VirtualHIDKeyboard 1.8.0

Details

This is how the device is recognized by the OS:

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
...
                Composite Device:

                  Product ID: 0x553a
                  Vendor ID: 0x413d
                  Version: 0.00
                  Speed: Up to 12 Mb/s
                  Location ID: 0x00112000 / 10
                  Current Available (mA): 500
                  Current Required (mA): 200
                  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
...

I have tried using the same USB port as my mouse was on, the location ID changes but this makes no difference.

Describe the solution you'd like.

I assume this device sends keyboard signals, so would like this USB job-wheel to appear as a supported device, allowing me to intercept and remap what the actions are.

Describe alternatives you've considered.

The device does not appear in Karabiner Elements 15.3.0 either (while my existing mouse and keyboard show up fine).

I tried running hid_listen from https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/hid_listen.html but it only has a 32bit x86 binary, and I failed to get it to compile on ARM.

Additional context

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