Support for the Tagnaff Ares III (JoyHub compatible) device

[nano72011]

Feature Description

The device is detected by Intiface but is currently not recognized:

“Device J-AresIII found”
“No viable protocols for hardware …, ignoring”

I investigated the device with nRF Connect and collected the following information:

BLE Name:
J-AresIII

Manufacturer Data:
Company 65440 (0xFFA0)

Services:

FFA0
FFA1 Write Without Response
FFA2 Notify

FF12
FF15 Read, Write Without Response
FF14 Notify

FF15 returns:
464F544100 (“FOTA”)

The device works normally with the JoyHub app.

Manual testing showed that the following commands sent to FFA1 are accepted:

a003ff000000aa -> vibration starts

a00300ff0000aa -> vibration stops

Because these commands work, the device appears to be related to an existing JoyHub / Truform protocol family rather than using a completely unknown protocol.

I have not yet determined the intensity control commands, but I am available to provide additional logs or perform further testing if needed.

[nano72011]

I got it working locally without any code changes.

I modified my local buttplug-device-config-v5.json and:

• added J-AresIII to protocols.joyhub.communication.btle.names
• added a configuration entry for J-AresIII (copied from J-Viv)

After restarting Intiface, the device was recognized as a JoyHub device and worked correctly.

This suggests that support for the device may only require a JoyHub configuration entry rather than a new protocol implementation.