Using a steering wheel to control a robot

[bacarpenter]

As an offseason project my team wants to figure out how to control the robot with a steering wheel and pedals. We've purchased a Logitech driving force GT and I installed the drivers from the Logitech website and the driver station recognizes the steering wheel as a joystick but whenever I move the wheel or press any of the buttons nothing goes off on the driver station. I'm wondering if anybody has tried this and could tell me what I'm missing

[David Brinza]

We've used steering wheel control for several years without problems.

Try using a tool like joytester2 to verify the outputs from the device are as expected.

Rather than pedals, we use a standard joystick as forward/backward throttle. Pedals might be tough to use when standing at a drivers' station!

[bacarpenter]

Okay I just didn't set the steering wheel up correctly I read the manual more closely and it's working. Thanks for your help!