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Problem solved and was a code architecture issue. We were instantiating the Joystick class outside of our class model. This caused early allocation, prior to the driver station object being initialized and *bang* all fell down. Keeping our pointer in the heap but instantiating in our task initializer class conformed to start up sequencing and all works without issue.

Thanks for your help!

Tony,
1711 Raptors