[MrWibbles]

Greg: That makes sense! Thanks for the explanation.
I was hoping to write a separate project that I could run on my computer, that would allow me to get axis/button data from the joystick without needing the whole driver station / robot setup. The data differs from what the default Connectivity VIs give; for example, the axes map slightly differently and there's no POV.

Actually, the *real* problem is that I'm looking for something corresponding to our joystick's POV hat, which is trivial with the Connectivity VIs but apparently missing from the FIRST joystick VIs.