Joysticks

[Jefferson]

Originally Posted by Reggie335

can anyone help

You have not described any unexpected/unwanted behavior so far.

Originally Posted by Reggie335

my program is working perfectly

Great news! No problem here.

Originally Posted by Reggie335

when i am in my FRC Drivers Station and i go Diagnostics i see that my Joysticks aren't blinking when i move them; they only blink when i press the joystick buttons that's it

Still good news. This is the correct behavior.

You have a number of very knowledgeable people on this thread who are willing to help, but you will have to describe the issue better if you are having one.

[Reggie335]

And how can i go to Windows, and go to "Set Up USB Game Controllers"

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

Isn't F1 also the ENABLE hotkey?

Yes, but it only enables when you are not connected to FMS. Therefore, on the field, you can check your joysticks before the match, and press F1 if they are not connected. You can also press F1 during a match if you discover it during the match (or a joystick gets accidentally disconnected). There are more details in the FMS whitepaper. http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...Paper_RevA.pdf

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Yes, but it only enables when you are not connected to FMS. Therefore, on the field, you can check your joysticks before the match, and press F1 if they are not connected. You can also press F1 during a match if you discover it during the match (or a joystick gets accidentally disconnected). There are more details in the FMS whitepaper. http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...Paper_RevA.pdf

Ah, great information, thanks.

I just know the two hotkeys we use...

Enable (F1) and Stop (Enter).

Spacebar reserved for fires.

[cvessalico]

Thanks for the input everyone. Although we are not using a usb hub, I do think it is a power issue with the laptop . We will make sure to keep the battery fully charged at all times and hopefully this will solve the problem. If someone knows a specific setting we could change like a power setting in windows or something that would guarantee we don't lose the joysticks that would be awesome. We are using a sony viao laptop, programming with labview, using a Logitech gamepad and an Xbox gamepad.

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by cvessalico

Thanks for the input everyone. Although we are not using a usb hub, I do think it is a power issue with the laptop . We will make sure to keep the battery fully charged at all times and hopefully this will solve the problem. If someone knows a specific setting we could change like a power setting in windows or something that would guarantee we don't lose the joysticks that would be awesome. We are using a sony viao laptop, programming with labview, using a Logitech gamepad and an Xbox gamepad.

One Windows setting you can change would be the power options:

Go to the battery icon (next to the time), click it, and press "More Power Options"

You can either use high performance mode, or create a custom power plan, and specify to never disable power to the USB ports, among other settings.