Inconsistant Joystick

[bstempi]

Here's my problem:
I have an arm that rotates, and inside of it, there is another arm that pokes out. What I wanted to do was use the second joystick to control it. I use p2_y to control the rotation of the arm on pwm04. I use the hat on p2 (p2_wheel) to retract/extend the arm by pressing up or down. In defaultroutine, pwm04 = p2_y. For some reason, the hat will work. It will tell the arm to do what I want it to. The kick in the but comes here: when using dashboard, it tells me that pwm04 is always 127. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It doens't matter what joystick I use, it just randomly decides to work. Anyone else experience this? Should I invest in a new controler? Many thanks.
~Brian Stempin
Captain, Team 708