Alternate Joystick question

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Posted by Michael Bloomfield at 2/1/2001 11:37 PM EST


Student on team Robotic Plague from Staten Island Tech sponsored by Verizon.



Hey all again. Its me and just curious about something. I know that we are now allowd to use any PC Joystick...but just wondering how hard it is to program. I am guessing that all joysticks use the Same X,Y coordinate system...correct? But is it possible to get all the buttons to work? Do u just have to figure out the variables from the Joystick by messing with it bit by bit and debugging? Any ideas and help is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot again. Starting to love this forum and only a member for a few hours...LoL. Later.

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Posted by Anton Abaya at 2/2/2001 3:37 AM EST


Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT! .


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Posted by Michael Bloomfield on 2/1/2001 11:37 PM EST:



i wanted to try this for kicks.... anyone against it? try it?

-anton

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Posted by Joe Ross at 2/2/2001 4:10 AM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


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Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/2/2001 3:37 AM EST:



: i wanted to try this for kicks.... anyone against it? try it?

go ahead an try it, just get someone who has read the control system manual to check the gamepad with a multimeter first.

and be sure to report back what you find.

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Posted by control guy at 2/2/2001 7:58 AM EST


Student on team #250 from HVCC.


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Posted by Joe Ross on 2/2/2001 4:10 AM EST:



I've hooked up one of my gamepads to the controller and it did work. I can't remember if the values it put out were spanned correctly (forward above 127 and reverse below) but it did read it. The only thing you have to remember is that the gamepad will give you three values, stop, forward, and reverse. Hope this helps.

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Posted by control guy at 2/2/2001 8:00 AM EST


Student on team #250 from HVCC.


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Posted by Michael Bloomfield on 2/1/2001 11:37 PM EST:



The standard joystick port allows for four buttons. Some joysticks have multiple buttons and hat buttons, etc. Only four buttons will be accessible through the port itself. Any other buttons beyond this are usually handled through a keyboard pass-through connector.

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Posted by Rick Gibbs at 2/2/2001 4:18 PM EST


Engineer on team #145, T-Rx, from Norwich High School, Sherburne-Earlville High School and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.


In Reply to: Alternate Joystick question
Posted by Michael Bloomfield on 2/1/2001 11:37 PM EST:



Last night our controls team tried an old MadCatz steering wheel that I have. I didn't work because the pots were a different resistance than the supplied joysticks. Has anyone found a brand that works - or have you simply made your own?

Rick