Logitech Dual Action Gamepad Dilema

[Kett_Captains]

Our team is currently trying to setup the Logitech PS2 controller left and right joysticks for drive controls during the 2011 season. Last year we used the Logitech Joysticks and found the controls to be clumsy and unreliable. I have found the Logitech Dual Action Gamepad class but I currently do not know how to use anything in it to set up drive. Can anyone help with this problem or direct me to a helpful site where I could learn how to set it up?

Thanks,
FRC Team 3098

[Alan_Anderson]

@Kett Captains

I have found the Logitech Dual Action Gamepad class but I currently do not know how to use anything in it to set up drive. Can anyone help with this problem or direct me to a helpful site where I could learn how to set it up?

Use the Game Controllers control panel in Windows to see which axes and buttons respond to each physical button and thumbstick on the gamepad. You can read it exactly the same way you read a joystick.

[Kett_Captains]

A thousand thanks we have working Gamepad controllers as well as Xbox 360 controllers now. Just a matter of figuring out what axes to represent in the C++ code.