Xbox One controller feedback?

Technical Control System
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Our team has used Xbox 360 controllers for 4 years, but I’m curious to see if anyone is using an Xbox One controller via the USB cable? If so, have you looked into using the trigger “rumble”?

I don’t think this would add any real functionality, but it would be an interesting side project to add some rumble in the XB1 Controller triggers when you shoot the ball or rumble either controller based on how fast you were driving.

Is this possible with any of the languages we are allowed to use now?

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As of right know, Microsoft has not released drivers for Windows for the Xbox One controller.

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Rumble functions on any controller are not supported by WPILib and the Driver Station

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Keep in mind that the Driver Station is just one program. You are able – and even encouraged – to run your own Dashboard software alongside it. It should be possible to use advanced joystick/gamepad features from your own code.

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It’s not currently possible to use an XBox One controller on Windows so that’s out of the question.

Right now we’re using a PS3 Controller connected with a Micro-USB cable using MotionInJoy and I like it a lot. Having the joysticks be not be at separate heights on the controller makes things like tank drive feel a lot more natural and I prefer the feel of the PS3 controller overall.

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So, if I wrote a third-party program to rumble the controller while the dashboard was running (because I seriously doubt the LabVIEW Dashboard we’re using can rumble the controller), how would I send the signal from the LabVIEW dashboard to this separate process?

Also, wouldn’t using gamepad functions in another program while using the same gamepad in the DS cause problems?

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LabVIEW can invoke any DLL function or ActiveX control that you want. Look in the Connectivity function palette.

Also, wouldn’t using gamepad functions in another program while using the same gamepad in the DS cause problems?

I don’t know whether the Driver Station takes exclusive control of the HID devices it finds. If it turns out that you can’t use an input device simultaneously in both the DS and another program, you can have your program send to the robot whatever gamepad input data you like. The DS doesn’t have to be the only conduit for driver control.

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so its my third year programming and ive never done xbox 360 controllers the most complicated thing that ive ever done was a six cim drive train so i wanted to know if someone could tutorial me on programing a xbox 360 controller using the left thumbstick for movement forwards and backwards and the right thumstick for movement right and left and the right trigger for acceleration forward and the left trigger for backward acceleration
i know itll be difficult but i wanted a challenge and now im second guessing myself
and need tons of help !!!

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LabVIEW can invoke any DLL function or ActiveX control that you want. Look in the Connectivity function palette

I’ve been trying to do just that. This is the C# code I was able to successfully get the controller to vibrate:

PlayerIndex controller = new PlayerIndex();

if (checkBox1.Checked == true)
{
    GamePad.SetVibration(controller, 1, 1);
}
else
{
    GamePad.SetVibration(controller, 0, 0);
}

But, as you can see, the SetVibration method requires three parameters: (PlayerIndex playerIndex, float left, float right)

I can use the .net construct node to get the Microsoft.Xna.Framework.PlayerIndex controller with this code:

but I don’t know how to invoke the method SetVibration, since it is only a method in Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.Gamepad which has no constructors.

so its my third year programming and ive never done xbox 360 controllers the most complicated thing that ive ever done was a six cim drive train so i wanted to know if someone could tutorial me on programing a xbox 360 controller using the left thumbstick for movement forwards and backwards and the right thumstick for movement right and left and the right trigger for acceleration forward and the left trigger for backward acceleration
i know itll be difficult but i wanted a challenge and now im second guessing myself
and need tons of help !!!

Do a quick search here on CD for “Xbox layout”. You’ll find some good resources on which digital axis corresponds to the physical joystick. From there, you can figure out which axis is needed for which function.

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