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Looking for interface user between a Parallax Servo Controller with a Joystcik

JuanHJuanH Posts: 3
edited 2006-03-01 20:18 in Robotics
We are looking for a software that controlls a Parallax Servo Controller with a Joystick in real-time.yeah.gif

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-03-01 06:33
    This may be something you will have to write yourself as I am unaware of any pre-existing software.· What kind of joystick would it support?

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    Chris Savage
    Parallax Tech Support
    csavage@parallax.com
  • JuanHJuanH Posts: 3
    edited 2006-03-01 08:55
    Chris, thanks for your quickly answer.
    The joystick we will use could be a Saitek P880 Dual Analog. The connexion between the joystick with the Parallax Servo Controller isn´t direct, we want to use a computer to comunicate the Joystick with the board.

    JuanH
  • Jon WilliamsJon Williams Posts: 6,491
    edited 2006-03-01 15:24
    If you have drivers for the joystick and can read its values then you should have no problems as the protocol for the PSC from a PC is the same as if from a microcontroller. The bigger challenge for you is getting the values from your joystick.

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    Jon Williams
    Applications Engineer, Parallax
  • JuanHJuanH Posts: 3
    edited 2006-03-01 17:58
    Jon, thanks a lot for your answer.
    Your partner, Chris Savage has asked us what kind of Joystick we have, and we told him it was a Saitek P880, but really if you have a software for a one model of joystick, we were interested in this joystick because we don´t need any joystick in special.
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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-03-01 20:18
    We do not have software for that application.· You would need to write your own in either VB, C++, RealBASIC or whatever language you are fluent in on the PC side.· As Jon pointed out, you could then send the necessary data to the PSC.

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    Chris Savage
    Parallax Tech Support
    csavage@parallax.com
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