Joystick control using USB Gamepad

[spence89]

Hi all,

I've been using freestyler for a long time now, and I love the program.

I saw the joystick control option in the preferences settings, and wondered if I could use a joystick to control my scanners. My question is, what kind of device can be used with it? I currently have a USB Playstation controller and although this is not ideal, it does have a number of buttons and two analogue joysticks.

I tried to assign a joystick to the pan/tilt control options, but Freestyler doesn't recognise my input. Is this something which isn't supported or will a different device be better suited?

Does anyone use a device for joystick control, and if so what devices?

I would like to ask for some help with my problem, and thank anyone who can help in advance. I only have a small lighting setup so I am using the tools I have available.

Kind regards,
Adam

[spence89]

Anyone please?

[Jan_K]

Hej Adam

Have you checked that you can control other programs on the PC with the gamepad.

My guess is that you miss an usb driver for the gamepad but I have no experience on this topic.

/Jan

[spence89]

Hi Jan,

Yeah the gamepad does work normally in Windows, it's just Freestyler won't recognise the joysticks to be able to map them to the program.

I wish there was more support for this program.

Regards,
Adam

[Jan_K]

I think you are out in a corner where only few users are and therefore feedback from other users will be a bit low.

One way to proceed could be to borrow a real usb joystick to see if this works. Then you can determine if it is just the game pad it don’t like or the program / setting that fails.

Can you in short describe what you are doing to configure FreeStyler for Joystick operation.

/Jan

[spence89]

Hi Jan,

Well I have a direct USB gamepad now (to cut out the usb to playstation connector) and it still wouldn't work.

Basically I have checked the box in the Freestyler options which reads (Enable Joystick Support) and then changed the 'Toggle Pan/Tilt' and 'Enable Joystick' options to a button on the controller, and then when I click on Pan Left/Right and Tilt Up/Down and move the Joystick, the program won't map the right controls.

Am I doing something wrong?

[Jan_K]

I am just guessing now but.

If you go into "keyboard shortcuts" select a function and then press a button on the game pad then I think you should be able to see the button / key value in the field.
Then you can see that you are connected.

I guess that you have seen this post.
http://www.freestylersupport.com/fsforu ... ?f=6&t=489

/Jan

[spence89]

Hi Jan,

Yes when I press a button on the gamepad it is assigned and displayed in the keyboard shortcuts in Freestyler, only the joystick movement X Y does not assign to the program.

Shame I cannot get this to work, would another controller work better? It seems freestyler does not work with USB Joysticks - rather annoyingly!

[Jan_K]

Think I have to see if one of the kids has a gamepad i can borrow

Well if "joystick" don't work then we have to figur out if it is because we don't know how to configure FreeStyler or if there is a bug in FS.

You have connection to FS with you game pad and that is positive now we just need to verrify where it goes wrong.

If it is a bug then we need to get it fixed.

Have a nice weekend.

/Jan

[Hambone]

I have a PlayStation Dualshock 3 controller (USB and bluetooth) that I was able to get to work with FreeStyler on Win7 x64... In order to do it you need to make sure you have a driver for the controller (try www.motioninjoy.com for 64-bit drivers, not sure where to go for 32-bit drivers). Once you have the joystick drivers installed and working, go into the Keyboard Shortcuts in FreeStyler and you can assign functions to buttons in there.

[Jan_K]

Hej Hambone

I found a PS3 dualshock and got the driver for it (motioninjoy)
It is al up running and I can see that the keys on the controller is assigned as I want.
Joy1 on "enable joystick" and joy3 on "Toggle pan/Tilt"
They react. Can see that the blue ball moves to center when joy3 is pressed.

But I have no reaction on the x/y or the two other conthol sticks.

Are they to be configured in "keyboard shortcut" and to what.

Additional what type of controler have you set the driver to. Think there are 5 or 6 different in the motioninjoy.

/Jan