external_control:joystick:joystick_control
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| ====== Joystick control ====== | ====== Joystick control ====== | ||
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| The joystick control is enabled by checking “on” the checkbox.\\ | The joystick control is enabled by checking “on” the checkbox.\\ | ||
| When this is enabled all buttons on the joystick is active. \\ | When this is enabled all buttons on the joystick is active. \\ | ||
| - | To control movement the external “Toggle pan/tilt” are be used. | + | To control movement the external “Toggle pan/tilt” are be used.\\ |
| - | This makes it possible to switch between normal fader control and joystick control.\\ | + | This makes it possible to switch |
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| + | **NOTE: | ||
| + | It is a bit tricky to use joystick as control for follow spot. \\ | ||
| + | A moving head has 540 deg rotation on the pan axis and this gives that a small touch on the joystick move the beam to the other end of the room.\\ | ||
| + | If there are a well defined path that the spot has to follow then it may be easier to make a sequence that can step the spot and then manually step it or make many single scene sequences that can be attached to override buttons.\\ | ||
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| The joystick buttons are configured in the “Keyboard Shortcuts” where the wanted function is selected and the joystick button to control it is pressed.\\ | The joystick buttons are configured in the “Keyboard Shortcuts” where the wanted function is selected and the joystick button to control it is pressed.\\ | ||
| + | In this example the shutter is configured to open on Joystick key Joy1 and closed on Joy2\\ | ||
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| + | “Toggle pan/tilt” can be configured on all external controls, Keyboard shortcuts, touchscreen, | ||
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| + | In the Keyboard shortcuts the Toggle pan/tilt control button can be set to a key or alternative a joystick button.\\ | ||
| + | This makes it possible to use a button on the joystick to toggle between normal and joystick control for pan and tilt.\\ | ||
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| + | In the example the “j” | ||
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| + | Note that the text can vary a bit here it is “Enable | ||
| + | Until the text has been updated for all external controls try out which one works correct.\\ | ||
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| + | **PS3 or Xbox controllers.**\\ | ||
| + | Using an alternative joystick control like xbox or PS controllers a small trick are to be used.\\ | ||
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| + | As the controlers don’t run native on PC then a small pice of software are neede.\\ | ||
| + | There are more on the net and for “PS3 dual shock 6 axis control” and “xbox360” one of them is “motioninjoy”.\\ | ||
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| + | With this driver the PS 3 controller can be used as game controller for the PC and thereby joystick controller for FreeStyler.\\ | ||
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| + | To install and configure the driver look at [[http:// | ||
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| + | One thing worth to mention is that each of the buttons and axis controls are to be configured.\\ | ||
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| + | In this example Joy1 button is set to be the PS3 “Triangle”. Joy2 is Circle, Joy3 is Cross and so on.\\ | ||
| + | This is set by the user during configuration.\\ | ||
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| - | “Toggle pan/tilt” can be configured on all external controls, Keyboard shortcuts, touchscreen, | + | The movement control for Pan and Tilt is the Joystick X and Y axis control.\\ |
| - | In the Keyboard shortcuts the Toggle pan/tilt control button can be set to a key or alternative a joystick button. | + | This is here configures |
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| + | ===== Joystic, gamepad or arrows ===== | ||
| + | Joystic for Freestyler | ||
| + | Control Pan / Tilt movement, set position and get the device, adjust the speed Pan / Tilt movement, especially in the use of balls and weddings. | ||
| + | [[http:// | ||
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