Joystick

Reference

• Configuring A Linux Joystick Tutorial

Install

This installs joystick and ros-indigo-joy.

 sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-joy

Configure

Determined that the new device is js0

 ls /dev/input/

Test

 sudo jstest /dev/input/js0

Configure

 ls -l /dev/input/js0
 
 sudo chmod a+rw /dev/input/js0

ROS Test

In first terminal starts the joy node.

 rosparam set joy_node/dev "/dev/input/js2"
 rosrun joy joy_node

In a second terminal displays the joystick data.

 rostopic echo joy

Hardware

Example "joy" messages

Microsoft SideWinder

Sidewinder Plug & Play Game Pad part number X04-97602

 header: 
   seq: 1081
   stamp: 
     secs: 1450402525
     nsecs: 456226711
   frame_id: 
 axes: [0.0, 0.0]
 buttons: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

Logitech Dual Action

Dual Action G-UF13A

 header: 
   seq: 423
   stamp: 
     secs: 1450402765
     nsecs: 268287549
   frame_id: 
 axes: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
 buttons: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

To Investigate

Testing

• Configure a Joystick
  • jstest-gtk package

Other

• Joystick Remapper