- Make sure that QGroundControl is closed
- Connect the Joystick to an USB port
- Open QGroundControl
- Go to File->Settings->Controllers.
- Set the enable controller box
- Choose your Joystick in the list
- Click on Enable Joysticks
- Link in the upper tabs of the joystick window, the Joystick axes with the axes of control:
- Axis 0 : Roll
- Axis 1 : Pitch
- Axis 2 : Throttle
- Axis 3 : Yaw
- Control the axis values:
- Roll: negative when titling left, positive when titling right
- Pitch: negative when pitching down (pushing forward the joystick), positive when pulling
- Throttle : negative when no gaz, positive when full gaz
- Yaw : negative when turning left, positive when turning right
- Make sure that on the left hand side, the button are not assigned to any specific instructions. The instructions are done in the software side.
- Click Close
- Deactivate the remote:
- in the onboard parameters, set Remote_Active parameter to 0
- in the onboard parameters, set Remote_Src_Mode parameter to 3
- Joystick buttons are as follow (no need to do anything on QGC):
- Button 1: arm/disarm
- Button 3: attitude control
- Button 5: velocity control
- Button 2: position hold control
- Button 6: gps navigation control
- Play with the Joystick
- N.B.: the joystick inputs are sent by QGroundControl ONLY in simulation mode or if the MAV_MODE has the manual flag as well as the safety flag that are enabled (i.e. mode starting by 11******).
