Greetings. I was researching about certain controllers to use for my first ez-robot project (I'm going to try and experiment with my own version of DJ's modified Wall-E). I'm new to the subject of robotics so I might need some guidance. I have some specific questions:
1) Does the ARC program use bluetooth or just wifi connection?
2) When searching for a decent and good working controller what are some things to look for? (Any recommendations)?
3) Does it matter if you buy a bluetooth wireless controller or a non-bluetooth wireless controller and will it affect how ARC reads and configures commands correctly?
4) Depending on which console the controller is made for, would the console matter and would it affect how the robot functions correctly? (A peer at school told me PC controllers work better when used for robots? Just need a confirmation if that is necessarily true.)
Your answers will be greatly appreciated and I look forward to learning more. Thanks
I’m not sure. The Xbox controller is designed for the Xbox and I don’t know how it works with pc. I recall there being a program for Xbox controllers to work properly on PCs. It was a driver of sort. Have you googled?
Another thing - ARC uses joysticks as directinput, not xinput. So check the configuration of the controller for directinput. More about the directInput joystick control in ARC here: https://synthiam.com/Products/Controls/Misc/Joystick-16087
might be a good idea if we created an xinput version of the joystick control. I’ll look into that for next month