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Joystick Class Reference

#include <Joystick.h>

Inheritance diagram for Joystick:
GenericHID ErrorBase

List of all members.

Public Types

enum  AxisType {
  kXAxis, kYAxis, kZAxis, kTwistAxis,
  kThrottleAxis, kNumAxisTypes
}
enum  ButtonType { kTriggerButton, kTopButton, kNumButtonTypes }

Public Member Functions

 Joystick (UINT32 port)
 Joystick (UINT32 port, UINT32 numAxisTypes, UINT32 numButtonTypes)
UINT32 GetAxisChannel (AxisType axis)
void SetAxisChannel (AxisType axis, UINT32 channel)
virtual float GetX (JoystickHand hand=kRightHand)
virtual float GetY (JoystickHand hand=kRightHand)
virtual float GetZ ()
virtual float GetTwist ()
virtual float GetThrottle ()
virtual float GetAxis (AxisType axis)
float GetRawAxis (UINT32 axis)
virtual bool GetTrigger (JoystickHand hand=kRightHand)
virtual bool GetTop (JoystickHand hand=kRightHand)
virtual bool GetBumper (JoystickHand hand=kRightHand)
virtual bool GetButton (ButtonType button)
bool GetRawButton (UINT32 button)
virtual float GetMagnitude ()
virtual float GetDirectionRadians ()
virtual float GetDirectionDegrees ()

Static Public Member Functions

static JoystickGetStickForPort (UINT32 port)

Static Public Attributes

static const UINT32 kDefaultXAxis = 1
static const UINT32 kDefaultYAxis = 2
static const UINT32 kDefaultZAxis = 3
static const UINT32 kDefaultTwistAxis = 4
static const UINT32 kDefaultThrottleAxis = 3
static const UINT32 kDefaultTriggerButton = 1
static const UINT32 kDefaultTopButton = 2

Detailed Description

Handle input from standard Joysticks connected to the Driver Station. This class handles standard input that comes from the Driver Station. Each time a value is requested the most recent value is returned. There is a single class instance for each joystick and the mapping of ports to hardware buttons depends on the code in the driver station.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Joystick::Joystick ( UINT32  port) [explicit]

Construct an instance of a joystick. The joystick index is the usb port on the drivers station.

Parameters:
portThe port on the driver station that the joystick is plugged into.
Joystick::Joystick ( UINT32  port,
UINT32  numAxisTypes,
UINT32  numButtonTypes 
)

Version of the constructor to be called by sub-classes.

This constructor allows the subclass to configure the number of constants for axes and buttons.

Parameters:
portThe port on the driver station that the joystick is plugged into.
numAxisTypesThe number of axis types in the enum.
numButtonTypesThe number of button types in the enum.

Member Function Documentation

float Joystick::GetAxis ( AxisType  axis) [virtual]

For the current joystick, return the axis determined by the argument.

This is for cases where the joystick axis is returned programatically, otherwise one of the previous functions would be preferable (for example GetX()).

Parameters:
axisThe axis to read.
Returns:
The value of the axis.
UINT32 Joystick::GetAxisChannel ( AxisType  axis)

Get the channel currently associated with the specified axis.

Parameters:
axisThe axis to look up the channel for.
Returns:
The channel fr the axis.
bool Joystick::GetBumper ( JoystickHand  hand = kRightHand) [virtual]

This is not supported for the Joystick. This method is only here to complete the GenericHID interface.

Implements GenericHID.

bool Joystick::GetButton ( ButtonType  button) [virtual]

Get buttons based on an enumerated type.

The button type will be looked up in the list of buttons and then read.

Parameters:
buttonThe type of button to read.
Returns:
The state of the button.
float Joystick::GetDirectionDegrees ( ) [virtual]

Get the direction of the vector formed by the joystick and its origin in degrees

uses acos(-1) to represent Pi due to absence of readily accessable Pi constant in C++

Returns:
The direction of the vector in degrees
float Joystick::GetDirectionRadians ( ) [virtual]

Get the direction of the vector formed by the joystick and its origin in radians

Returns:
The direction of the vector in radians
float Joystick::GetMagnitude ( ) [virtual]

Get the magnitude of the direction vector formed by the joystick's current position relative to its origin

Returns:
The magnitude of the direction vector
float Joystick::GetRawAxis ( UINT32  axis) [virtual]

Get the value of the axis.

Parameters:
axisThe axis to read [1-6].
Returns:
The value of the axis.

Implements GenericHID.

bool Joystick::GetRawButton ( UINT32  button) [virtual]

Get the button value for buttons 1 through 12.

The buttons are returned in a single 16 bit value with one bit representing the state of each button. The appropriate button is returned as a boolean value.

Parameters:
buttonThe button number to be read.
Returns:
The state of the button.

Implements GenericHID.

float Joystick::GetThrottle ( ) [virtual]

Get the throttle value of the current joystick. This depends on the mapping of the joystick connected to the current port.

Implements GenericHID.

bool Joystick::GetTop ( JoystickHand  hand = kRightHand) [virtual]

Read the state of the top button on the joystick.

Look up which button has been assigned to the top and read its state.

Parameters:
handThis parameter is ignored for the Joystick class and is only here to complete the GenericHID interface.
Returns:
The state of the top button.

Implements GenericHID.

bool Joystick::GetTrigger ( JoystickHand  hand = kRightHand) [virtual]

Read the state of the trigger on the joystick.

Look up which button has been assigned to the trigger and read its state.

Parameters:
handThis parameter is ignored for the Joystick class and is only here to complete the GenericHID interface.
Returns:
The state of the trigger.

Implements GenericHID.

float Joystick::GetTwist ( ) [virtual]

Get the twist value of the current joystick. This depends on the mapping of the joystick connected to the current port.

Implements GenericHID.

float Joystick::GetX ( JoystickHand  hand = kRightHand) [virtual]

Get the X value of the joystick. This depends on the mapping of the joystick connected to the current port.

Implements GenericHID.

float Joystick::GetY ( JoystickHand  hand = kRightHand) [virtual]

Get the Y value of the joystick. This depends on the mapping of the joystick connected to the current port.

Implements GenericHID.

float Joystick::GetZ ( ) [virtual]

Get the Z value of the current joystick. This depends on the mapping of the joystick connected to the current port.

Implements GenericHID.

void Joystick::SetAxisChannel ( AxisType  axis,
UINT32  channel 
)

Set the channel associated with a specified axis.

Parameters:
axisThe axis to set the channel for.
channelThe channel to set the axis to.

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