CM Gamepad controller help

[crpalmer (Chris Palmer)]

I bought a Nintendo NES wireless gamepad controller for my Windows tablet. In Control Panel it shows up as a Controller and I can use the test functionality there to very that the arrow keys work and each button triggers a button.

I am running the latest version of Carbide Motion (release just recently).

I do not see a message in CM saying “Gamepad enabled” so I assume that it doesn’t recognize the gamepad controller.

I tried quitting CM and restarting it with the controller connected and it still doesn’t recognize it.

Is there anything else I can to make that work or do I have to look at keyboard remapping hacks to make it do something?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

If it’s a gamepad which doesn’t have joysticks and doesn’t register as a game controller w/ joysticks, my understanding is that you will need to run keyboard mapping software — I documented doing this here:

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I find the game controller and numeric keypad layouts a bit confusing (also, my son lay claim to the second Logitech F310 since he left his at college), and while I love the click on my wonderful 6 Key Keyboard (Techkeys SixKeyBoard CNC Edition) I find I need to change the jog rate often enough when using my Shapeoko that it has been consigned to the far corner of the basement for use with my Nomad (and I am anxiously awaiting the 3x3 version). Until that time, I’ve been looking for an alternat…

[crpalmer (Chris Palmer)]

Ah, it needs to be a joystick to be recognized? It would be nice if this was documented (along with how to use a gamepad controller at all)…

Sounds like I have to go with the keyboard mapping route then. Thanks for the reply!

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

AFAIK, the only game controller which we test w/ is the Logitech F310:

Using a Game Controller with CM513 and later

Unfortunately, my son left his at college, so I haven’t been able to test this until now (picked up one while doing a run for essentials since it caught my eye): Picked up a: (since apparently that is what was used for testing, and I don’t want to trouble over another battery to charge) Only supported on Windows at this time. Initial setup requires plugging it in, and allowing the device to get setup. Controls are active when in Jog mode: Increment: RB — increases current jog rate RT — …

[Steve.Mc (Steven McGeorge)]

I use a wired xbox controller with mine. It’s a third party controller, but it works.

[crpalmer (Chris Palmer)]

I ended up using AntiMicroX (a newer version of the package) and it works well enough with the NES controller. It doesn’t work very well for fast movements (holding a key down repeats for a little bit and then stops) but for single step movements works quite well and that ends up being good enough for me.

Thanks for the pointer.