Wireless xBox One Controller Setup Questions

A game controller should “just work”:

However, due to the vagaries of Windows it works on some computer setups and doesn’t work on others. I don’t think it has worked on the Mac (if someone knows of a specific Mac OS and device which works I’d be glad to test that). If someone knows/understands the specifics here and could speak to them, that would be very helpful.

I found it more straight-forward to remap the buttons on a game pad to match the requested shortcuts:

that said, I got tired of reinstalling the remapping program and remembering to start it, so I switched to a dedicated unit:

(note that this is a personal endorsement in terms of me as a user, not an official endorsement in my rôle as a Carbide 3D remote tech support person)

There are a couple of others, folks on support and the Facebook Group have mentioned buying them from Etsy or eBay, and for a while, the electronics folks here were making their own.

Or, you could just use a numeric keypad (possibly wireless):

Or, you could use a programmable device such as a Steamdeck:

https://community.carbide3d.com/search?q=streamdeck

(unfortunately, the highest-tech option is no longer an option due to changes in Carbide Motion’s architecture)

There are other possibilities which have been discussed here — we’ll have to see what happens.