Owning Palette: Input Device Control VIs
Requires: Base Development System (Linux, Windows)
Opens a reference to and initializes a joystick device at the index you specify.
(Windows) You must have DirectX 8.0 or later to use this VI.
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device index is the index of the joystick you want to initialize. The default is 0. Set device index to 0 if you have only one joystick connected to the computer. |
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error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality. |
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device ID identifies which device you initialized. |
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error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality. |