Initialize Joystick VI

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.
error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.
device ID identifies which device you initialized.
error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.