How to program with two controlers

VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion
1

For our robot we are trying to program using two controllers. The first will drive the base of the robot, the second will control the arm mechanism. We were curious if there are any programming tricks we need to know in order to allow us to use both controllers in tandem.

2

Remember that the second controller you use the Partner Controller (276-1891), not just another standard VEXNet Controller

As for programming, if you’re using ROBOTC, then you can access partner controller values via appending “Xmtr2” to your key. For example,


vexRt[Btn5DXmtr2]

to access button 5D


vexRt[Btn5DXmtr2]

If you’re using PROS, then in your


joystickGetAnalog

and


joystickGetADigital

calls, make sure that the


joystick

(first parameter) is set to 2


joystickGetDigital(2, 5, JOY_DOWN);