connect the drone's joystick to my laptop

Hello there,

I want to connect the joystick of the parrot mambo to my laptop so i can control the drone in the simulation manually from the joystick. How can i do that?

Answer 1

[michel chamoun]

I connected the PS3 Dualshock 3 controller instead of the flypad of the parrot mambo and it worked. Note that i had to do some changes to the Joystick input block (i recommend visualizing the outputs of the joystick block using scopes to have an idea of how it works).

here is a video on youtube that explains the process of connecting the PS3 controller to the laptop: https://youtu.be/YHzUtXfzrBU

Answer 2

[Jan Houska]

Hi Michel,

you can use the Joystick Input block from the Simulink 3D Animation library. Please see the vrcrane_joystick example model for an example how to use the block.

Good Luck, Jan

[michel chamoun]

Hello Jan,

Thank you for your answer! Do you know how can i connect the joystick (the flypad in my case) to the laptop? I checked the vrcrane_joystick example as you mentionned but there is no documentation about the connection between the flypad and the computer.

[Jan Houska]

Hi Michel,

you should be able to connect the joystick via USB. Most joysticks have USB interface, although of course I cannot know about yours. If your laptop does not have USB, it probably has USB-C, and this should be convertible to USB via an adapter.

Jan

[michel chamoun]

I am trying to connect my flypad via Bluetooth using a Bluetooth CSR 4.0 dongle but once i try to connect it i receive an error "invalid code". Anyway, i will try connecting it using a cable.

Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it!