How to emulate joystick input to the computer?

Hi All

I have a gaming environment on the computer that reads inputs from a joystick when I plug the joystick into the computer. I would like to use MATLAB to emulate having a joystick plugged into the computer, and pressing certain joystick buttons. I would like a solution that is only on the MATLAB side (i.e. I do not want to provide different inputs to the gaming environment - I would like to write a MATLAB command that acts like the joystick). I know it probably involves writing to specific ports - but I do not know where to start.

Thanks for the help!

Cristina

Answer 1

[Shresth Sharma]

Hi,

It is my understanding that you are looking for a place to start understanding the joystick control as input for MATLAB. For the initial part as a more gaming controller-based input you can go through the following video link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKak4qHSWvk

To have a better understanding on the joystick block you can also go through the following documentation links:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sl3d/joystickinput.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/sl3d/examples/portal-crane-with-joystick-control.html

[Venkata Sai Sampath Pavan Kumar Rachumallu]

Hi ,is joystick input support only available with simulink? Do we need to do polling if we have to use it outside simulink or is there any better way?