Axis behave as a throttle?

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Archietect
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Axis behave as a throttle?

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Any pointers to converting an axis to a throttle?

I would like an axis to perform as if each poll increments a value, rather than a direct poll of axis position. Does that make sense? Is that possible?

Let's say the simulator throttle has a position 0-100. Considering the polling rate of the space mouse, we would then need to remap to something like -1000000 to 1000000 so that each poll in the space mouse natural range -512 to 512 increments the scaled 0-100 a sensible amount. Even better if we could assign function-based curves to the scaled value.

Maybe there's an out-of-the-box setting for this? Maybe not? I currently am using KMJ emulator for joystick axes. Maybe I need to write a script in a programming language? Any advice?
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Re: Axis behave as a throttle?

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What software are you feeding?
Some software has the ability to change how it interprets input devices.

The overall behavior of the axes is defined by the descriptor given to the system. There is one KMJ axis that behaves like a throttle, but presumably you want more than one.

You probably want to get the raw data from the device and modify it as needed.
There are several ways to do that depending on your environment.
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