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Title: xbox controller
Post by: Doily on May 17, 2026, 03:28:50 PM
hope to get a little help , xbox controller is working like a charm... have a bunch of button on controller that i would like to program to do spindle power +- any advise would be apricated.
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Charlie_M on May 28, 2026, 05:06:57 AM
What plugin are you using?
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Doily on May 30, 2026, 10:25:46 AM
MSI Force GC30V2 got it from amazon. Has a bunch of buttons I would like to assign task. But program does not allow.  Xbox schilling does not have options to program any more to add . works great he triggers that are noton schilling thanks for the help
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Charlie_M on May 31, 2026, 04:31:03 AM
OK So reading through the shilling manual, you can call macros with button presses.
Make a Macro to turn on/off your spindle  and call it with a button. It all in section 4.6.1.

Hope this helps.
 
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Doily on May 31, 2026, 10:03:17 AM
I have all the shilling buttons full with task. since shilling was made the newer controllers added buttons . I have done some experimenting with macro and they work well with buttons the are on the setup map. was hoping to set macro for trigger buttons that are not on shilling setup thanks for the help Charlie
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Charlie_M on May 31, 2026, 11:17:52 AM
do you have any inputs not being used?
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Doily on May 31, 2026, 12:47:46 PM
no
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Doily on June 01, 2026, 10:56:06 AM
I also have a joystick that i can use , but not able to do macro there
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: LaxieHong on June 24, 2026, 01:15:35 AM
One thing I'd double-check is whether Mach is actually communicating with the motion controller. I've seen cases where all the settings looked correct, but the plugin wasn't loading properly or the controller wasn't being detected. Also worth checking the diagnostics screen for any status messages or fault indicators. Sometimes the issue ends up being something simple that's easy to overlook.
Title: Re: xbox controller
Post by: Doily on June 24, 2026, 10:10:20 AM
controller works like a charm . just have buttons on controller i wish i could assign task to