Joystick or gamepad type buttons for motion control

I am locking for buttons to put on the screen that look like a gamepad control. This would be to manually drive and automated peace of equipment around when it goes in upset condition or can't resolve a maneuver. I'm just looking for 6 or 8 buttons arrange in a circle or someting to drive in 6 or 8 different directions. Are there any add-on for LabView 8.0 that would look like a gamepad or something.

Are you looking for a way to imitate a joystick?
I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but you can customize a boolean control so it looks like whatever you want.
Regards Andreas
Message Edited by Klump on 04-05-2007 02:43 AM
There's three different kinds of people, those who can count, and those who can't.
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Dear Atilla,
You should contact AutomationSolutions (www.AutomationSolutions.com) to receive help with designing your system. They can spec your motors and help you picking the correct controllers and drivers from National Instruments to control the motors that you want to use. Please let me know if you need more information about the capabilities of Motion Control systems from National Instruments.
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Sorry, but I have to add my 2 cents to this thread .
@AK2DM
thank you for suggesting a 73xx device for this purpose instead of a DAQ device
@bighead
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Hey Jaspittman,
I would also recommend the following web site called Build Your Own Motion Control System which will walk you through the steps of what you will need to build your motion system. Also, I would suggest taking a look at the Motion Advisor page if you will be using any 3rd party hardware (i.e. motors, drives, stages) which can be found at the following link Advisors for Motion. These two sites have a lot of helpful information to get you started.
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