Mission Planner define joystick axis on enable/disable

Ground Control Software Mission Planner
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Hi, I’m using Mission Planner version 1.3.81 with ArduPlane version 4.5.7 and ArduCopter version 4.3.8, along with a HOTAS joystick and software that combines two joysticks into one virtual joystick. As a remote control, I use the FrSky X18S.

My problem is that every time I enable or disable the joystick, all axes except RC3 (throttle) move to the RC_TRIM values of the Pixhawk. Only when I move the joystick do they update to their actual values. RC3 always goes to 1500, no matter what its trim value is. I want it to go to RC_MIN.
On all other channels, the value goes to RC_TRIM, but on channel 3 it’s always 1500.

I tried moving the throttle to another channel, and then it updates its value to RC_TRIM correctly when enabling/disabling the joystick. However, the joystick only starts affecting the channel at half the range of its axis.

Has anyone experienced something similar and can offer a tip or hint on how to get the throttle to work with the full joystick range, while also being able to define where the axis should go when the joystick is enabled or disabled?

Any help would be much appreciated.
James

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Try it with a direct hardware joystick to rule out very likely issues with the virtual joystick software.

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Yes your right. I tried it with only one part of the joystick connected without the combine software and now the joystick doesn’t resets it’s axes on enable and disable.

I still want to use this joystick because I like him so if somebody has experienced the same and has an idea how to deal with the combine software I would appreciate tips.

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