Hi everyone, I’m experiencing an issue with joystick calibration in Cockpit. Compared to QGroundControl, where I can perform a full joystick calibration (including the stick axes), I noticed that Cockpit only provides an option to configure the deadzone. I couldn’t find any way to calibrate the jo…

Per the Cockpit and ArduSub documentation , [image] Offset on Xbox controller for Vertical thrusters? ArduSub actually expects the Z axis [range] to be 0 to +1000. We have an open Issue to try to make this harder to accidentally misconfigure - apologies for the confusion.

Hi @Ruben1 - Welcome to the forums! Cockpit does have joystick calibration, however as you note it only auto-calibrates the dead-zone. Have you pushed this button, and still find the one axis causes motor motion without moving your sticks? As noted in the docs , you may want to replace your joysti…

Hi @Ruben1 , welcome to the forum :slight_smile: [image] Ruben: … when I arm the motors, I notice that the throttle axis is not centered at its physical zero position. Instead, it appears to have an offset, causing the vehicle to receive a non-zero throttle input even though the joystick is phys…

In response to @tony-white , I tried calibrating the deadzone, but it still doesn’t work—it’s as if the physical zero point is offset, and only the vertical motors start moving as soon as I click “arm.” The joystick works fine, both in “jstest-gtk” (test joystick for ubuntu) and qground control (Af…

No worries about the different configuration, it’s not a problem. If it gets corrected or the issue is resolved, where can I see it? “ArduSub actually expects the Z axis [range] to be 0 to +1000.” I set the Z axis from 0 to +1000 and it works. So great, thanks again.

[image] Ruben: If it gets corrected or the issue is resolved, where can I see it? Not really sure what you’re asking here - if you click on the Issue link you’ll be able to see any discussion and progress related to it, and whether it has been closed as complete. If you’re not regularly chan…

Joystick calibration in Cockpit

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EliotBR (Eliot) July 20, 2026, 11:05am 6

Per the Cockpit and ArduSub documentation,

We have an open Issue to try to make this harder to accidentally misconfigure - apologies for the confusion.

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