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Joystick – Adept Lynx Platform User Manual

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Adept Lynx Platform User's Guide, Rev B

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Chapter 6: Operation

Light Disc

Light Tower

Meaning

Color

Pattern

Color

Pattern

Half-circles

7 Red

Blink

Red

Blink

E-Stop, stops driving

8 Green/White

arc

quarter, half, or
three-quarter
green arc

no signal

n/a

Charging

9 Blue

Left+Right
Half-circles

Green/Yellow/Red

Alt

Booting

Joystick

The joystick plugs into the left side of the Lynx platform, under the small access panel at the
upper-right corner of the platform. See Location of Parts on the Platform on page 83. A second,
identical joystick port is located on the rear side of the Lynx core.

Trigger

Steering
Knob

Goal Button

Speed
Button

Trigger

Figure 6-6. Joystick Buttons and Trigger

Use the joystick to drive the Lynx platform manually. Squeeze the trigger to drive.

Push the handle forward or back to make the platform move in that direction. Push the handle
to the side to make the platform rotate in that direction. Diagonal positions of the handle drive
the platform in an arc.