How to Control XYZ With a analog Joystick (model: r400b-m4)

I think the analog jog is setup more for the joypad controllers as it is looking for a value of -1 to +1

Just looking at your joystick picture it appears each direction of the stick is a potentiometer. Assuming you are going to have it powered by 24v then the output range would be 0-24v and that will need to be scaled down to 0-1 using the scale component. On the X+ side just use a scale gain that brings the range down appropriately. On the Y- side use the scale gain as a negative value to scale and convert to the 0 to -1 range.

Both of those scale outputs would be feed into the halui jog pin and could use a mux2 component of you wanted to make it super tidy.

There is probably a better way to do it but this is just a thought.

thanks but i think i leave this stand for now, it´s to difficult for me find this out, so i just order a joystick with 4 switch, 

Here is what the hal may look like for X that should scale 24v analog joystick down to -1 to 0 to +1 scale for the analog jog

loadrt scale names=scale.xminus,scale.xplus
addf scale.xminus
addf scale.xplus
#net jog-x-analog  =>  halui.axis.x.analog
net jog-x-analog  <=  scale.xminus.out
net jog-x-analog  <=  scale.xplus.out

setp scale.xminus.gain -0.0417
net x-minus-scale  =>  scale.xminus.in
net x-minus-scale  <=  hm2_7i92.0.7i76.0.0.analogin0

setp scale.xplus.gain 0.0417
net x-plus-scale  =>  scale.xplus.in
net x-plus-scale  <=  hm2_7i92.0.7i76.0.0.analogin1

You should be able to test this without the machine moving. Once you can confirm in hal show that "net jog-x-analog" moves from -1 to +1 correctly you can remove the # and that should jog the axis. I believe the jog speed will be a multiple of your jog speed setting.

maybe it´s me that don't understand it

the joystick has one potmeter for right and left, one for up and down, and the last one for twisting  

example for readout on pot meter: 
neutral value is 12vdc
left 0vdc
right 24vdc 

so why is the use of 2 analog inputs ? 

I was assuming each direction of the axis had a separate pot. All I had to go off was the picture. If its one pot per axis its pretty simple change to the code above.

loadrt scale names=scale.x,scale.xjog
addf scale.x
addf scale.xjog

setp halui.axis.jog-deadband 0.05

#net jog-x-analog  =>  halui.axis.x.analog
net jog-x-analog  <=  scale.xjog.out

setp scale.xjog.gain .083
net xjog-scale <= scale.x.out
net xjog-scale => scale.xjog.out

setp scale.x.offset -12
setp scale.x.gain 1
net x-scale  =>  scale.x.in
net x-scale  <=  hm2_7i92.0.7i76.0.0.analogin0


The logic for the scale component would be:
out = in * gain + offset
First scale will split the  0 to 24v into -12v to 12v
-12 = 0v * 1 - 12   (full left)
-9 = 3v * 1 - 12   (3/4 left)
0 = 12v * 1 - 12   (no movement)
3 = 15v * 1 - 12   (1/4 right)
12 = 24v * 1 - 12   (full right)

Then you need to bring the scale into the range of -1 to +1 for the "halui.axis.x.analog" signal using the results of the first scale component
-.996 = -12 * .083   (full left)
-.747 = -9 * .083   (3/4 left)
0 = 0 * .083   (no movement)
.249 = 3 * .083   (1/4 right)
.996 = 12 * .083   (full right)

edit: You may be able to work it through a single scale component but would need to verify how it does the math with gain and offset.

Hi, when using the code above we keep getting an error telling us that there are 2 arguments required after the addf command, do you know what the 2nd argument would have to look like or what it could be?
 This is our full .hal file :
This is the error we're getting

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime
./custom.hal:94: addf requires at least 2 arguments, 1 given
2131
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtime