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Joystick Control

Use the on-screen joystick to control your IoT car directly from the dashboard. The D-pad handles direction, the slider adjusts speed, and toggles control power, lights, and horn. All commands are sent through the panel topic dash_177xxxxxxxxxx, allowing your device to respond instantly.

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How It Works

  1. Create an account if you are a new user, or sign in if you already have an account.
  2. Create a new panel.
  3. Add widgets to the panel.
  4. Save the panel after adding widgets.
  5. Connect your hardware devices with the respective dashboard topic ID; values will be transmitted and displayed in the widgets.

Controls at a glance

D-padFour directions + center STOP.
SpeedSlider 0–10 for throttle.
Power & lightsON/OFF toggles.
HornTap to sound.

Before You Start

Make sure your IoT car (such as an ESP32(nodeMCU)-based system) is connected to the same cloud as KiwisIoT.

Your firmware must subscribe to dash_177xxxxxxxxxx and properly map incoming commands to motor and output controls.

Open the joystick panel from this page to begin testing. For hardware setup and configuration details, refer to the documentation or support resources.

Tips

  • ★ Sign in or create an account so you can create and save your joystick control panel.
  • ★ Create a new panel from My Panels and name it (e.g. RC car).
  • ★ Add widgets: remote/joystick widget, and any gauges or toggles for power, lights, horn.
  • ★ Save the panel after adding widgets so your layout is stored.
  • ★ Connect your IoT car using the panel dashboard topic ID so commands reach the device and responses show in the widgets.