# Using Xbox controller **URL:** \ **Category:** General Chat\ **Created:** [October 17, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864 "2022-10-17T01:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bstanga](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.avidcnc.com/bstanga/32/791_2.png) [@Bstanga](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/Bstanga)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/1 "2022-10-17T01:43:12Z")
Does anyone have a link to instructions for xbox controller with avid 4896? I have two machines and have always used a mini keyboard, but I have some time to fiddle and thought I might give it a try. Or if anyone has a better method I’d be interested. ---
**Author:** ![gilroykilroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@gilroykilroy](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/gilroykilroy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/2 "2022-10-17T02:11:26Z")
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**Author:** ![SMdesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@SMdesign](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/SMdesign)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/3 "2022-10-17T22:04:40Z")
I saw it was posted already but Jay Bates was where I got the info for mine. Totally free software and programmable. DM me if you have questions. You can set anything you do on the keyboard to a button on the remote. Easy peasy ---
**Author:** ![NCPACKFAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@NCPACKFAN](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/NCPACKFAN)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/4 "2022-10-18T01:15:37Z")
Since the OP had his question answered, I’ll ask this since it’s relevant. I tried this and got mostly there. Two issues I’m having that have kept me from adopting it long-term so far… 1- Even though I checked the setting Jay said to check so that it auto-starts each time, I still have to go into the software and enable the controller each time. Any thoughts? 2- This may be a Mach4 question, but my incremental jogs seem too much. How do I change it so that each button press (or keyboard press) goes a specified number of units vs whatever is set by default in the Avid Mach4 profile? ---
**Author:** ![SMdesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@SMdesign](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/SMdesign)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/5 "2022-10-18T01:42:04Z")
I restart it every time I start Mach. ---
**Author:** ![SMdesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@SMdesign](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/SMdesign)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/6 "2022-10-18T01:45:00Z")
I have one of the buttons set up to be the start for the incremental jog, and as I hold that button down, I can move the joystick and it moves to the increment that I have set. I usually access this going into jog operations and have to use my mouse to set my jog increment. I just went into the keyboard map of what is used in Mach and I did that in the controller software. Hope this helps sorry for the weird formatting, but I’m driving and doing this with voice to talk. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolanti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nicolanti](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/Nicolanti)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/7 "2023-08-10T11:44:59Z")
> [@SMdesign](#): > > I just went into the keyboard map of what is used in Mach and I did that in the controller software Would you please elaborate on this from last OctoberZ? I don’t quire get it. THANKS ---
**Author:** ![Nicolanti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nicolanti](https://forum.avidcnc.com/u/Nicolanti)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.avidcnc.com/t/using-xbox-controller/864/8 "2023-08-10T11:45:56Z")
OOOPPS. HERE IS YOUR QUOTE: “ I just went into the keyboard map of what is used in Mach and I did that in the controller software”