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Sorry for my ignorance, but what does an encoder do?

I'm still in the process of understanding all the buttons.

There are 2 switches at the bottom of the base: Sw1 and En1.

What do they do?

Thank you. I appreciate the explanation.

I'm hoping someone can help me out. I purchased the Gladiator NXT EVO ‘WWII Combat Edition’ joystick. I finally figured out how to map the buttons after much experimentation. My question is what are the buttons on the bottom (F2 F1 F3)? The F3 has the blue light on. I'm assuming they're function key...

Is this joystick compatible with Windows XP?