Just out of curiosity, did you run it out of the box “as is” or adjust the settings / calibrations?
If you are going to give it a try, take a look at this thread for some fine tuning settings;
And then with regards to button mappings, yes, you want “re-center” to be mapped as one, and pause as another.
I have an alpha yolk and have the buttons mapped on it for those functions but take a look at the settings used in the thread for smoother movement.