Joystick with intrinsically safe feedback

Operator control element comprising a housing, an activation lever (1) which is mounted in the housing so as to be pivotable about a pivot point (2), and a resetting unit for making available a resetting torque (MR) for resetting the activation lever (1) from a deflected state into a neutral state, wherein the operator control element comprises an actuator unit (3) which is operatively connected to the resetting unit, wherein the resetting torque (MR) is limited modulatable by the actuator unit (3), wherein in the case of a lower modulation limit the resetting torque (MR) is greater than zero in the deflected state, wherein the resetting unit has a cam (5), and a probe element which contacts the cam (5) in any position of the activation lever (1), wherein a contact force of the probe element against the cam (5) is modulatable in terms of absolute value and/or direction by the actuator unit (3), characterized in that various different cams (5) can be accessed by rotating a cam roller (14), wherein the probe element has a ball or a roller or a cam.