DualShock 3/4 testers needed

Headcrab

Hi, unfortunately i can't make it work.
I have a rpi3, and an official ps3 controller.

When i try the method from the Retropie bluetooth menu, i get the "no devices found" message.

If i try the bluetoothctl commands, then the controller pops up at the devices, but doesn't connect.

This happens with the built-in Bluetooth. Everything is updated.

Here is some info:
dpkg -l | grep blue ii bluetooth 5.23-2+rpi2 all Bluetooth support ii bluez 5.23-2+rpi2 armhf Bluetooth tools and daemons ii bluez-firmware 1.2-3+rpi1 all Firmware for Bluetooth devices ii pi-bluetooth 0.1.3 armhf Raspberry Pi 3 bluetooth

uname -r Linux retropie 4.9.35-v7+ #1014 SMP Fri Jun 30 14:47:43 BST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux

dmesg log [ 29.045503] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg [ 29.191017] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=0268 [ 29.191030] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 29.191038] usb 1-1.2: Product: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller [ 29.191046] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Sony [ 29.251003] input: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/0003:054C:0268.0001/input/input0 [ 29.251633] sony 0003:054C:0268.0001: input,hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.2/input0

psyke83

@headcrab said in DualShock 3/4 testers needed:

Hi, unfortunately i can't make it work.
I have a rpi3, and an official ps3 controller.

I noticed the bluetoothctl commands from the Gentoo wiki didn't work for me unless I omitted "agent on" and "default-agent". Maybe you can try again...

It's probably best to hold off on testing until a new firmware is released that includes rumble support (kernel uname build #1018 or later). The sixad daemon also has better compatibility with other BT peripherals now, so it's not so urgent to find a replacement driver.

Headcrab

@psyke83
I am not interested in rumble support.

I mainly want to see if analog triggers are properly supported since sixpad doesn't.
See here

The reason i want analog trigger support is that, moonlight-embedded started using SDL2 for controller mappings and triggers mapped as buttons don't work properly.
See here.

I'll give it a try with your instructions and report back.

psyke83

@Headcrab

Your controller is using the hid-sony driver for the USB connection. If the analog triggers work on USB, then most likely they will also work via Bluetooth as it will be the same driver.

If you can't get bluetoothctl commands working as I suggested, temporarily install sixad, pair it, then uninstall and follow the steps I outlined in the OP once more. It's a pain, but it should work.

I'll be looking more closely at the driver when the new firmware/kernel is released.

Headcrab

@psyke83
Ok, now it worked, thanks for the tip.

As for which driver is being used, i observed the following.

If i change xpad driver settings in /etc/modprobe.d/xpad.conf

triggers_to_buttons=0

It affects the way triggers are mapped with the ps3 controller. This happens either with usb connection or with the new BT pair mode.

So this leads me to believe that xpad is being used. I'm not experienced with linux though, so i might be mislead.

diogosperb78

Works beautifully. Connects faster and without the annoying rumble. I have paired with two PS3 controllers and they can both coexist in the system. Awesome!

xadox

I managed to switch vom ps3controller wrapper driver to the one by BlueZ.
It directly uses the already created ES autoconfig from the wrapper driver.

One thing I miss is the controller led's are not showing anything after connecting.
With the wrapper driver LED 1 was glowing permanently.

psyke83

The unlit led appears to be a driver bug that occurs only on first connect after boot. Unpairing and re-pairing the controller will show the LED correctly. It's still an issue on the latest firmware on stretch, too.

I'd prefer to use the BlueZ driver, but it has the unfortunate issue of not respecting the BlueZ IdleTimeout setting. I leave my Pi on constantly, so it's not useful to me in its current form.

xadox

Does the commit 99bdad7 change something to this connection mode? Or is it only for the ps3driver wrapper?

psyke83

@xadox

It should only affect the wrapper driver, mostly to improve compatibility with Raspbian stretch (which is not supported by RetroPie yet).

hhromic

Hello! First, thanks @psyke83 for the great work on the ps3/ps4 controllers support in RetroPie.

What is the current status of the driver/procedure for latest RetroPie 4.4 on Debian Stretch to use ps3/ps4 controllers? Are the instructions in https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/PS3-Controller still the preferred method at the moment to use these controllers?

Thanks!