[SOLVED] Two 2.4GHz Wireless Controllers with USB dongle recognized as one in RetroPie but not in Windows

Garret

I recently bought on a really famous Chinese shop two wireless controllers that connect via a usb dongle. The controllers use the 2.4GHz band and resemble exactly the play station 1 controllers.

However, on Retropie they are recognized as the same, so I cannot use them to play in multiplayer with another person. This is quite annoying as that is not the case in Windows where they are recognized as two different.

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Do you know if there could be a solution to this?
Thank you very much in advance.

mitu

@garret https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first - please give more details about your system.
Are you able to use each controller individually ? What makes you say they're recognized as one controller instead of two ?

Garret

@mitu said in Two 2.4GHz Wireless Controllers with USB dongle recognized as one in RetroPie but not in Windows:

@garret https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first - please give more details about your system.
Are you able to use each controller individually ? What makes you say they're recognized as one controller instead of two ?

Yes, as I wrote in the first topic Retropie recognizes without any issue the controllers but like they are exactly the same. It means that I could use the two controllers to play but not in multiplayer with another person using the second controller. The second controller is recognized as gamepad 1 and if I press for instance the Up button, it is like I am pressing the Up button on the other controller.

I am using Raspberry Pi 3 and Retropie 4.3 with the latest updates.

mitu

@garret Is it similar to https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/13380/trouble-configuring-dual-controllers-with-same-id ? both controllers have the same name and this causes the confusion.

Garret

@mitu said in Two 2.4GHz Wireless Controllers with USB dongle recognized as one in RetroPie but not in Windows:

@garret Is it similar to https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/13380/trouble-configuring-dual-controllers-with-same-id ? both controllers have the same name and this causes the confusion.

Yes, exactly. I think that is the issue. However, iI read completely that topic and I cannot really find a solution. Apparently, the guy ended up buying new controllers which do not have this issue?

Is there no way to rename the two different controllers so that retropie thinks they are different?

This is my "es_input.cfg":

######################
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<inputList>
<inputAction type="onfinish">
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/scripts/inputconfiguration.sh</command>
</inputAction>
<inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="ShanWan Twin USB Joystick" deviceGUID="03000000632500005505000010010000">
<input name="pageup" type="button" id="16" value="1"/>
<input name="start" type="button" id="21" value="1"/>
<input name="up" type="axis" id="1" value="-1"/>
<input name="a" type="button" id="13" value="1"/>
<input name="b" type="button" id="14" value="1"/>
<input name="down" type="axis" id="1" value="1"/>
<input name="pagedown" type="button" id="17" value="1"/>
<input name="right" type="axis" id="0" value="1"/>
<input name="x" type="button" id="12" value="1"/>
<input name="select" type="button" id="20" value="1"/>
<input name="y" type="button" id="15" value="1"/>
<input name="left" type="axis" id="0" value="-1"/>
</inputConfig>
</inputList>
######################

Garret

I solved my issues relative to my specific controllers by following a guide found on reddit. I attach the reddit post. I am really satisfied with the results!

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/4mtfz9/shanwan_twin_usb_wireless_controllers/

mitu

@garret Thank you for sharing, sorry I couldn't be of any help. Quite a complex setup for making these controllers to work.

Messa

I know is a bit old topic but I don't want to open a new one for that... I received today this controllers and have the same problem...
I tried the steps in reddit link but it don't w
orks... Can somebody help me with this??? Thanks a lot!

Onygzz

I have same problem. Tried procedure from redit, but no success. Anybody can help?

Thanks

mitu

@Onygzz said in [SOLVED] Two 2.4GHz Wireless Controllers with USB dongle recognized as one in RetroPie but not in Windows:

I have same problem. Tried procedure from redit, but no success. Anybody can help?

Open a new topic and add the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.
Are the controllers working if you test them with jstest /dev/input/js0 or jstest /dev/input/js1 from the command line ?