Dualshock 4 drivers

[pattaboy]

With the latest build of retropie and raspbian it is possible to use the Dualshock 4 drivers with the built-in bluetooth. Is there a way to implement this into the next 4.0 release?

Thanks to nintendofreak18 I have managed to get it working on my RPI3

Here is my tutorial.
hopefully we can manage to put it into the next retropie release.

Install Drivers
sudo apt-get install python3
sudo pip install ds4drv

Make user allow create joystick
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chrippa/ds4drv/master/udev/50-ds4drv.rules
sudo mv 50-ds4drv.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

Test Joystick Connection
enter the code ds4drv --led 000008

Now hold the Dualshock 4 share button and the playstation button for a few seconds until the lightbar starts to blink.
The controller will start to connect now.
If it connects ctrl + c to disconnect it from this test.

Make boot sequence start up the DS4 driver
sudo nano /etc/rc.local

add the following right before exit 0
/usr/local/bin/ds4drv --led 000008 &

Restart your pi3
sudo reboot

Now it should connect as soon as you enter emulationstation

[BuZz]

Unless someone submits it, it won't be done for 4.0 but could be implemented in the future.

[DudeLebowski]

@pattaboy I have followed your instructions and the contoller is pairing, however it is now not booting properly, I am stuck in a loop warning about signal strength and battery life?

Any idea what could be going on here?

[mitu]

@dudelebowski You shouldn't bump 4 years old topics - start a new topic instead. The information here is outdated - the driver in question is no longer maintained and Dualshock 4 controllers don't need a driver to work.