Controllers with same ID

Sankea

Have a small issue. I have an NES usb controller and a SNES usb controller. It labels them the same after the startup mapping which is "Usb gamepad". I found a run script to allow the re-mapping to restart which is annoying when wanting to switch from a NES to SNES game quickly. Is there a way to change how retropie ID's a controller.

meleu

@Sankea
It seems that somebody asked a similar question here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/722550/use-udev-to-rename-devices-with-same-properties

And I'm afraid the answer is "no".

I don't understand what exactly you meant with "I found a run script to allow the re-mapping to restart", but if you want different button mappings and/or use SNES gamepad for SNES games and NES gamepad for NES games I can think in some solutions:

use always the same USB port for each gamepad.
configure input_player1_joypad_index to point to your SNES controller in your /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg (you can look this thread if you have troubles with this step).
do the same as above for NES.
use the Core Input Remapping to fit your preferences.

xadox

Is there maybe now a possibility to configure two identical controllers differently?

mediamogul

@xadox said in Controllers with same ID:

Is there maybe now a possibility to configure two identical controllers differently?

It's always been possible, but it's a fair amount of work using something like xboxdrv. Also, there still needs to be something to differentiate the controllers so that the configurations can be reliably applied to the same controllers each time. Myself, I do this by differentiating them by the USB port they're plugged into.

xadox

I am using one 8bitdo RetroReceiver and one 8bitdo USB Adapter for Switch.

The RetroReceiver gets the following:

usb 2-2: new full-speed USB device number 16 using xhci_hcd
usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=028e
usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-2: Product: 8Bitdo Receiver
usb 2-2: Manufacturer: 8Bitdo Receiver
usb 2-2: SerialNumber: Receiver
input: Microsoft X-Box 360 pad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input21
mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 16: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-2"

The newer USB Adapter gets the following:

usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=057e, idProduct=2009
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: Pro Controller
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 000000000001
input: Nintendo Co., Ltd. Pro Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/0003:057E:2009.0005/input/input18
mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 13: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1"
mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 13 was not an MTP device
hid-generic 0003:057E:2009.0005: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Nintendo Co., Ltd. Pro Controller] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input0
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 13
usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 14 using xhci_hcd
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=028e
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-1: Product: 8Bitdo Receiver
usb 2-1: Manufacturer: 8Bitdo Receiver
usb 2-1: SerialNumber: Receiver
input: Microsoft X-Box 360 pad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input19
mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 14: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-1"
mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 14 was not an MTP device

So at first it was recognised as with differend ID and Vendor, but afterwards its been tranformed into the the RetroReceiver somehow.

mediamogul

@xadox said in Controllers with same ID:

but afterwards its been tranformed

After what exactly?

xadox

@mediamogul Automaticly. After attaching the USB Adapter first it gets recognised as Nintendo Pro and directly afterwards as 8bitdo Adapter.

mediamogul

@xadox

Outside of using xboxdrv, you might try pairing the (I assume) Nintendo Pro controllers normally through Bluetooth. It seems to be in the realm of possibility as discussed here.

xadox

@mediamogul Hmm... You missunderstood. I am not using a Nintendo Pro Controller.

I am using a 8bitdo Retro Receiver:
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And a 8bitdo USB Adapter:
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The Retro Receiver get recognised as:
usb 2-2: Product: 8Bitdo Receiver

The USB Adapter first gets recognised as:
usb 2-1: Product: Pro Controller

But right after that it gets also recognised as:
usb 2-1: Product: 8Bitdo Receiver

Thats confusing me. No controller was paired to the USB Adapter.
Since the adapters are recognised as same device I am not able to configure them with different setting.

mediamogul

@xadox said in Controllers with same ID:

Sorry, my assumption was based on.

Automaticly. After attaching the USB Adapter first it gets recognised as Nintendo Pro and directly afterwards as 8bitdo Adapter.

I don't imagine they would, but do the 8Bitdo controllers give a unique ID when paired over Bluetooth without the adapters?

xadox

I was able to create a Symlink with an udev rule but have no clue how to create a joystick profile for the created symlink with emulationstation.