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fake 8Bitdo SF30 Pro, way to get working?

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    ikkeT
    last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 07:22

    Thanks for pointing out jstest. I will read more about it. At first try it seems to recognize the joystick, but doesn't print out any button changes after initial text:

    $ jstest /dev/input/js0 
    Driver version is 2.1.0.
    Joystick (Pro Controller) has 6 axes (X, Y, Rx, Ry, Hat0X, Hat0Y)
    and 16 buttons (BtnA, BtnB, BtnC, BtnX, BtnY, BtnZ, BtnTL, BtnTR, BtnTL2, BtnTR2, BtnSelect, BtnStart, BtnMode, BtnThumbL, BtnThumbR, ?).
    Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
    Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767  2:-32767  3:-32767  4:     0  5:     0 Buttons:  0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  7:off  8:off  9:off 10:off 11:off 12:off 13:off 14:off 15:off
    
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      mitu Global Moderator @ikkeT
      last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 07:25

      @ikkeT If jstest doesn't work, there's little chance it will work in ES or the emulators. Try to start it in XInput (PC) mode and test it.

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        ikkeT @mitu
        last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 09:46

        @mitu I don't see a way to start it in such mode via BT. If it's connected via USB, it is behaving like XBox 360 controller. I assume that's X-input? With that, it works fine while on wire.

        I've been reading about Switch controller methods now, but it doesn't seem to work exactly the same way. Switch controllers (which it emulates) should work to some extend out of the box. Only some calibration issues, but this one won't act on any button.

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          ikkeT @ikkeT
          last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 09:48

          If anyone recognizes this controller in picture, please advice:

          pro controller

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            mitu Global Moderator @ikkeT
            last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 09:49

            @ikkeT said in fake 8Bitdo SF30 Pro, way to get working?:

            Only some calibration issues, but this one won't act on any button.

            You can try and make it work on a PC (Windows) via Bluetooth - see if it works this way.

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              ikkeT @mitu
              last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 09:51

              @mitu I don't have access to windows in a week, but I'll try then. Thanks, good idea. ATM I have RHEL8 laptop and android phone. I'll try those too.

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                mitu Global Moderator @ikkeT
                last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 11:12

                @ikkeT You can try on Linux (RHEL), but I suppose it will be similar to the Raspberry PI. I

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                  ikkeT
                  last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 13:39

                  This is what it looks like in dmesg, while connecting it via different means. Occationally with BT on, sometimes USB.

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                    mitu Global Moderator @ikkeT
                    last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 13:45

                    @ikkeT You forgot to link the dmesg output, I think ?

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                      ikkeT
                      last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 13:49

                      Yes, I forgot the actual dmesg :) Now I can't paste it, as it's classified as spam :(

                      Let's try reformat:

                      [   11.880638] input: Pro Controller as /devices/platform/soc/3f201000.serial/tty/ttyAMA0/hci0/hci0:11/0005:057E:2009.0001/input/input0
                      [   11.880907] hid-generic 0005:057E:2009.0001: input,hidraw0: BLUETOOTH HID v0.01 Gamepad [Pro Controller] on b8:27:eb:b8:1d:86
                      
                      [  522.089432] input: Nintendo Co., Ltd. Pro Controller as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:057E:2009.0002/input/input1
                      [  522.090850] hid-generic 0003:057E:2009.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Nintendo Co., Ltd. Pro Controller] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input0
                      
                      [  525.647783] input: Microsoft X-Box 360 pad as /devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input2
                      
                      [  920.988380] hid-generic 0003:057E:2009.0004: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Nintendo Co., Ltd. Pro Controller] on usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input0
                      
                      
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                        mitu Global Moderator
                        last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 13:55

                        Hm, detected as hid-generic. Can you check what's the udev rule that was added ? Post the .conf file from /etc/udev/rules.d.

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                          ikkeT
                          last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 18:29

                          This is what retropie adds:

                          pi@retropie:~ $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-bluetooth.rules 
                          SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Pro Controller", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"
                          

                          and this I tried from one of the forum posts while looking for switch controller posts:

                          pi@retropie:~ $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-nintendo-switch-pro-controller.rules 
                          #KERNEL=="event*", ATTRS{name}=="Pro Controller", SYMLINK+="switch-pro-controller", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}="nintendo-switch-pro-controller.service"
                          #KERNEL=="event*", ATTRS{name}=="Pro Controller", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/bin/systemctl stop nintendo-switch-pro-controller"
                          
                          

                          Now it's back to the first one added by retropie-setup.sh.

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                            ikkeT
                            last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 18:31

                            This is where I got if from. It didn't help though: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16503/how-to-connect-a-switch-pro-controller-with-analog-stick-without-xboxdrv

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                              mitu Global Moderator @ikkeT
                              last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 18:35

                              @ikkeT if your buttons/inputs are not registering, then it means xboxdrv is not going to work. The 1st udev rules file is ok, it should force the device to appear as a gamepad device to the system, but I think the device might expect some kind of initialization from the system to start working.

                              IMHO, at this price you should get a real 8bitdo and not a clone/knock-off. You might be able to make it work via the USB, if you convince the xpad driver to handle it (it's not handling it at the moment because it doesn't know the device).

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                                ikkeT
                                last edited by 26 Jun 2019, 22:14

                                The USB is rather OK, has been from the start. Only issue is that the home hotkey doesn't work. But I bought this for BT, and as I have no experience, I thought it really is 8Bitdo. I was fooled by the ebay sellers having 8Bitdo in the topic. I only yesterday found out it is not 8Bitdo :(

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                                  alanmanquero
                                  last edited by 22 Oct 2019, 02:24

                                  Bump!

                                  I got the same issue, the controllers are great and ok quality. Has someone been able to get it working? I can use it wired but when it comes to wireless won’t detect input. It does connect fine and seems to be detected as a switch pro controller.

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                                    bradarad
                                    last edited by 1 Nov 2019, 07:56

                                    I have the same controller and experiencing the same problems. It works fine plugged in as an Xbox controller and jstest detects it. As soon as I pair it on Bluetooth none of the buttons are recognized in jstest anymore.

                                    The Bluetooth does work on my Linux PC in steam. It detects it as a switch pro controller and run flawlessly.

                                    I lack the knowledge, but I'll try to dig into what's making it work on my PC when I have more time. Maybe whatever it is can be adopted to retropi.

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                                      Finnbro
                                      last edited by 8 Nov 2019, 22:59

                                      Just wanted to mention I have the same issue with this product. I hope someone can devise a solution for this!

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                                        MrCoffee @Finnbro
                                        last edited by MrCoffee 14 Nov 2019, 11:38

                                        @Finnbro Do you have the manual to it , I lost mine. I think you can switch it into D-input and X-input.

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                                          matchaman
                                          last edited by 14 Nov 2019, 14:34

                                          It's not fake, it's designed to look different. They don't try to fool anyone. The quality is bad however, avoid this and save a little more for the actual SF30 Pro.

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