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    Xbox One Wireless Adaptor Connection

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      tomoby @backstander
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      @backstander I’ll definitely look into changing the power and will let you know if it works or not. If you don’t hear from me again it’s possible I burnt the house down trying :/ Thanks again for all your help!

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        backstander @tomoby
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        @tomoby

        If you don’t hear from me again it’s possible I burnt the house down trying :/

        Did I Do That?

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          backstander
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          For fun I looked up videos of Raspberry Pi's catching fire and this is what I found:

          Raspberry Pi "overclocking failure" from connecting it to a 12V lead acid batteries

          A Raspberry Pi powered drone, named Zoe, catches fire at the Pi Party Weekend

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            LeSabotageur
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            Update on using the Xbox One dongle in linux : an implementation has been available for some weeks nom, here : https://github.com/medusalix/xow

            I gave it a whirl on retropie but I haven't yet succeeded, I'll try again sometime later with v0.3 (I was on v0.2), but if anyone manages to use it in the meantime, I'd be interested to know.

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              grant2258 Banned
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              ill try this out at the weekend stuck on a xbox360 controller on linux at the moment

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                mikeydoom @backstander
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                @backstander

                Thank you so much for this.

                I was having power issues with my usb when using all 4 ports at the same time, some devices would randomly disconnect over and over until I unplugged one.

                But with the fix you just posted it solved all my usb power issues,

                So again I say thank you so much.

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                  LeSabotageur
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                  Tried it yesterday : the dongle is functional in retropie with xow V0.3 ! Installing xow is enough, no further configuration required (well, the new gamepad configuration in retropie excepted).
                  There SHOULD be less latency with the dongle than with bluetooth, but I haven't tested it.
                  @mitu : do you know if there's any plan to officially embed xow in future retropie releases ?

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                    mitu Global Moderator @LeSabotageur
                    last edited by mitu

                    @LeSabotageur said in Xbox One Wireless Adaptor Connection:

                    @mitu : do you know if there's any plan to officially embed xow in future retropie releases ?

                    No, it's not right now - but I looked at the it and it shouldn't be difficult to add it as a scriptmodule. But I'm not sure about the maturity of the driver and the fact that includes a non-free/non-open source firmware blob.

                    MediaTek Inc. grants permission to use and redistribute aforementioned firmware
                    files for the use with devices containing MediaTek chipsets, but not as part of
                    the Linux kernel or in any other form which would require these files themselves
                    to be covered by the terms of the GNU General Public License or the GNU Lesser
                    General Public License.

                    These firmware files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but
                    are provided WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTY
                    OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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                      LeSabotageur @mitu
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                      @mitu Yeah I guess technically it should be fairly simple; as for the license regarding the firmware.bin, I saw it discussed there : https://github.com/medusalix/xow/issues/15 if that may help.

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                        mitu Global Moderator @LeSabotageur
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                        @LeSabotageur Thank you for the pointer - it's helpful to get the perspective from the a Debian packager. I see the package is uploaded to sid (https://packages.debian.org/sid/xow), though only for amd64. I wonder if the firmware is not already distributed as part of one of the several firmware packages included in the Debian/Ubuntu non-free repository section.

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                          LeSabotageur @mitu
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                          @mitu You're very welcome; for further information, there's a list of several current releases on https://github.com/medusalix/xow, listing Debian, Arch Linux, EmuELEC, GamerOS and Steam Link.
                          I wouldn't know however if the licenses there are similar to Retropie's (or if the respective distributors care enough about that, for that matter; I sure hope they do).

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                            liondog @LeSabotageur
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                            @LeSabotageur Can you share the installation steps? I follow the instructions in the portal but got error when run makefile.

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                              LeSabotageur @liondog
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                              @liondog I've followed the installation instructions there : https://github.com/medusalix/xow , launched manually xow to check if the controller was connecting correctly, then rebooted and the controller was usable in retropie.

                              I didn't have a problem running makefile; do you have the prerequisites listed, especially libusb ? What's the error shown ?

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                                CobraKai
                                last edited by CobraKai

                                @LeSabotageur and @mitu I was wondering if the Xbox One Wireless Adapter driver was packaged for Retropie yet?

                                I also was wondering how it is working any latency issues and is it better than connecting the Xbox One Controller via bluetooth?

                                Trying to figure out the prerequisites to install this to a Retropie image that I obtained that was built a few months ago.

                                Any advice or steps to do this I would appreciate it, kind of new to all of this.

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                                  mitu Global Moderator @CobraKai
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  @CobraKai said in Xbox One Wireless Adaptor Connection:

                                  @LeSabotageur and @mitu I was wondering if the Xbox One Wireless Adapter driver was packaged for Retropie yet?

                                  No, it's not, but you can install it manually - it's not that difficult.

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                                    CobraKai @mitu
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                                    @mitu do you know if i have to install anything prior, I am using a RetroImage prebuilt that was done 2 months ago.

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                                      mitu Global Moderator @CobraKai
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                                      @CobraKai We don't support 3rd party images - ask the author of the image or just try it out yourself.

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                                        CobraKai @mitu
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                                        @mitu Does this work with the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B?

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                                          CobraKai @CobraKai
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                                          @mitu and @LeSabotageur

                                          I am trying to install on my Raspberry Pi 4 Model B I have installed the latest Raspbain OS Buster Image.

                                          I want to install this driver to see if I can get my Xbox One Wireless controller to work with my Xbox Wireless Dongle.

                                          I am a real noob regarding Linux, so steps necessary to do this would help me out.

                                          i could contribute $20 to someone if it solves my request. I would have to test it out first, but being that it would save me from using a different controller and I prefer my Xbox One Wireless controller I would definitely contribute to someone to help me.

                                          Here is my info on my build:
                                          i@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/os-release
                                          PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
                                          NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
                                          VERSION_ID="10"
                                          VERSION="10 (buster)"
                                          VERSION_CODENAME=buster
                                          ID=raspbian
                                          ID_LIKE=debian
                                          HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
                                          SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
                                          BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
                                          pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsb_release -a
                                          No LSB modules are available.
                                          Distributor ID: Raspbian
                                          Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
                                          Release: 10
                                          Codename: buster
                                          pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/version
                                          Linux version 4.19.97-v7l+ (dom@buildbot) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611)) #1294 SMP Thu Jan 30 13:21:14 GMT 2020

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                                            thediebatz
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                                            I have done it on my newly setup Retopie on an Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

                                            Go in the commandline and follow this instructions:

                                            GET cabextract OTHERWISE command make BUILD=RELEASE will fail

                                            sudo apt-get install -y cabextrac
                                            

                                            GET XOW AND INSTALL

                                            git clone https://github.com/medusalix/xow
                                            cd xow
                                            make BUILD=RELEASE
                                            sudo make install
                                            sudo systemctl enable xow
                                            sudo systemctl start xow
                                            

                                            Reboot Pie

                                            sudo reboot
                                            

                                            Get your USB-Stick in Paring-Mode

                                            sudo systemctl kill -s SIGUSR1 xow
                                            

                                            After this command your Stick should start to make bling bling and you can pair yourself with it!

                                            Regards

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