Magicsee R1 controller issues

krullbeast

Pi Model or other hardware: 4b
Power Supply used: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1566
RetroPie Version Used : retropie-buster-4.7.1-rpi4_400.img
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: Uctronics 5 inch led screen
Controller used: Magicsee R1
Error messages received: creating device failed org.bluez.Error.ConnectionAttemptFailed:page timeout

so i'm having trouble with emulation station reading this gamepad as a keyboard and then the inputs are incorrect. i had it working, and emulationstation was reading it as my Magicsee R1 for a while, and it worked great! but now, it just detects it as a keyboard and the buttons are wrong. Does anyone have any advice on how to get my Pi to recognize the R1 bluetooth controller? I know it CAN work, but i can't replicate what i did before i screwed it up by tying to go headless. thank you for any input!

mitu

Does the controller have a Mode key that changes between various connection modes ? Maybe you accidentally pressed it and now the controller switched to a 'keyboard' type.

krullbeast

@mitu thanks mitu! i will check it out!

krullbeast

@mitu The left button on the Magicsee r1 is a function button, when i hold it down and press b during the initial controller mapping, ES recognizes it as the r1. I map it, and it works great! until I reboot..then it's messed up again. I thought i would just disable the ES autoconfig and remap it every time i turned it on, if i had to, but as soon as i exit a game, ES can't read it again. Is there a way to set my controller so that it won't forget my autoconfig? Maybe this is a bluetooth connection issue, because none of the security settings work when i try to pair it, eventhough it shows up and works in both ES and RetroArch. If you have any ideas, I'd really appreciate your expertise. Thank you very much.

mitu

@krullbeast said in Magicsee R1 controller issues:

Is there a way to set my controller so that it won't forget my autoconfig?

If you turned off the auto-config, then it's not going to be saved to the configuration file. If the controller works for games, then it means the input configuration for the emulator is correct - it should also work in EmulationStation.

Does the controller need to be started with a certain button sequence in order to use a particular mode ? Does it have a manual we can look into ?

krullbeast

@mitu so i just mapped it in ES ( after re-enabling auto save) and then i had to quit ES and i did a system shutdown, performed a reboot and it is WORKING! so far, yes!! i think before, i wasn't exiting ES correctly and it kept remapping the r1 to only the start button as the "y" button. and it was showing up as a keyboard input. I REALLY appreciate your help. thank you!