PSX DualShock Controller not working

emilholm

@lostless Wierd that it just doesn't work for me. Mine is a no-name brand - maybe its slightly different.

emilholm

@mrbwa1 I have just tried plugging it in as the only controller with Analog mode on. But even though it seems like the controller is detected, nothing happens when I press and hold the buttons :/

lostless

Or a bad adaptor. I have 3 of them and have no issues with any of them.

mrbwa1

@emilholm said in PSX DualShock Controller not working:

@mrbwa1 I have just tried plugging it in as the only controller with Analog mode on. But even though it seems like the controller is detected, nothing happens when I press and hold the buttons :/

Mine is also a no name one. Is there a red led on the adapter when you plug in the controller?

I had one that had bad connections between the connector and the board and one side didn't want to work right. I ended up having to reflow the solder on the connector pins and it worked like a champ.

emilholm

@mrbwa1 Yes there is a red LED. In fact, I've bought 2 identical adapters - and only one of them has a working LED. However, the result is the same - with the Standard PSX(non-DualShock) controller, it just works no matter what I do. Retropie isn't reacting on the DualShock controller at all.

Any ideas?

lostless

You have another dual shock to test? It may be the controller is having issues with the 5v. Ps1/ps2 controllers are designed for 3.3v but should run at 5v fine. All that adaptor does is pass the USB 5v to the controller.

emilholm

@lostless Not ATM - but maybe I'll buy another to test with.

mrbwa1

@emilholm If it has the LED, it's getting power, so we are getting somewhere.

The next step would be to get to the command line and test via jstest as shown in this video:

If you get responses from the pad in JSTEST, then it's not seeing the configs.

I had problems at one time and couldn't get PSX pads to configure. Once I established it was seen via jstest, I had to go in and delete the config file "TwinUSBJoystick.cfg" in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/ After deleting, reboot the Pi and a new file should get created. After that, I could auto-config the controller.

If needed, I can give the output of my TwinUSBJoystick.cfg file as well.

Katemonster

Why not connect the controllers directly to the Pi's GPIO pins?

emilholm

@mrbwa1 I just tried JSTEST - and nothing happens when I click the buttons still. Axes 0-3 are all set to -32767. The rest is blank or "off".
The standard non-DualShock still works fine.

Any more ideas? :)

@Katemonster Maybe I should do that - it seems like the USB stuff is a lost cause. :/

mrbwa1

@emilholm Sounds like the adapter or controller is bad if there is nothing on JSTEST. That means that the OS isn't seeing the controller.