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    SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

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    • luetzelL
      luetzel @Wolfman100
      last edited by

      @Wolfman100
      sorry for that, I haven't noticed that links were not correctly converted. Now all links in my previous post should work.

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      • Wolfman100W
        Wolfman100 @luetzel
        last edited by

        @luetzel

        Thanks for the assistance...much much appreciated.I have now got to step 5 so let's see what happens..fingers crossed!

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        • Wolfman100W
          Wolfman100 @luetzel
          last edited by

          @luetzel I get a 404 for the QtSixA link

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          • luetzelL
            luetzel @Wolfman100
            last edited by luetzel

            @Wolfman100
            Odd, you can download it over here:
            https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtsixa/
            Meanwhile I have updated the instructions in my previous post and blog.
            I have also placed the patched bluez in my repo on github.

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            • Wolfman100W
              Wolfman100
              last edited by

              I have now installed QtSixA and have run Sixpair:

              root@osmc:/# sudo ./sixpair
              Current Bluetooth master: b8:27:eb:a1:9b:7f
              Setting master bd_addr to b8:27:eb:a1:9b:7f

              As you can see above it seems to see my controller...but doesn't pair..

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              • luetzelL
                luetzel @Wolfman100
                last edited by luetzel

                @Wolfman100
                Are you sure that you correctly applied ALL patches for bluez? If not, try to download and install my
                patched version from github.
                Did you restart the bluetoohd/ reboot your pi after installation of bluez?

                Does LED1 light up?

                Can you post the output of 'dmesg' when your controller is connected via USB?

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                • Wolfman100W
                  Wolfman100
                  last edited by

                  I'm pretty sure that all the patches were applied correctly...will double check

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                  • Wolfman100W
                    Wolfman100 @luetzel
                    last edited by

                    @luetzel

                    Pastebin of dmesg output:

                    http://pastebin.com/Lap42kFi

                    and No LED 1 does not light up

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                    • luetzelL
                      luetzel
                      last edited by

                      ok, then you can try to check whats going on using 'sudo bluetoohctl'
                      It should display all bluetooth devices:

                      [NEW] Controller 00:1B:10:00:2A:EC raspi5 [default]
                      [NEW] Device 01:B6:AD:7F:63:25 PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                      [NEW] Device 01:B6:52:85:63:25 PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                      [NEW] Device 20:73:AB:91:DD:6F Bluetooth V3.0 Keyboard

                      with info 01:B6:AD:7F:63:25, I see:

                      Device 01:B6:AD:7F:63:25
                      Name: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                      Alias: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
                      Class: 0x000540
                      Icon: input-keyboard
                      Paired: no
                      Trusted: yes
                      Blocked: no
                      Connected: yes
                      LegacyPairing: no
                      UUID: Human Interface Device... (00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
                      Modalias: usb:v054Cp0268d0000

                      check if your devices are 'trusted'

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                      • luetzelL
                        luetzel @Wolfman100
                        last edited by

                        @Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

                        @luetzel

                        Pastebin of dmesg output:

                        http://pastebin.com/Lap42kFi

                        and No LED 1 does not light up

                        Hmm, thats exactly the same vendor and product id on your controller. I'm pretty sure that you should be able to pair your controller with the patched bluez.

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                        • Wolfman100W
                          Wolfman100
                          last edited by

                          I think their was a problem with the patches downloading,have rebuilt bluez and double checked patches:

                          root@osmc:/bluez-5.39/patches# ls
                          bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch bluez-11_sixaxis-fix-PID-navigation-controller.patch
                          bluez-02_obexd-use-system-bus.patch bluez-12_sixaxis-add-support-for-setting-SDP-record.patch
                          bluez-03_storagedir.patch bluez-13_sixaxis-provide-dualshock-3-SDP-record.patch
                          bluez-04_work-around-Logitech-diNovo-Edge-keyboard-firmware-i.patch bluez-14_sixaxis-remove-not-needed-checks.patch
                          bluez-05-046d-c52b-Logitech-Inc.-Unifying-Receiver.patch bluez-15_sixaxis-fix-multi-line-comments-style.patch
                          bluez-06-broadcom-fixes.patch bluez-20-sixaxis-autotrust.patch
                          bluez-07-broadcom-dont-set-speed-before-loading.patch bluez-link_against_ncurses.patch
                          root@osmc:/bluez-5.39/patches#

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                          • Wolfman100W
                            Wolfman100 @luetzel
                            last edited by

                            @luetzel

                            have updated:

                            GNU nano 2.2.6 File: bluetooth.ver

                            {
                            global:
                            btd_;
                            g_dbus_
                            ;
                            info;
                            error;
                            debug;
                            baswap;
                            ba2str;
                            sdp_*;
                            local:
                            *;
                            };

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                            • luetzelL
                              luetzel @Wolfman100
                              last edited by luetzel

                              @Wolfman100
                              ok, maybe you misunderstood. It is not sufficient to download the patches, you have to apply all of them with:

                              patch -p1 < patches/bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch

                              you have to do it for all files you downloaded. Then, do make/ make install again and restart the bluetoothd service.

                              In doubt, clone the patched bluez from my github repo:

                              git clone https://github.com/luetzel/bluez

                              and compile it on your machine.

                              Also check whether the bluez sixaxis plugin was correctly loaded. What does:

                              'sudo service bluetoothd status' say? Thats my output:

                              bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                              Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                              Active: active (running) since Mon 2016-05-16 20:47:11 CEST; 17h ago
                              Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
                              Main PID: 472 (bluetoothd)
                              Status: "Running"
                              CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                              └─472 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

                              May 16 20:47:10 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
                              May 16 20:47:11 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Starting SDP server
                              May 16 20:47:11 raspi5 systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
                              May 16 20:47:12 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 initialized
                              May 16 20:47:12 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: Failed to obtain handles for "Service Changed" characteristic
                              May 17 07:44:01 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)
                              May 17 09:22:13 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)
                              May 17 09:22:23 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)
                              May 17 13:45:07 raspi5 bluetoothd[472]: sixaxis: compatible device connected: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller (054C:0268)

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                              • Wolfman100W
                                Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                last edited by

                                @luetzel said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

                                sudo bluetoohctl

                                bluetoothctl does not see the controller:

                                root@osmc:/# sudo bluetoothctl
                                [NEW] Controller B8:27:EB:A1:9B:7F osmc [default]
                                [NEW] Device CC:C5:0A:1F:F9:2C Bluetooth 3.0 Macro Keyboard
                                [bluetooth]# scan on
                                Discovery started
                                [CHG] Controller B8:27:EB:A1:9B:7F Discovering: yes
                                [bluetooth]#

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                                • Wolfman100W
                                  Wolfman100
                                  last edited by

                                  result of 'sudo service bluetoothd status':

                                  root@osmc:/# sudo service bluetoothd status
                                  ● bluetoothd.service
                                  Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
                                  Active: inactive (dead)

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                                  • Wolfman100W
                                    Wolfman100
                                    last edited by

                                    @luetzel

                                    Apolagies,I was just following the guide as it is laid out,as a relative noob I didn't realise I had to manually apply the patches.

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                                    • luetzelL
                                      luetzel @Wolfman100
                                      last edited by

                                      @Wolfman100
                                      Hmm, it should be possible to see PS3 connection attempts even without having the
                                      right bluez version.
                                      You dongle should see the controller as soon as you press the PS button, given that it is not connected via USB.

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                                      • Wolfman100W
                                        Wolfman100
                                        last edited by

                                        When attempting to apply the patches I get this output:

                                        root@osmc:/bluez-5.39# patch -p1 < patches/bluez-01_add-obexd-policy.patch
                                        patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input.

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                                        • luetzelL
                                          luetzel @Wolfman100
                                          last edited by

                                          @Wolfman100
                                          Ah ok, never mind ;-)

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                                          • luetzelL
                                            luetzel @Wolfman100
                                            last edited by

                                            @Wolfman100

                                            @Wolfman100 said in SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP:

                                            result of 'sudo service bluetoothd status':

                                            root@osmc:/# sudo service bluetoothd status
                                            ● bluetoothd.service
                                            Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
                                            Active: inactive (dead)

                                            Please try it again with:

                                            sudo service bluetooth status

                                            (my mistake, the 'd' at the end was wrong)

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