SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

Wolfman100

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

Wolfman100

@luetzel I get a 404 for the QtSixA link

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.

Wolfman100

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..

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?

Wolfman100

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

Wolfman100

@luetzel

Pastebin of dmesg output:

http://pastebin.com/Lap42kFi

and No LED 1 does not light up

luetzel

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'

luetzel

@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.

Wolfman100

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#

Wolfman100

@luetzel

have updated:

GNU nano 2.2.6 File: bluetooth.ver

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

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)

Wolfman100

@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]#

Wolfman100

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)

Wolfman100

@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.

luetzel

@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.

Wolfman100

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.

luetzel

@Wolfman100
Ah ok, never mind ;-)

luetzel

@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)

Wolfman100

The really really weird thing is that somehow the Pi/OSMC is seeing the PS3 controller as I am currently watching the News streaming on OSMC and when I push the PS button on the PS3 controller after about 7 seconds it makes the stream temporarily freeze for a couple of seconds indicating that the pi is seeing it as this is repeatable every time I push the PS button!! V strange!