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    SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

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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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                            • Wolfman100W
                              Wolfman100
                              last edited by

                              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!

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                              • Wolfman100W
                                Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                last edited by

                                @luetzel ermmm...I'm confused.Is this what should happen when I apply the patch?

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                                • Wolfman100W
                                  Wolfman100
                                  last edited by

                                  root@osmc:/# sudo service bluetooth status
                                  ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                                  Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                                  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
                                  └─local.conf
                                  Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-05-17 00:28:47 BST; 13h ago
                                  Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
                                  Main PID: 2072 (bluetoothd)
                                  Status: "Running"
                                  CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                                  └─2072 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

                                  May 17 00:28:47 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Bluetooth daemon 5.38
                                  May 17 00:28:47 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Starting SDP server
                                  May 17 00:28:48 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 initialized
                                  May 17 00:37:56 osmc bluetoothd[2072]: Failed to obtain handles for "Service Changed" characteristic

                                  Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.

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                                  • luetzelL
                                    luetzel @Wolfman100
                                    last edited by

                                    @Wolfman100
                                    I think it is related to the connection attempts, it fails to pair and disconnects again. You should
                                    be able to follow this process with 'sudo bluetoothctl'. After a failed connection attempt you should
                                    see a 'disconnected' message for the controller.

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                                    • luetzelL
                                      luetzel @Wolfman100
                                      last edited by

                                      @Wolfman100
                                      Bluetooth daemon 5.38

                                      Version should be at 5.39 not 5.38! Did you forget to 'make install' or to reboot your Pi?

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                                      • Wolfman100W
                                        Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                        last edited by

                                        @luetzel no I definetly did 'make install' but haven't rebooted.

                                        Also,all the patches haven't been applied yet as I was awaiting your response as to whether this was correct:

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

                                        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 luetzel

                                          @Wolfman100

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

                                          @luetzel ermmm...I'm confused.Is this what should happen when I apply the patch

                                          Sorry, the link that you provided was broken.

                                          Awww, I see you did not download the patches in 'raw-mode'. Make sure that you don't have html tags in your files.

                                          Press the 'Raw' button, before you download the patch files from github!

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                                          • Wolfman100W
                                            Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                            last edited by

                                            @luetzel OK will do now.Somethings definetly amiss now though as my Bluetooth option has dissapeared from within OSMC

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