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    SHANWAN / PS3 CONTROLLER Pi3 RETROPIE 3.6 BLUETOOTH SETUP

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    • luetzelL
      luetzel @Wolfman100
      last edited by

      @Wolfman100

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

      @luetzel Shall I download from your github?

      Well thats up to you, at least it would simplify the procedure to a:

      git clone https://github.com/luetzel/bluez
      cd bluez
      ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-sixaxis
      make -j3
      sudo make install

      Note, that you probably have to do 'sudo apt-get install git' first.

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      • Wolfman100W
        Wolfman100 @luetzel
        last edited by

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

        sudo make install

        Ha..well that seems a lot easier!So I'm presuming this is with all the patches already applied?

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        • Wolfman100W
          Wolfman100
          last edited by

          This is now what I get when I run sixpair:

          root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
          Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
          Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
          Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.

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          • luetzelL
            luetzel @Wolfman100
            last edited by

            @Wolfman100
            yes they are already included.

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            • Wolfman100W
              Wolfman100 @luetzel
              last edited by

              @luetzel This is what I get as my bluetooth service output,which now indicates the correct version 5.39:

              ● 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 13:56:43 BST; 36min ago
              Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
              Main PID: 629 (bluetoothd)
              Status: "Running"
              CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
              └─629 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

              May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
              May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Starting SDP server
              May 17 13:56:43 osmc bluetoothd[629]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 i...ed

              Warning: Unit file changed on disk, 'systemctl daemon-reload' recommended.
              Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to sh
              w in full.

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              • luetzelL
                luetzel @Wolfman100
                last edited by luetzel

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

                This is now what I get when I run sixpair:

                root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
                Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
                Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
                Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.

                When you tried sixpair before, it seemed to work:

                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

                I don't understand what's going on ..

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                • Wolfman100W
                  Wolfman100 @luetzel
                  last edited by

                  @luetzel

                  ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                  Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
                  └─local.conf
                  Active: inactive (dead)
                  Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

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

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                  • luetzelL
                    luetzel @Wolfman100
                    last edited by

                    @Wolfman100

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

                    @luetzel

                    ● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
                    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled)
                    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.service.d
                    └─local.conf
                    Active: inactive (dead)
                    Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)

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

                    And why it is no running anymore? Try
                    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
                    sudo service bluetooth restart

                    and lets see if it helps.

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                    • Wolfman100W
                      Wolfman100 @luetzel
                      last edited by

                      @luetzel OK cool....that seems to have got bluetooth running again!

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                      • Wolfman100W
                        Wolfman100 @luetzel
                        last edited by

                        @luetzel sixpair and bluetoothctl don't seem to be seeing the bluetooth controller now however:

                        root@osmc:/# sudo sixpair
                        Current Bluetooth master: ff:00:03:c6:9e:66
                        Unable to retrieve local bd_addr from hcitool dev.
                        Please enable Bluetooth or specify an address manually.
                        root@osmc:/# b;uetoothctl
                        bash: b: command not found
                        bash: uetoothctl: command not found
                        root@osmc:/# bluetoothctl
                        [bluetooth]# devices
                        [bluetooth]# scan on
                        No default controller available
                        [bluetooth]#

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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 sixpair and bluetoothctl don't seem to be seeing the bluetooth controller now however:

                          No default controller available
                          [bluetooth]#

                          did you try:
                          hcitool dev

                          here it shows:
                          Devices:
                          hci0 00:1B:10:00:2A:EC

                          which is the hardware address of my BT dongle. Perhaps you have to unplug/replug it to be recognized.
                          IMHO the linux kernel should be responsible to register hci0, not bluez. Perhaps you have to shutdown/power off
                          and reboot your pi.

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                          • Wolfman100W
                            Wolfman100 @luetzel
                            last edited by

                            @luetzel to confirm it is active:

                            ● 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 14:51:59 BST; 11min ago
                            Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
                            Main PID: 842 (bluetoothd)
                            Status: "Running"
                            CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
                            └─842 /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd

                            May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Bluetooth daemon 5.39
                            May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Starting SDP server
                            May 17 14:51:59 osmc bluetoothd[842]: Bluetooth management interface 1.10 i...ed
                            Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

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                            • Wolfman100W
                              Wolfman100 @luetzel
                              last edited by

                              @luetzel

                              My BT dongle is built in,it is a Pi3.

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                              • Wolfman100W
                                Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                last edited by

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

                                hcitool dev

                                hcitool shows no devices!

                                root@osmc:/# hcitool dev
                                Devices:

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                                • luetzelL
                                  luetzel @Wolfman100
                                  last edited by

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

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

                                  hcitool dev

                                  hcitool shows no devices!

                                  root@osmc:/# hcitool dev
                                  Devices:

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

                                  @luetzel

                                  My BT dongle is built in,it is a Pi3.

                                  Ah, I see. This might be the problem. I have seen another thread in this forum that there is some trouble with the BT device on Pi3.
                                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/842/pi-3-ps3-bluetooth-controller-freeze-fix-updated/1

                                  What distribution are you using on your Pi3? Was it osmc? My RetroPie runs on Rasbian/Pi2.

                                  Just give me a minute, I'll try to replicate this behaviour on my Pi3 with osmc.

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                                  • Wolfman100W
                                    Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                    last edited by

                                    @luetzel thank you so much for your dedication to solving this.Your a true gent!

                                    It seems that I mistakenly just presumed your whole article was about Pi3 as a lot of people seem to be having issues with this!

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                                    • luetzelL
                                      luetzel @Wolfman100
                                      last edited by

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

                                      @luetzel thank you so much for your dedication to solving this.Your a true gent!

                                      It seems that I mistakenly just presumed your whole article was about Pi3 as a lot of people seem to be having issues with this!

                                      But it is not related to the Pi version. So far only genuine Sony PS3 controllers were supported by bluez. The cloned controllers are supported by the sixad daemon, but it interferes with other BT devices, such as keyboards or mice. I would be happy to see support PS3 support via bluez in the next version of RetroPie. Thats why I'm interested in your problem. It is so annoying, that PS3 isn't properly supported by bluez ...

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                                      • Wolfman100W
                                        Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                        last edited by

                                        @luetzel Indeed it is!I'm on this journey because I watched some YouTube Vids about RetroPie and for everybody else it seemed as easy as installing RetroPie, hitting PS button connecting and off you go!

                                        This has now led me on this journey where nearly two months later I still haven't got the thing working and was in no way expecting to delve so far down the rabbit-hole in terms of coding etc!Having never even seen linux before,nevermind use it I've learned a hell of a lot....Shame I still can't play any f'in games though!

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                                        • Wolfman100W
                                          Wolfman100 @luetzel
                                          last edited by

                                          @luetzel there is definetly something amiss now though as bluetoothctl freezes,I'm assuming because it can't find the Bluetooth Device

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                                          • luetzelL
                                            luetzel @Wolfman100
                                            last edited by

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

                                            @luetzel Indeed it is!I'm on this journey because I watched some YouTube Vids about RetroPie and for everybody else it seemed as easy as installing RetroPie, hitting PS button connecting and off you go!

                                            This has now led me on this journey where nearly two months later I still haven't got the thing working and was in no way expecting to delve so far down the rabbit-hole in terms of coding etc!Having never even seen linux before,nevermind use it I've learned a hell of a lot....Shame I still can't play any f'in games though!

                                            Ok, I see - the problem is that bluez doesn't recognize the vendor id/device id of the fake PS3 controllers. I also didn't know it, when I ordered a pair from Aliexpress. But I still think that it will be possible to pair your controller.

                                            Just finished to compile it on osmc, will try sixpair now, so stay tuned ...

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