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    Help setting up controllers

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    • H
      hangin
      last edited by

      The Keyboard is a mini type H20 Keyboard and Touchpad. The other full size keyboard i have is a logitech keyboard only. Its very possible that the mouse is causing an issues or is doubling up. How would I be able to turn this off or shut this down in the code?

      I can also try and paste the code you speak off, however have never done that but can try and see if if i'm able to capture.

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      • H
        hangin
        last edited by

        Here is more info I found when looking at some of the logs

        lvl2: Added unconfigured joystick USB USB Device (GUID: 03000000450c00000181000001010000, instance ID: 0, device index: 0).
        lvl2: Added known joystick Xin-Mo Xin-Mo Dual Arcade (instance ID: 1, device index: 1)
        lvl2: Added known joystick Xin-Mo Xin-Mo Dual Arcade (instance ID: 2, device index: 2)

        It seems to be adding my usb keyboard as an upconfigured joystick, when i set it up a keyboard? any thoughts on that?

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @hangin
          last edited by

          @hangin said in Help setting up controllers:

          It seems to be adding my usb keyboard as an upconfigured joystick, when i set it up a keyboard? any thoughts on that?

          That's because your keyboard advertises itself as a joystick. Can you run

          cat /proc/bus/input/devices

          and post the output ?

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          • H
            hangin
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            pi@retropie:~ $ I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c45 Product=8101 Version=0101
            S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:0C45:8101.0002/input/input0
            U: Uniq=
            H: Handlers=sysrq kbd leds event0
            -bash: I:: command not found
            B: PROP=0
            B: EV=12001f
            B: KEY=3f 3007f 0 0 0 0 4c3ffff 17aff32d bf544446 0 0 1 130f93 8b17c007 ffff7bfa d951dfff febeffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe
            B: REL=40
            B: ABS=1 0
            B: MSC=10
            B: LED=1f

            I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c45 Product=8101 Version=0101
            N: Name="USB USB Device"
            P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input1
            pi@retropie:~ $ N: Name="USB USB Device"
            S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.1/0003:0C45:8101.0003/input/input1
            U: Uniq=
            H: Handlers=mouse0 event1
            B: PROP=0
            B: EV=17
            B: KEY=1f0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
            B: REL=103
            B: MSC=10
            -bash: N:: command not found

            I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c45 Product=8101 Version=0101
            N: Name="USB USB Device"
            P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input3
            pi@retropie:~ $ P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input0
            S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.3/0003:0C45:8101.0005/input/input2
            U: Uniq=
            H: Handlers=event2 js0
            B: PROP=0
            B: EV=1b
            B: KEY=7fff0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
            B: ABS=100 3063f
            -bash: P:: command not found
            B: MSC=10

            I: Bus=0003 Vendor=16c0 Product=05e1 Version=0101
            N: Name="Xin-Mo Xin-Mo Dual Arcade"
            P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.2/input0
            S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/0003:16C0:05E1.0001/input/input3
            U: Uniq=
            pi@retropie:~ $ S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/0003:0C45:8101.0002/input/input0
            H: Handlers=event3 js1
            B: PROP=0
            B: EV=1b
            B: KEY=3ff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
            B: ABS=3
            -bash: S:: command not found
            B: MSC=10

            I: Bus=0003 Vendor=16c0 Product=05e1 Version=0101
            N: Name="Xin-Mo Xin-Mo Dual Arcade"
            P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.2/input0
            S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/0003:16C0:05E1.0001/input/input4
            U: Uniq=
            H: Handlers=event4 js2
            B: PROP=0
            B: EV=1b
            B: KEY=fff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
            B: ABS=3
            B: MSC=10

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            • H
              hangin
              last edited by

              I also added a dolphin light bar in this setup but when i ran that command it was not connected at the time, just trying to take away any confusion.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by

                OK, so the keyboard is also registering as a joystick:

                I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c45 Product=8101 Version=0101
N: Name="USB USB Device"
P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input3
pi@retropie:~ $ P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.4/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.3/0003:0C45:8101.0005/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event2 js0
B: PROP=0
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=7fff0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=100 3063f
B: MSC=10

                That's why it appears in the list of controllers for Emulationstation and also in RetroArch.
                What kind of keyboard is it ? Maybe it has a switch to toggle functions off (like toggling the JS off) ?

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                • H
                  hangin
                  last edited by

                  Keyboard is an H20 Mini Wireless Keyboard and Joystick, only option is to turn it on and off. I have ordered another type of keyboard still a combo deal just to see if it make a difference. I cant figure out what else i can o from my end? any other suggestions? i appreciate all your help

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                  • H
                    hangin
                    last edited by

                    correction h20 keyboard and touchpad not a joystick.

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Try setting the controllers' order through the Advanced Configuration Editor. Edit the options for all libretro emulators and change the controller order.

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                      • H
                        hangin
                        last edited by

                        I tried that already but i'll try that again and see what happens. ty

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                        • H
                          hangin
                          last edited by

                          How do you suggest i setup and plug in the controllers

                          1.) Xin - mo - top left
                          2.) Dolphin bar -Bottom left
                          3) Keyboard- Top Right
                          4) Nothing

                          ??

                          also should i configure the keyboard as the last controller?

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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @hangin
                            last edited by

                            @hangin The Xin Mo are actually 2 controllers, so I'd add them first, then the Dolphinbar. I'd leave the keyboard alone for now and test if this configuration works.

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                            • H
                              hangin
                              last edited by

                              i got it to work, after i updated retroarch as well as the drivers. I believe this may have been a bug in the retroarch version i was using. Once i updated it auto detected everything. Thanks for all your help.

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                              • H
                                hangin
                                last edited by

                                Dolphin bar help setup. controller setup

                                I recently installed a dolphin bar and wi-mote and cannot get it to work in combination with Name lightgun games. The bar is seen by the PI as well as my 2 joysticks and a keyboard. It seems that I can use the "Dpad" on the Wii mote and will move the target sight within the games, however i cannot get the pointer to move when moving the remote.

                                I have the dolphin bar set on mode 1 and the wii has two lights side-by-side on them and have tried different modes to try and get it working. I also changed the mouse input index on player 3 and player 4, to "0" and "1" they were all set to zero previous. These are the 2 inputs that i have both the wi-mote and keyboard, i did this within the retoarch.cfg file (not sure that's the correct file for Mame).

                                any help is appreciated on this subject, seems to me that there is a conflict between the keyboard and mouse being on the same index, however when I change them to "0" and "1" i seem to get the same result, to be able to only use the Dpad. all the other buttons seem to respond. thanks for all the help once again.

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