8bitdo FC30 not pairing via Bluetooth
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I bought myself a new pair of 8bitdo FC30 controllers and I can't get them to pair with my Raspberry Pi. I managed to update the firmware in both of them to 4.20, the latest available. I get the blue light to blink fast, hit Pair and Connect - and it always fails. No devices were found. Ensure device is on and try again.
I'm on Retropie 4.7.1.
EDIT: Tried different Bluetooth connection settings (boot, background), hack on, hack off - nothing.
EDIT 2: I noticed that if I try to run bluetoothctl manually it never launches. Just stuck in a void.
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@gordonfreemanjr Not sure the answer, but I was having similar issues a few weeks ago with my 8bitdo. Here's the thread where I was able to get it fixed: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29706/questions-about-connecting-8bitdo-controllers-to-retropie
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I had the same problem..what I did was make blutooth managble on retropi then i just help down start on my 8bitdo and the lights will flash then it connected fine.
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@avendosora What do you mean by making Bluetooth manageable?
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@jplank Was that it?
Someone suggested I SSH into the retropie and go to bluetoothctl and then scan now. I did so and neither of the controllers showed up. I rebooted and tried again, same result. Then I tried one last time to load emulation station and pair the controllers - and it worked right away.
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@gordonfreemanjr said in 8bitdo FC30 not pairing via Bluetooth:
@jplank Was that it?
Someone suggested I SSH into the retropie and go to bluetoothctl and then scan now. I did so and neither of the controllers showed up. I rebooted and tried again, same result. Then I tried one last time to load emulation station and pair the controllers - and it worked right away.
The thing is that I had about 15 tabs open with any youtube tutorial and help thread that I could find and I was trying anything I could find. For me, it wasn't that I changed setting X and then it suddenly started working. I "think" the last setting I changed was when mitu suggested changing the pairing mode. I changed it back to default and had to try a few more times to connect before it finally did. There might have been some resetting in there. All in all, I spent hours trying to get it to pair. I hope you manage to get yours fixed in less time. I hope that helps a bit. Good luck!
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