Retropie Xin-Mo joypad help Pulling my hair out now

jimd0586

@djgra79 I can tell you from experience, work with what you have... Configure P1 get it working and then leave P2's ES configuration alone. Don't configure it. Find the buttons that work in P2 and move the wiring around to accommodate. IE, determine which p2 button is working right now as start and then what button you want as start and switch the microswitches. Follow me? The problem I had was that I didn't wire completely to the diagram and figured I could reconfigure in emulations station (ES). But in configuration in ES the settings for P2 would overwrite P1 and vice versa. So at the end of the day I had to actually wire the system according to what worked.

djgra79

@jimd0586
Thanks Jim, looks like problem solved! I kept the ES configurations for both P1 & P2 and physically swapped the cables for the switches on P1 that got changed. Tested in Mortal Combat SNES and both players work fine in game and exiting back in ES.
Thanks heaps again!

jimd0586

No problem. Just pay it forward. Took me weeks to get right and I ended up buying a second board thinking that was the solution. Glad to see you figured it out before going to that extreme.

Csongor

Hi Guys,

I am having the same issue, and still could not resolve myself even after following these instructions. I also followed the instructions on an old forum and installed some patch which did not resolve the 2 player issue and I have given it up and now picking it up after a few months. So don't quite remember what happened back than.

When I do lsusb, I get this:
root@retropie:/home/pi# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 16c0:05e1 VOTI CDC-ACM class devices (modems)
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120 for Business

My driver is the VOTI... because that disappears when I unplug it from the PI. I checked my command.txt and the usbhid quirks was not added without it my system did detect my controller as 4 axes and I could see all 4 axes in jstest. And the emulator was working and I could play with player 1.

Now with the quirks in, emulator is not working and in jstest I can only see 2 axes. So, I have taken the quirks out. What did I do wrong? Shall I start the whole thing right from the beginning with a new image?

SteffenMB

@Csongor Are you sure we are talking about the same problem? This is specifically about the known problem with the Xin Mo Dual controller. This one: http://www.xin-mo.com/dual-players-controller.html

Is that the one you have?

Csongor

@SteffenMB Yes, I am. I got that from ultracabs.co.uk.

Since my post earlier today, I backed up my SD card, got the latest version of RetroPie 3.7 (oh, I found out that I am using B+ not Rpi2) and installed it. I followed the standard setup procedure, got the emulation station working, mapped my controller and it was again working just fine for player 1. Now, I did lsusb again, I could see "... Van Ooijen Technische Information...", added it to command.txt as described above. I have restarted the machine. Now emulation station only responds to left and right of the joy, but I don't have button A or Options. When I go into jstest it still tells me that I have 2 axes and 10 buttons. When I test them it seems Player 2 joys works and the 6 or so buttons I have connected for player 2.
I am confused, what do I do now?

Also, is that normal that my usb keyboard does not do anything in emulation station (other than exit at F4)? Is it because during the initial mapping I used my controller and not the keyboard?

karimi

@jimd0586 so that mean, that u don't need the 2nd board with this solution?
I don't know why this kernel
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/693/how-to-get-xin-mo-dual-arcade-working-with-retropie-easy-guide-update/8
doesn't work ot for the Pi 3, especially when it works fine with the Pi 2B+. That is ridiculas.
I don't know what to do...I don't want to buy a 2nd Board

Thanks

Csongor

Hi Guys,

So nobody has any tips for my case?

JiePieWie

A little kick: i've got retropie 3.8.1 and the Xin-Mo dual controller version. Is the other/custom kernel still neccesary?

giuseking

Hi!

I got the same problem with my Xin-Mo Joystick-Panel an need help...maybe it will fix someone with automatic Retropie-Update? That would be great.

THX

GreenHawk84

Dudes, look through here and see if anything helps: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2127/xin-mo-instructions/13

I did everything in there and I have been solid, no issues.