Wii U Pro Controller recognized as Wii Remote

92649

I have some Wii U Pro controllers. I can successfully pair them with Bluetooth, but, when I go to configure them EmulationStation recognizes them as "Wii Remotes" and only recognizes the +, –, and home buttons. D-pad and sticks do not register at all.

They do work on a Raspberry Pi 3 (with Retropie) with the same bluetooth dongle. For what it's worth they have the same issue with Recalbox and ORA Retropie on the XU4. Has anyone gotten them working with Batocera on an XU4?

nadenislamarre

can you play with https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/wiki/doku.php?id=en:diagnose_joysticks_issues
and tell me if the events are recognize at udev level ?

92649

Sorry for the delay. They are recognized at the udev level but only for those three buttons. The rest of the buttons do nothing.

evtests gives me:
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0: SIGMACHIP USB Keyboard
/dev/input/event1: SIGMACHIP USB Keyboard
/dev/input/event2: gpio_keys.7
/dev/input/event3: ADS7846 Touchscreen
/dev/input/event4: Nintendo Wii Remote Accelerometer
/dev/input/event5: Nintendo Wii Remote IR
/dev/input/event6: Nintendo Wii Remote
/dev/input/event7: Nintendo Wii Remote Extension
/dev/input/event8: Nintendo Wii Remote Motion+

None of those are the Wii U Pro Controller, so if I select "6" it recognizes only the 3 buttons.

When I run sdl2-jstest, I get the following:

Found 1 joystick(s)

Joystick Name: 'Nintendo Wii Remote'
Joystick Path: '/dev/input/event6'
Joystick GUID: 050000007e0500003003000001000000
Joystick Number: 0
Number of Axes: 0
Number of Buttons: 17
Number of Hats: 0
Number of Balls: 0
GameController:
Name: 'Nintendo Wii Remote Pro Controller'
Mapping: '050000007e0500003003000001000000,Nintendo Wii Remote Pro Controller,a:b0,b:b1,back:b8,dpdown:b14,dpleft:b15,dpright:b16,dpup:b13,guide:b10,leftshoulder:b4,leftstick:b11,lefttrigger:b6,leftx:a0,lefty:a1,rightshoulder:b5,rightstick:b12,righttrigger:b7,rightx:a2,righty:a3,start:b9,x:b3,y:b2,'
Button code 0: -1
Button code 1: -1
Button code 2: -1
Button code 3: -1
Button code 4: -1
Button code 5: -1
Button code 6: 304
Button code 7: 305
Button code 8: 316
Button code 9: 407
Button code 10: 412
Button code 11: 103
Button code 12: 105
Button code 13: 106
Button code 14: 108
Button code 15: 257
Button code 16: 258

nadenislamarre

it means that it's code to fix in the driver itself.
without the hardware, it's complex to do, thus, on this point, i will not help you, sorry.

however, it seems to be supported ;-(
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/hid/hid-wiimote-modules.c#L1557

92649

Ok, thanks! I assume the fact that it works on Raspberry pi with retropie does not help? Sorry if this is an obvious answer.

nadenislamarre

oh. i didn't notice you use odroid xu4 !
batocera official odroid xu4 uses kernel 3.10
(i made a version wiith 4.x but there is a sound issue with kodi).
wiimote works only since 3.12. it cannot work on 3.10.
try this unstable version : https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/upgrades/odroidxu4/beta/last/kernel4.x/
to confirm it works on xu4 with a correct kernel.

92649

I will try it and report! Thank you!

92649

This worked pretty well, thanks! It was recognized as a Wii U Pro Controller but I had to manually pair using bluetoothctl. It would not pair through the UI. The only control issue is that the right stick appeared to be moving "up" at the same time as moving left or right, so when I moved the right stick to either side it also thought I was moving it up at the same time.

nadenislamarre

yes, for paring, the issue was fixed since this beta.
check if both events are the same at the evtest level to see if the problem comes from the driver or the applications/libraries or from your pad.