Generic Bluetooth controller not workin in games

alealv

Hi, I've just downloaded the recalbox for my XU4. Everything is working fine, except from my Gamepad.

I bought a BM-707 / BM-727 Bluetooth Android gamepad, and the system recognize it just fine, but the emulators only recognize the movements keys (Hat keys) and nothing more.

Is there any work arround for this problem?

luizthiago

alealv i have a similar problem ...

My Ipega-9021 recognize all buttons OK into EmulationStation ..but in games, none works ...all buttons does nothing ...directionals not work, nothing happens .... 🙁

alealv

May be there is some configuration file we can edit in order to solve this problem.
I'm sorry for my poor English.

alealv

So, I've read a lot of information, but no luck.

I followed this https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/wiki/doku.php?id=en:diagnose_joysticks_issues and I have:

evtest

...
/dev/input/event5: Gamepad
...
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x5 vendor 0x1949 product 0x402 version 0x11b
Input device name: "Gamepad"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 1 (KEY_ESC)
...

sdl2-jstest --list

Found 3 joystick(s)

Joystick Name: 'Gamepad'
Joystick Path: '/dev/input/event5'
Joystick GUID: 0500000049190000020400001b010000
Joystick Number: 0
Number of Axes: 7
Number of Buttons: 264
Number of Hats: 1
Number of Balls: 1
GameController:
not a gamepad
Axis code 0: 0
Axis code 1: 1
Axis code 2: 2
Axis code 3: 5
Axis code 4: 9
Axis code 5: 10
Axis code 6: 32
Button code 0: 1
....
Button code 254: 425
Button code 255: 0
Button code 256: -1
Button code 257: -1
Button code 258: -1
Button code 259: -1
Button code 260: -1
Button code 261: -1
Button code 262: -1
Button code 263: -1
Hat code 0: 16

cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-joysticks-exotics.rules

...

IPEGA

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="ipega Bluetooth Gamepad", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="ipega Bluetooth Gamepad ", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="PG-9021", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Gamepad", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="GamePad", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"
...

The I found this thread https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/6565/mandos-terios-t3-no-logro-q-funcionen
It seems that I should add the last line of this file https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-buildroot/blob/master/board/recalbox/fsoverlay/etc/modprobe.d/usbhid.conf#L49
in order to work. But even though I run
mount -o remount, rw /
when saving the file I get "Error writing /etc/modeprobe.d/usbhid.conf: Read-only file system"

So I'm stuck here, I don't know what to do next.
It seems that the problem is fix in recalbox v4.1, but I suspect that batocera.linux v5.8 is using recalbox v4.0, Am I right?

Beside from the Gamepad problem, I found that the Keyboard configuration also change when I start an emulator. Keys are not the same I had configured on the main menu.

alealv

Please, someone can help me with this?

luizthiago

I'm having this problem with my Ipega 9021 .... not work in games ...only in ES (its works very well) , but into any games (cores) it's have no function ... 🙁

luizthiago

Yesterday my new control arrived: a "generic" control of PS3.

When I connect it by cable and try to map it, the ES interface recognizes it as "Shanwan PS3 ..." (within the settings of controls for P1, P2 etc ...) but if I leave it connected on the cable it stays Vibrating all the time, then, I should only use it by bluetooth as per the seller's instructions.

Well, I was able to connect it by bluetooth to the system by pressing the "PS3" button and then configured it (I did the button mapping) ... It was then recognized as "Sony PS3 Controller" (strange that it is the same control , Then how can it be recognized as Shanwan if connected by cable and as Sony PS3 if connected by wireless (bluetooth?), I do not understand, but continuing ...). At first it worked fine, so I entered a PSX game, but I realized that the hotkey I had configured was not working (select button) and I could not get out of the game anymore, save state or load it etc .... was Thinking of switching the bluez driver configuration to Shanwan, or Official and testing ... but before that I had the idea to map the buttons again and then I changed the -select- hotkey to the "PS3" button and did the tests! SUCCESS ! It worked very well!

I did few tests after that but what I could notice is that the control I used had practically no delay and is giving to play very well! Until I made the acquisition of another, because I saw several reports of slowness or delays in PS3 bluetooth controls like Shanwan himself in raspberry with the batocera.Linux in the current version ... however, mine is working well, by the hour!

The only additional detail is that every time I turn on the raspberry I have to press the PS3 button for the control to connect to the interface, (and I can not leave it stationary without pressing buttons for about 10 seconds, otherwise it turns off Alone ...) but it works well as well !!

I'm from Brazil and i buyed the controller in this website / link : http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-849851186-controle-colorido-ps3-raspberry-joystick-wireless-orig-dhj-_JM

d3m0n1q_733rz

luizthiago as far as why two different drivers are used, shanwan doesn't require Bluetooth while PS3 does.

isrmicha

Any updates

Gonzagazalo

I use an ipega 9026. Add to "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-joysticks-exotics.rules" this line:
SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="ipega gamepad controller", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_JOYSTICK}="1"

then, add same line in file "/overlay/overlay/etc/udev/rules.d/99-joysticks-exotics.rules"

I made this modification permanently executing this command:
/recalbox/scripts/recalbox-save-overlay.sh

i Mapped joystick keys with batocera GUI and it's start working fine on "emulation station" software.

The problem appear on emulators. Movements works, but A,Y,B,X buttons don't. Where are this files to made this work? Thanks a lot for batocera.

Gonzagazalo

find where retroarch look for joysticks mapping. On Standart instalation use autoconfig directory. On batocera is here: /recalbox/share/system/.config/retroarch/autoconfig/

So I made this file:
#cat /recalbox/share/system/.config/retroarch/autoconfig/ipega\ gamepad\ controller.cfg

input_device = "ipega gamepad controller"
input_driver = "udev"
input_b_btn = "9"
input_y_btn = "12"
input_select_btn = "19"
input_start_btn = "20"
input_up_btn = "h0up"
input_down_btn = "h0down"
input_left_btn = "h0left"
input_right_btn = "h0right"
input_a_btn = "10"
input_x_btn = "13"
input_l_btn = "15"
input_r_btn = "16"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "-3"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "+3"
input_vendor_id = "2578"
input_product_id = "1"

but no lucky....need help on this :-(
Thanks.