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[LINUX] HOW-TO use a third-party PS3 (PlayStation3) controllers with XBMC for Linux? - checkup - 2011-01-08 Hi, i'm using a snakebyte wireless ps3 controller, which uses an USB dongle to connect to the computer/ps3. The problem is, that this controller is neither a bluetooth wireless controller, nor a wired controller.
This controller however, is mixed. When you put the USB dongle in the computer it is detected as a wired controller and based on it's vendor and product id, hid-sony is loaded. Yet it still has no connection to it's handset, which makes hid-sony fail to set the handset in operational mode. Here you'll find a program and source, which puts the controller in operational mode after the handset has bound to the dongle. http://rapidshare.com/files/441448175/activate_ps3_usb.tar.gz @Note: Somehow this just works, when taking care the hid drivers do not load before the operational mode has been set. Therefore i have a script which i execute form /etc/rc.local (someone has a more elegant solution to this, shout): Code: #!/bin/sh Use the regular ps3 keymap available from the forums fir best user experience. best regards update4: removed faulty keymap and referenced the better ps3 keymap update3: removed the logitech_hid stuff from the HID reload script, as they were for my wireless keyboard and mouse update2: included the script to reload the hid stuff update1: updated the source to send a valid 64 byte package to the device RE: [LINUX] HOW-TO use a third-party PS3 (PlayStation3) controllers with XBMC for Linux? - shihan - 2013-01-08 howdy, sorry for dredging up an old post, but do you still have access to the activate_ps3_usb.tar.gz file? seems like its been removed from rapidshare and cant find a valid link for it anywhere. Thanks! RE: [LINUX] HOW-TO use a third-party PS3 (PlayStation3) controllers with XBMC for Linux? - HushPeter - 2015-04-12 (2013-01-08, 13:24)shihan Wrote: howdy, sorry for dredging up an old post, but do you still have access to the activate_ps3_usb.tar.gz file? seems like its been removed from rapidshare and cant find a valid link for it anywhere. Did you find the file anywhere? I came from this thread here: http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/snakebyte-ps3-wireless-controller/ I just need to run this gamepad under a Rooted Amazon-Fire TV. Greetings by HushPeter Snakebyte wireless PS3 / DS3 controller finally Working! - im4https4thisForum - 2016-05-26 Hi all, sorry for this necropost but i think i have some relevant information to add: The C++ source code from checkups tool is on SourceForge.net (uploaded by himself i think). Unfortunately i doesn't work for me. At least not on Kubuntu 16.04 LTS and Fedora 23 Workstation (both were running in VirtualBox on a Windows Host). No matter how many hid/usb/joystick modules are unloaded it always fails at "libusb_set_configuration(devh, 1);" (line 47). "sudo strace ./activate_ps3_usb" wasn't much help either. Anyway - I connected the reciver to a Linux machine at my workplace and after pressing the Home/PS button once or twice it worked out of the box! I'm still not sure why exactly but so far my research leads me to believe that in January 2016 a small modification to hid_sony (line 1435) unintentionally unborked the support for our Snakebyte Wireless Controller. I just tested it with a Xubuntu 16.04 live system and it worked there too. Something odd: "jstest --event /dev/input/js?" works and all buttons etc. are recognized but the left d-pad button has no analog values - just on and off. All the other buttons (except select, start and home/PS) have analog values and on/off... :o Limer Missing Tags: SB904721 (<- Serial# of Snakebyte Controller) |