chrippa/ds4drv

Hidraw USB mode doesn't work with DS4 Slim

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Deleted user commented

Trying to get the DualShock 4 Slim controller to work through USB, because Bluetooth mode has too much input lag (but it works).

Ubuntu 16.04 x64,
Installed stable ds4drv through pip install ds4rv,
Ran sudo ds4rv --hidraw
The output is:

[info][controller 1] Created devices /dev/input/js1 (joystick) /dev/input/event16 (evdev) 
[info][hidraw] Scanning for devices
[info][hidraw] Scanning for devices
[info][hidraw] Scanning for devices

Every time I disconnect and reconnect the controller USB cable it does a scan for devices but doesn't detect anything.

My lsusb sees the controller as:
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 054c:09cc Sony Corp.

When connecting the controller through USB dmesg outputs the following:

[583905.131514] usb 3-10: new full-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[583905.260575] usb 3-10: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=09cc
[583905.260577] usb 3-10: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[583905.260578] usb 3-10: Product: Wireless Controller
[583905.260579] usb 3-10: Manufacturer: Sony Interactive Entertainment
[583905.260649] usb 3-10: ep 0x84 - rounding interval to 32 microframes, ep desc says 40 microframes
[583905.260651] usb 3-10: ep 0x3 - rounding interval to 32 microframes, ep desc says 40 microframes
[583905.271098] input: Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-10/3-10:1.3/0003:054C:09CC.0049/input/input125
[583905.271196] hid-generic 0003:054C:09CC.0049: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Gamepad [Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller] on usb-0000:00:14.0-10/input3
Deleted user commented

Looks like the problem is that the device name is different for the DS4 Slim, I've managed to get ds4drv to work by changing one line in /backends/hidraw.py:

Before:

HID_DEVICES = {
    "Sony Computer Entertainment Wireless Controller": HidrawUSBDS4Device,
    "Wireless Controller": HidrawBluetoothDS4Device,
}

After:

HID_DEVICES = {
    "Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller": HidrawUSBDS4Device,
    "Sony Computer Entertainment Wireless Controller": HidrawUSBDS4Device,
    "Wireless Controller": HidrawBluetoothDS4Device,
}

I'll create a pull request.

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stevenqubrossi commented

Hi guys, sorry I'm new to the world of retro pie. How can I find the directory for /backends/hidraw.py? Like where is this located so I can edit the above information? I am using PuTTY to access the backend, but I can't seem to find it anywhere....

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schrottulk commented

Thanks that worked for me! I found the directory in: /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/ds4drv/backends/

yiufung commented

@alexay This saves my day! Wonder why it's not merged yet.

jackbluecx commented

didn't work here for me. I did everything as shown above, does anyone have any other tips.

bernardoaraujor commented

works for me, thanks so much!