Sixaxis Now Usable Under Windows & Linux

[PS3 News]

If you do it will just get merged into this one and your Rep will get knocked for it. It makes absolutely NO sense to start another thread on the Sixaxis when you can just post the Linux stuff here so everything is in one tidy place. Obviously we can edit the topic so it reads Windows And Linux- that is common sense as well.

[deadsoulz]

All the buttons work fine here in Windows

[tworkemon]

SIXAXIS Controller with Linux

Here is the patch that applies cleanly to the Debian linux-source-2.6.18 package:

jstest reports proper data values. 

Axis	Assignment
0	Left thumb X
1	Left thumb Y
2	Right thumb X
3	Right thumb Y
4-7	nothing
8	Dpad Up
9	Dpad Right
10	Dpad Down
11	Dpad Left
12	L2
13	R2
14	L1
15	R1
16	Triangle
17	Circle
18	Cross
19	Square
20-27	nothing
	
Button	Assignment
0	Select
1	L3
2	R3
3	Start
4	Dpad Up
5	Dpad Right
6	Dpad Down
7	Dpad Left
8	L2
9	R2
10	L1
11	R1
12	Triangle
13	Circle
14	Cross
15	Square
16	PS Button
17-18	nothing

The motion sensing axes are nowhere to be seen. Hopefully will be fix later.

Just patch the kernel and recompile. http://www.ps3news.com/forums/downlo...o=file&id=3572

Last edited by tworkemon; 12-07-2006 at 10:48 PM.

[pianoman1972]

First off, kudos to Radiskull for this great find! Second, can this controller work via Bluetooth as well after the installation? I'm very curious to find this out. Common sense tells me that the controller would only work with a USB connection but if it can work via Bluetooth, I'll get one right now! If anyone tries the Bluetooth method, please post your results.

[orff9]

I have been trying to get this and the BD remote to work in linux. The problem is even when the devices are set to discoverable, they will not show up (broadcast) using the standard BT linux utils ( hidd search ).

What us developers need is what the bluetooth device ID is for these devices, then we can query them, get past any security, pair with them, then finally write some code to use them.

The main thing holding this up right now is not knowing the BT device ID, similar to the IP address in the TCP IP world, IE 08:0A:09:CA:04:34. Using brute force this can take days or even months, and is further complicated by the fact that the device will go into sleep and not respond.

This time can be significantly reduced if we know the 'manufacturer prefix' for the devices, which as far as my research takes me, cannot be found easily. Another option is radio BT sniffers which can find the ID by inspecting the packets in transit, but these are very expensive and usually only found in universities.

The only other option I can think of is if someone decrypts the PS3 update file and can find the ID for the controllers inside the update code. This might be the fastest option since the PSP scene has been doing this for a while.

The short answer is no BT -yet-, orff

Last edited by orff9; 01-23-2007 at 11:12 AM.

[reorampage]

Dude, you rule. I've been looking for this for a while!