In short, I try to use a gamepad (Logitech Dual Action gamepad or PS3 gamepad) to control Kodi, but I don’t manage to have it working. Despite I have been looking several thread and using google, I did not find a solution to my problem. I also tried to follow the Kodi wiki [url]http://kodi.wiki/view/Keymap[/url] instruction.
For info, I use Kodi 14.1 (March 14), included last OSMC contribution (Release Candidate 0.9.9) on Raspberry PI 2
When running cat /proc/bus/input/devices command, I can see that the gamepad are recognized:
osmc@osmc:~/.kodi$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=03f0 Product=0024 Version=0110
N: Name="CHICONY HP Basic USB Keyboard"
P: Phys=usb-bcm2708_usb-1.2/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/0003:03F0:0024.0001/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event0
B: PROP=0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=10000 7 ff9f207a c14057ff febeffdf ffefffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c216 Version=0110
N: Name="Logitech Logitech Dual Action"
P: Phys=usb-bcm2708_usb-1.5/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.0/0003:046D:C216.0003/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event1 js0
B: PROP=0
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=fff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=30027
B: MSC=10
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=054c Product=0268 Version=0111
N: Name="Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller"
P: Phys=usb-bcm2708_usb-1.3/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/0003:054C:0268.0002/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event2 js1
B: PROP=0
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ffff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=7fffff00 27
B: MSC=10I have created a keymap file in the right folder
osmc@osmc:~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps$ ls -al
drwxr-xr-x 2 osmc osmc 4096 Apr 5 22:45 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 osmc osmc 4096 Apr 4 21:35 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 osmc osmc 3299 Apr 5 22:46 logitech.xmland the content of the logitech.xml file is (this is not the final version that I want, but have made this one as results of several tries and my understanding of the wiki documentation to get at least some response of the gamepad in Kodi)
osmc@osmc:~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps$ more logitech.xml
<keymap>
<global>
<gamepad>
<A>ParentDir</A>
<b>Select</b>
<dpadleft>Left</dpadleft>
<dpadright>Right</dpadright>
<dpadup>Up</dpadup>
<dpaddown>Down</dpaddown>
<leftthumbstickleft>Left</leftthumbstickleft>
<leftthumbstickright>Right</leftthumbstickright>
<leftthumbstickup>Up</leftthumbstickup>
<leftthumbstickdown>Down</leftthumbstickdown>
<rightthumbstickleft>Left</rightthumbstickleft>
<rightthumbstickright>Right</rightthumbstickright>
<rightthumbstickup>Up</rightthumbstickup>
<rightthumbstickdown>Down</rightthumbstickdown>
</gamepad>
<joystick name="Logitech Logitech Dual Action">
<button id="1">ParentDir</button>
<button id="2">Select</button>
<button id="3">Pause</button>
<button id="4">Stop</button>
<button id="5">skipPrevious</button>
<button id="6">skipNext</button>
<button id="7">Rewind</button>
<button id="8">FastForward</button>
<button id="9">ContextMenu</button>
<button id="10">FullScreen</button>
<hat id="1" position="left">Left</hat>
<hat id="1" position="right">Right</hat>
<hat id="1" position="up">Up</hat>
<hat id="1" position="down">Down</hat>
<axis limit="+1" id="4">VolumeDown</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="4">VolumeUp</axis>
<axis limit="+1" id="3">AnalogSeekForward</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="3">AnalogSeekBack</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="2">ScrollUp</axis>
<axis limit="+1" id="2">ScrollDown</axis>
</joystick>
<joystick name="Logitech Dual Action">
<altname>Logitech Dual Action</altname>
<button id="1">ParentDir</button>
<button id="2">Select</button>
<button id="3">Pause</button>
<button id="4">Stop</button>
<button id="5">skipPrevious</button>
<button id="6">skipNext</button>
<button id="7">Rewind</button>
<button id="8">FastForward</button>
<button id="9">ContextMenu</button>
<button id="10">FullScreen</button>
<hat id="1" position="left">Left</hat>
<hat id="1" position="right">Right</hat>
<hat id="1" position="up">Up</hat>
<hat id="1" position="down">Down</hat>
<axis limit="+1" id="4">VolumeDown</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="4">VolumeUp</axis>
<axis limit="+1" id="3">AnalogSeekForward</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="3">AnalogSeekBack</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="2">ScrollUp</axis>
<axis limit="+1" id="2">ScrollDown</axis>
</joystick>
<joystick name="Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller">
<altname>Logitech Dual Action</altname>
<button id="1">ParentDir</button>
<button id="2">Select</button>
<button id="3">Pause</button>
<button id="4">Stop</button>
<button id="5">skipPrevious</button>
<button id="6">skipNext</button>
<button id="7">Rewind</button>
<button id="8">FastForward</button>
<button id="9">ContextMenu</button>
<button id="10">FullScreen</button>
<hat id="1" position="left">Left</hat>
<hat id="1" position="right">Right</hat>
<hat id="1" position="up">Up</hat>
<hat id="1" position="down">Down</hat>
<axis limit="+1" id="4">VolumeDown</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="4">VolumeUp</axis>
<axis limit="+1" id="3">AnalogSeekForward</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="3">AnalogSeekBack</axis>
<axis limit="-1" id="2">ScrollUp</axis>
<axis limit="+1" id="2">ScrollDown</axis>
</joystick>
</global>
</keymap>log of the debug is available at http://xbmclogs.com/pmm4em0uq (generated after a reboot, and trying to move & press button on each gamepad)
it looks that device is opened:
Line 935: 22:53:42 T:1957089280 INFO: opened device ‘Logitech Logitech Dual Action’ (file name /dev/input/event1), m_bSkipNonKeyEvents 0
Line 957: 22:53:42 T:1957089280 INFO: opened device ‘Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller’ (file name /dev/input/event2), m_bSkipNonKeyEvents 0
Later I can see
22:54:20 T:1957089280 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x6a, sym: 0x0113, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0x0
22:54:20 T:1957089280 DEBUG: OnKey: right (0xf083) pressed, action is Right
but no similar line for gamepad action
Whaterver gamepad I use, nothing happen (either with both gamepad connected, only the Logitech or only the PS3) as I can’t move in the menu.
My understanding is that it is possible to use gamepad with Kodi, so what do I do wrong?
Thanks in advance for your help.