[HowTo] RetroPie and OSMC: Retrosmc - Retrogaming on OSMC

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@berturion:

i’ll just repost theetjuh’s instructions from the other thread, with the correction of one typo he made that was preventing the Sixaxis manager from compiling (lib-usbdev instead of the correct libusb-dev). Just follow the instructions, entering one command at a time:

Plug-in USB Bluetooth dongle
Go to My OSMC -> Network -> Bluetooth
Enable Bluetooth

If Bluetooth isn’t listed you probably don’t have a compatible dongle.

SSH into your RPi device

The command ‘hciconfig’ should display something like this:

hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
	BD Address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX  ACL MTU: 1021:8  SCO MTU: 64:1
	UP RUNNING 
	RX bytes:1212 acl:0 sco:0 events:72 errors:0
	TX bytes:2150 acl:0 sco:0 commands:72 errors:0

All necessary build and tool packages:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall pkg-config joystick libusb-dev libbluetooth-dev -y

Build the tool which pairs your PS3 controller with your bluetooth device:

wget http://www.pabr.org/sixlinux/sixpair.c

gcc -o sixpair sixpair.c -lusb

Build the Sixaxis Manager which will let use use the controller as an input over bluetooth and USB:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtsixa/files/QtSixA%201.5.1/QtSixA-1.5.1-src.tar.gz

tar xfvz QtSixA-1.5.1-src.tar.gz

wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/qtsixa/+bug/1036744/+attachment/3260906/+files/compilation_sid.patch

patch ~/QtSixA-1.5.1/sixad/shared.h < compilation_sid.patch

cd QtSixA-1.5.1/sixad

make

sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/sixad/profiles

sudo checkinstall

Create a profile for the controller:

sudo nano /var/lib/sixad/profiles/default

Paste this into the file:

enable_leds 1
enable_joystick 1
enable_input 0
enable_remote 0
enable_rumble 1
enable_timeout 0
led_n_auto 1
led_n_number 1
led_anim 1
enable_buttons 1
enable_sbuttons 1
enable_axis 1
enable_accel 0
enable_accon 0
enable_speed 0
enable_pos 0

Save and exit.

Connect your controller with USB to the RPi and run the following commands:

cd /home/osmc

sudo ./sixpair

If that succeeded, you can unplug the controller and test if the controller connects with your bluetooth device:

sudo hciconfig hci0 pscan

sudo sixad -start

If it worked you can setup Sixaxis Manager as a service and start it:

sudo update-rc.d sixad defaults

sudo service sixad start

You can use the joystick test utility to see of all buttons work:

sudo jstest /dev/input/js0
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