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Hidraw USB mode doesn't work with DS4 Slim

See original GitHub issue

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

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ghostcommented, Oct 28, 2016

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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stevenqubrossicommented, Jan 23, 2017

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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