PS3 controller with PC

The__Malteser · 29 Jul 2013 at 16:24

Hi,

I want to connect my PS3 controller with my PC. I used motionjoy + USB before, but now I bought a bluetooth dongle, and it doesn't work for me.

Can someone tell me how to connect it via bluetooth please.

P.s.

I was following this tutorial. At 3:19 he said you need those three features (25, 26, 39). Now mine doesn't have them ticked. Is it because the dongle is crap, or because I didn't install the dongle well?

it was a 99p one off ebay, but everyone said they did the trick :/

Nimdok · 29 Jul 2013 at 16:28

I can't comment on the tutorial due to Youtube being blocked at work, but I picked up some unbranded Bluetooth dongle from Amazon for a quid, and used it with MotionJoy and a DS3 pad with no problems whatsoever. It's been a while since I used it last, but basically you need to pair the MAC addresses of your dongle and controller together in MotionJoy. IIRC I connected my pad by USB, then paired it, and then disconnected the cable.

The__Malteser · 29 Jul 2013 at 16:34

Nimdok said:
I can't comment on the tutorial due to Youtube being blocked at work, but I picked up some unbranded Bluetooth dongle from Amazon for a quid, and used it with MotionJoy and a DS3 pad with no problems whatsoever. It's been a while since I used it last, but basically you need to pair the MAC addresses of your dongle and controller together in MotionJoy. IIRC I connected my pad by USB, then paired it, and then disconnected the cable.

Thats what I tried doing, but it wasn't receiving any controls.

Nimdok · 29 Jul 2013 at 16:35

Is it set to emulate as a Playstation controller, or a 360 controller? I had issues at the start because mine kept defaulting to the 360/unmapped profile.

The__Malteser · 29 Jul 2013 at 17:00

Nimdok said:
Is it set to emulate as a Playstation controller, or a 360 controller? I had issues at the start because mine kept defaulting to the 360/unmapped profile.

I tried 360, ps3 and ps2. No luck.

Might try again though.

Kosmiche · 29 Jul 2013 at 20:07

You can't just use ANY bluetooth dongle unfortunately.

You need a compatible dongle, unfortunately you have to jump through hoops to use a ps3 pad with a pc unlike a 360 pad that "just works".

Moothead2 · 29 Jul 2013 at 20:21

I'm pretty sure the dongle needs to have EDR. Something like this should work.

SPG · 29 Jul 2013 at 20:38

I gave up and bought a pc/xbox controller, £20 atm

Andrew_McP · 29 Jul 2013 at 21:44

I had a lot of success with motionjoy or whatever, but in the end an xbox controller is "cheap" and works effortlessly with most titles. Still hate the things though. Thumbs are for gripping, not waggling. :-)

C64 · 29 Jul 2013 at 22:46

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-XInput-Wrapper-for-DS3-and-Play-com-USB-Dual-DS2-Controller

Blackjack Davy · 30 Jul 2013 at 02:49

MIJ requires Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, picked one up for £3.65. Download the MIJ drivers, pair up with bluetooth and then ditch the crappy DS3_tool app and replace with Better_ DS3 instead. No need to click "enable" everytime you boot and it won't phone home either.

The__Malteser · 30 Jul 2013 at 06:22

Moothead2 said:
I'm pretty sure the dongle needs to have EDR. Something like this should work.

Thats is exactly like what I have.

C64 said:
http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-XInput-Wrapper-for-DS3-and-Play-com-USB-Dual-DS2-Controller

Thanks. Will see it.

Blackjack Davy said:
MIJ requires Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, picked one up for £3.65. Download the MIJ drivers, pair up with bluetooth and then ditch the crappy DS3_tool app and replace with Better_ DS3 instead. No need to click "enable" everytime you boot and it won't phone home either.

Ok, cheers.

Woogie · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:20

Never had any issues using mine yet mine is wired and using motionjoy can't be bothered with the whole bluetooth thing with it.

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 30 Jul 2013 at 09:48

Don't use motion in joy, use what C64 posted, it far better and it isn't practically malware.

KrazehJeff · 30 Jul 2013 at 10:00

I've only used MotionJoy and the only issue I had was when their server went down.
Will look into C64's post

The Running Man · 30 Jul 2013 at 10:01

I just use a radio shack usb-ps2 game pad adapter. I'm glad I kept all my old ps2 pads.

Uncle_Gravy · 30 Jul 2013 at 10:16

Hate Motionjoy, and trying to get a ps3 controller to work with 64bit windows, When I had 32bit vista (BRIEFLY) it setup like a dream, Then Tried with 64 win7, It thought the L analog stick was continously spinning, the Bluetooth kept on timing out.

In the end I just got the wired 360 controller for trouble free controller action (Only for racing games)

jimfowler_82 · 30 Jul 2013 at 10:52

I use my PS3 pad on my PC with the usb cable that charges it... Using motionjoy as the software it emulates the Xbox360 pad, Never had a single problem with it thus far...

FrenchTart · 30 Jul 2013 at 11:40

jimfowler_82 said:
I use my PS3 pad on my PC with the usb cable that charges it... Using motionjoy as the software it emulates the Xbox360 pad, Never had a single problem with it thus far...

I use motionjoy with 2 ps3 controllers on my media server. With cable connection it's pretty flawless. Bluetooth (even when you've managed to hunt down a bluetooth dongle that supports the required stuff) is a lot more flaky. Almost every time I use it I get issues - to the point that the few times it *does* work fine it's a really nice surprise

The__Malteser · 30 Jul 2013 at 13:44

The problem using a wired connection is that with the smallest tug, it used to lose connection. Not ideal when you are racing, or even playing FIFA!