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Connect controller via Android to PC?

Hi,
for this project I'm working on I would like to connect for instance a wii controller via android to my pc. I know there is software to connect a wii controller to android over bluetooth, but is it also possible to 'channel' this to your pc over wifi, and use it for gaming? In this way it could bridge longer distances. I know it's complicated
thanks

If you buy a bluetooth usb adapter, you can just connect your wii remote to your pc straight away

Connect a Playstation 3 controller to a Android device?

Hey
Is it possible to connect a Playstation 3 controller to a Android device via Bluetooth and play all the emulators like that?
If so, how?
Thanks.

riahc3 said:
Is it possible to connect a Playstation 3 controller to a Android device via Bluetooth and play all the emulators like that?
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Definitely not, unless someone comes out with a custom driver/app. the PS3 controller doesn't use a generic bluetooth protocol, it has it's own Sony one. To even get a ps3 controller to work over bluetooth on a PC requires both a custom application running on the PC as well as custom bluetooth drivers in order to allow your bluetooth adapter to talk to the PS3 controller. With the custom drivers loaded the ps3 controller is the only thing the bluetooth adapter will talk to.
Someone would have to do essentially the same thing for android: custom application as well as custom bluetooth drivers
Furthermore, to pair a PS3 controller to a computer or PS3 via bluetooth you must be able to connect it over USB first. You would need an Android device capable of USB host mode which are few and far between.

Has anyone tried any kind of bluetooth joystick with their Android device? Any recommendations?

The Wii mote works .. search the market for the app. Make sure your phone or rom supports HID
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Why isn't it possible on Android?
It even works without extra applications on Maemo: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=66704 http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=41693
At least Honeycomb 3.1 should be able to detect it or is there another problem?

Xoom as PSX on the TV is it possible?

Hello guys!
I was wondering is it possible to use the Motorola Xoom as psx console?
First connect xoom with the tv (hdmi output) then run psx emulator and then connect 2 ps3 analogs via bluetooth and then play Crash Bash.
Is this possible?

i don't see why doing this with one ps3 controller via USB otg wouldn't work. Bluetooth ps3 controller isn't supported yet.

I thought it was. Isn't there an app called sixaxis?
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DrGreem said:
Hello guys!
I was wondering is it possible to use the Motorola Xoom as psx console?
First connect xoom with the tv (hdmi output) then run psx emulator and then connect 2 ps3 analogs via bluetooth and then play Crash Bash.
Is this possible?
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I was just playing megaman x6 with my ps3 controller hooked up to Bluetooth and Xoom on HDMI ... worked just fine when I overclocked.... although I dont have 2 controllers so i can't test that for ya

Legend28469 said:
I was just playing megaman x6 with my ps3 controller hooked up to Bluetooth and Xoom on HDMI ... worked just fine when I overclocked.... although I dont have 2 controllers so i can't test that for ya
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If it doesn't work out, he might have some luck if he tries a USB Host splitter. I know I've gotten my Xoom to notice two PTP cameras at once.

Um, get Sixaxis.
You connect your PS3 Controller to your PC and change the Bluetooth address which it connects too, which would be the Xoom's (the sixaxis app on the xoom will give you the Xooms bluetooth address). you're then able to connect the PS3 controllers to the Xoom via Bluetooth, you don't need to connect via USB OTG.
I have the Speaker dock w/ HDMI out, just let the Xoom sit there and charge by my TV while playing Megaman X5.

Saintfyre said:
Um, get Sixaxis.
You connect your PS3 Controller to your PC and change the Bluetooth address which it connects too, which would be the Xoom's (the sixaxis app on the xoom will give you the Xooms bluetooth address). you're then able to connect the PS3 controllers to the Xoom via Bluetooth, you don't need to connect via USB OTG.
I have the Speaker dock w/ HDMI out, just let the Xoom sit there and charge by my TV while playing Megaman X5.
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GG Man thanks a lot i've already downloaded it and tomorrow i will start the setup

I failed to mention this but you have have to be rooted, if you're not rooted then you're stuck going through the USB OTG Cable

Saintfyre said:
I failed to mention this but you have have to be rooted, if you're not rooted then you're stuck going through the USB OTG Cable
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Indeed, no root no fun ^_^

I did it many times.
Xoom on TV with HDMI and 2 PS3 controllers via bluetooth.
Works with most emulators.

pedro.broggini said:
I did it many times.
Xoom on TV with HDMI and 2 PS3 controllers via bluetooth.
Works with most emulators.
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Im going to play crash bash with my friends and we were thinking that it would be great to play 4 persons.
Is it possible to connect 4 ps3 controllers via bluetooth???

I have Sixaxis controller app on my xoom and it supports up to 4 ps3 controllers via key mapping.
As long as the emulator can support multiple controller inputs, then all you would have to do is map the keys to each controller.

[Q] USB instead of wifi functionality?

I'm thinking about getting a Shield, but I've never bothered with wifi connectivity on my desktop PC. Can I still use the Shield as a USB gamepad? What about the streaming functionality?
Thanks for any answers!

Its not immediately clear *exactly* what you are asking here.
You can stream to the PC as long as you are on the same LAN, so if you connect the shield via wifi to your router and the PC has an ethernet connection to the router then that will work. Or you can use a USB-OTG adaptor in the shield with a USB ethernet adaptor to connect the shield to a router via ethernet too. If your desktop doesnt meet the requirements you can use splashtop instead of the official NVidia stuff.
The USB port on the shield though, well, its a regular android device. Its no different from plugging your phone into the PC. You can't use the shield as a USB gamepad like that. Best off just buying the wired version of the xbox controller if you want a PC gamepad, they aren't the cheapest (but they are far from the most expensive) but they are reasonably good quality and well supported

Just as a side note regarding Ethernet over OTG cable. Some apps (like the Play Store) won't connect unless you are using WiFi or mobile connection.
It's not the Shield's fault, just the app when it enumerates the network connectivity.
So far I only found the Play Store to ignore the network connection over Ethernet, same is true on all the devices I tested so far: TrimSlice (Tegra 2), TF201 (Tegra 3), My Touch 4G, Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Shield.
The Trimslice is the only one with a dedicated hardware Ethernet over PCIe, the others I used an OTG cable and hooked a USB HUB with Ethernet built in.
I don't stream PC games but when Nvidia was demoing the Shield's streaming capabilities they were using an Ethernet dongle so they didn't have to fight for WiFi connections from the attendees at the conferences they were presenting at.

To clarify, I was hoping I could simply plug in a Shield to my USB port and use it as a USB gamepad, but by the sounds of it that doesn't seem very likely.

Can't you just connect ps3 controllers to it over bluetooth? If you can't do that yet I'm sure you will be able to

gilrad said:
To clarify, I was hoping I could simply plug in a Shield to my USB port and use it as a USB gamepad, but by the sounds of it that doesn't seem very likely.
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No, you cannot unfortunately. If that is what you require, buy a wired xbox controller.

When you set a device to USB tether, it adds another USB profile that creates a network connection over the USB - with some hacking it might be possible to use this connection. I think adb can also do some kind of port-forwarding to allow communication between the device and the computer.
It might be possible to get something working, both for controller input and streaming, but not sure how difficult this would be or what the performance would be.
But I don't think any of this will work very easily out of the box unfortunately!
~Troop

PS4 controller OTG not working

Phone Details:
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+
Model: SM-G928I
Unrooted (default rom)
Android 6.0.1 (updated via the phone after)
Issue:
Recently tried to play some emulated N64 games using a PS4 controller and the Bluetooth connection was laggy with a delay. I bought a controller attachment to mount my phone to the controller and a micro usb to micro usb OTG cable. I have tried plugging the phone into the PS4 controller and there seems to be no connection or control (pressed all the buttons and nothing happened). I have tried the bluetooth reconnection methods to work around the delays, I would prefer to get the cable method working for delay-less control, and it uses less power than Bluetooth.
Any help to get the cable method working?

omen124 said:
Phone Details:
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+
Model: SM-G928I
Unrooted (default rom)
Android 6.0.1 (updated via the phone after)
Issue:
Recently tried to play some emulated N64 games using a PS4 controller and the Bluetooth connection was laggy with a delay. I bought a controller attachment to mount my phone to the controller and a micro usb to micro usb OTG cable. I have tried plugging the phone into the PS4 controller and there seems to be no connection or control (pressed all the buttons and nothing happened). I have tried the bluetooth reconnection methods to work around the delays, I would prefer to get the cable method working for delay-less control, and it uses less power than Bluetooth.
Any help to get the cable method working?
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Otg cables are notoriously fiddly, it could possibly be the cable, try another cable and if you're going to buy another don't buy a cheap one