How to connect miss configured bluetooth device.

Hi Support Community,
I've recently purchased a Play Station 3 bluetooth controller (DUALSHOCK3 "CECHZC2H") from a Japanese web store for a very cheap price.
I don't have a PS3, but I read few articles to make me believe it would work on my Mac Mini out of the box.
However, the cheap DUALSHOCK3 would not connect the way tutorial tells me it would.
Instead, it prompts me to type few keyboard keys to authorize the device. ( Which of couse can't be done on DUALSHOCK3 controller )
I came to the conclution that the controller may be a knock off.
But, hey! It still is a bluetooth controller! All it needs is a way to reconfigue it self to be recognised as a "HID game controller" instead of a keyboard and knock off controllers were made to work in PS3s.
All it should need is a bit of reconfiguration...
And so, I was wondering if there is a way to make a Mac to think the bluetooth device is a HID game controller.
Any suggestions would be helpful!
Thanks!
My Macs:
-Macbook (Late 2009 Aluminum) OSX Lion
-Mac Mini (Mid 2011) OSX Lion
What I tried so far:
-Turn on and off Bluetooth
-Delete and reconnect the device from "System Preferences -> Bluetooth"
-Connect a USB bluetooth receiver a had from 2008
-Edit "com.apple.Bluetooth.plist" (settings get overwitten when the device gets connected)

hi,
i am not sure if i can help, but i think that if you use a programe such as gamepad companion to map the keys of your controller to adjust to your needs for your games. Because i never tried it, and that i can't, i suggest you should find a way to try if gamepad companion can solve your problem before actualy buying it...
i think that gamepad companion only works with hid devices... we should consider that, if your controller isn't compatible with gamepad companion, i suggest you use an other program to map the keys to the device
hope it helps
-iBoris!

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