PS3 bluetooth controller?

Is there any way to get the PS3 bluetooth controller to work with this tablet? I can't seem to get it to work. USB PS1 controller works thou. I mean comon, it's SONY, it's PS3, and this is a PS certified tablet. The tablet already have a USB host and bluetooth enable so why can't I get the PS3 controller to work?

garbage. the device after MONTHS was able to connect to a PS3 dualshock if you buy an adapter cable. LOOOOL such bull. Oh and if you are able to connect, you can't really use it to do anything since interplay with ps3, psp, or any playstation network purchases is completely impossible!
yay for being tricked into buying a garbage tablet like myself.
don't expect sonystyle to do right. They answer the phone but thats about it.

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Hey guys,
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How can i get this functionality back? Must be some defaults i can write to disable the nazis apple put into lion to control bluetooth pairing.
please help... i cant play earthbound
J

I found the following two threads on other sites that got me at least to where the PS3 controller (a DualShock 3 for the sake of search engines) and the Mac were connected and configured via Bluetooth, but I've yet to find a way to pair them. The red LEDs on the controller have been a hit or miss affair for me. Sometimes they flash, sometimes they don't.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14322334#post14322334
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-desktops/263308-how-pair-ps3-remote-mid-2 011-imac-running-lion-os-x.html
Report back if you have any luck!

DualShock 3 SixAxis PS3 BLUETOOTH CONTROLLER TO MACBOOK PRO 13'... NO CONNECTION....HELP PLEASE

I have bought recently PS3 Dualshock wireless sixaxis controlle, to play fifa 13 on my macbook pro ( 10.8.4, 2011). I have done research about connecting Ps3 to OS X. However, none of them is helped me to solve my problem. I do connect ps3 via bluetooth but after 15 seconds the red lights turn off and it disconnects from bluetooth. I tried to reset it for sever time but no help only 8 digits code appears for bluetooth keyboard. i have check my ps3 on windows with the same cable using MotioninJoy it worked without any problems. I have tried used Joystick Mapper/GamePad no help may be i am not able to use this application properly?...Please HELP WITH IT....
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p.s. sorry for my english

http://www.mactrast.com/2013/01/how-to-use-a-playstation-3-controller-with-your- mac/

HOW TO CONNECT A SONY PLAYSTATON DUALSHOCK 3 and/or SIXAXIS BLUETOOTH CONTROLLER TO YOUR MAC ***NO PASSCODE, NO TURNING BLUETOOTH OFF OR ON, NO TROWING YOURSELF OFF A CLIFF IN FRUSTRATHON***

***A tutorial written on trial, error and a big bucket of coffee***
Definitions of the controllers four red lights flashing:
- Slowly ≈ once per second
- Rapidly ≈ twice per second
- Don't flash = off
All the controller buttons you will need to press:
- PS button = the PS-logo button in the centre of the controller
- Reset button = The reset button are located on the back of the controller inside the tiny hole just to the right of the middle screw.. Depending on how you hold the controller. -If you hold the controller upside down, the hole are to the left of the screw... ...never mind -let's go on, shall we? ..(Closest to the L2 button) -SONY recommends that you, i quote; "use a small, unfolded paper-clip or something similar to click the button"
First thing:
0.0     Open Bluetooth Preferences. (System Preferences / Bluetooth)
If if if if if:
0.1     If the controller is connected to the USB cable, disconnect the controller from the USB cable..
0.2     If the lights on the controller are flashing rapidly, and the controller constantly are pushing on and on and on and on to get a pairing request passcode           NEVER MIND THE DIALOG BOX! Don't even bother to reject it, it will only reappear pushing you over the edge..
0.3     Press and hold the PS button on the controller for about 10 seconds to make the controller disconnect and go to sleep, or disconnect the          controller in the Bluetooth Preferences THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE CONTROLLER HAS STATUS OF BIENG: NOT CONNECTED!
0.3.1 If the controller is disconnected, give the dialog box your meanest evil-eyes and a last ever slam on the reject button if you really can't stand looking at it..
Next up:
1.1     Connect the controller to your iDevice using the USB cable. (Do not disconnect the USB cable until step 1.4) -The lights on the controller will start           flashing slowly, and the controller will appear in the list of Bluetooth devices as: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller
1.2     If the controller don't appear at all or appears without a name and the address like 00-00-00-00-FF-FF in the Bluetooth Preferences, then just           press the reset button briefly and wait for the controller to reappear in the Bluetooth device list. -Never mind if the controller appears two times or more,           just carry on, you can always delete the non-connected-Bluetooth-controller-blah-blah-thingies-in-the-Bluetooth-Preferences-list afterwards. The main goal           at this point are just that one of the Bluetooth settings is configured..
1.3     Press and hold down the PS button on the controller for about 5 seconds, release the PS button, and first now disconnect the USB cable.. -The           controller will now appear as connected and configured in the Bluetooth Preferences
1.4     Finally add the controller to favorites and update services in Bluetooth Preferences / the sprocket pop-down menu. (Don't know what the update           services does, but why not click it when you can??)
1.5     DONE! -The controller should now appear in the Bluetooth device list like this:
GOAL:
*** Paired = NO ...And it's a resounding NO -Nobody on this earth knows how to pair the controller!! Connected yes / paired no, no, no ..Never mind that, the          controller will work anyway!
*** Configured = Yes
*** Favorite = Yes
*** Connected = Yes
*** Flashing lights on the controller forcing you into epileptic seizures = No ...Hurray
-Actually non of the four lights are lid.. When the controller is paired on the PlayStation it will be given a number 1-7 and the fact that this doesn't happen on the Mac, may properly cause that people are having problems connecting more than one controller to their Mac?? -I'm no expert in this field, just thinking loud..
If if if if if vol. 2
- If you fumble in step 1.4 and let go of the PS button and/or disconnect the USB cable to soon the lights will flash rapidly..
- If you disconnect the controller from Bluetooth and reconnect the controller by pressing the PS button, -which I believe is the only way to reconnect it, the lights on the controller will also start flashing rapidly..
- Or if the lights for some other reason are flashing rapidly..
-To make it stop, cause it's really annoying, do as follows:
2.0     Disconnect the controller in Bluetooth Preferences - The lights stops flashing when the controller is disconnected
2.1     Connect the controller to the USB cable - The lights starts flashing slowly
2.3     Press and hold down the PS button for about 5 seconds, release it, and then disconnect the USB cable..
          -You can also connect the USB cable first and then disconnect the Bluetooth afterwards, the difference is the same.. -Or press and hold the PS-logo           button on the controller for about 10 seconds to disconnect the controller from Bluetooth (The controller will go to sleep and turn the lights off)

I try this good tutorial!
Everything done but..
My PS3 controller connect, the bluetooth panel status is connected, favorite and configured, but "Services" result "NONE" :-(
When controller connect to my MacBook Pro, it continue to lights the led fast and it disconnect automatically from system after 15 seconds
I forget: I run OS X 10.8.2!
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[solved]PS3 Sixaxis Controller USB only

There are plenty of software and howtos to use the PS3 sixaxis controller with bluetooth, but I don't have bluetooth on my desktop.
Dmesg shows that the controller is registering:
[100186.397697] usb 7-5: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ohci_hcd
[100186.659669] sony 0003:054C:0268.0007: Fixing up Sony Sixaxis report descriptor
[100186.703911] input: Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb7/7-5/7-5:1.0/input/input7
[100186.704469] sony 0003:054C:0268.0007: input,hiddev0,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller] on usb-0000:00:13.0-5/input0
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usblp 13010 0
usbhid 41820 1 hid_logitech_dj
hid 87322 4 hid_sony,hid_generic,usbhid,hid_logitech_dj
scsi_mod 131599 4 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
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usb_common 954 1 usbcore
$ lsmod | grep -i joydev
joydev 9695 0
When I cat /dev/input/js0, I don't get the cascade of chaotic characters I expect when I hit the buttons and move the axes. Instead, I get just two of those strange characters you get when you cat a binary file, and they do not change when I play with the controller. I installed jstest and jstest-gtk, and messed around with them. jstest-gtk knows that I have a sixaxis controller plugged in, but I see no evidence that it is receiving input from the controller when I mess around with it, including when I use the "calibrate" feature; all that happens is that once I complete the "wizard", all values go to 0. The reason I am doing this is of course steam, and Steam Big Picture does not respond to the controller either. jscal -c /dev/input/js0 shows no evidence of receiving input from the controller. Is there some kernel module that I'm missing? Googling sixaxis kernel module doesn't reveal anything to me.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Convergence (2013-05-11 20:53:10)

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Ralink Bluetooth Controller Drivers Causes Blue Screen Of Death

Good morning, I have a HP Envy 17-J010el notebook, born with Windows 8 and now I have updated it to Windows 8.1 Professional.
After the update, I noticed that the bluetooth controller drivers couldn't be installed:
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I apologize for my english.

Do you read English?!
No one tell you to format your pc!!
Just go to program and features - Uninstall Update.
Find KB2887595 Uninstall it, restart your pc.
after this install agein the Ralink Bluetooth drvier via hp recovery manager.

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Hi:
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[SOLVED] Activate bluetooth controller on boot

I've recently finished setting up my computer for server and htpc use. Everything is working fine except bluetooth support. As of now, bluetooth pairing, connection and auto-connection is working fine, as soon as the adapter has been turned on (by user intervention over ssh). For some odd reason though, the bluetooth adapter is always turned off on boot. I have bluez 5.7 and bluez-utils installed; therefore I can either do
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Last edited by tolga9009 (2013-07-07 22:11:33)

You may as well try _native_ method of bluez5 via dbus, something like
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It doesn't really mater how you will synchronize it but most proper way I think would have been through systemd, since udev reacts to hardware interface (i.e. rfkill enabled hardware and kernel layer created interface) while it is bluetoothd who is expected to make all the proper initialization. But systemd lacks start/stop service hooks (like in upstart) so it renders it pretty useless (or inconvenient in the least) in tasks like tracking service/system state.
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But most probably you would want to reset hci state after sleep - otherwise bluez5 just becomes useless memory stuffing. And systemd is useless for that, unless you write a separate service for each state transition with own weird set of targets... *sigh* So back to the old school - pm-utils/acpid hacks... was it worth it?

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