Using Logitech (PS3 style) Dual Action Gamepad Controller as Mouse in FCP

I would like to use Logitech's (PS3 style) Dual Action Gamepad Controller for mouse functions in FCP. Any ideas how to go about doing this?

Try pressing the PS button for 2-3 seconds with Bluetooth on and discoverable before you plug into your MB. When the lights flash, plug it in and press the PS button for 2-3 seconds again. You may need to open System Prefs and click the settings cog below your listed devices in the Bluetooth pane. Once the controller is recognized, click the settings cog and click "add as favorite" & "update services". It should auto pair now whenever you press the PS button when BT is on. I play Borderlands 2 on my 2011 MBP with a PS3 controller. It was a huge chore to find the solution but, heres what I did. Purchase Joystick Mapper, open it, have the controller on. In the menu bar under File, click load examples. Theres a bunch of pre-defined settings for both the PS and XB360 controllers. Some for using as a mouse, First Person Shooter, games that use keys & mouse and so on. I pulled the PS3 FPS example and cloned the example as to not delete the original. Labeled it Borderlands 2 and turned down the sensitivity on the Axis'. They were way to touchy for me. Its not perfect for me yet BUT, it works completely. The Use or E button is actually the Left D-Pad but, its not that odd. It also will give you a good idea on how to do it for other games. Just make a profile for each one. Clone that and then tweak it to your liking. Good luck!

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Well, maybe you don't neeed xf86-input-joystick but I have a usb logitech gamepad and I didn't use joydev or anything else but did install xf86-input-joystick--maybe I don't need it after all--and it just works. I'll have to check that computer later when I'm using it as MOD_AUTOLOAD in rc.conf maybe autoloads joydev??
Edit: Well I'll be, joydev is loaded after all so I guess the module autoloads. Arch is smart.
Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-06-01 15:15:06)

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yeah it is. i have one too. you need to install the update to 1.05 to be able to use joysticks and gamepads, though.
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Logitech Dual Action Gamepad on iMac?

Hi, I bought a gamepad for call of duty 2 or use with MOH, it is recognised in system profiler... it is a usb logitech dual action. For some unknown reason to me the gamepad will not work on either of these two games, has ne1 any solutions or explanations? Thanks in advance,
baz, Ireland.

Hi baz,
have you had a look on the Logitech website to see if there are any drivers for the pad.
Maybe you must install specific drivers for the pad to work within games.
That the System Profiler recognizes the pad doesn't mean that it will work as planned without drivers.
Also if there are drivers make sure that these are Universal Binary so that they will work with your Intel iMac.
Good Luck
Stefan

Use Logitech's (PS3 style) Controller for mouse functions

I would like to use Logitech's (PS3 style) Dual Action Gamepad Controller for general mouse functions. Any ideas how to go about doing this?

There is a program that I found that is availible for free called DarkwiinRemote. Wii Remotes use Bluetooth and IR to connect to a Wii and newer Macs have both of those ports. It is kind of a pointless function but it's fun to control your Remote from your Mac and vise versa.

Logitech Dual Action and xboxdrv

I can't make it work. It is recognized, here's lsusb output:
Bus 006 Device 007: ID 046d:c216 Logitech, Inc. Dual Action Gamepad
I followed the wiki to mimic the Xbox 360 controller: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/joystick
So I determined my gamepad's input with evtest and then I tried to map it with:
sudo xboxdrv --evdev /dev/input/event1 \
--evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_RZ=x2,ABS_Z=y2,ABS_HAT0X=dpad_x,ABS_HAT0Y=dpad_y \
--axismap -Y1=Y1,-Y2=Y2 \
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--mimic-xpad --silent
Getting this output:
xboxdrv 0.8.5 - http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/xboxdrv/
Copyright © 2008-2011 Ingo Ruhnke <[email protected]>
Licensed under GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
conditions; see the file COPYING for details.
Your Xbox/Xbox360 controller should now be available as:
/dev/input/js2
/dev/input/event17
Press Ctrl-c to quit
But no new input device is created, no matter if I reboot. Am I missing something?

http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitechen_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2126&p_created=1108078895&p_sid=g1VSi nUi&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaW Rzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTMzLDEzMyZwX3Byb2RzPTg0NCw3JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0yLjcmcF9jdj 0mcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1kdWFsIGFjdGlvbiBtYWM*&p_li=&ptopview=1
I found it in the system profiler.
Looks like it is picking it up.
Looks like Logitech does not make any software for the MAC for the controllers.
Thanks for the help guys.
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