DS5_Bluetooth_Connection

This is for Connection between Ubuntu (PI4 & NUC) and Dualsense 5 through Bluetooth.

Bluetooth Connection with Ubuntu Terminal

Refer to this website : https://www.baeldung.com/linux/bluetooth-via-terminal
You can use this as a reference.

1. Open your terminal and use bluetoothctl command. And then use show command.

$ bluetoothctl

$ show
Controller 24:EE:9A:9D:33:D8 (public)
	Name: shark-ubuntu20
	Alias: shark-ubuntu20
	Class: 0x000c0000
	Powered: yes
	Discoverable: no
	DiscoverableTimeout: 0x000000b4
	Pairable: yes
	UUID: Headset AG                (00001112-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Audio Source              (0000110a-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Headset                   (00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: PnP Information           (00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
	Modalias: usb:v1D6Bp0246d0535
	Discovering: no

You can check your status at here, and the most important part is to check the power, discoverable and pairable status.

2. Change Your Power, Discoverable and Pairable Status.

(If all status are on you can skip this part !)

Use power on, discoverable on, pairable on 3 commands to open needed status.

$ bluetoothctl power on
[CHG] Controller 24:EE:9A:9D:33:D8 Class: 0x006c0104
Changing power on succeeded


$ bluetoothctl discoverable on
Changing discoverable on succeeded


$ bluetoothctl pairable on
Changing pairable on succeeded

3. Connect to your DS5 joystick.

Open your DS5 Pairing Mode (Press Create & PS Button)
Check your DS5 joystick MAC address first, Device name will be Wireless Controler, it will be uesd in the next step !

[bluetooth]# devices
Device 48:18:8D:F5:11:EF Wireless Controller
Device 56:3F:42:C3:B9:8B 56-3F-42-C3-B9-8B
Device 7B:B4:CD:88:70:47 7B-B4-CD-88-70-47
Device 46:7D:13:7D:17:72 46-7D-13-7D-17-72
Device 61:38:62:53:E4:20 61-38-62-53-E4-20
Device 44:F9:CF:F2:9A:57 44-F9-CF-F2-9A-57
Device 67:9A:BC:DD:6B:66 67-9A-BC-DD-6B-66
Device 7E:60:67:98:00:40 7E-60-67-98-00-40
Device 4D:84:EF:96:AA:C2 4D-84-EF-96-AA-C2
Device 7D:14:5A:F9:3F:5F 7D-14-5A-F9-3F-5F
Device 47:57:8C:F9:A7:C1 47-57-8C-F9-A7-C1
Device 44:09:40:09:F5:5C 44-09-40-09-F5-5C
Device 5F:40:02:DD:E2:15 5F-40-02-DD-E2-15
Device 24:EE:9A:E4:20:81 LAPTOP-4F2N8QDB
Device 52:65:F3:B6:52:6E 52-65-F3-B6-52-6E
Device 6D:E6:40:3C:1D:BC 6D-E6-40-3C-1D-BC
Device A4:6B:B6:26:FF:51 DIT-NUC11PAHi7
Device 57:10:59:14:F6:7A 57-10-59-14-F6-7A
Device 53:8A:09:61:08:4B 53-8A-09-61-08-4B
Device 48:E7:DA:FC:62:8A RTK_BT_4.1
Device 70:58:96:04:91:7E Mi_Watch
Device 64:D6:C6:62:D1:12 64-D6-C6-62-D1-12

And then use pair and connect command.

(If pair command failed means you have connected this joystick before, just use connect one command only)

$ bluetoothctl pair 48:18:8D:F5:11:EF
Attempting to pair with 48:18:8D:F5:11:EF
[CHG] Device 48:18:8D:F5:11:EF Connected: yes
...
[CHG] Device 48:18:8D:F5:11:EF Paired: yes
Pairing successful


$ bluetoothctl connect 48:18:8D:F5:11:EF
Attempting to connect to 48:18:8D:F5:11:EF
...
Connection successful

Showing Connection successful means you connect to your joystick ! ######(If you want to disconnect just use disconnect command !)

Joystick Control Node

After connecting to your joystick, the next step is to install Python modules : Pygame.

pip install pygame

Then git clone the DS5 controller node from here.

git clone git@github.com:DITShark/DS5_Bluetooth_Connection.git

Then you can use your DS5 joystick and get the message from ds5_joy topic !