Recalbox does not like generic gamepads

[jack-mcslay]

I have a pair of saturn-like gamepads I wanted to use in it but the funcionality is all over the place, often times trying to use them the mapping in the game is completely different to the point I can't even exit the game and have to SSH to the unit to reboot it.

As far as I can tell it's dInput based. The output of lsusb is as follows:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0810:e501 Personal Communication Systems, Inc. SNES Gamepad
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.00
  bDeviceClass            0 
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0810 Personal Communication Systems, Inc.
  idProduct          0xe501 SNES Gamepad
  bcdDevice            1.06
  iManufacturer           0 
  iProduct                2 usb gamepad           
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0022
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.10
          bCountryCode           33 US
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      89
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval              10
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

[Damião]

Hello,

Unfortunately it's not surprising you have an issue with a generic controller.

Recalbox can't support all controllers and generic controllers work randomly.

You must check if your pad is described bellow, but my reco would be selling your generic pads to buy supported ones..

https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/hardware-compatibility/compatible-devices/controllers

Damião