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    mapped buttons dont behave correctly
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    • acris
      acris last edited by

      @tdelios

      Get the archive on your PC then upload it somewhere on the net. For example :
      dl.free.fr
      zippyshare.com
      Then give the URL to people who asked you the file

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      • tdelios
        tdelios @acris last edited by

        @acris

        here you go:
        recalbox-support-20161110222033.tar.gz
        http://www90.zippyshare.com/v/pMcNq7fS/file.html

        when do you think I can hear back from the development team on this?

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        • acris
          acris last edited by acris

          @tdelios
          sorry for my english :
          can you take picture of Xin-Mo Dual Arcade and upload in our forum please.

          Connect in ssh :

          **3) Mount partition **
          mount -o remount,rw /boot

          ** Edit /boot/cmdline.txt file** with nano or notepad++

          Make space with other word, add this line :

          usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x5e1:0x040

          like this :

          dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=1 sdhci-bcm2708.sync_after_dma=0 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty3 loglevel=3 elevator=deadline vt.global_cursor_default=0 logo.nologo root=/dev/mmcblk0p7 rootwait fastboot noswap ro usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x5e1:0x040
          

          reboot and configure only player 1 in Emulationstation > options gamepad

          In gamepad options : choose

          Player 1 on #0.....
          and
          Player 2 on #1.....

          If it's work, your pcb will be add to recalbox 4.1.0

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          • tdelios
            tdelios @acris last edited by

            @acris said in Mapped 2P Buttons Don't Behave Correctly:

            usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x5e1:0x040

            I tried to make the modifications to cmdline.txt either directly on the device using nano or through putty terminal but in either case I get an error message that the its a read-only file system.

            I don't understand why I'm getting the error message. I'm logged in as root with the password recalboxroot

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            • Substring
              Substring @tdelios last edited by

              @tdelios just mount -o remount, rw /boot and edit again the file

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              • tdelios
                tdelios @Substring last edited by

                @subs
                my bad.. I've done the changes to the cmdline.txt file and I mapped the 1P player buttons only and in the gamepad I put Player 1 on #0 and Player 2 on #1 ..

                Player 1 controls like before.. but noticed that if I press the Player 2 START button, that it is the Player 2 SELECT function instead.

                Do you want me to map the Player 2 buttons and joystick as well to see if I have the same outcome as my original post?

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                • acris
                  acris last edited by acris

                  The wiring of the buttons and joysticks of both players must be exactly the same
                  I think the wiring is not correct.

                  Verify with evtest or jstest : https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Test-your-joystick-with-jstest-(EN)

                  Xin Mo 18 pins or 20 pins ??

                  Examples with xin mo 18 pins : https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Xin-mo-(EN)

                  can you upload this archive, request in this wiki's page : https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Recalbox-support-(EN) again please.

                  Take a picture of xin mo PCB please and upload your picture.

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                  • tdelios
                    tdelios @acris last edited by

                    @acris @subs

                    Mine is a 18 pin 2Player xin-mo.. I will take a picture and upload.. I will also follow the directions you have given and will give an update.

                    One thing I noticed I need you to clarify..

                    The link you provided in a 18 pin 2 Player shows a picture that pin 5 is the CREDIT/SELECT and pin 6 is the 2PLAYER START. But the link I received from the supplier to wire my xin-mo shows the opposite: http://www.xin-mo.com/dual-players-controller.html
                    Is the link you provided incorrect or is the link for the supplier incorrect? When I have time, I'm going to flip the 2 to see what happens before going through the additional steps you had asked for and get back to you with the results.

                    I want to thank all of you for your feedback and efforts.. it is greatly appreciated and I feel that the Recalbox is so much cooler and easier to deal with than RetroPie.. hopefully I can overcome this hump!

                    cheers
                    tom

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                    • Substring
                      Substring @tdelios last edited by

                      @tdelios Hey Tom
                      I'll give you a lityle background info so that you get the trick 🙂 Linux doesn't "naturally" understand devices such as the juyao or the xinmo the right way. Both are encoders that create 2 input devices on a single USB port. So to speak : that's a heresy for Linux. But, we can help Linux understanding how to set up the system for such devices with some "hacks" at the USB protocol level : this is called a (usb) quirk. There are several of them, and 0x40 means "set thz right bits so that linux shares a single usb devices as 2 input devices". I don't know how and where the share is made, but the kernel parameter you added means "for vendor id XXX and product id YYY, use magic number 0x40".

                      Concerning the mapping : this has been proven by the community to be working 100%, we have to rely on them as it never proved to be wrong. The doc must refer to windows which has a not so "usb protocol standard respectful" behaviour !

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                      • tdelios
                        tdelios @Substring last edited by

                        @subs @acris

                        Hey guys.. just wanted to give you a great update. Flipping the 2P START and SELECT/COINS button did the trick.
                        Its so funny how there are so many image references on the internet saying the opposite and luckily the one link you provided showed the correct way.

                        not sure if the usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x5e1:0x040 being added to the cmdline.txt helped it or not, but I guess it doesn't hurt to keep it in there. Not sure if 4.1 will have this entry in there by default as a Nooby would pull their hair out trying to do it themselves.

                        anyhow, you guys have been great and I always anticipate the continued evolution of Recalbox !

                        cheers
                        tom

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                        • Substring
                          Substring last edited by

                          As i explained above, the qurik is mandatory or you can't have 2 sticks from your xinmo, just one

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                          • tdelios
                            tdelios @Substring last edited by

                            @subs
                            anyway to for you guys to code Recalbox on your next version to detect the xin-mo and automatically add the quirk to the cmdline.txt?

                            I had spoken via email to a xin-mo manufacturer engineer and he said that he wasn't aware that different OSs have different interpretation on the pins as they are following the USB HID protocol. He said that I am probably using the XM-02 model that gave me the problem. He said that the XM-07 model may have better results to follow the pins as exactly as illustrated, and not to flip the START/SELECT as suggested by you guys. He forgot to mention how to tell them apart though .. lol...

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                            • acris
                              acris last edited by

                              In recalbox 4.1, xin-mo will be add.

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                              • tdelios
                                tdelios @acris last edited by

                                @acris and @Substring ..

                                I found a link on the internet that outlines the 4.1 release items that the developers are still working on and the items that have been completed..

                                I do not see anything related to xin-mo and my problem.. Can you guys confirm that its on the list and that you guys are going to roll it out in 4.1 so that I don't have to manually go through the manual way of modifying the cmdline.txt file ..

                                cheers
                                tom

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                                • paradadf
                                  paradadf Staff @tdelios last edited by

                                  @tdelios it has been already added to the 4.1 release, don't worry.
                                  See:
                                  https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-buildroot/blob/master/board/recalbox/fsoverlay/etc/modprobe.d/usbhid.conf

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                                  • tdelios
                                    tdelios @paradadf last edited by

                                    @paradadf thanks for the info buddy!

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                                    • tdelios
                                      tdelios @tdelios last edited by

                                      @acris @Substring @paradadf

                                      I thought you said that the 2P xin-mo fix was in the 4.1 release.

                                      I am currently playing around with the 4.1 latest version and the button mapping is just as bad as before.
                                      My 1P SELECT button is acting like the 1P Start and vise versa and my designated "A" button has become the Hotkey button.
                                      I double checked the wiring and it is fine..

                                      any thoughts on how to trouble shoot this?

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                                      • Substring
                                        Substring @tdelios last edited by

                                        @tdelios which board are you using ?

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                                        • tdelios
                                          tdelios @Substring last edited by

                                          @Substring How can I tell? I was just told that it was a 2P xin-mo and by looking at it, it has 18 pins for each player

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                                          • Substring
                                            Substring @tdelios last edited by

                                            @tdelios I meant pi ? odroid ? x86 ?

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