How to setup keyboard controls (via config file / ssh)

[voljega]

@jonas try evtest at least and see what it says

[jonas]

@voljega , I just finished testing with evtest. Starting with a fresh 4.02 installation, following the tutorial, rebooting the Pi2 and having double-checked everything.
Only the IPAC2 and an Opti-PAC were connected to the Pi2, via a standard USB hub.
Here is the initial evtest screen:

#########
Using username "root".
#evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0: Cypress I-PAC Arcade Control Interface
/dev/input/event1: Cypress I-PAC Arcade Control Interface
/dev/input/event2: Ultimar Opti-PAC Trackball/Spinner Interface
/dev/input/event3: Ultimar Opti-PAC Trackball/Spinner Interface
/dev/input/event4: Xarcade-to-Gamepad Device 1
/dev/input/event5: Xarcade-to-Gamepad Device 2
/dev/input/event6: SNES-to-Keyboard Device
Select the device event number [0-6]:
###########

Event 0 detects all my IPAC2 input buttons, that is, P1 and P2 buttons together as a single keyboard input.
Event 2 detects my Opti-PAC analog input (nevermind: connected to a spinner/horizontal mouse axis, not used by Recalbox, yet).
All other events detected nothing when I move/press the controls/buttons.

Back to EmulationStation / Controller Config. I find two new gamepads in the list of devices, named Xarcade-to-Gamepad 1 and 2. However, these are not usable. When redefining, there is STILL just a d**n keyboard

Really weird.

[voljega]

@jonas hmmm try to unconnect everything INCLUDING THE HUB except your ipac2, REDO THE TUTORIAL.

then the test the events corresponding to the xarcade : do the inputs work ?

When you say unusable in ES menu what do you mean ? No button press is registered ?

What is the SNES-Keyboard thing ?

[jonas]

@voljega , thank you very much for your patience!

@jonas hmmm try to unconnect everything INCLUDING THE HUB except your ipac2, REDO THE TUTORIAL.

then the test the events corresponding to the xarcade : do the inputs work ?

Done. IPAC2 only, directly connected to the RPi2. Now, other than evtest not detecting the removed Opti-PAC, nothing changed. Xarcade still does not work.

When you say unusable in ES menu what do you mean ? No button press is registered ?

I can now assign the "Xarcade-to-Gamepad 1/2" option to "Input P1/P2" in the Controller Settings, but that has no effect. Nothing changes. When choosing Configure a Controller, the buttons are still detected as a keyboard.

What is the SNES-Keyboard thing ?

I don't have the faintest idea. Only the IPAC2 is connected now, but that SNES thing is still there! So, removing the USB hub and the Opti-PAC had no effect at all.

Crazy, eh?... 8-|

[voljega]

@jonas yeah pretty crazy 8-)

can you configure the two x-arcade controller through the ES menu or only one ?

for evtest are you able to register every direction and button presses when selecting each of the x-arcade events ?

[Substring]

@jonas What is the name of the "file" you created when following the uttorial i wrote for setting up xarcade2justick for any keyboard encoder other than a X-Arcade device ?

(and don't pay attention to voljega, he suffered quite a lot with his IPAC2 too and was about to throuw it through the window until it worked hahaha)

[jonas]

@Substring , thanks for coming in. The "file" is named usb-Cypress_I-PAC_Arcade_Control_Interface-if01-event-kbd, empty with 1 byte in size.

@voljega, answering to your questions:

can you configure the two x-arcade controller through the ES menu or only one ?

In ES, I can see two X-arcade devices listed as controllers available for assigning to Input P1/P2/etc. I assign them to P1/P2, but I cannot configure any of these two. The sticks/buttons are still detected as keyboard input when trying to configure anything.

for evtest are you able to register every direction and button presses when selecting each of the x-arcade events ?

Nopes. The x-arcade events do not register any input. Nothing. Only the usb-Cypress-IPAC did.

[Substring]

@jonas can you ls -lR /dev/input please ?

[jonas]

@Substring:

ls -lR /dev/input

/dev/input:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Jan 1 1970 by-id
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Jan 1 1970 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 64 Jan 1 1970 event0
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 65 Jan 1 1970 event1
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 66 Jan 1 1970 event2
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 67 Jan 1 1970 event3
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 63 Jan 1 1970 mice
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 32 Jan 1 1970 mouse0
crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 33 Jan 1 1970 mouse1

/dev/input/by-id:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 usb-Cypress_I-PAC_Arcade_Control_Interface-event-kbd -> ../event0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 usb-Cypress_I-PAC_Arcade_Control_Interface-if01-event-kbd -> ../event1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 usb-Ultimar_Opti-PAC_Trackball_Spinner_Interface-event-mouse -> ../event2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 usb-Ultimar_Opti-PAC_Trackball_Spinner_Interface-if01-event-mouse -> ../event3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 usb-Ultimar_Opti-PAC_Trackball_Spinner_Interface-if01-mouse -> ../mouse1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 usb-Ultimar_Opti-PAC_Trackball_Spinner_Interface-mouse -> ../mouse0

/dev/input/by-path:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.5.2:1.0-event-kbd -> ../event0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.5.2:1.1-event-kbd -> ../event1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.5.4:1.0-event-mouse -> ../event2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.5.4:1.0-mouse -> ../mouse0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.5.4:1.1-event-mouse -> ../event3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.5.4:1.1-mouse -> ../mouse1

BTW, the Opti-PAC is back to the setup...

[Substring]

@jonas said in How to setup keyboard controls (via config file / ssh):

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 usb-Cypress_I-PAC_Arcade_Control_Interface-event-kbd -> ../event0

Reading this and what you mentionned when fooling around with evtest, i guess you made the wrong link and should use usb-Cypress_I-PAC_Arcade_Control_Interface-event-kbd, not usb-Cypress_I-PAC_Arcade_Control_Interface-if01-event-kbd

So remove the first file you created, touch a new file with the one I mentionned, and tell me how things go

[jonas]

@Substring uhm, now something happened! The X-Arcade events now are registering inputs! And P1/P2 controls are not registering together!

Indeed I remember there were TWO kbd events listed. But since the tutorial gives as example the one containing that -if01- stuff, I also used that one. The wrong one!...

However, something is still wrong. My P1 joystick is not sending the up direction... Cannot move up with P1

EDIT: It looks like all this fiddling around the PCBs has disconnected some wires, making some buttons irresponsive. Therefore: YES, IT WORKS !!!!

[Substring]

@jonas hurray

@voljega can you give me the name of the file you had to add ? So that i can make both of them working out of the box ?

[jonas]

@Substring , YOU'RE MY HERO!

Now, maybe someone should touch up the text in the tutorial. People may be using the wrong filename, because they see the -if01- in the provided example.

@luke, check these last posts by Substring and then try to change the file yourself, it should fix your IPAC.

[voljega]

@jonas said in How to setup keyboard controls (via config file / ssh):

Now, maybe someone should touch up the text in the tutorial. People may be using the wrong filename, because they see the -if01- in the provided example.

yeah we should say that you should try the other one if the first one doesn't work

[voljega]

@Substring hmmm I must open and deploy my transformer bartop to do that gonna take a few days

[Substring]

@jonas wiki edited

@voljega : yeah, ssh'ing is such a pain

[voljega]

@Substring for sshing you need to take your batop out of the closet, install it near a ethernet cable, plug it, start it.

it is AT LEAST 2 mn of work

[Substring]

@voljega well, nevermind then

[voljega]

@Substring no no I'll do it this evening or this weekend

[jonas]

@voljega , I have a similar problem... I need to bring my RPi2 console near my home router to be able to SSH inside. I've been trying to avoid all the pain of going back and forth loaded with a wooden crate every time something breaks inside.

My idea was to use a Windows laptop with WiFi + ICS + small cross-over ethernet cable and connect to the RPi. Unfortunately, for some reason Recalbox is unable to get an IP address via DHCP when using Windows+ICS. That only works with a proper hardware router. However, this is matter for a separate troubleshooting thread...