[FEATURE REQUEST] Pair a game controller

[Altares]

Not sure if this makes sense in terms of latency but here goes my use case:

• I love the USB-HID proxy idea and I'll use it with my PC to connect my mouse and keyboard.
• I still got to connect my game controller (DualSense) so I'll keep using my bluetooth dongle.
• Would be great to unify the two in order to reduce interferences and as a bonus have less clutter and 1 less USB port being used.
  I'd love to know your opinion on this matter. I'm super pumped to try your solution as soon as possible, probably next WE (I just discovered the repo). Congrats 👏

[quaxalber]

Hey there! Glad to see you enjoy the project.

I do like the idea - just can't give you an honest estimate on when I might be able to implement it.

Apparantly there are issues with the mouse in the current build - especially on Windows. Would be curious to hear how it works for you in #117

Thank you for your contribution!

[Altares]

Hey there! Glad to see you enjoy the project.

I do like the idea - just can't give you an honest estimate on when I might be able to implement it.

Apparantly there are issues with the mouse in the current build - especially on Windows. Would be curious to hear how it works for you in #117

Thank you for your contribution!

Of course, I'll make sure to report back after I do some testing.

[Altares]

As promised, I installed the repo on my piZeroW2 with bookworm 64bits lite.
I've got the same issue #116
Here's my output:

admin@zero2w:~ $ service bluetooth_2_usb status
bluetooth_2_usb.service - Bluetooth to USB HID relay
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bluetooth_2_usb.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-06-08 15:13:05 BST; 1min 59s ago
Main PID: 581 (bash)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 174)
CPU: 5.068s
CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth_2_usb.service
├─581 bash /usr/bin/bluetooth_2_usb --auto_discover --grab_devices
└─588 python3.11 /home/admin/bluetooth_2_usb/bluetooth_2_usb.py --auto_discover --grab_devices

Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: relay = DeviceRelay(device, self._grab_devices)
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: File "/home/admin/bluetooth_2_usb/src/bluetooth_2_usb/relay.py", line 120, in init
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: init_usb_gadgets()
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: File "/home/admin/bluetooth_2_usb/src/bluetooth_2_usb/relay.py", line 46, in init_usb_gadgets
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: usb_hid.enable(
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: File "/home/admin/bluetooth_2_usb/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/usb_hid.py", line 758, in enable
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: udc = next(Path("/sys/class/udc/").glob("*"))
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Jun 08 15:15:04 zero2w bluetooth_2_usb[588]: StopIteration

[quaxalber]

Hi there,

Thanks so much for your issue. Apologies for the delayed response.

Please check out the two linked PRs, which should hopefully fix the issues you described in your last comment, e.g.;

cd ~/bluetooth_2_usb && git fetch && git checkout fix/install && git pull

or

cd ~/bluetooth_2_usb && git fetch && git checkout fix/mouse && git pull && sudo service bluetooth_2_usb restart

I have tested to set up a RPi Zero W from scratch using RPi Imager and the default RPi OS (Bookworm, 2024-11-19).
For me it solved the stuttering and I was able to use different mice on Windows. Please let me know how that works for you!

Cheers

[quaxalber]

Merged the PRs into main in v0.8.2

You may update by running:

cd ~/bluetooth_2_usb && git checkout main && git pull && sudo scripts/update.sh

Please let me know how that works for you.

Thanks