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How to pair PS3 Move Navigation Controller

There is an official documentation and a YouTube video available on how to connect a PS3 Move Navigation to your Astrocomms board. Unfortuntely I have found some minor glitches in those documents.

These instructions will guide you through the pairing of your 2 PS3 Move Navigation controller to your Astrocomms board.

I do assume some experience with ArduinoIDE ...

  1. Connect the USB Bluetooth Dongle to the USB Host Shield

  2. Connect the Astrocomms to your computer, via the Micro-USB port of the Arduino Mega 2560 with the USB Shield. USB Port to configure PS3 Controller

  3. Add the needed Arduino Libraries to your local Arduino IDE, by extracting the zip file to the right location.

  4. Upload the SHADOW (MD) Sketch to your Arduino board.

  5. Use a serial monitor tool like the one provided in Arduino IDE. Select the right Board, being Arduiono Mega or Mega 2560 and the correct Port with a baud rate of 115200 USB Port to configure PS3 Controller

  6. Optional (but recommended): make sure that serial debugging is enabled in the source code of the USB_Host_Shield library. To do so, check for #ENABLE_UHS_DEBUGGING 1 in settings.h, as it should be.

  7. After initialization, if Debugging is enabled, the Serial Monitor should display the following:

PS3 Bluetooth Library Started
Bluetooth Dongle Inititialized
HCI Reset complete
Local Bluetooth Address: ##:##:##:##:##:##
Wait For Incoming Connection Request

  1. Unplug the Bluetooth Dongle and connect the PS3 Move Navigation Controller via USB Cable to the USB port that previously had the Bluetooth Dongle.

  2. This step will partly pair the PS3 Move Navigation Controller to the Bluetooth Dongle, so look for the following on the Serial Monitor, with the MAC Address being the same as the one of the Dongle.

Navigation Controller Connected
Bluetooth Address was set to: ##:##:##:##:##:##

  1. Disconnect the PS3 Move Navigation Controller via the USB Cable and re-insert the Bluetooth Dongle.

  2. Power on the PS3 Move Navigation Controller and look for the following messages on the Serial Monitor, this time the MAC Address should be something new.

Gamepad is connecting
Incoming Connection Request
Remote Name: Navigation Controller
Connected to Device: ##:##:##:##:##:##
  1. Copy the BT Address of the controller, and paste it into the sketch Shadow_MD_DualController_Template.ino as the MAC Address to control the Foot/Body
String PS3ControllerFootMac = "##:##:##:##:##:##";
  1. Repeat steps 8 to 12 to identify the MAC Address of the second PS3 Move Navigation Controller and paste it into the variable for the MAC Address of the Dome
String PS3ControllerDomeMac = "##:##:##:##:##:##";

  1. Compile and upload the altered Shadow_MD_DualController_Template.ino sketch to the Arduino Mega

  2. When powering on both PS3 Move Navigation Controller, you should see the following messages on the Serial Monitor

We have our FOOT controller connected.
...
We have our DOME controller connected.

Connecting Controller

Please do note, that every time you power-up your system, you will have to connect the two controller in the same order.

  1. Foot
  2. Dome

otherwise the Astrocomms and your Controller will not connect.