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Kamek

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Registered: 2013-05-24

Posts: 10

Trying to get my Wiimote -TR to sync with dolphin-emu

Hi !

I have one of those Wiimotes labeled as RVL-CNT-01-TR.
I remember a few years back, I used to play with Dolphin (the emulator, that is), and I HAD to use Windows, because back then, the controller just wouldn't work in Linux.
And even in Windows, I had to use the Toshiba Bluetooth stack to get it to sync. That is still the case as far as I know.

If I understand correctly, -TR Wiimotes are now supported out of the box in Linux.
I can get mine to sync to Arch (I'm using KDE and BlueDevil), but not to Dolphin, I must be doing something wrong and I can't figure out what.

I tried to enable/disable the bluetooth service, enable hci0 if the bluetooth service is disabled, no luck.
I tried to press 1+2, then the red "sync" button of the controller but dolphin doesn't pick it up.

Any ideas ?

Also, relevant :

~ $ lsusb
...
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
...

~ $ hcitool dev
Devices:
        hci0    00:15:83:0C:BF:EB

~ $ pacman -Qi dolphin-emu-git
Name           : dolphin-emu-git
Version        : 4.0.r3212.da717bf-1
...

~ $ pacman -Qi bluez
Name           : bluez
Version        : 5.23-1
...

Edit : Should have posted this in "Multimedia and Games". Mods ?

Last edited by Kamek (2014-09-14 07:12:52)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,601

Re: Trying to get my Wiimote -TR to sync with dolphin-emu

I think that was a request   Moving to Multimedia and Games.

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necbot

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Registered: 2013-12-05

Posts: 59

Re: Trying to get my Wiimote -TR to sync with dolphin-emu

I actually know the answer to this question so I thought I would post it in case someone has the same problem.

The solution to this problem is NOT to pair your Wiimote with your computer UNTIL Dolphin Emulator is up an running.  For example...

THIS WILL WORK:
Step #1:  Open Dolphin Emulator.
Step #2:  Pair your Wiimote with your PC  (Wiimote should vibrate indicating it is connected to Dolphin)
Step #3:  Play your Wii games.

THIS WON'T WORK:
Step #1:  Pair your Wiimote with your PC (Wiimote WON'T vibrate)
Step #2:  Open Dolphin Emulator
Step #3   Cry because you can't play your Wii games.

One way to know for sure is if the wiimote vibrates upon connecting.  If it connects and doesn't vibrate, it won't work in Dolphin.  I know, silly, right?  But that's the only way I've had any luck connecting my Wiimote to Dolphin.  Oh, also, your Wiimote must be trusted by whatever bluetooth connection manager you're using.  I'm using bluetoothctl so I had to open a terminal, run bluetoothctl and type the following commands...

power on
agent on
scan on
trust <wiimote address>

Hope this helps.

Last edited by necbot (2015-02-26 20:43:53)