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7 Responses to “PLAYSTATION 3 Bluetooth Remote driver for Linux”

1. iljusu, on October 24th, 2007 at 8:05 am Said:

   Hi,

   If this works for me i buy you a virtual beer :-)

   Br, iljusu

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2. psubuntu bd-user, on January 6th, 2008 at 6:12 pm Said:

   I’m unable to pair the Sony BD remote. Here’s a diff of the code I used:

   $ diff -urN cakemote.py cakemote.local.py
   — cakemote.py 2008-01-06 17:38:50.000000000 +0200
   +++ cakemote.local.py 2008-01-06 17:57:20.000000000 +0200
   @@ -529,23 +529,27 @@
   #### MANUAL PS3-MOTE ADDRESS GOES BELOW!!!
   ####
   #### Type ‘hcitool scan’ at a terminal prompt to get the address.
   -
   - # Manual Input of PS3 Remote address required for now.
   - w=Ps3mote(“00:19:C1:4E:DA:53″,0)
   -
   - w.connect()
   -print “Connection to remote established.”
   -
   -print “Initializing uinput device.”
   -fd = init_uinput(uinput_dev)
   -
   -print “Press any key on the remote to test, or the circle key to exit.”
   +name = “BD Remote Control”
   +address = None
   +nearby_devices = bluetooth.discover_devices()
   +
   +for bdaddr in nearby_devices:
   + if name == bluetooth.lookup_name( bdaddr ):
   + address = bdaddr
   + break
   +
   +if address is not None:
   + print “Found remote at address %s” % address
   + w=Ps3mote(address)
   + w.connect()
   +else:
   + print “Could not find target bluetooth device nearby”
   + sys.exit(1)

   try:
   - last=time.time()
   - while not w.done:
   - w._getpacket()
   -
   + last=time.time()
   + while not w.done:
   + w._getpacket()
   finally:
   w.disconnect()
   destroy_uinput(fd)

   $ ./cakemote.local.py
   Found uinput dev at /dev/input/uinput
   Scanning for PS3 remote.
   Press Start+Enter to make your remote discoverable.
   Found remote at address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
   Attempting to pair with remote xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File “./cakemote.local.py”, line 544, in
   w.connect()
   File “./cakemote.local.py”, line 423, in connect
   self.rx.connect((self.addr,19))
   File “”, line 5, in connect
   bluetooth.BluetoothError: (111, ‘Connection refused’)

   Relevantish hcidump output:

   > HCI Event: Read Remote Supported Features (0x0b) plen 11
   status 0×00 handle 43
   Features: 0xbc 0×02 0×04 0×38 0×08 0×00 0×00 0×00
   > ACL data: handle 43 flags 0×02 dlen 16
   L2CAP(s): Connect rsp: dcid 0×0000 scid 0×0040 result 2 status 0
   Connection refused – PSM not supported
   > HCI Event: Remote Name Req Complete (0×07) plen 255
   status 0×00 bdaddr xx:xx:xx:x:xx:xx name ‘BD Remote Control’
   < HCI Command: Disconnect (0×01|0×0006) plen 3
   handle 43 reason 0×13
   Reason: Remote User Terminated Connection

   Any idea what I’m doing wrong? :)

   P.S. I’ve tried fiddling with differend hcid.conf options, but to no avail.

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3. Antst, on February 1st, 2008 at 2:21 pm Said:

   here is my driver for LIRC: http://antst.mine.nu/linuxdriverforsonybdremote

   Not a script. Normal C daemon.

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4. directhex, on February 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 pm Said:

   You, mister Antst, are a very sexy individual! I’ll give this a shot myself. The Python “driver” was only ever a dirty hack

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5. PSP PAD, on April 25th, 2008 at 7:39 pm Said:

   Has this script worked for anyone yet ???

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6. Josh, on January 6th, 2009 at 7:40 am Said:

   This worked great for me using Mythbuntu 8.10. I would be nice to not have to push enter+start to pair it on reboot though. I tried the bdremoted first but could not get it working on 8.10. Thanks for the great work.

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7. liftman, on March 9th, 2009 at 12:31 am Said:

   thanks for the script :)
   is their a way to turnoff the multi key actions — this is causing crazy stuff with mythtv
   thanks

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