Problem reconnecting PS3 controller after disconnect

[hirodotp]

Hello,

I have two brand name PS3 controllers I have working with Retropie. I noticed that when I turn off the controller by holding down the “P” button for 10+ seconds, and then I turn the controller on, it never reconnects until I restart the sixad service 3 times (if I restart it two times, it will reconnect some of the time but not always, three times ensures it will reconnect).

Right now I have a python daemon running that monitors the sixad log for disconnects and immediately restarts sixad 3 times to work around this issue.

I was wondering if anyone else is having this problem or if it is a known issues (I’ve not been able to find anything on it on google).

Setup:

Raspberry Pi 2 B
Raspbian (wheezey)
SixAd 1.5.1
RetroPie: git latest as of September 25th

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[hirodotp]

I uploaded my sixad restart script to github for anyone else that is having this issue. This script will monitor /var/log/sixad for either abnormal disconnects (i.e. due to battery drain) as well as timeouts configured in sixad’s profile.

https://github.com/hirodotp/Retropie-Scripts

[dudleydes]

Above the exit 0 in the /etc/rc.local file, try adding the following:

hciconfig hci0 piscan

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