Problems with setting up two Xbox 360 wireless Controllers

[juicebag85]

Hi.

I’m using a wireless Xbox 360 Controller with that official Microsoft remote connector for my Retropie 3.0 beta2 on a Raspberry Pi 2 which works perfect for me.
Now I bought a second one but can’t get both to work.
If I activate the first one it registers as usual and also activates the first light around the Xbox Button.
If I activate the second one, this one also registers himself as the first controller so that I have two Player 1 Controllers at the same time.
I tried to reconnect them with the remote connecter but that didn’t help.
I also thought that this could be an issue with the new controller, so I connected both to my PC. But there everything works just fine. Player 1 is player 1 and player 2 is player 2.
It also happens when I activate the second controller that the lights flash twince and then deactivate themself. If I deactivate the first controller now, the second controller actives himself automaticly like if it was in standby and becomes player 1.

I also checked the /dev/input Folder (where you do the jstest) and there’s only js0 and no js1 or so.

I’m quite confused now how I should solve this problem. I tried to google it but I only find guides to setup just one Xbox 360 Controller.

I installed and configured my Xbox Controller with the following guide by using step 3 – init script:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-the-XBox360-controller

It uses this code:

In the /etc/init.d/xboxdrv:

#! /bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          xbox-controller
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start XBOX Controller Service
# Description:       Start the xboxdrv daemon with several options
#                    support up to 4 Controllers
### END INIT INFO

# Author: MasteRehm

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="XBOX Controller Service"
NAME=xboxdrv
DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS="-D -d --deadzone 4000 --dbus disabled --detach"
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
. /lib/init/vars.sh

# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
# and status_of_proc is working.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

do_start()
{
        if [ $CONTROLLER_NUM -gt 4 ]; then
                echo -e "\n$CONTROLLER"; exit 1;
        fi
        start-stop-daemon -S -q -x $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS $CONTROLLER

# -- This workaround only works with 4 controllers connected.  It also is creating a name that
# does not match the minor device node.

#        # Workaround: xboxdrv daemon creates /dev/input/js[4-7] device files, if /dev/input/js[0-3] created on startup.
#        if [ -x /usr/bin/rename ]; then
#                sleep 1
#                if [[ <code>ls /dev/input/js*</code> =~ /dev/input/js[4-7] ]]; then rename 's/js4/js0/;s/js5/js1/;s/js6/js2/;s/js7/js3/' /dev/input/js*; fi
#        fi

# Rather than renaming files, it's better to clear the existing ones by stopping the driver
# and then when you start it again, everything will be correct.

    sleep 3
    do_stop
    sleep 3
        start-stop-daemon -S -q -x $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS $CONTROLLER
}

do_stop()
{
    start-stop-daemon -K -o -q -x $DAEMON
    sleep 1
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
    do_start
     status=$?
    log_end_msg $status
    ;;
  stop)
    log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
    do_stop
     status=$?
    log_end_msg $status
    ;;
  status)
    status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
    ;;
  restart)
    log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
    do_stop
    case "$?" in
      0|1)
        do_start
        case "$?" in
            0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
            1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
            *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
        esac
        ;;
      *)
        # Failed to stop
        log_end_msg 1
        ;;
    esac
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart}" >&2
    exit 3
    ;;
esac

And in the /etc/default/xboxdrv:

# How many Controllers? (support up to 4 Controllers)
CONTROLLER_NUM=2

case $CONTROLLER_NUM in
    1) CONTROLLER="-w 0 -l 2 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button"
    ;;
    2) CONTROLLER="-w 0 -l 2 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button --next-controller -w 1 -l 3 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button"
    ;;
    3) CONTROLLER="-w 0 -l 2 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button --next-controller -w 1 -l 3 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button --next-controller -w 2 -l 4 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button"
    ;;
    4) CONTROLLER="-w 0 -l 2 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button --next-controller -w 1 -l 3 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button --next-controller -w 2 -l 4 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button --next-controller -w 3 -l 5 --trigger-as-button --dpad-as-button"
    ;;
    *) CONTROLLER="incorrect amount of controller specified"
    ;;
esac

Of yourse I’ve entered CONTROLLER_NUM=2.

Has anyone any idea how I can fix this and get it to work? :(
Thank you!

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