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Ludwig Wacker edited this page Jan 18, 2017 · 3 revisions

Controller Configuration

This section is mostly useful if you want to use your controller for Kodi as well as moonlight. It's written for X360 controllers using xboxdrv.

There are mainly two ways on how to do this:

  1. "Normal Mode"
  2. Daemon Mode

Common Steps

  • create a file named xbox_kodi.ini with the following content:
[xboxdrv]

extra-devices = false
extra-events = false
deadzone = 6000
device-name = "Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller"
[ui-buttonmap]

A = KEY_ENTER
B = KEY_BACKSPACE
X = KEY_X
Y = KEY_ESC

 du = KEY_UP
dd = KEY_DOWN
dl = KEY_LEFT
dr = KEY_RIGHT

start = KEY_SPACE
back = KEY_L
white = KEY_C
black = KEY_I

TR = BTN_RIGHT # Left stick buttons
TL = BTN_LEFT # Right stick buttons

RT = KEY_EQUAL # Right trigger
LT = KEY_MINUS # Left trigger
[ui-axismap]

x1=REL_X:10
y1=REL_Y:10

LT^resp:127:255=ABS_Z
RT^resp:127:255=ABS_RZ
# EOF #

(this is taken from Toast's post at OSMC forums)

Normal Mode

This is most useful if you're using totally different configurations, as you can't re-assign specific stuff (e.g. deadzone) on the fly using xboxdrv's daemon mode.

  • create a file named xbox_kodi.sh (or whatever you prefer), including all of your xboxdrv launch arguments, e.g. xboxdrv --wid 0 --led 2 --deadzone 4000 --config /home/osmc/xbox_kodi.ini
  • edit your /etc/rc.local file and add /home/osmc/xbox_kodi.sh & (before the exit 0 line). This will cause xboxdrv to start when your Pi starts
  • create a second file named xbox_moonlight.sh with whatever arguments you usually use for moonlight, e.g. xboxdrv --trigger-as-button --wid 0 --led 2 --deadzone 4000 --dpad-rotation 90 --axismap -DPAD_X=DPAD_X --silent
  • create another file named luna_pre.sh and fill it with:
#!/bin/sh

sudo pkill xboxdrv
sudo /home/osmc/xbox_moonlight.sh &
  • and yet another file: luna_post.sh containing the following:
#!/bin/sh

sudo pkill xboxdrv
sudo /home/osmc/xbox_kodi.sh &
  • make all files executable: chmod +x xbox_kodi.sh xbox_moonlight.sh luna_pre.sh luna_post.sh
  • inside Luna's settings in the "Init Scripts" tab, select the respective paths (luna_pre.sh as Pre Script, luna_post.sh as Post Script)
  • either reboot your Pi or shut down any running instance of xboxdrv using sudo pkill xboxdrv and launch it again using sudo /etc/rc.local

Daemon Mode

Starting xboxdrv in daemon mode allows controller hotplugging, which is what I'm using a lot as I'm often playing alone but sometimes with 2+ people and don't want to change my setup all the time.

  • create xbox.sh and add your xboxdrv launch arguments, referencing the xbox_kodi.ini created above (after --config) and your other configuration (which is to be used for moonlight, after --next-config) for every controller slot you want to provide, e.g.:
xboxdrv --daemon \
	--led 2 --deadzone 4000 --config /home/osmc/xbox_kodi.ini --next-config --dpad-rotation 90 --axismap -DPAD_X=DPAD_X --trigger-as-button \
	--next-controller \
	--led 3 --deadzone 4000 --config /home/osmc/xbox_kodi.ini --next-config --dpad-rotation 90 --axismap -DPAD_X=DPAD_X --trigger-as-button
  • edit /etc/rc.local and add /home/osmc/xbox.sh & (before the exit 0 line)
  • create the file luna_pre.sh and fill it with:
#!/bin/sh

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.seul.Xboxdrv /org/seul/Xboxdrv/ControllerSlots/0 org.seul.Xboxdrv.Controller.SetConfig int32:1
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.seul.Xboxdrv /org/seul/Xboxdrv/ControllerSlots/1 org.seul.Xboxdrv.Controller.SetConfig int32:1

(repeat this for every controller you configured, in this example we're using two, so two calls are added)

  • create another file named luna_post.sh and add:
#!/bin/sh

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.seul.Xboxdrv /org/seul/Xboxdrv/ControllerSlots/0 org.seul.Xboxdrv.Controller.SetConfig int32:0
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.seul.Xboxdrv /org/seul/Xboxdrv/ControllerSlots/1 org.seul.Xboxdrv.Controller.SetConfig int32:0

(this reverts the config back to the first config slot)

  • make all scripts executable: chmod +x xbox.sh luna_pre.sh luna_post.sh
  • create / edit (as root): sudo nano /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.seul.Xboxdrv.conf and fill it with:
<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus
Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
<busconfig>
  <policy context="default">
    <allow own="org.seul.Xboxdrv"/>
    <allow send_type="method_call" log="true"/>   
  </policy>
</busconfig>

(this needs to be done as DBus access to the system bus - which xboxdrv uses by default if run as root - is limited, so we need rules to allow access for the driver itself and any method calls we want to send to it using this bus.)

  • inside Luna's settings in the "Init Scripts" tab, select the respective paths (luna_pre.sh as Pre Script, luna_post.sh as Post Script)
  • either reboot your Pi or shut down any running instance of xboxdrv using sudo pkill xboxdrv and launch it again using sudo /etc/rc.local

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