MiSTer FPGA Forum

MiSTerEggman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:31 pm assuming not using a BliSTer and OEM SNES pad - what's your go to?

I have a retrobit 2.4ghz saturn controller, 8bitdo m30 which is like a genesis 6-button wireless clone which I love and is second lowest wireless latency behind the heralded Krikzz Joyzz MD pad, and recently got a BT dongle to use with a spare DS4 which is surprisingly low latency for BT and has the same button orientation as SNES at least instead of re-mapping my mind to suit the genesis/saturn 6-button

None are terrible options fwiw just wondering if people have a good option they're proud of

Sigismond0 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:39 pm The official Nintendo Switch SNES online controller is pretty great. Only problem is that MiSTer sometimes loses pairing when powered off. Not a huge deal, as all I have to do to reconnect is hold down the pair button on the MiSTer and controller when I power on, and then it's good to go.

Sigismond0 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:46 pm Yeah, the pair button is on the IO board. Without that, you'd just need to enter the pairing menu from the main menu. But that now means you need to hassle with a second controller.

I've been hoping this would get a fix during some random Linux update, but it doesn't seem like that's the case.

MiSTerEggman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:31 pm assuming not using a BliSTer and OEM SNES pad - what's your go to?

I have a retrobit 2.4ghz saturn controller, 8bitdo m30 which is like a genesis 6-button wireless clone which I love and is second lowest wireless latency

rashohyo wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:16 pm

MiSTerEggman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:31 pm assuming not using a BliSTer and OEM SNES pad - what's your go to?

I have a retrobit 2.4ghz saturn controller, 8bitdo m30 which is like a genesis 6-button wireless clone which I love and is second lowest wireless latency

Are you talking about m30 2.4g or about m30 bluethoot?

MiSTerEggman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:02 pmI know f11 pulls up pairing but how do you get to it from a regular controller?

maxpower wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:44 pm I use a snes classic controller with the 8bitdo diy bluetooth board. It still has the official feel and doesn't have the connection issues the switch ones do. I do miss having the extra 2 buttons the switch controller has so one can be used as a dedicated menu button though.

maxpower wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:23 am It works with standard bluetooth adapters. It uses a 3.5mm barrel to usb a cable to charge, I don't think it is proprietary, I have seen other electronics with similar cables, but haven't tried using a cable other than what it came with. The nub where the charging cable attaches also glows to show you when the controller is on/charging/pairing.

They also have a different diy kit for original SNES controllers too but it is nice using the snes classic controllers since they are new.

I also have their diy kits for the nes classic and ps1 classic controllers, they all work great.

Sigismond0 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:33 pm

MiSTerEggman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:02 pmI know f11 pulls up pairing but how do you get to it from a regular controller?

Menu->Scripts->BT Pair.

maxpower wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:33 pm Hmm.. that's strange, they were shipping to USA and Canada when I ordered my ps1 classic kits in August.
Unfortunately I think their website is the only place you can get the diy kits.

maxpower wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:00 pm I'm pretty sure there were other options in the "Shipping destination" box before, I don't think that is where it is shipping from.

There are separate kits for snes classic and original snes controllers, I used snes classic controllers.

You can see all the different kits here:
https://shop.8bitdo.com/

Sigismond0 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:39 pm The official Nintendo Switch SNES online controller is pretty great. Only problem is that MiSTer sometimes loses pairing when powered off. Not a huge deal, as all I have to do to reconnect is hold down the pair button on the MiSTer and controller when I power on, and then it's good to go.

MiSTerEggman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:01 pmgonna go switch SNES option they're in stock and seems the path of least resistance and waiting haha. and USB-C light the SN30 Pro just without being 3rd party or having joysticks I won't use

Alternatively does it sometimes hold onto pairing with power off? Just sometimes have to re-pair?

maxpower wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 2:48 pm When I was using the Nintendo Switch SNES controllers, if it didn't connect, I would tap the pair button to turn the controller off and try again, usually after a few tries it would work, but occasionally I would get fed up and just fully re-pair it again.

One fix for the connection issues is to use the 8bitdo usb dongle with it, which should be available on amazon. If you haven't used one before, the difference compared to a normal bluetooth adapter is that the dongle handles all the bluetooth stuff and presents itself like a wired controller.
The downside is you can only connect 1 controller to the dongle at a time and if you pair a different controller to it, you will probably need to remap the buttons because it will always tell MiSTer that it is the same controller. You should be able to use a second one for a second controller though, but you might run into mapping issues again, but you could solve that by putting the dongle into a different mode(window/mac/switch/android/etc.).