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PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:02 am
by insanityprawnboy

Thanks for your help in advance.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:47 am
by AngelicLiver

Any dongle based on the CSR8510 is generally good to go. Dualsense 5 with one of these dongles is about 6ms~ on average (which is good for Bluetooth).

You can search on Amazon or Ebay for CSR8510 or buy one from a reputable MiSTer accessories vendor like MiSTer Addons.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:39 pm
by insanityprawnboy
AngelicLiver wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:47 am

Any dongle based on the CSR8510 is generally good to go. Dualsense 5 with one of these dongles is about 6ms~ on average (which is good for Bluetooth).

You can search on Amazon or Ebay for CSR8510 or buy one from a reputable MiSTer accessories vendor like MiSTer Addons.

Thanks. I ordered one from Amazon.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:55 am
by mario64

Is the touchpad “button” recognized when connecting these via Bluetooth?


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:29 am
by ExCyber

As I probably mentioned in some other thread a while ago, I impulse-bought an Insignia (i.e. Best Buy) BT4 dongle based on the Broadcom BCM20702 chip, and have generally had good results with it, including with a DualSense pad.

I think it's this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-b ... Id=4884001

Is the touchpad “button” recognized when connecting these via Bluetooth?

Linux generally treats a DS4 or DualSense touchpad as an additional mouse device instead of being part of the gamepad function. I played with it a bit, and while it didn't show up initially, it showed up as /dev/input/mouse1 after I fiddled with things a bit (swapping between USB/BT and rebooting). So the capability is there, but I don't know that it shows up 100% consistently.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:47 am
by mario64

Ok thank you. I saw similar behavior with DualShock 4 on Bluetooth so I switched to the official DS4 USB adapter. Latency is probably higher but the touchpad button is recognized. Specifically the PSX core allows you to toggle analog / digital controller mode which I find convenient.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:01 pm
by insanityprawnboy

I ordered a CSR8510 from Amazon. Here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07RJG7YYW? ... ct_details

But I still can't get it to work. I go to Scripts, then Bluetooth pair, and then press the buttons on the PS5 controller to pair it, but it doesn't pair.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:29 pm
by insanityprawnboy
AngelicLiver wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:47 am

Any dongle based on the CSR8510 is generally good to go. Dualsense 5 with one of these dongles is about 6ms~ on average (which is good for Bluetooth).

You can search on Amazon or Ebay for CSR8510 or buy one from a reputable MiSTer accessories vendor like MiSTer Addons.

I'm getting "Exception: Bluetooth adapter not found" :?


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:37 pm
by FPGA64

You dont use the scripts anymore. F11 or the OSD button for a few seconds will put the mister into paring mode. Make sure you have you adaptor in one of the side or front ports( The side with the Ethernet Port) as the back has power only ports


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:42 pm
by insanityprawnboy
FPGA64 wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:37 pm

You dont use the scripts anymore. F11 or the OSD button for a few seconds will put the mister into paring mode. Make sure you have you adaptor in one of the side or front ports( The side with the Ethernet Port) as the back has power only ports

I just tried that, in both front ports, and the side with the Ethernet port. As soon as I hit F11 I get "No Bluetooth available".


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:57 pm
by FPGA64

does your bluetooth adpator work in a PC it may simply be DOA


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:22 pm
by FPGA64

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08 ... UTF8&psc=1

Is the BT adaptor I have and it works fine with the Dual Sense


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:35 pm
by PrawnR
insanityprawnboy wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:42 pm
FPGA64 wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:37 pm

You dont use the scripts anymore. F11 or the OSD button for a few seconds will put the mister into paring mode. Make sure you have you adaptor in one of the side or front ports( The side with the Ethernet Port) as the back has power only ports

I just tried that, in both front ports, and the side with the Ethernet port. As soon as I hit F11 I get "No Bluetooth available".

Have you tried pairing it on your PC?


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:45 pm
by insanityprawnboy
FPGA64 wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:57 pm

does your bluetooth adpator work in a PC it may simply be DOA

Yes. I just tried it. It's good on the PC with the Dualsense controller.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:48 pm
by insanityprawnboy

Strange, as my other bluetooth USB on the MiSTer works fine with my mouse. I don't get why this new USB receiver works with the PC but I get "No bluetooth available" with the MiSTer.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:30 pm
by insanityprawnboy

If the PC recognises the USB receiver, as does the dualsense, shouldn't the MiSTer? Is there a reason it wouldn't?


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:18 pm
by FPGA64

Does your Mister show the Bluetooth icon ?
If it doesnt then your receiver is simply not being recognised.

Also Update the firmware on the controller either Via PC or plugging into a PS5


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:20 pm
by insanityprawnboy
FPGA64 wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:18 pm

Does your Mister show the Bluetooth icon ?
If it doesnt then your receiver is simply not being recognised.

Also Update the firmware on the controller either Via PC or plugging into a PS5

Where would be Bluetooth icon be? (I am still quite new to MiSTer, only having it a couple of weeks now).


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:26 pm
by insanityprawnboy

I updated the firmware. I just don't think the MiSTer is recognising the USB receiver.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:27 pm
by FPGA64

On the Menu Strip with the date

Between the text Mister and the date are a potential 3 icons

One shows how much memory, one shows if there is wifi and one show if there is bluetooth

https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_M ... bluetooth/


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:19 am
by AngelicLiver

This might be an incredibly redundant question but is your MiSTer installation up-to-date? Have you ran the Updater or the update_all script recently?

Otherwise could you run "lsusb" in the terminal and let us know the output? Press F9 at the OSD with a USB keyboard or SSH in, ideally only have your keyboard and this bluetooth adapter plugged in.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:14 pm
by ItalianGrandma

I use the BT5.0 variation of this adapter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MZ ... 192P5&th=1

Since the PS5 controller supports BT5.1, this one should work fine.


Re: PS5 Dualsense controller: Which USB receiver to use?

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:29 pm
by Missus

I use this with a PS5 controller (among others) and it works fine:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07YDFZWT8