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PSMove Bluetooth Pairing

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Guido Sanchez edited this page Jun 10, 2016 · 7 revisions

#Overview Before you can receive data from the PSMove it has to be paired to a bluetooth radio. Every bluetooth radio has a MAC address of the form: "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx". Both the bluetooth adapter and the PSMove controller have their own unique MAC address. Pairing the controller means registering the MAC address of bluetooth adapter in the PSMove controller, which is done with the PSMoveController connected to a PC via USB. The PSMoveConfig tool is used to walk you through the pairing process.

#Install Bluetooth Adapter First make sure you have a bluetooth adapter installed on your PC. I've typically used the ASUS-BT400, but that specific adapter isn't a requirement, I've just had good luck with it.

  1. Plug in the ASUS-BT400
  2. Let windows recognize it
  3. Install the bluetooth driver that comes on the CD (On Win10 the native drivers that get auto installed appear to be all you need).
  4. There should be a bluetooth icon that shows up on your task tray

#Pairing a Controller

  1. Make sure PSMoveService is running if it isn't already
  2. Launch the PSMoveConfigTool
  3. Open the "Controller Settings" menu. You should see an empty list and the MAC address of your bluetooth adapter.

4. Plugin the PSMove controller you want to pair. The menu should refresh and present you with an option to "Pair USB controller".

5. Once pairing begins you should see a progress bar appear. Disconnect the controller from USB and press the small PS button in the middle of the controller. You should see the small red LED on the bottom of the controller start flash. Hopefully the progress bar should also start incrementing at this point. If the red LED stops flashing just press it again. Progress may jump backward a few times as the bluetooth pairing my have to restart. You can thank the Windows Bluetooth stack for janky pairing experience.

6. If pairing completed successfully the small red LED should now be solid and you'll be back at the controller list with a list of details about the controller.

7. You only ever have to pair a controller to a bluetooth adapter once. If you unplug the bluetooth adapter or restart your machine the PSMove will disconnect and the red LED will turn off. Simply press the PS button again and it will reconnect to your PC, no re-pairing needed.

#Unpairing a Controller If you want to pair the controller to a new PC you should unpair the controller first. Simply plug the controller you want to unpair into USB. The "unpair controller" button should appear. Once the controller is unpaired you should see the red LED turn off.

#Proceed to the next step PSMove-Magnetometer-Calibration

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