[OLD] PS3 Sixaxis Controller Can Be Used In Windows!

**Mofoe2001** · January 15th, 2007, 07:28

Hi. Im also interested in this. Seeing how i love to play street fighter alpha series on my PC using an old game pad i had for years. well most of the buttons on this controller get "sticky". Ive open it up and cleaned it and still get sticky. So instead of buying a new gamepad, ill just use my sixaxis controller. anyways straight to the point.

I followed the directions step by step and still cant get the sixaxis to work on my pc. control panel>game controller will list the controller as Playstation 3 game controller but none of the inputs show up on the calibration screen. Im getting what some other people in this thread are getting, the 4 red light blinking error. I tapped the PS buttons once then 5 times then 100 times, and still nothing. i held the PS button for 1 sec, 5 seconds then got a fighing weight and sat it on the PS buttong for 100 hours and still nothing..............just kidding about the 100 hours, lol

so yea , the lights kept blinking red and wouldnt take any inputs. ive tried Kawaks and project64 and no inputs would be shown.

Anyone know whats the deal?

**hockey2112** · January 15th, 2007, 19:26

Originally Posted by mavsman4457

Are you kidding me?

Nope, it is a valid question.

Originally Posted by mavsman4457

It says it in the very first post.

I see no mention whatsoever of SIXAXIS-PC Bluetooth compatibility in the first post.

Originally Posted by mavsman4457

Also, why don't you give it a try and see if it works for you. You have been asking about this for at least a couple of days and you are too lazy to find out for yourself or use common sense.

Ah... durrr... let's see, idiot (since we are insulting each other now, apparently):

1. I have searched extensively, and have found no definitive answer.

2. I do not own a PS3 controller or a USB Bluetooth adapter. So why in the hell would I go out and buy any of that equipment when I do not know if it will definitely work? Does this qualify me as being lazy? Or am I simply being prudent about what I invest my money in?

Oh, what to do, what to do... I know! I could ask people on a (usually) very helpful forum for their experiences, hoping that someone may have tested this. It looks like no-one has, and this thread has grown since I asked, so why not ask again? Maybe someone who joined the thread at a later date has tried using this with Bluetooth and succeeded (or failed), and they might not have read my questions, or even considered answering them. But golly gee, hope I don't upset mavsman by presenting my question one more time.

So, can you answer my question definitively, or can anyone else? Or would you rather be an unhelpful @$$ and resort to insults, lectures, and nonanswers than to actually assist someone searching for an answer?

**mavsman4457** · January 15th, 2007, 23:11

Hahahaha, sorry hockey I don't know why I outbursted at you, hahaha. Your post is funny to me now I guess I'm just in a good mood. I was referring to the fact that it says it is a USB driver in the first post. Also, if I am correct, recognition of a bluetooth device does not require any drivers, just a bluetooth adapter and the bluetooth device. So it should be recognizable out of the box, I'm just not sure if it is usable as a controller. I think I can try it out though. I will give it a shot. And I don't want to get into another fight but I'm juct curious, if you don't have bluetooth and you don't have a PS3 then why are you so adament about getting this question answered? Anyways, have a nice day and I will check up on that question once my brother stops playing PS3

Edit: OK I just tried it and my bluetooth adapter wouldn't recognize the controller. Hope that helps.

**hockey2112** · January 16th, 2007, 03:53

Originally Posted by mavsman4457

Hahahaha, sorry hockey I don't know why I outbursted at you, hahaha. Your post is funny to me now I guess I'm just in a good mood. I was referring to the fact that it says it is a USB driver in the first post. Also, if I am correct, recognition of a bluetooth device does not require any drivers, just a bluetooth adapter and the bluetooth device. So it should be recognizable out of the box, I'm just not sure if it is usable as a controller. I think I can try it out though. I will give it a shot. And I don't want to get into another fight but I'm juct curious, if you don't have bluetooth and you don't have a PS3 then why are you so adament about getting this question answered? Anyways, have a nice day and I will check up on that question once my brother stops playing PS3

Edit: OK I just tried it and my bluetooth adapter wouldn't recognize the controller. Hope that helps.

Hey man, no hard feelings. Thanks for testing it out, I appreciate it. My computer is one room away from my living room, where my plasma TV is located. I was planning on hooking my desktop up to the plasma, and playing games in there via a wireless controller, and figured that this would be a great way to do it. Ah well, maybe someone will figure out how to do it one day.

One last question: if the Bluetooth was "enabled" one day, would the signal be able to pass through one wall, or would it lose too much strength. My tv is approximately 15 feet from where the bluetooth USB adapter would be, as the crow flies, so to speak.

Thanks again.

**nyahnyah** · January 18th, 2007, 23:57

This looks so cool! I can't wait to use it for M.U.G.E.N! But when I try to download the attachment, it comes out as a .php extension and not .rar, so whats with that?

EDIT: So i tried and looked in my hardware section, the controller is listed ther but the 4 lights are flashing and buttons dont seem to do anything. What do i do?

**mavsman4457** · January 20th, 2007, 04:00

Originally Posted by hockey2112

Hey man, no hard feelings. Thanks for testing it out, I appreciate it. My computer is one room away from my living room, where my plasma TV is located. I was planning on hooking my desktop up to the plasma, and playing games in there via a wireless controller, and figured that this would be a great way to do it. Ah well, maybe someone will figure out how to do it one day.

One last question: if the Bluetooth was "enabled" one day, would the signal be able to pass through one wall, or would it lose too much strength. My tv is approximately 15 feet from where the bluetooth USB adapter would be, as the crow flies, so to speak.

Thanks again.

I am pretty sure that it would be able to get through the wall. I have listened to music through a wall before while I was going to the bathroom. It may be questionable but I think it would work. I don't think I understood why you asked though.

**hockey2112** · January 21st, 2007, 05:40

Originally Posted by mavsman4457

I am pretty sure that it would be able to get through the wall. I have listened to music through a wall before while I was going to the bathroom. It may be questionable but I think it would work. I don't think I understood why you asked though.

I just thought that the PS3 controller would be a great one to use for the games. I knew that it had Bluetooth, and figured it might be a good way to have a kick-ass bluetooth wireless controller for my PC.

If you have any other recommendations for bluetooth PC controllers, please do let me know.

**Italian33087** · January 21st, 2007, 07:42

All these things have not worked for hooking my PS3 controller up to the computer. I plugged it in, Windows say new hardware found, installed, and ready to use and Windows recognizes it in Control Panel. However, I cannot calibrate or test it, no lights light up, and it doesn't work in any games. I also get the immediate opening and closing of the DOS program, but I have managed to bypass that and get it to stay open if I open up DOS myself and run the program from there. It says it detects 4 busses and thats it. Nothing else. Anyway, I have a feeling its not working because I run Windows x64 and that driver clearly says Win32 in the name. Anyone have any helpful advice or know where a 64 bit driver is? Any help is much appreciated and I thank you in advance.

**JJackz** · January 21st, 2007, 19:12

I don't know if anyone else encountered this, but when I boot the DOS Command, It tells me found 5 busses.

**Mofoe2001** · January 22nd, 2007, 10:47

Originally Posted by Italian33087

All these things have not worked for hooking my PS3 controller up to the computer. I plugged it in, Windows say new hardware found, installed, and ready to use and Windows recognizes it in Control Panel. However, I cannot calibrate or test it, no lights light up, and it doesn't work in any games. I also get the immediate opening and closing of the DOS program, but I have managed to bypass that and get it to stay open if I open up DOS myself and run the program from there. It says it detects 4 busses and thats it. Nothing else. Anyway, I have a feeling its not working because I run Windows x64 and that driver clearly says Win32 in the name. Anyone have any helpful advice or know where a 64 bit driver is? Any help is much appreciated and I thank you in advance.

What he said.