How to connect a ps3 joystick to a laptop. Wireless gamepad from Sony PS3. Connect to PC

Which is better for gaming? Computer or console? No one will give a definite answer: the camps of “packers” and “prefixers” are unlikely to come to a common opinion. Have a good game a lot for both the computer and various consoles.

The advantages of a computer are versatility: you can work and play on one device. The advantages of the console are its specialization: it is designed for games (and other entertainment like movies or music), but developers will take a long time to ensure that their games work even on not the newest consoles. And the quality of their graphics is also usually high. But now we are concerned about ease of control.

Why not combine the best of both worlds? Sony gamepads are wonderfully good, both Xbox fans and PC game lovers admit this. Little in game world It could be as cool as connecting a PS3 joystick to your computer and enjoying convenient keys and crosses instead of a regular keyboard and mouse! This is especially important for action, where you need to constantly keep your fingers, as they say, on the pulse of fast-paced events.

First, let's see if this can be done in principle. Generally speaking, modern computers(with Windows 7 or later) support joysticks as an input device class. We will not consider OS X and Linux: they are not considered “gaming” systems.

Note: although the words “gamepad”, “controller” and “joystick”, in general, are not completely synonymous, here we will refer to the same device with them.

Do you need adapters or other hardware?

If we consider the standard complete DualShock joystick from PS3, it supports two types of connection: wired (USB) and wireless (Bluetooth).


The second is more convenient for many reasons, but the gamepad must be constantly charged. That's why wired connection also worth considering. Especially if we assume that the player is not going to move far from the computer.

Fortunately, the developers from Sony decided to use the port not only to charge the device, but also to transfer data. This gives us a choice of two ways to connect the joystick to the PC:

As we see, in neither case nor in the second is it necessary to dig up any secret warehouses to find necessary equipment. The main thing is that the cable is in good condition.

However, in the question of how to connect a PS3 joystick to a PC, there is one more snag, perhaps the key one - the driver.

How to configure a connected joystick

According to the logic of updates, if you connect a new device to a computer with a relatively recent Windows on board, the system will contact the network databases, recognize the device and automatically download its driver. After this, you will be able to use it just as conveniently and without any limitation of functions.

However, in the case of game controllers, the situation is somewhat different. Before you connect your PS3 joystick directly to your PC, you will need to install a specialized utility called MotionInJoy. which can be downloaded at .

Proceed according to the following scenario:

1. Connect your gamepad with a cable to your computer. Select the port you will connect it to permanently. When changing the port, you will have to repeat the procedure from the beginning.
2. Launch MotionInJoy and go to the Driver Manager menu.
3. Select the one to which the game controller is connected from the list of USB ports and check the box.
4. Click the Load Driver button.
5. Wait for the installation to complete.
6. If the controller is not recognized immediately, restart your computer.

The wired connection should now work.

Before connecting the joystick to your computer via Bluetooth, make sure that the Bluetooth adapter is connected and working correctly. To do this, check how some other device is connected (smartphone, tablet, mouse, etc.). The procedure for installing a driver for working via Bluetooth looks like this:

1. Download and install the MotionInJoy program.
2. Turn on your gamepad in mode wireless connection and pair it with your computer.
3. Launch MotionInJoy and open the BluetoothPair tab
4. Find your joystick in the list
5. Click the PairNow button
6. Wait for the controller to vibrate. This will mean readiness.

It is worth noting that the old gamepads that came with the PS3 in the first year of release did not have a vibration motor. If your controller is from these batches, then, of course, there will be no vibration. You will just have to wait for the installation to finish and test it in a real game.

How to connect DualShock 3

This modification of the gamepad from Sony has some differences from the “classic” DualShock. Therefore, the algorithm for connecting it will be significantly different. Before you connect the joystick to a PC from PS3 (if it is a DualShock 3), you need to download not MotionInJoy, but a driver package for Sixaxis (that’s the name of this family of controllers). When looking for a driver, be sure to take into account the bitness of your system: only the 64-bit version of the driver is suitable for Windows x64.

The algorithm is like this:

1. Download the archive with the driver, unpack and install it. During the process, applications that usually come in the same archive with it - PPJOY and LibUSB - will be initialized.
2. Find the attachment in the same archive archive file BtSix and unpack it to a place convenient for you (the easiest way is to your Desktop)
3. Connect bluetooth adapter(unless you have it built-in) and update the driver for it if necessary.
4. Run the program
5. From PPJOY run Config Joysticks
6. Add new object and come up with a name for it - for example, Sixaxis or Joystick PS3
7. Close Config Joysticks
8. Turn on your gamepad and connect your computer to it via Bluetooth
9. Check the functionality of the game

However, after installation, additional synchronization may be necessary, which will save you from incorrect recognition actions and from communication breakdowns. This is done like this:

1. Connect your controller to your PC using a USB cable and wait for the drivers to update
2. Launch the already unpacked BtSix
3. Click the Address button

After this synchronization, it is necessary to ensure its operation in Bluetooth mode. To do this:

1. Make sure that the Bluetooth adapter is connected to the computer
2. Launch BtSix again
3. Press the center button on the gamepad
4. Check its behavior in games

All! Now your joystick is off Sony PlayStation able to work with a computer. After the above procedures, all gestures and clicks should be recognized correctly. We recommend that you compare the sensations with wired and wireless connection and use the one you like best.

I think every PS3 owner has wondered how to connect a joystick from Sony to a PC. Now I’ll tell you how to do it. I’ll tell you right away - when using it on a computer, the MAC address of the joystick changes, which can be solved by connecting via a cord to the console and pressing the PS button.

What do we need?

Joystick from PS3.
USB cable from joystick.
(ADDITIONAL, but not required) If you want to play wirelessly via BlueTooth, then you will need a BT adapter.

Why is this necessary?

What are we going to do?

How exactly will this work, will all games understand Joy?
We will use 2 methods:
1) For all games that support the Xbox360 controller. Namely, we will programmatically pass off our PS3 joystick as an Xbox360 joystick. This is the best and most convenient way. The only downside is that we have A on B, etc., and X on O, etc. But this is just a matter of habit.
2) 3 other methods, or self-tuning for any other games. Unfortunately, with some games in this case you will have to tinker a lot in order to get normal controls. But if you're lucky, the standard options will do. Same in in this case we have support for motion sensors.

Let's get started:
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In parentheses it is indicated for example (drive managerinstall). The first name is indicated if you do everything through home (online mode). The second name if you do everything offline (local) mode.

1) Download the program from:
For x32 (x86) systems - http://www.xinputer.com/download/MotioninJoy_060001_x86_signed.zip
For x64 systems - http://www.xinputer.com/download/MotioninJoy_060003_amd64_signed.zip
2) Download local from here - http://forums.motioninjoy.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=989 (all three English Complete Edition archives so that the program does not require Internet)
3) Install the program
4) Place the local folder from the archive into the program directory.
5) We connect our joy from PS3 via USB (!!!) to the computer. Also, if there is a BT adapter, we connect it too.
6) Go to the driver page (drive managerinstall), click Load and wait for the installation to complete.
7) Go to home page(homelocal). For modern games, select Emulate Xbox360 and click Enable. For old games without xbox360 controller support, we choose any other one to suit our taste and color, or even customize everything ourselves.
This was a cable connection method.

Additional actions (if we want the joy to work via BT adapter)

8) Go to the page about the BT adapter (BluetoothPairBluetooth). We select our joy at the bottom and our adapter at the top. Click Pair Now and Backup this addr.
9) Disconnect our controller from USB
10) Let's play. Joy has to work.
11) Don’t forget, if you use the xbox360 controller emulation method, set the game settings to use the xbox360 joystick.

Today, I will tell you how to connect a PS3 (DualShock 3) joystick to a PC, set up emulation of Xbox 360, PS2, PS gamepads.

Preparation

Driver download

Great, now open the MotioninJoy program. It runs only on Windows and only with an Internet connection. Go to the Driver Manager tab and connect the controller to the computer. The LED indicator of the gamepad will show the charging process.

Under the inscription on a white background there will be your joystick. Click on it and click Load Driver. After a short wait, next to the name of your gamepad there will be green tick. If not, download the driver again.

Setting up emulation

Also, you can select other emulation profiles, for example, useful for PS2, PS1 emulators. Why the PS3 item is needed is unclear. You can also customize your profile, for example, emulating the input of PSP, joysticks for “Flying Cars”. Below you can select the necessary lights that will light up on the joystick, test the vibration, and tighten the sticks if there is something wrong with them.

Other

Congratulations, you can now play all the top games on a PlayStation 3 gamepad. Until next time, there may be more articles of this kind.

I've been using this gamepad for over six months now.
For this money I got a good wireless gamepad.
I recommend purchasing it if you are not too lazy to set up a special program.

This device was sent wrapped only in film with bubbles, but fortunately nothing was broken during the shipping process.
Delivery took 40 days (China Post)

To connect to a PC we need this

If you want to use wireless capabilities, then we need a Bluetooth whistle.
Here is my Bluetooth 2.0 Axtel. I bought it for 100 rubles offline.

The gamepad itself. I take pictures on my phone because... I don't have a camera yet(

The MotioninJoy program also allows you to emulate an XBOX 360 joystick

Pros:
+Price
+High-quality gamepad

Cons:
-Fumbling with the settings
-Not all Bluetooth whistles are suitable. I recommend looking for Bluetooth 2.0
-For work wireless mode you need to run the program every time and pair the gamepad with Bluetooth

All the best!