Unfortunately I have not tried using stretch with the Pi 4, only buster.
Assuming the Pi 4s Bluetooth is working correctly I would expect these instructions to work: http://forum.piborg.org/blog/pi-zero-wifi-ps3 as they work fine with a Pi 4 and buster.
If not then the instructions for Jessie on this page were working fine for me with stretch on the 3B+: http://forum.piborg.org/rpi-ps3-help - note that the connect step can be a bit temperamental and may need repeating a few times before it is successful.
Just to check the PS3 controller has both been charged and plugged in to the Raspberry Pi via a USB cable? We have found that they can be problematic when the battery is flat.
Another suggestion is to try a different USB cable. We have seen this problem in the past because of a bad cable or hub.
piborg
Thu, 09/12/2019 - 10:20
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Pairing PS3 controllers
Unfortunately I have not tried using stretch with the Pi 4, only buster.
Assuming the Pi 4s Bluetooth is working correctly I would expect these instructions to work: http://forum.piborg.org/blog/pi-zero-wifi-ps3 as they work fine with a Pi 4 and buster.
If not then the instructions for Jessie on this page were working fine for me with stretch on the 3B+: http://forum.piborg.org/rpi-ps3-help - note that the
connectstep can be a bit temperamental and may need repeating a few times before it is successful.ken.cook859@gma...
Thu, 09/12/2019 - 21:14
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raspian stretch and ps3
When I run the commoand sudo ~/sixpair I get the respnse "No controller found on USB busses.". Any thoughts?
piborg
Fri, 09/13/2019 - 10:13
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No controller found on USB busses
Just to check the PS3 controller has both been charged and plugged in to the Raspberry Pi via a USB cable? We have found that they can be problematic when the battery is flat.
Another suggestion is to try a different USB cable. We have seen this problem in the past because of a bad cable or hub.
il diavolo
Thu, 09/12/2019 - 22:21
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Stretch?
I understand from the Raspberry Pi forums that the Pi4 will not run the Stretch operating system, only Buster is viable. How did you manage it?
ken.cook859@gma...
Sun, 09/15/2019 - 10:14
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RPI4 and Stretch
My bad. I am running Buster on RPi4, not stretch. Sorry for the confusion.
Do you have to hit any specific buttons on the PS3 controller to get it into pairing mode?
piborg
Mon, 09/16/2019 - 10:23
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Pairing the PS3 controller
The sixpair command just needs the PS3 controller plugged in to the USB.
Did you try a different USB cable?