pi borg troubleshooting

Submitted by michael_epperson on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 14:19

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I cant seem to get it to move or run with the PS3 dualshock controler. It worked for about 20 minutes and then I turned it off. I came back two days later and tried to control it again, but it didn't work. There is a red light that flashes every time it doesn't work.

any help would be appreciated

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Fri, 10/30/2015 - 12:03

It sounds like the PS3 controller is no longer connecting with the DiddyBorg.
The red LED blinks to let you know it is ready to go but the controller is not yet connected.

There are three likely causes for this problem:

  1. The PS3 controller is no longer paired to the Bluetooth dongle
    If this is the case you can do the pairing again and everything should work normally
    This can be caused by:
    • Connecting the PS3 controller to the PS3 itself
    • Pairing the PS3 controller with another device
    • Changing the Bluetooth dongle
    • Changing the PS3 controller
  2. The PS3 controller needs to be charged.
    We have had a couple of occasions where we needed to leave the controller plugged in to a PC USB port overnight to charge because it had stopped working.
    Note that the controller may not charge if attached to a mobile phone style wall charger.
    Also if you charge the controller using the PS3 USB ports you will probably need to pair the controller with the DiddyBorg again afterwards.
  3. You have the PS3 controller attached with a USB cable.
    As strange as this sounds the controller may not work when attached via the USB cable.

Hopefully one of the above is the problem, if so it should be easily fixed.

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