Working compatible Dualshock 3 (i.e. PLAYSTATION(R)3Conteroller-ghic) on OSX

Funny playing with compatible (then cheap, about 15 euros) bluetooth PS3 dualshock (i.e. PLAYSTATION(R)3Conteroller-ghic).

Conteroller or controller? Ghic or geek? Misspelling or something went wrong.

To have a working compatible dualshock 3 (e.g. SHENGHIC 2009/0708ZXW-V1Inc.) you have to modify com.apple.Bluetooth.plist HIDDevices and DeviceCache sections adding your device; to avoid pairing request problem modify BRPairedDevices and PairedDevices sections too. Then:

• Turn on bluetooth on your Mac.
• Connect the controller via USB.
• Disconnect the USB cable.
• Press the P3 button on the controller (ignore pairing request and write down the name of the device you’ll find in com.apple.Bluetooth.plist).
• Turn off bluetooth.
• Copy /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist to your desktop.
• Open your desktop copy with Xcode.
• Add your device in mentioned sections (see com.apple.Bluetooth.DEMO.plist substituting all aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff occurrences with your device id):

e. g.

The number of ClassOfDevice: 1.288.

The string of Name: PLAYSTATION(R)3Conteroller-ghic.

• Save the file.
• Turn on bluetooth.
• As root:

cp /Users/yourusername/Desktop/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist

• Press the P3 button on the controller.
• Enjoy.

You can test it with Controllers Lite

If you like try your device with BombSquad.

I tested it on Yosemite. I hope this can help. Have fun… we need it!