Re: [ros-users] problems pairing sixaxis controller

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Author: Adam Leeper
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To: ros-users
Subject: Re: [ros-users] problems pairing sixaxis controller
Thanks William.

I added a link to those Karmic instructions on the last line of section 1.3
in ps3joy/Tutorials/PairingJoystickAndBluetoothDongle, since I imagine I'm
not the only one who overlooked the link to those instructions. (Yes, I am
guilty of jumping straight to the tutorial page without reading the package
overview page :)

--Adam


Adam Leeper
Stanford University

719.358.3804


On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:00 PM, William Woodall <> wrote:

> Hi, the problem is that ubuntu is intercepting the ps3 controller before
> ps3joy.py. You need to follow these instructions to get it working:
> http://www.ros.org/wiki/ps3joy/KarmicInstructions. Note that if you are
> using Lucid Lynx (10.04) then you can skip the part about updating pybluez,
> in my experience anyways, and so you would only need to disable interception
> of HID devices (step 2).
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> William Woodall
> Graduate Software Engineering
> Auburn University
>
>
> 256-345-9938
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Adam Leeper <> wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>>
>> I'm following this tutorial to get a ps3 sixaxis controller paired with my
>> computer.
>> http://www.ros.org/wiki/ps3joy/Tutorials/PairingJoystickAndBluetoothDongle
>>
>> On step 1.3, a window keeps popping up asking me to grant access to the
>> device:
>>
>> Grant access to '00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb'
>> Device 'PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller' (60:38:0E:7B:5B:D9) wants access to
>> the service '00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb'.
>>
>> Each time I click accept (with or without the "always grant access" check
>> box) it pauses for a few seconds, then the window pops up again.
>>
>> I am running the latest debs of cturtle on 10.04. Any idea what to do to
>> get past this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> Adam Leeper
>> Stanford University
>>
>> 719.358.3804
>>
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