Ds4windows No Controllers Connected Windows 10
Carla Wykes
Click Preferences to rename, or change rumble and lighting settings. You can also click Calibrate to fine-tune the joysticks and gyro if you feel the need. One important tip: click the check box next to PlayStation Configuration Support if you want to be able to do extra configuration of the controller on a per-game basis.
In summary, DS4 Windows makes it possible for your to use your PlayStation and Nintendo controllers on a Windows 10/11 PC by emulating a virtual Xbox/DS4 controller. With it, comes added features where you can remap or rebind the keys to your liking (buttons, joysticks, keyboard + mouse etc) and making it possible to play much more games with your controller. No need to buy a supported controller or forcefully play only with keyboard and mouse.
If you have headphones plugged into the 3.5mm headphone jack on the DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller and you hear no audio, or the audio from the headphones is very faint, make sure the headphone plug is pushed all the way in. Unplug and then firmly reinsert the headphones.
If the controller is unresponsive or is able to connect to a different USB port or another system, please visit the PlayStation Repairs diagnostic tool to check if your hardware is eligible for an under-warranty repair.
Apple devices using the operating systems listed below or later support DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller Bluetooth connections. Once connected, you can use your wireless controller to control compatible games and applications via Bluetooth.
Open your Control Center on a Face ID-compatible iPhone by swiping diagonally from the upper right of your screen toward the lower left. On a Touch ID-compatible iPhone, swipe up from the bottom of the display.
Mobile devices using Android 10 or later support DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller Bluetooth connections. Once connected, you can use your wireless controller to control compatible games and applications via Bluetooth.
Sony updated the DualShock 4 controller with the launch of Android 12, adding new features for the controller when used on Android. These features include the touchpad, motion sensor, rumble, and even a battery indicator, all of which were previously unavailable.
Here we will go through and focus on troubleshooting issues that can make DS4Windows not detect your REAL controller. If you are having issues connecting your controller via bluetooth use the DS4 BT troubleshooting guide.
On USB, the easiest way to verify this is by checking if the controller works properly in other USB ports, though another indication for DS4 or DualSense users is that the lightbar will keep flashing yellow, indicating that the controller is only at a charging state (likewise, it will flash yellow only once then turn off if fully charged).
HidGuardian is a driver that can prevent Windows from recognizing a connected controller as an actual game controller. It was used by DS4Windows to prevent the double-input issue, but support for it was removed in v3.0.8 for 2 reasons:
HidHide is an optional (but highly recommended) third-party driver that can hide controllers from the system and only allow chosen processes to detect them. Its use along DS4Windows is recommended in order to prevent the infamous double input issue.
The Device Manager is the one source of truth to everything that makes part of your PC. If it has been detected then it will appear there, but because it is very techinical on how it presents devices to the users it may be a little hard for the average user to find their way around it. Regardless, to open it:
DS4Windows does not magically transform your gamepad from one type to another. It creates a virtual gamepad that is associated to your real one. This means that if you have 1 real gamepad connected then windows will actually detect 2 gamepads (real + virtual). If 2 real then 4 and so on.
This situation can make games/apps receive commands from both the real gamepad as well as DS4Windows' virtual controller/keyboard at the same time, which can lead to lots of different issues. Check the examples below:
This option exists on DS4Windows' Settings tab. When enabled, DS4Windows will kindly ask Windows for exclusive access to detected devices, meaning the later would only allow DS4Windows to detect the gamepads and preventing the double input issue.
For the reasons explained above, the Hide DS4 Controllers option is NOT RECOMMENDED, though it remains available to users that need to use it for whatever reason. HidHide is the better option all around for those who can use it.
In case you really need to use this option, there is a dedicated troubleshooting page for the Hide DS4 controllers option that can be followed to verify why windows is failing to grant the exclusive access request.
So I am attempting to use a PS4 controller (on PC , windows 11) and while it is connected via bluetooth, I cannot seem to get it to work in game. When I go to the options section/controller there are no configurations and all the fields are blank.
somebody here probably has a better answer than i do, as i prefer to use my xbox controllers, but i do know that i have to run a program called DS4Windows in order for my ps4 controller to be connected and detected by my pc and useable in games.
I have tried to use both an XBOX and a PS4 controller with LabVIEW on Windows 10 but have not been able to make it work.
I use LabVIEW 2020 SP1 f1 64bit on Windows 10 and have downloaded the MakerHub interface XBOX One and PS4 Controller packages with the VI Package Manager.
The controllers have been connected wirelessly or with USB cable and Windows can connect to the controllers and are visible under Bluetooth and other devices.
My problem is that no controller is found when running an example and I am not sure what the problem is. Are these packages too old and they have stopped working? Is there something missing so I have to install something more? Or should I use some other solution?
why to use XBOX or PS4 if SNES is the only controller that you need? Jkidding
There are several ways to get data from USB or Wireless controllers. I'll point the one i use when i need a fast data acquisition.(by fast i mean testing and prototyping)
First, if you use hidHide for whatever reason, make them visible.
Then, on LabVIEW, under the connectivity pallete, there is the Joystick pallete.
all you have to do is, initialize the controller (you may check ID on the windows controller configuration 0 is the first on list, 1 is the second, so on...)
inside a loop you use the acquire input data.vi to get status from direction, axis and buttons.
outside the loop you use clos input device.vi to release serial communication so that you may play your games.
I am do a quick and dirty proof of concept where I am controlling the tilt of a mirror directing a laser beam with stepper motors and I think it would be nice to use a game controller to remotely control the mirror position.
i always prefer usb, but using ds4windows helped connecting through bluetooth. xbox controller i dont know because i dont have one. i have also used a POKKEN CONTROLLER for nintendo switch, that worked ok wirelessly
My problem with the wireless controller might be that the number of joysticks is limited to 8. All extra controllers I connect don't show up (USB or Bluetooth).
Instead I found this solution which works for both USB and Bluetooth controllers -Joysticks-Access-violation/m-p/3597290#M1007969
When I connect my PS4 controller to mybluetooth dongle connected to my pc by virtualhere, the pairing works well, and so do all functionalities of the controller. However, if the controller is disconnected for any reason (stopping virtualhere or the device, shutting down pc, turn off the controller or connection temporaty lost), I cannot reconnect it whatsoever. When I try, the controller displays a pale blue light (the same color as pairing mode), and Windows settings say it's connected, but the controller is not detected by any software. The only workaround is forgeting the DS4 and restart the whole pairing process again, which is really tedious when done each session.
I have tried two different dongles and I have tried Nvidia Shield and Linux Servers, with the same results. My PC bluetooth, while existent, is disabled in BIOS, so conflict seems unlikely. Other USB devices work well. Both my PC and Nvidia Shield TV are ethernet connected, and the latency is 95% well below 1ms, 99.99% below 2ms.
While I could wire connect the DS4, it would lead to other problems not worth dealing with. I have seen another post with similar issue ( -bluetooth-dongle-issues ) , but the solution evoked does not work for me, as the Sony adapter seems discontinued and quite expensive on Amazon.
It might have helped? What I find is that even though the DS4 most often cannot reconnect, there were rare instances in which it did succeed, maybe twice in 30 tries. Moreover, the probability of success seems to go up to like 1/5 (or less, it's not consistent behavior) if I go in the "add bluetooth or other devices" menu, without selecting bluetooth.
Im thinking the bluetooth adapter might be ok and its the gamepad side of things. Its a really difficult to know exactly what the issue is. The fact it occurs on both bluetooth dongles tends to suggested the gamepad.
I have also tried with another ps4 gamepad, with the same issue, multiple tries needed to reconnect. I do not have a ps4 console, but I don't find that there are firmware updates on the DS4 itself? Google didn't give me anything conclusive either.
Even though the gamepad itself may behave weird, I still feel that windows somehow treats the adapter (more precisely, the connected devices) a bit differently when it's on virtualhere compared to physical, as the reconnection works there. Also, the previous person ( -bluetooth-dongle-issues) had bluetooth xbox controllers also not reconnecting, although I myself don't have one to test.
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