Trying to connect XBox One controller to UNO R4 WIFI (and others)

KurtE · September 4, 2023, 2:22pm

Now that the ArduinoBLE librrary has been updated for the R4 WIFI, I thought it would be fun to try again to use the library to communicate with one or more devices, including the Xbox One controller.

This is more or less a continuation of the thread I opened up earlier, which has since been closed.

ArduinoBLE - trying to connect to XBox One controller and other BLE devices - Using Arduino / Programming Questions - Arduino Forum

To start this up, I rebased my Fork/Branch of the ArduinoBLE, that I added Teensy (USBHost_t36) support to the current main fork/branch, which included the update to support UNO R4.

KurtE/ArduinoBLE at uno_r4_wifi_teensy (github.com)

My fork also includes, some changes, that I did earlier to address the issue I found with the discover attributes:

XBox One controller - current firmware (BLE) - (peripheral.discoverAttributes fails · Issue #276 · arduino-libraries/ArduinoBLE (github.com)

As well as my updates to the PeripheralExplorer example, which I built in some tables that map most/all of the standard UUIDs to names. I extracted this information in these tables from the Bluetooth documentation. The code also allows me to run the scan again by typing something in at the end. And if you type in more than just the CR or LF, it will use that string for the next search.

Example output:

Connected
Discovering attributes ...
Attributes discovered

Device name: Arduino
Appearance: 0x0

Service 1800	//Generic Access service
	Characteristic 2a00, properties 0x2, value 0x41726475696E6F	//Device Name
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020300002A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 2a00, value 0x41726475696E6F	//Device Name
	Characteristic 2a01, properties 0x2, value 0x0000	//Appearance
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020500012A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 2a01, value 0x0000	//Appearance
Service 1801	//Generic Attribute service
	Characteristic 2a05, properties 0x20	//Service Changed
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x200800052A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 2a05, value 0x	//Service Changed
		Descriptor 2902, value 0x0000	//Client Characteristic Configuration
Service 19b10000-e8f2-537e-4f6c-d104768a1214
	Characteristic 19b10001-e8f2-537e-4f6c-d104768a1214, properties 0xA, value 0x00
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x0A0C0014128A7604D16C4F7E53F2E80100B119	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 19b10001-e8f2-537e-4f6c-d104768a1214, value 0x00

Disconnecting ...
Disconnected
** Press any key to scan again: <optional device name> **Found 38:29:7d:08:54:72 '' 
...
Found c8:3f:26:b3:ac:16 'Xbox Wireless Controller' 1812
Connecting ...
Connected
Discovering attributes ...
Attributes discovered

Device name: Xbox Wireless Controll
Appearance: 0x0

Service 1800	//Generic Access service
	Characteristic 2a00, properties 0x2, value 0x58626F7820576972656C65737320436F6E74726F6C6C	//Device Name
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020300002A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a00-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x58626F7820576972656C65737320436F6E74726F6C6C
	Characteristic 2a01, properties 0x2, value 0xC403	//Appearance
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020500012A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a01-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0xC403
	Characteristic 2a04, properties 0x2, value 0x0600060000002C01	//Peripheral Preferred Connection Parameters
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020700042A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a04-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x0600060000002C01
Service 1801	//Generic Attribute service
Service 180a	//Device Information service
	Characteristic 2a29, properties 0x2, value 0x4D6963726F736F6674	//Manufacturer Name String
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020B00292A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a29-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x4D6963726F736F6674
	Characteristic 2a50, properties 0x2, value 0x025E04200B1505	//PnP ID
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020D00502A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a50-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x025E04200B1505
	Characteristic 2a26, properties 0x2, value 0x352E31352E333136382E30	//Firmware Revision String
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x020F00262A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a26-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x352E31352E333136382E30
	Characteristic 2a25, properties 0x2, value 0x3033363030303332393035363234	//Serial Number String
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x021100252A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a25-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x3033363030303332393035363234
Service 180f	//Battery service
	Characteristic 2a19, properties 0x12, value 0x32	//Battery Level
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x121400192A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a19-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x32
		Descriptor 2902, value 0x0000	//Client Characteristic Configuration
Service 1812	//Human Interface Device service
	Characteristic 2a4a, properties 0x2	//HID Information
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x0218004A2A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a4a-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x
	Characteristic 2a4c, properties 0x4	//HID Control Point
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x041A004C2A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a4c-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x
	Characteristic 2a4b, properties 0x2	//Report Map
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x021C004B2A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a4b-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x
	Characteristic 2a4d, properties 0x12	//Report
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x121E004D2A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a4d-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x
		Descriptor 2902, value 0x0000	//Client Characteristic Configuration
		Descriptor 2908, value 0x0101	//Report Reference
	Characteristic 2a4d, properties 0xE	//Report
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x0E22004D2A	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00002a4d-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, value 0x
		Descriptor 2908, value 0x0302	//Report Reference
Service 00000001-5f60-4c4f-9c83-a7953298d40d
	Characteristic 00000002-5f60-4c4f-9c83-a7953298d40d, properties 0x2
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x0226000DD4983295A7839C4F4C605F02000000	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00000002-5f60-4c4f-9c83-a7953298d40d, value 0x
	Characteristic 00000003-5f60-4c4f-9c83-a7953298d40d, properties 0x2
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x0228000DD4983295A7839C4F4C605F03000000	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00000003-5f60-4c4f-9c83-a7953298d40d, value 0x
	Characteristic 00000004-5f60-4c4f-9c83-a7953298d40d, properties 0x8
		Descriptor 2803, value 0x082A000DD4983295A7839C4F4C605F04000000	//Characteristic
		Descriptor 00000004-5f60-4c4f-9c83-a7953298d40d, value 0x

Disconnecting ...
Disconnected

In the above run, I had a Nano 33 IOT programmed with the LED example.

I programmed the UNO R4 Wifi with the Peripheral explorer, which found the LED device and printed out the information about it, I then typed in: Xbox Wireless Controller
Which started the new scan, and then hit the button on the XBox one controller to enter pairing mode.

Things to try next:

Still need to figure out how to logically pair the XBox controller to the UNO. So don't have to enter pairing mode.

See about doing PR(s) maybe for example code. Also maybe for peripheral Discover Attribute failure.

Also see why some devices still fail to show attribute information, like the Surface Arc Mouse. It may turn out that it only will when you are logically paired with the mouse.

Now back to playing

jbflotcmu · September 7, 2023, 3:46pm

Have you had any luck? I have been trying unsuccessfully to pair a PS4 Controller to the UNO R4 WIFI via Bluetooth. I have the UNO firmware updated to 0.3.0 and running the "Scan.ino" Example. The UNO is finding lots of Bluetooth devices in my environment but not picking up the address for my PS4 controller.

Thanks for sharing any findings you've made.

flynace · September 7, 2023, 4:56pm

Is the PS4 controller Bluetooth Classic or BLE?

If Bluetooth Classic I don’t believe the ESP32-S3 module on the UNO R4 WiFi supports it.

KurtE · September 7, 2023, 5:05pm

AFAIK, the PS4 is Bluetooth Classic, don't know if they have forms of it that supports BLE. On the Teensy (USBHost_t36) we do have support for official Sony ones and some of the clones work, but not all clones are alike.

I know with the XBox One controller, I could not talk to the controller at all with the firmware that it shipped with. But the newer firmware for them, now uses BLE.

Does the ArduinoBLE support Classic Bluetooth on any of their boards?
I don't see anything in their examples nor the documentation up at:
ArduinoBLE - Arduino Reference

jbflotcmu · September 7, 2023, 5:21pm

Thanks for the fast responses! I'll have to see if I can scrounge up a proper BLE controller.

jjoravec · February 14, 2024, 4:21pm

I am trying to connect my Xbox one controller to and Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi. I came across this thread and was trying it out. The Peripheral Explorer will see my Xbox controller and connect to it, but it does not get the device attributes? Is there something I am missing, This is all fairly new to me.
Also, how do I get the Xbox Controller to Pair with the Arduino?`

11:18:04.980 -> Found 44:16:22:61:17:2c 'Xbox Wireless Controller' 1812
11:18:05.025 -> Connecting ...
11:18:05.118 -> Connected
11:18:05.118 -> Discovering attributes ...

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