# PS4-ESP32-Bluetooth

**Repository Path**: robert_Philbaz/PS4-ESP32-Bluetooth

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- **Project Name**: PS4-ESP32-Bluetooth
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- **Created**: 2025-04-20
- **Last Updated**: 2025-04-20

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## README

# PS4-esp32
Use a PS4 controller with an esp32
This library was taken from NURobotics.
Their library can be found [here](https://github.com/NURobotics/PS4-esp32).
That library is heavily based on the work of Jeffery Pernis to connect a PS3 controller to an esp32.
You can find that [here](https://github.com/jvpernis/esp32-ps3).
The purpose of this library is to make it easier to use, with joystick mapping, getting button clicks, and the like.

This repo can be downloaded as a zip file and imported into the Arduino IDE as a library.
The instructions on how to do this and the library for PS3 controllers can be found [here](https://github.com/jvpernis/esp32-ps3/issues/3#issuecomment-517141523).

## Pairing the PS4 Controller:
When a PS4 controller is 'paired' to a PS4 console, it just means that it has stored the console's Bluetooth MAC address, which is the only device the controller will connect to. Usually, this pairing happens when you connect the controller to the PS4 console using a USB cable, and press the PS button. This initiates writing the console's MAC address to the controller.

Therefore, if you want to connect your PS4 controller to the ESP32, you either need to figure out what the Bluetooth MAC address of your PS4 console is and set the ESP32's address to it, or change the MAC address stored in the PS4 controller.
I would advise changing the one 
Whichever path you choose, you're going to need a tool to read and/or write the currently paired MAC address from the PS4 controller. I used [SixaxisPairTool](https://sixaxispairtool.en.lo4d.com/download) for this, but you can try using [sixaxispairer](https://github.com/user-none/sixaxispairer) as well, if open source is important to you.

If you opted to change the ESP32's MAC address, you'll need to include the ip address in the ```PS4.begin()``` function during within the ```setup()``` Arduino function like below where ```03:03:03:03:03:03``` is the MAC address:
```
void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
    PS4.begin("03:03:03:03:03:03");
    Serial.println("Ready.");
}
```
## Changing the initally selected MAC address
If you ever desire to change the address from the one you originally selected, you must erase the flash of the ESP32. You can do this with
the platformio command ```pio run -t erase flash``` or with the corresponding command from the esp-idf. After erasing, upload the sketch with the changed address.