Joystick on a Mac not working

[fedekrum]

Hi.
I am using de following:

Product Version: Universal Gcode Platform 20220810
Java: 13.0.1; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 13.0.1+9
Runtime: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 13.0.1+9
System: Mac OS X version 10.15.7 running on x86_64; UTF-8; en_US (ugsplatform)

At https://gamepad-tester.com/ , I am able to see my USB gamepad with no problem

But UGS is unable to detect the buttons when pressed at the setup window even after applying the "Active joystick" checkbox and pressing the "Apply" button.

I can confirm that I do use this gamepad on other applications on my Mac.

Any clue why it is not working?
Thanks

[breiler]

It looks like the controller is available in the game controller database:
https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender/blob/master/ugs-platform/ugs-platform-plugin-joystick/src/main/resources/com/willwinder/ugs/nbp/joystick/gamecontrollerdb.txt#L456

I have no idea why it isn't detected. The logs might contain clues: C:/Users/[your username>]/.ugsplatform/2.X/dev/var/log/messages.log

[joshua-caddell]

Was this issue ever resolved? I am having the same problem with UGS 2.0.13 on macOS 13.1 (Intel). UGS doesn’t recognize any input from my game controller.

[breiler]

@joshua-caddell what game controller do you have?

Note that if it is a XBox 360 compatible controller you usually need a special driver to make it work: https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller

[joshua-caddell]

@breiler It's a PS5 controller. They are natively supported by macos now and gamepad-tester does recognized does recognize it.

[breiler]

@joshua-caddell I updated the game controller database 2022-12-28 which should now include the PS5 Controller:
https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender/blob/master/ugs-platform/ugs-platform-plugin-joystick/src/main/resources/com/willwinder/ugs/nbp/joystick/gamecontrollerdb.txt#L919

It was changed after the 2.0.13 release which means that it should be available in the latest nightly builds.

[joshua-caddell]

@breiler thanks for the quick response. I'll install the nightly build later today and report back.