Xin-Mo Dual Controller not working

sir_dodger

Hello everybody, i use the 0.7.5 version of pimame and i received the xin-mo controller a few days ago. i bought this set from ultracabs (http://www.ultracabs.co.uk/usb-interface--standard-joystick-set-109-p.asp) and i thought that it would be working because of this thread (http://pimame.org/forum/discussion/32/solved-usb-joystick-controller-not-working-in-0-6-beta-5#Item_5).

I modified the .rc files under .advanced for the joystick to auto or raw, but nothing worked. under windows everything worked fine but i do not get this joystick to work. hopefully somebody of you also has this controller and knows a solution. thanks in advance.

richyeah

I am also having this issue. The bug is a reported bug with Ubuntu based linux distros I believe. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1077359

I would love to know of a fix as well. :/

2redge2

this controller don't work well since 3.5 kernel, no up and left axis, I found this patch on launchpad : https://launchpadlibrarian.net/143245326/0001-UBUNTU-Upstream-hid-Add-a-driver-for-the-Xin-Mo-Dual.patch
but I don't know how to install it, if someone can help it would be great, thanks !!!

ThatMouse

I'm having the same issue with the Xin-Mo Dual as well. It's the default joystick driver causing the issue, but I don't know how to patch or rebuild Linux. I'll be spending the day researching this, but if anyone else comes up with anything new that would be great. I'll save this site and post my findings as well.

2redge2

you have to dowload the kernel source of raspbian
copy the file patch in the same directory and patch it
follow those instructions to rebuild the kernel and use it : http://elinux.org/RPi_Kernel_Compilation
good luck it's not so hard, i made it ;-)

ThatMouse

Thanks that's what it looked like I was going to need. I ended up re-wiring LEFT and UP as joystick buttons 8 and 9 for now. I have Frogger working with no lag on AdvanceMAME. At least we know what the issue is. While frustrating, I'm having a lot of fun at the same time! I'm already thinking about a 2nd machine!

2redge2

hello I contact the author of this patch and he send me a link for a how-to:
http://ithink.ch/blog/2013/09/08/patching_the_linux_kernel_to_install_the_xin-mo_dual_arcade_driver_on_a_raspberry_pi.html
hope it will help

maff

Thanks 2redge2 I'm giving that a try.

2redge2

it's nothing, maybe shea can add this patch to next version of pimame

SSilver2k2

i looked over the patch. I'm going to try implementing it.

2redge2

thanks!

maff

Tried the patch last night with 0.7.9 works perfectly :)

2redge2

@maff great!

goldino

Hi - I am having the issue with the Xin-Mo controller joystick signalling that is described in this thread. I am running PiMAME 0.7.10. Did you ever implement this patch?

Hmm. According to your web site, 0.7.10 includes the Xin-Mo patch. Yet I am still having an issue where only two of the four joystick directions are being recognized by the controller. Is there an easy way to confirm the patch is indeed present in the kernel?

wernernagel2005

I am having the same problem for piplay 8.3. Please help.

ian57

This patch is awesome... i used it for my distribution. It works like a charm.

wernernagel2005

I tried the patch for 0.8.3 with no luck :-(

ian57

Perhaps the kernel is too recent... and the patch doesn't apply anymore. Which kernel version in 0.8.3?

wernernagel2005

I will have a look later when im done at work. Not sure. Wish there was an easy fix like a driver install.

wernernagel2005 · wernernagel2005 May 2014 I ran uname -a and it says pi 3.6.11.

I ran uname -a and it says pi 3.6.11.

ian57

Ok, that's crazy... my linux kernel on raspicade is 3.10.34 or 3.10.36+ and the patch is working. It's a previous version see http://elinux.org/RPi_Kernel_Compilation : since Jan '14 the current is rpi-3.10.y

I think you did some thing wrong because http://ithink.ch/blog/2013/09/08/patching_the_linux_kernel_to_install_the_xin-mo_dual_arcade_driver_on_a_raspberry_pi.html uses this kernel version and it's working.
Have you done ALL the steps described in the previous page?

wernernagel2005

I tried everything on the tutorial, there were a few messages at the ens about the modules. I will try it again on the weekend and hopefully I can get it sorted. Thanks for the help.

ian57

You can try my compiled kernel and the modules from raspicade : download http://www.morere.eu/storage/kernel-3.10.36-xinmo.tar.gz

Put this archive in the home of pi on the raspi.

For example from my laptop to the pi :
[yann@archery linux]$ scp kernel-3.10.36-xinmo.tar.gz pi@192.168.1.63:
pi@192.168.1.63's password:
kernel-3.10.36-xinmo.tar.gz 100% 15MB 3.7MB/s 00:04
[yann@archery linux]$

connect to the pi with ssh (it's the simplest)

ssh pi@192.168.1.67

You'll need to have the right date/time on the pi, otehrwise you'll get timestamp errors

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo ntpdate "somentpserver or your gateway"
9 Apr 07:13:50 ntpdate[2171]: step time server 193.50.119.254 offset 315265.763132 sec

Extract the archive
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tar xzf kernel-3.10.36-xinmo.tar.gz
pi@raspberrypi ~ $

Copy the new kernel in boot directoryt :

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo cp kernel-3.10.36-xinmo /boot/

we are going to make backup of current module directory (to get back if something goes wrong)
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd /lib
pi@raspberrypi /lib $ sudo mv firmware firmware_ximmo
pi@raspberrypi /lib $ sudo mv modules modules_xinmo
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd
now we copy the new module directory to the right place

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo cp -R modules/lib/firmware /lib/
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo cp -R modules/lib/modules /lib/

Finally we modify the /boot/config.txt to use the new kernel at boot:

kernel=kernel-3.10.36-xinmo

you can reboot now.

$ sudo reboot

see next post ->>>>>>>

ian57

A new connection to the pi to see if we are using the right kernel :

[yann@archery ~]$ ssh pi@192.168.1.63
pi@192.168.1.63's password:

Welcome in your RaspberryPI (Moebius Release)
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.10.36+ #1 PREEMPT Tue Apr 8 17:13:47 CEST 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi ~ $

Yes it is. Connect the xinmo module and verify it is recognized :

[ 285.145320] usb 1-1.3.2: Product: THT Arcade console 2P USB Player
[ 285.145336] usb 1-1.3.2: Manufacturer: THT
[ 285.214536] input: THT THT Arcade console 2P USB Player as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3.2/1-1.3.2:1.0/input/input3
[ 285.216642] xinmo 0003:16C0:05E1.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.01 Joystick [THT THT Arcade console 2P USB Player]

next let's see if xinmo module is loaded :

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
hid_xinmo 1108 0
[...]
evdev 9439 0
joydev 9072 0

Now, we are going to test if all is fonctionning using evtest :

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Not running as root, no devices may be available.
Available devices:
[...]
/dev/input/event3: THT THT Arcade console 2P USB Player
Select the device event number [0-3]: 3
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x3 vendor 0x16c0 product 0x5e1 version 0x101
Input device name: "THT THT Arcade console 2P USB Player"
Supported events:
[...]
Properties:
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)

and now try your joysticks and buttons you should see for player 1
Properties:
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1396163394.891907, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value 1
Event: time 1396163394.891907, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1396163395.035925, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value 0
Event: time 1396163395.035925, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1396163401.148755, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value -1
Event: time 1396163401.148755, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1396163401.340781, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value 0
Event: time 1396163401.340781, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------

SSilver2k2

So, PiPlay 0.8 beta 3 does have the Xin Mo patch built in. If one buttons works, they all should. I would double check all the connections, especially if its just up and left.

The latest Raspbian updated the kernel from 3.8 to 3.10, so the tutorial to recompile still works, just change your all the commands relating to the kernel number to the current one.

wernernagel2005

Thanks so much for all the help. I will try and configure it over the weekend. Gonna Try and rewire and see if it helps but there are a few people who have had the same problem. I pray this works as I am dying to use my self built arcade machine.

wernernagel2005

@ian57

I know this is a massive ask but could you or anybody else please create a tutorial, maybe with the odd screenshot or two, of how to patch the kernel. I know it sounds odd but for a noob like myself, I attempt everything but I do sometimes find it difficult as I am not sure if i am working in the correct folder/directory and often this makes the process redundant. I ask only because I cant seem to patch the kernel successfully.
Your help would be greatly appreciated by all.

ian57

OK let's go :

You are going to compile a new kerlent on your pi : We are not going to use crosscompilation here, so it will take between 15 and 17 hours to compile the kernel on the pi.

Step 1 : update and Install tools for compilation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install gcc make ncurses-dev bc screen

Step 2 : get kernel sources and extract them

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ wget https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz
--2014-03-29 10:15:47-- https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.252.131
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.252.131|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tar.gz/rpi-3.10.y [following]
--2014-03-29 10:15:53-- https://codeload.github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tar.gz/rpi-3.10.y
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.252.145
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.252.145|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 113057455 (108M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz'

100%[==========================================================================================================>] 113,057,455 290K/s in 4m 48s

2014-03-29 10:20:46 (383 KB/s) - `rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz' saved [113057455/113057455]

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tar xzf rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ls
Desktop linux-rpi-3.10.y python_games rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd linux-rpi-3.10.y/

Step 3 : get the patch abec apply it to sources

pi@raspberrypi ~/linux-rpi-3.10.y $ wget 'http://ithink.ch/blog/files/xin-mo/0001-hid-Add-new-driver-for-non-compliant-Xin-Mo-devices.patch'
--2014-03-29 10:29:48-- http://ithink.ch/blog/files/xin-mo/0001-hid-Add-new-driver-for-non-compliant-Xin-Mo-devices.patch
Resolving ithink.ch (ithink.ch)... 92.243.21.241
Connecting to ithink.ch (ithink.ch)|92.243.21.241|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 5200 (5.1K) [text/x-diff]
Saving to: `0001-hid-Add-new-driver-for-non-compliant-Xin-Mo-devices.patch'

100%[==========================================================================================================>] 5,200 --.-K/s in 0s

2014-03-29 10:29:48 (34.2 MB/s) - `0001-hid-Add-new-driver-for-non-compliant-Xin-Mo-devices.patch' saved [5200/5200]

FINISHED --2014-03-29 10:29:48--
Total wall clock time: 0.3s
Downloaded: 1 files, 5.1K in 0s (34.2 MB/s)
pi@raspberrypi ~/linux-rpi-3.10.y $ patch -p1 < 0001-hid-Add-new-driver-for-non-compliant-Xin-Mo-devices.patch
patching file drivers/hid/Kconfig
Hunk #1 succeeded at 728 with fuzz 2 (offset -15 lines).
patching file drivers/hid/Makefile
Hunk #1 succeeded at 111 (offset 1 line).
patching file drivers/hid/hid-core.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1817 (offset 81 lines).
patching file drivers/hid/hid-ids.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 890 (offset 3 lines).
patching file drivers/hid/hid-xinmo.c
pi@raspberrypi ~/linux-rpi-3.10.y $

ian57

Step 4 : Select module to build, here our xinmo

Before building the kernel , we ensure that all is proper in the kernel tree, and we call mr proper ;)

make mrproper

We copy the current kernel config to config file of our future kernel :

zcat /proc/config.gz > .config

Now we are going to configure it, in fact just add the xinmo module

make oldconfig

We answer by default at each questions, except the one concerning the xinmo module . We type m to make it generated :

Xin-Mo non-fully compliant devices (HID_XINMO) [N/m/y/?] (NEW)

After, answer by default to all remaining question.

If you missed the Xin-Mo line or are not sure, you can use the menu config1 to make sure it is enabled. Type

make menuconfig and navigate to Device Drivers → HID support → Special HID drivers → Xin-Mo non-fully compliant devices and type m to enable it as a module. An should be displayed next to the line:

Xin-Mo

Step 5 : compilation

pi@raspberrypi ~/linux-rpi-3.10.y $ make ; make modules
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
WRAP arch/arm/include/generated/asm/auxvec.h
WRAP arch/arm/include/generated/asm/bitsperlong.h
WRAP arch/arm/include/generated/asm/cputime.h
WRAP arch/arm/include/generated/asm/current.h
WRAP arch/arm/include/generated/asm/emergency-restart.h

You have time, go to bed and have a long long night ;-) (with crosscompilation, it takes only 2 hours on an 5 year laptop!!! pi computing power is really low)

I will post the next steps when you kernel will be compiled ;)

wernernagel2005

You are a legend. I am going to try and rewite my xin mo first as someone sent me an image on how to wire the usb controller for piplay 0.8.3 so will try that first and then attempt to rebuild the kernel is neccessary. Many thanks for your effort to help us noobs. It is greatly appreciated.

ian57

You're welcome. Tell me when you have your kernel recompiled, i'll post the next steps.

wernernagel2005

@ian57
I am stuck on step 2:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tar xzf rpi-3.10.y.tar.gz
Nothing happens
Also the next step is (|s) does this mean the Symbol (|) and a (s) or is it Ls or 1s. I'm a bit confused.

wernernagel2005

@ian57
Please ignore my previous query.
My pi is now compiling. Please send me the next steps when you are ready. Many thanks.

ian57

Hi i've testes the last firmware (debian) with kernel 3.12.y. The source code contains the xinmo patch, but the delivered kernel does not contain the xinmo module -> need to recompile

wernernagel2005

Please keep me updated if you dont mind as I have no idea what to do from this point forward.

ian57

Hey this is the tricky part ;)... reboot on the new kernel, i'll post the how to next.

ian57

Step 6 : Copy the new kernel to the right place

We copy the new kernel (non compressed image) in the /boot directory from you linux directory. You can name it as you want. But be carreful not to overwrite the curretn kernel ! :

sudo cp arch/arm/boot/Image /boot/kernel_raspicade.img

Now we have to copy the modules to the /lib/ tree. We make that with 2 steps :
- first we install the compiled modules in a directory in our home
- second we copy the module tree to /lib/modules

Here we go :

mkdir ~/modules
export MODULES_TEMP=~/modules
make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${MODULES_TEMP} modules_install

Next we copy the modules at the right place. But we make a backup before. It's safer :

cd /lib
sudo cp -R firmware firmware_old
sudo cp -R modules modules_old
sudo cp -R ~/modules/lib/firmware/ .
sudo cp -R ~/modules/lib/modules/ .

Step 7: Using the new kernel
To use the new kernel you need to tell the system to use it. So we modify the line kernel= in the /boot/config.txt

kernel=kernel_raspicade.img

To di that, use nano or vim

Usually, it is recommanded to update firmware... but you can test without

Step 8 : reboot and enjoy :)

Juste need to reboot

sudo reboot

ian57

Information : the last raspbian raspberry pi firmware DOES NOT INCLUDE xinmo support.

However the xinmo patch is included in the kernel source 3.12.y (3.12.20 today), but module is not built. So need to build it.

I've made it today. It's ok... xin-mo works :
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.12.20+ #1 PREEMPT Tue May 27 16:29:25 UTC 2014 armv6l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi ~ $pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd /lib/modules/3.12.20+/
pi@raspberrypi /lib/modules/3.12.20+ $ find . -name "*xinmo*"
./kernel/drivers/hid/hid-xinmo.ko
pi@raspberrypi /lib/modules/3.12.20+ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
hid_xinmo 1123 0
pi@raspberrypi /lib/modules/3.12.20+ $

ian57

Proof :
pi@raspberrypi /lib/modules/3.12.20+ $ evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Not running as root, no devices may be available.
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0: CHICONY HP Basic USB Keyboard
/dev/input/event1: THT THT Arcade console 2P USB Player
Select the device event number [0-1]: 1
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x3 vendor 0x16c0 product 0x5e1 version 0x101
Input device name: "THT THT Arcade console 2P USB Player"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 288 (BTN_TRIGGER)
Event code 289 (BTN_THUMB)
Event code 290 (BTN_THUMB2)
Event code 291 (BTN_TOP)
Event code 292 (BTN_TOP2)
Event code 293 (BTN_PINKIE)
Event code 294 (BTN_BASE)
Event code 295 (BTN_BASE2)
Event code 296 (BTN_BASE3)
Event code 297 (BTN_BASE4)
Event code 298 (BTN_BASE5)
Event code 299 (BTN_BASE6)
Event code 300 (?)
Event code 301 (?)
Event code 302 (?)
Event code 303 (BTN_DEAD)
Event code 304 (BTN_A)
Event code 305 (BTN_B)
Event code 306 (BTN_C)
Event code 307 (BTN_X)
Event code 308 (BTN_Y)
Event code 309 (BTN_Z)
Event type 3 (EV_ABS)
Event code 0 (ABS_X)
Value 0
Min -1
Max 1
Event code 1 (ABS_Y)
Value 0
Min -1
Max 1
Event code 2 (ABS_Z)
Value 0
Min -1
Max 1
Event code 3 (ABS_RX)
Value 0
Min -1
Max 1
Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
Properties:

ian57

Proof 2 :

Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1401287234.331789, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value -1
Event: time 1401287234.331789, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287234.507790, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value 0
Event: time 1401287234.507790, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287235.419808, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value 1
Event: time 1401287235.419808, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287235.563775, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 0 (ABS_X), value 0
Event: time 1401287235.563775, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287237.179816, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 1 (ABS_Y), value -1
Event: time 1401287237.179816, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287237.307797, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 1 (ABS_Y), value 0
Event: time 1401287237.307797, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287238.235814, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 1 (ABS_Y), value 1
Event: time 1401287238.235814, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287238.395785, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 1 (ABS_Y), value 0
Event: time 1401287238.395785, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287240.451808, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 2 (ABS_Z), value -1
Event: time 1401287240.451808, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287240.595801, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 2 (ABS_Z), value 0
Event: time 1401287240.595801, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287241.251809, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 2 (ABS_Z), value 1
Event: time 1401287241.251809, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287241.411794, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 2 (ABS_Z), value 0
Event: time 1401287241.411794, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287241.987807, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 3 (ABS_RX), value -1
Event: time 1401287241.987807, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287242.163819, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 3 (ABS_RX), value 0
Event: time 1401287242.163819, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287242.643798, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 3 (ABS_RX), value 1
Event: time 1401287242.643798, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1401287242.787808, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 3 (ABS_RX), value 0
Event: time 1401287242.787808, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------

wernernagel2005

Thanks @ian57. I will try first to complete your tutorial on rebuilding the kernel for 3.10.y and if it works im not touching it for a loooong time. Kernel still building so i will let you know how it goes

ian57

Kernel will compile during 15-17 hours on the pi... I use cross compilation to speed up the compilation.

For kernel 3.12.y i use the same method, except that you don't need to apply the patch. But you need to configure the module xinmo.

wernernagel2005

@ian57

Quick question, do you have to do all the steps in succession or can you switch the pi off between steps? So can you simply pick up where you left off the last time?

wernernagel2005

So for kernel 3.12.y do you just change the input from 3.1o.y to 3.12.y in all the steps and then skip the patch part? How do you configure the xinmo module? Confused.com

ian57

Of course you can switch of the pi... after compilation... or even during compilation. you can stop compilation 'CTRL-C' and restart it (it will compile what remains).

For kernel 3.12.y just skip the step 3. and continue with step 4. make mrproper make oldconfig etc... If you try to apply the patch, it complains that it is already patched.

wernernagel2005

Thanks @ian57

Will have a go on the weekend again.

ian57

in france today is vacation ;-)... i've just put the xinmo binaries of pifab on may github

Chad

France, sounds nice, can we like squeeze into your carry-on or something! :)

ian57

@Chad : where are you from?...

Chad

Sitting in the middle of the US...Upper Midwest...

ian57

Never seen US... I wish one day ;)

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