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Re: Show HN: Xbox One Controller Driver for OS X

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Post by jpierre »

Could you provide some technical detail on the creation process? The Xbox One controller doesn't identify itself as a Human Input Device, so it requires a Kext, yeah? Did you need to use a USB sniffer to identify the initialization sequence and button mappings?

Another OS X Kext for the (USB) Xbox One controller, if only for comparison: https://github.com/FranticRain/Xone-OSX

Re: Show HN: Xbox One Controller Driver for OS X

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Post by userbinator »

For the longest time, OS X didn't require driver signing; I was in the Hackintosh scene a few years ago and helped write a few drivers. Not surprised that it's required now, but looks like it can be disabled relatively easily. (It's unexpected and nice of Apple to do that.)

Re: Show HN: Xbox One Controller Driver for OS X

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Post by nsxwolf »

This is great! The developer of the 360 driver stopped maintaining his work quite awhile ago, and it has been difficult getting it to work on newer OS X versions. Although this means buying a new controller, it's not all bad because it's a great controller!

PC gamepads are pretty terrible so having the 2 major console controllers as options is a wonderful thing.

Worth mentioning: the PS4 controller works out of the box with nothing to install, over USB or Bluetooth.

Re: Show HN: Xbox One Controller Driver for OS X

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Post by nsxwolf »

oatmealsnap wrote: post #7

Nice job! Is there a DualShock 4 Controller Driver out there for OS X? There is a great one for Windows called DS4Windows, but I haven't found on for Mac.

Just plug it right in and go! Bluetooth pairing works too, but is a little wonky. But what else is new, it's Bluetooth.

Re: Show HN: Xbox One Controller Driver for OS X

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Post by sjtrny »

nsxwolf wrote: post #6

This is great! The developer of the 360 driver stopped maintaining his work quite awhile ago, and it has been difficult getting it to work on newer OS X versions. Although this means buying a new controller, it's not all bad because it's a great controller! PC gamepads are pretty terrible so having the 2 major console controllers as options is a wonderful thing. Worth mentioning: the PS4 controller works out of the b…

It's not too hard. There's been a fork of the project which you can find here https://github.com/d235j/360Controller.

Re: Show HN: Xbox One Controller Driver for OS X

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Post by kgarten »

jpierre wrote: post #3

Could you provide some technical detail on the creation process? The Xbox One controller doesn't identify itself as a Human Input Device, so it requires a Kext, yeah? Did you need to use a USB sniffer to identify the initialization sequence and button mappings? Another OS X Kext for the (USB) Xbox One controller, if only for comparison: https://github.com/FranticRain/Xone-OSX

using the Xone-OSX https://github.com/FranticRain/Xone-OSX works quite fine for me. Anybody has an input about the differences?
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