No Game Pad Detected :-(

lewsidius · Post by **lewsidius** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:28 am

Hello world,
I have the older PCB board and a Pi wired together. I have the grd from the board to the pi and the battery. The battery is also charging at the moment. The retropie is not detecting my gamepad. Is there something I have to code or a file I have to add to get it to work?
Thanks
Chris

Eccho · Post by **Eccho** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:40 am

Hi,

Having no gamepad detected is a very common and recurrent problem. It is often due to the board not being recognized as it should, usually via USB. If this is the case, the data wires have to be twisted and kept short for it to work.

This is a blind guess, we can help you more if you tell us:
- which board you use excatly
- which Pi you are working on
- and a picture of your wiring

Best of luck

lewsidius · Post by **lewsidius** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:13 am

The board is one of the cheaper ones 4 button basic board with 2 extra grds (says 8bit oldies on it)
The Pi is a regular zero
Attached is a picture of the wiring
Thanks for your assistance!

Eccho · Post by **Eccho** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:38 pm

I have no experience with this board, I am sorry. But using the GPIO pins, don't you have something to change in the config.txt file as well? Someone else needs to help you.

Good luck?

VeteranGamer · Post by **VeteranGamer** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:45 pm

lewsidius wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:28 am
Hello world,
I have the older PCB board and a Pi wired together. I have the grd from the board to the pi and the battery. The battery is also charging at the moment. The retropie is not detecting my gamepad. Is there something I have to code or a file I have to add to get it to work?
Thanks
Chris

lewsidius wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:13 am
The board is one of the cheaper ones 4 button basic board with 2 extra grds (says 8bit oldies on it)
The Pi is a regular zero
Attached is a picture of the wiring
Thanks for your assistance!

might wanna look at these...

viewtopic.php?t=57

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3390

lewsidius · Post by **lewsidius** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:58 pm

Thanks I will tonight

Exciting stuff !!!

lewsidius · Post by **lewsidius** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:22 am

Hey buddy,
How do I connect without wifi

Im using the older zero?
Is there a way via usb? with a program?
Thanks again!

Eccho · Post by **Eccho** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:50 am

Take a microUSB to USB adapter.

Connect a USB hub to the USB port.

Connect your key board and your USB wireless wifi adapter.

Connect to wifi. You can do so via RetroArch, it is more user friendly.

lewsidius · Post by **lewsidius** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:48 am

So I need a usb wifi adapter then?

Eccho · Post by **Eccho** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:49 am

Yes, pick any.
The cheap ones on AliExpress work out of the box if time isn't an issue for you, just in case.

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