dualsense library for Pd

Pd external and Pd-Lua object to connect and display Sony DualSense controller

supports multitouch pad inputs, gyro and accelerometer sensors, force feedback and LED control with USB and Bluetooth connection

usage

• extract dualsense from latest release into on of your Pd externals folders
• add dualsense to your paths or add [declare -path dualsense] to your patch
• create [dslink] object (its output can be connected to the [dsshow] object)
• send open, poll 10 message to connect to controller and poll data in 10ms intervals
• additionally, you can place [sensors2quat] and [sensors2impulse] between the second (IMU) outlet of [dslink] and [dsshow] to also display orientation and movement impulses
• obviously, the main purpose is that all messages can be used to control arbitrary patch parameters

dependencies

• requires pdlua external for display (available through deken)

[dslink] argument

• -1 will suppress the automatic connection attemps

[dslink] input messages

selector	atom[0]	values	description
led	color		<r> <g> <b> <brightness>
	mute	1 / 0	turn "mute" LED on or of
	players	0..31	control "players" LEDs
	brightness	1 / 0	change brightness of "mute" and "players"
motor	left	0..255	change intensity of actuators
	right
trigger	left	list of bytes	control trigger mode and settings
	right
configure		<byte>	currently exposes some bits for LED and motor modes. handle with care

also see screenshot, help and code ... more documentation will follow!

[dslink] output messages

left outlet

interaction with controller elements:

selector	atom[0]	atom[1]	values	description
analog	l	x	-1..1	left analog stick position
		y
	r	x	-1..1	right analog stick position
		y
digital	x		-1 / 0 / 1	digital pad directions
	y
trigger	l		0..1	trigger position
	r
button	triangle		1 / 0	pressed state
	circle
	cross
	circle
	square
	l1
	r1
	l2			digital triggers state
	r2
	l3			analog sticks pressed
	r3
	pad			touchpad press
	create			additional buttons
	options
	ps
	mute
pad	touch1	active	1 / 0	if first touch is detected
		x	0..1	touch position
		y
	touch2	active	0 / 1	if second touch is detected
		x	0..1	touch position
		y

middle outlet

orientation interaction:

selector	atom[0]	values	description
gyro	x	<float>	rotational velocity
	y
	z
accel	x	<float>	acceleration (seems to be normalized to 1 for earth gravity)
	y
	z

right outlet

status information (probably not fully functional yet):

selector	atom[0]	values	description
battery	level	0..9	battery level (need to recheck scale)
	status	0	discharching
		1	charging
		2	full
		3	temperature high (should be its own message)
		4	temperature low
bluetooth		1 / 0	1 if connected via Bluetooth
headphones		1 / 0	1 if headphones connected
microphone		1 / 0	1 if microphone connected
haptic active		1 / 0	(need to check - probably not working)

known issues / todos

• currently only tested on MacOS 15 (arm64) and Win11
• Windows version doesn't support motor and LED control yet
• needs more documentation (mainly all possible message input for dsshow)
• some more features and fixes (also see issues)