Introduction¶

Virtual-Environments¶

I strongly recommend that you make use of Virtual Environments when working on any project. This means that each project will have its own libraries of any version and does not affect anything else on your system. Don't worry, this isn't setting up a full-fledged virtual machine, just small python environment.

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cd "[your project directory]"
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

It's that simple, now you're using a virtual environment. If you want to leave the environment just type deactivate. If you want to learn more about the virtual environments, check out this page

Pip install¶

Now let's get the library installed.

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python3 -m pip install AsynchronousPS4Controller

Basic Project¶

Now let's get a basic project going, for your code, you'll want something like this:

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import asyncio
from AsynchronousPS4Controller import Controller

controller = Controller(path="/dev/input/js0")
# you can start listening before controller is paired, as long as you pair it within the timeout window
asyncio.run(controller.listen(timeout=30))

You can choose to connect your PS4 Controller either before or after you start the code.On how to connect , check out this page