DualSense Control

Linux tool for controlling Sony PlayStation 5 DualSense controller.

Usage: dualsensectl [options] command [ARGS]

Options:
  -l                                       List available devices
  -d DEVICE                                Specify which device to use
  -w                                       Wait for shell command to complete (monitor only)
  -h --help                                Show this help message
  -v --version                             Show version
Commands:
  power-off                                Turn off the controller (BT only)
  battery                                  Get the controller battery level
  info                                     Get the controller firmware info
  lightbar STATE                           Enable (on) or disable (off) lightbar
  lightbar RED GREEN BLUE [BRIGHTNESS]     Set lightbar color and brightness (0-255)
  player-leds NUMBER                       Set player LEDs (1-5) or disabled (0)
  microphone STATE                         Enable (on) or disable (off) microphone
  microphone-led STATE                     Enable (on) or disable (off) microphone LED
  speaker STATE                            Toggle to 'internal' speaker, 'headphone' or both
  volume VOLUME                            Set audio volume (0-255) of internal speaker and headphone
  attenuation RUMBLE TRIGGER               Set the attenuation (0-7) of rumble/haptic motors and trigger vibration
  trigger TRIGGER off                      remove all effects
  trigger TRIGGER feedback POSITION STRENGTH  set a resistance starting at position with a defined strength
  trigger TRIGGER weapon START STOP STRENGTH  Emulate weapon like gun trigger
  trigger TRIGGER bow START STOP STRENGTH SNAPFORCE    Emulate weapon like bow
  trigger TRIGGER galloping START STOP FIRST_FOOT SECOND_FOOT FREQUENCY    Emulate a galloping
  trigger TRIGGER machine START STOP STRENGTH_A STRENGTH_B FREQUENCY PERIOD    Switch vibration between to strength at a specified period
  trigger TRIGGER vibration POSITION AMPLITUDE FREQUENCY  Vibrates motor arm around specified position
  trigger TRIGGER feedback-raw STRENGTH[10]  set a resistance starting using array of strength
  trigger TRIGGER vibration-raw AMPLITUDE[10] FREQUENCY  Vibrates motor arm at position and strength specified by an array of amplitude
  trigger TRIGGER MODE [PARAMS]            set the trigger (left, right or both) mode with parameters (up to 9)
  monitor [add COMMAND] [remove COMMAND]   Run shell command COMMAND on add/remove events

AUR: dualsensectl-git

Dependencies

• meson
• libhidapi-hidraw
• libdbus-1
• libudev

Building

meson setup build
cd build
ninja
ninja install

udev rules

Also installed by Steam, so you may already have it configured. If not, create /etc/udev/rules.d/70-dualsensectl.rules:

# PS5 DualSense controller over USB hidraw
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="054c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0ce6", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"

# PS5 DualSense controller over bluetooth hidraw
KERNEL=="hidraw*", KERNELS=="*054C:0CE6*", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"

# PS5 DualSense Edge controller over USB hidraw
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="054c", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0df2", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"

# PS5 DualSense Edge controller over bluetooth hidraw
KERNEL=="hidraw*", KERNELS=="*054C:0DF2*", MODE="0660", TAG+="uaccess"

Use sudo udevadm trigger to refresh udev rules without rebooting

Credit

the following docs:

• https://controllers.fandom.com/wiki/Sony_DualSense/Data_Structures
• https://gist.github.com/Nielk1/6d54cc2c00d2201ccb8c2720ad7538db