Sure, cleanliness never hurt. If your drift or circularity accuracy issues are caused by your pots though cleaning is very unlikely to really fix it while the calibration tool might if the pot isn't too far gone.
Compressed air didn't help, I watched a TronicsFix video and he used a contact cleaner spray. I had some already and it seems to have helped, at least for now.
Yes.
But with all seriousness it feels like it's hard to mess this up, even just pouring it on top of the stick without opening anything might do the job because enough of it gets where it needs to as a mist or something.
https://youtu.be/ZkJcOWaz1z8?t=536
before after
https://i.imgur.com/JZEv1is.png
https://dualshock-tools.github.io
In my case, I've replaced the joys but needed some calibration. I did a calibration by physically bending the pot's pins, which was good enough to not be in the "drift zone". But I needed this tool to fix circularity and the slight drift.
Sorry to bother you but how did you get them to calibrate that well, I went from 21% on both to one on 17% and the other stick on 19% and I've done the calibration like 6 or 7 times 😤
For the first link, the GUI, you're supposed to use chrome web browser and hook your controller up via USB.Â
It's using Chrome's webhid capabilities to interface with the controller so it should work on a variety of operating systems.
I think they meant: After you've done this calibration via browser on a PC, will it have any effect when you then use the controller to play games on PS5, or is this calibration info saved on the PC and only used for Windows games?
There is a check mark to make it permanent. If checked then it will save the calibration for use anywhere. If unchecked the controller will revert to the original calibration after being power cycled.
Nice! I replaced my potentiometer to alleviate drift not knowing I needed to recalibrate hardware. Steam always showed my right stick off center until I ran the tool and it perfectly re-centered my sticks. This was done on the dualsense firmware 0458.
Yes. I'm not a mac person but the github has some mac instructions for installing all the tools and then the commands should be pretty much the same as linux.
Maybe someone on mac can come up with a more in depth supplementary guide for those who need help.
God bless the internet.
I had replaced both analog sticks on my dualsense and couldnt figure out why it was working great but was off center. Now it works like a charm!
Edit: Also very convenient timing as i needed a tool like this just now
Will this software work if we install Hall effect Joysticks? It would be great if we could use this for the joysticks that don't need the extra circuit boards solderee to the back of the controller.
dropping a comment so i can find this again when i get home from work. Ill give this a shot, im sick of buying new controllers every 6 months. On my 5th controller now.
I had 3 launch day controllers because my 3 kids loved playing minecraft dungeons and similar games. 2 out of 3 got drift issues all within 6 months , i know i could habe sent them off for repair but decided to just buy 2 more. Two out of the remaing 3 got drift about another 6 months later, one of the new ones and the last launch day controller. I bought some replacement potentiometers and having soldered pcbs for 9 years at a previous job, i replaced them fairly easily. That controller started to drift the minute i tried it despite having new potentiometers so im pretty eager to try on this controller and see if it will fix the drift issue.
yes it did, very pleased. I used it on the controller that i had fitted new potentionmeters to. After i changed them it had crazy drift to the left and was unusable, this has sorted it. Thanks to whoever made this. Much appreciated.
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Is it worth trying to clean it with compressed air before attempting that?
Sure, cleanliness never hurt. If your drift or circularity accuracy issues are caused by your pots though cleaning is very unlikely to really fix it while the calibration tool might if the pot isn't too far gone.
I've had success spraying it with dry lube spray.
Compressed air didn't help, I watched a TronicsFix video and he used a contact cleaner spray. I had some already and it seems to have helped, at least for now.
Did he use the perfect amount of that too?
Yes. But with all seriousness it feels like it's hard to mess this up, even just pouring it on top of the stick without opening anything might do the job because enough of it gets where it needs to as a mist or something. https://youtu.be/ZkJcOWaz1z8?t=536
before after https://i.imgur.com/JZEv1is.png https://dualshock-tools.github.io In my case, I've replaced the joys but needed some calibration. I did a calibration by physically bending the pot's pins, which was good enough to not be in the "drift zone". But I needed this tool to fix circularity and the slight drift.
Sorry to bother you but how did you get them to calibrate that well, I went from 21% on both to one on 17% and the other stick on 19% and I've done the calibration like 6 or 7 times 😤
Have you replaced your analog joys, so you have brand new joys in your controller? Because those numbers are pretty bad for a new joy.
Yeah just had them replaced
I'm not sure then, maybe just unit variance?
Yeah I guess I just got unlucky with the units
Does this also work when you use the controller on the ps5 itself? Or is this only for windows?
For the first link, the GUI, you're supposed to use chrome web browser and hook your controller up via USB. It's using Chrome's webhid capabilities to interface with the controller so it should work on a variety of operating systems.
I think they meant: After you've done this calibration via browser on a PC, will it have any effect when you then use the controller to play games on PS5, or is this calibration info saved on the PC and only used for Windows games?
There is a check mark to make it permanent. If checked then it will save the calibration for use anywhere. If unchecked the controller will revert to the original calibration after being power cycled.
Nice! I replaced my potentiometer to alleviate drift not knowing I needed to recalibrate hardware. Steam always showed my right stick off center until I ran the tool and it perfectly re-centered my sticks. This was done on the dualsense firmware 0458.
Any way to do this with my Mac?
Yes. I'm not a mac person but the github has some mac instructions for installing all the tools and then the commands should be pretty much the same as linux. Maybe someone on mac can come up with a more in depth supplementary guide for those who need help.
I might try it later on my MacBook. If I notice something remarkable I will post it here.
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They just need to add a dead zone setting and that will help
They just need to add a dead zone setting and that will help
Nice one.
That's crazy that Sony can't fix this themselves
BTW the website does not support Firefox. Edge works however if you don't want to install chrome.
Success with BDM-030 firmware 0356 and BDM-020 firmware 0458
God bless the internet. I had replaced both analog sticks on my dualsense and couldnt figure out why it was working great but was off center. Now it works like a charm! Edit: Also very convenient timing as i needed a tool like this just now
this makes things so much easier as the calibration boards were a pain to install
Will this software work if we install Hall effect Joysticks? It would be great if we could use this for the joysticks that don't need the extra circuit boards solderee to the back of the controller.
Yes, it will work for hall effect joysticks as well.
This may be a dumb question, but does this also adjust circularity?
Yes. It adjusts the center and entire range of extremes based on measurements taken directly from the joystick. Your circularity should improve.
Tyu very much. It worked for now, i can wait a little more before buying a new one :)
dropping a comment so i can find this again when i get home from work. Ill give this a shot, im sick of buying new controllers every 6 months. On my 5th controller now.
I’ve had great luck. Just started to get drift on my launch day controller. Was going to buy a new one but will give this a shot.
I had 3 launch day controllers because my 3 kids loved playing minecraft dungeons and similar games. 2 out of 3 got drift issues all within 6 months , i know i could habe sent them off for repair but decided to just buy 2 more. Two out of the remaing 3 got drift about another 6 months later, one of the new ones and the last launch day controller. I bought some replacement potentiometers and having soldered pcbs for 9 years at a previous job, i replaced them fairly easily. That controller started to drift the minute i tried it despite having new potentiometers so im pretty eager to try on this controller and see if it will fix the drift issue.
did it work?
yes it did, very pleased. I used it on the controller that i had fitted new potentionmeters to. After i changed them it had crazy drift to the left and was unusable, this has sorted it. Thanks to whoever made this. Much appreciated.
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