8Bitdo M30 2.4G Wireless Gamepad doesn't work with Ataris

[doug0909]

The good news - it works with my Retro Trio.

 

The bad news - it doesn't work with my Atari 2600, my Atari 7800, or my controller port modified Odyssey 2. I assume it won't work on the 8 bit computers either. Oh well.

[mr_me]

Probably needs 5v on pin 5. Maybe an adapter can make it work. Ataris send 5v on pin 7.

[BrianC]

I haven't tried it yet, but it should work with the edladdin seagull adapter for the 7800. The dongles for the 2.4G Krikzz Joyzz and the bluetooth 8bitdo controllers both work with it.

[doug0909]

I just tried that. Weirdly, everything but the up direction worked on my 7800 and 2600 when using the Seagull 78. Up on the 7800 wouldn't work in the cuttle cart 2 menu or games, and it wouldn't work on the 2600 in the Harmony menu (didn't try the games).

 

Unrelated to the dongle I'm sure, then my old Harmony cart stopped working on the 2600 and 7800. If I can't get it to work again, does anyone know, is there a trade in program?

 

I then retested the controller on my retro trio and up works fine.

Edited April 4, 2019 by doug0909

[doug0909]

If I can find them I have the Best Electronics genesis to 2600 cable (which I think is just to make the rapid fire button on Genesis controllers work) somewhere as well. I'll give that a try when I get a chance.

Edited April 4, 2019 by doug0909

[Inky]

As I posted in another thread on a similar topic, I got the bluetooth Genesis dongle working with my 7800 and my Sega Master system. I'm really digging this. I was thinking of testing this with my Vision-Dapter on my PC. My PC has native bluetooth, but if I ever use vision dapter on a non bluetooth PC, that may be a good solution.

[mr_me]

Here's instructions for a two button genesis to 7800 adapter. An adapter supporting one button should be simpler. Nothing is going to going to happen unless the dongle gets power through pin 5.

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20010204000200/http://www.cs.colostate.edu:80/~dzubera/2600faq.html#sega

Edited April 5, 2019 by mr_me

[Dionoid]

On 4/4/2019 at 5:52 PM, mr_me said:

Probably needs 5v on pin 5. Maybe an adapter can make it work. Ataris send 5v on pin 7.

I opened the 2.4g receiver and soldered a jumper wire between pins 7 and 5. Now the receiver is getting power and able to connect to the controller. However, it still doesn't work on the Atari 2600. 

 

Anyone got suggestions on how to get this working?

[spspspsp]

I can use the 2.4 GHz (non-bluetooth) receiver on my system through an adapter cable.

 

It could be a few things:

-You accidentally fried something by sending 5V to a part that, unlike a normal MD/Genesis controller, cannot handle it

-If using a Harmony cart, I believe you need to hold down "B" when you boot the system

-Some games additionally require a button to be held down when starting to detect the controller (I think I had to do this with one of the Champ releases?)

 

Do you have a MD/Genesis system (or clone thereof) to test it with?

 

I've only used the wireless dongle through a special adapter cable, but haven't had any issues.

 

With MD/Genesis controllers (and the reissues from Retro-bit) I skip the cable and just plug into my system.