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DUALSENSECTL(1) User Commands DUALSENSECTL(1)

NAME

dualsensectl - Tool for controlling PS5 DualSense controller

SYNOPSIS

dualsensectl [options] command [ARGS]

OPTIONS

List available devices
Specify which device to use
Wait for shell command to complete (monitor only)
Show this help message
Show version

Commands:

Turn off the controller (BT only)
Get the controller battery level
Get the controller firmware info
Enable (on) or disable (off) lightbar
Set lightbar color and brightness (0-255)
Set player and microphone LED dimming (0-2)
Set player LEDs (1-7) or disabled (0)
Enable (on) or disable (off) microphone
Enable (on), disable (off) or pulsate (pulse) microphone LED
Toggle microphone usage to 'chat', 'asr' or 'both'
Set microphone volume (0-255)
Toggle to 'internal' speaker, 'headphone' or 'both'
Set audio volume (0-255) of internal speaker and headphone
Set the attenuation (0-7) of rumble/haptic motors and trigger vibration
remove all effects
set a resistance starting at position with a defined strength
Emulate weapon like gun trigger
Emulate weapon like bow
Emulate a galloping
Switch vibration between to strength at a specified period
Vibrates motor arm around specified position
set a resistance starting using array of strength
Vibrates motor arm at position and strength specified by an array of amplitude
set the trigger (left, right or both) mode with parameters (up to 9)
Run shell command COMMAND on add/remove events
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