8bit-do Legacy16 2.4GHz dropping occasionally

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8bit-do Legacy16 2.4GHz dropping occasionally

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Hi,

I have a SNES Legacy16 8Bit-do controller connected to my Mister's USB 2.1 board. Every now and it drops connection and I need to reconnect. I have tried this with 2 controllers now and both do the same.

Has anybody seen this behaviour before?

Thanks

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Re: 8bit-do Legacy16 2.4GHz dropping occasionally

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Isn't the Legacy16 a Retro-Bit controller? I haven't had any issue with 2.4GHz with 8bitdo controllers.

Which power supply are you using? Is it rated below 4 amps? Are you using a y-splitter cable and/or an inline power switch?

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Re: 8bit-do Legacy16 2.4GHz dropping occasionally

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Hi,

Yes, it's the Retro- Bit controller.

I bought a decent, upgraded power supply and still got the issue (I bought it to try and fix this issue in fact!).

And yes, I am using a Y splitter for power between the Mister and USB port.

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Re: 8bit-do Legacy16 2.4GHz dropping occasionally

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Do you have 1000Hz polling enabled? Might be worth disabling that if so.

I haven't had the best experience with Retro-Bit controllers in the past, unfortunately this model isn't on the MiSTer Controller Latency database either. Hopefully there's someone else around that has one to provide some insight. Could also be interference, have you tried moving the system elsewhere and seeing if the problem persists?

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Re: 8bit-do Legacy16 2.4GHz dropping occasionally

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I have never enabled it, so I guess not. I'll disable it using the scripts just in case.

Many thanks!

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