Use your PC controller to control your Nintendo Switch via bluetooth. This is essentially a fork of joycontrol. I simply added an interface that accepts controller inputs and forwards them to the Switch.

Do not expect this to be low latency. Analog controls theoretically work but induce a lot of delay. Because of this I commented out all the relevant code.

Latency is fine for casual Mario Kart 8 (imho) but way too high for Super Smash Bros.

Tested on Manjaro.

• Install the dbus-python and libhidapi-hidraw0 packages

Manjaro:

sudo pacman -S python-dbus hidapi

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install python3-dbus libhidapi-hidraw0

• Clone the repository and install the joycontrol package to get missing dependencies (Note: Controller script needs super user rights, so python packages must be installed as root). In the joycontrol folder run:

git clone https://github.com/z80z80z80/joycontrol-bridge.git
cd joycontrol
sudo pip install .

• Run the script

Manjaro:

sudo python bridge.py PRO_CONTROLLER

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo python3 bridge.py PRO_CONTROLLER

This will create a PRO_CONTROLLER instance waiting for the Switch to connect.

• Open the "Change Grip/Order" menu of the Switch

The Switch only pairs with new controllers in the "Change Grip/Order" menu.

Note: If you already connected an emulated controller once, you can use the reconnect option of the script (-r "<Switch Bluetooth MAC address>"). This does not require the "Change Grip/Order" menu to be opened. You can find out a paired MAC address using the "bluetoothctl" system command. Alternatively, when connecting via "Change Grip/Order" menu, you'll see something like:

[19:55:58] joycontrol.server create_hid_server::100 INFO - Accepted connection at psm 19 from ('XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX', 19)

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is the bluetooth MAC address of your Switch.

• After connecting, the preconfigured controller layout is translated to pro controller commands that are then sent to the Switch.

• basic GUI to easily configure different controllers
• saving & loading of controller configurations and the Switch MAC address

joycontrol

Nintendo_Switch_Reverse_Engineering

console_pairing_session