WiFiController changelog

After what seemed like a long hiatus, homebrew developer David Rudie came out anew and released an improved version of WiFiController for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The program is based from Mikko Mononen's PPJoy and what it does is that it turns your PSP into a controller for your PC running Microsoft Windows.

WiFiController for PSP v0.4.3 runs in kernel mode so it should work fine on firmwares 1.0, 1.5, 2.5, and 2.6. Also, David Rudie mentioned that this should also work with CFW 3.x OE-x provided that you use v1.00 of this program for this. Changes since the last release include:

v0.4.3

• Renamed WiFiController.exe to WiFiServer.exe so it won't be confused for the actual PSP application itself.
• Added the ability to act as up to 4 separate controllers.
• Extended the life of some messages by 1 second. (This isn't in the CHANGES file itself.)

v0.4.2

• Rewrote some functions to clean up code more.
• Shortened all message displays by 1 second.

v0.4.1 (Never publicly released)

• Fixed configuration selection menu.
• Changed invert combo to L+R+SELECT.
• Renamed SocketTest.exe to WiFiController.exe

v0.4

• Cleaned up code some more and removed old header files not used anymore.
• Added ability to select which WLAN configuration to use.
• L+R+START now inverts analog Y in case some games don't support it.
• Probably new bugs introduced.

The downloads below contain all the porgram for PSP, Microsoft Windows and all source code for the programs. These were created using the SVN versions of PSPSDK and PSPLink. Please refer to the Readme file for more details and installation instructions.

The WifiController turns the PSP into a controller for PC (Windows). When the WiFiController program is launched it will establish a wireless network connection. As soon as a connection is established it obtains an IP address it will connect to a server running on your PC. Once it has connected to a PC, the PSP will act just like a regular joystick.

Developed by David Rudie, the WiFiContoller was inspired by an earlier program called PPjoy written by Mikko Monroe. PPJoy had a few kinks and David wanted a more detailed application so he wrote WiFiController from scratch and using a small portion of PPJoy codes. David thanks Mikko for that.

If you already have David's app, he just released the latest update WiFiController v0.3 and here's the changelog:

• Cleaned up and added more detailed instructions
• Fixed up on-screen display some
• Added some more detailed battery information
• Cleaned up the connection code some
• Moved some text strings to a new file
• Cleaned up code overall

David's To-Do list includes:

• Finish Apple Mac OS X driver support
• Add WiFi connection selection
• Add AdHoc mode
• Add Greater sleep support and maybe automatically re-establish the wireless connection
• Add support for using a combination of buttons to act as one separate button
• Volume up and down mappable for v1.0 and v1.5 and a separate version without these buttons for v2.x
• Check why people get disconnected after so-and-so minutes.