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The current documentation is on the official GIMX forum, and it will slowly be moved on this wiki.

About GIMX

GIMX stands for Game Input MultipleXer or Game Input MatriX. The purpose of this software is to control a video game console with a PC. It works with the PS3 and there is experimental support for the Xbox 360.

It operates:

  • over bluetooth: works with Linux (PS3) only. A compatible bluetooth dongle is required.
  • over usb: works with Linux (PS3, 360) and Windows (PS3). A usb-usb adapter is required.

The application gets data from the PC peripherals (mice, keyboards and joysticks) and sends controls to the PS3 over bluetooth or usb. Other controls such as gesture or voice are possible through the emulation of PC peripherals.

GIMX features are further described on the Features page.

The source code of GIMX is available under the GPLv3 there.

There's also a blog with a few posts about the GIMX development, and a support forum.

To contribute to GIMX, see the Contribute page.

Hardware requirements

PC

GIMX is designed to run on a PC with Linux/Ubuntu or Windows. This is a strong requirement.
GIMX can probably run with minor adaptations on smaller targets such as the Raspberry pi or Thin clients, running a small Linux distro.

Bluetooth dongle

GIMX can emulate a sixaxis using a bluetooth dongle or an internal bluetooth module.
This obviously only works with the PS3.
This doesn't work with Windows because there is no appropriate access to the bluetooth stack.
Running Ubuntu/Linux in a virtual machine on Windows is not recommended as it adds latency.
While all bluetooth dongles/modules can't work with GIMX, working dongles are quite common.
Check the compatibility list.

Do-It-Yourself USB adapter

GIMX can emulate a joystick (for PS3) or a wired 360 pad, using a specific Do-It-Yourself USB adapter.
Forget about using any other USB to USB cable (like file transfer cables, or direct cables), they are not suited to this use.

Gaming mouse

If you want to play console FPS games with a mouse, forget about using a mouse with anything less than 2000DPI and 250Hz.
A gaming mouse with 5000+ DPI and running at 500Hz is highly recommended.
Whereas a gaming mouse with more than 1600 DPI doesn't really make a difference on a PC, it's not the case with GIMX.
GIMX can decelerate mouse movements so as to counteract the in-game acceleration.
A high DPI mouse gives a better linearity (i.e. smoother movements) in this specific case.

Main tutorial

The GIMX version in these tutorials is 0.24. They need to be updated.

Configuration & Calibration

This tutorial gives more details about how to adjust your configuration with gimx-config.

Mouse polling rate

This tutorial explains how to change the mouse polling rate in Ubuntu and Windows.

GIMX USB adapter for dummies

DIY PC to PS3/360 USB adapter

Compared to the above tutorial, this one details all compatible hardware parts.

Running GIMX from the command line

Development

  • [gimx.fr/wiki/index.php?title=Development_on_Linux Linux]
  • [gimx.fr/wiki/index.php?title=Development_on_Windows Windows]

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