tiny lemmy 

Just got my steam deck lcd and need help with wake on bluetooth

c/steamdeck · u/the16bitgamer@programming.dev · 59 points

Based on my research, the steam deck lcd should be able to wake when a controller connects with it. Yet when I paired and enabled wake on Bluetooth for any of my controller it doesn’t work or connect.

Am I doing something wrong?

The controller I’ve tested are

Xbox One

Xbox Series X

PS4

PS4 V2

All controller have been updated by their respective systems.


Comments

u/woelkchen@lemmy.world · 3 points

Oh, the ones who made the last steam machine

Valve made no Steam Machine before the upcoming one. Are you confused and meant the 3rd party devices that were branded Steam Machines? Those were not by Valve and not by the Half-Life development team in particular.

and controller and supported them for 10 minutes

Steam Controller 1 is still fully supported and got Bluetooth firmware several years after release: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/353370/view/3931035846865617357

u/woelkchen@lemmy.world · 2 points

Which valve? The one that made half life? Lol

No, the SteamOS and hardware teams are actually different groups of people to the game developers.

u/the16bitgamer@programming.dev · 1 points

Shhhh, she might hear you and totally wasn't my plan.

If my original Steam Controller dongle wasn't destroyed I'd totally test it too.

u/woelkchen@lemmy.world · 3 points

My wife is aiming to get a Steam Machine when they become available. This steam deck is taking the place of it until then for me.

There is a decent chance the USB-connected charger/receiver for the Steam Controller 2 could wake a docked Steam Deck LCD, btw.

u/the16bitgamer@programming.dev · 2 points

My wife is aiming to get a Steam Machine when they become available. This steam deck is taking the place of it until then for me.

It’s no worse then my older consoles and the alternatives from Ayn or Ambernic, and the facts it’s being consider and worked on is a positive.

u/Overspark@piefed.social · 4 points

That's an optimistic take. As a long-time LCD owner I don't expect this to ever work flawlessly.

u/the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · -2 points

If valve is working on it (which it looks like they are) it’s a matter of if than when

Which valve? The one that made half life? Lol

u/hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works · 3 points

I have a steam controller, will it be able to use the same dongle as the steam controller? I imagine not, probably only works with the steam controller 😖

u/the16bitgamer@programming.dev · 4 points

Honestly I’m just going to treat it like my PS2. Just need to put my controller near the deck if I want to use it.

If valve is working on it (which it looks like they are) it’s a matter of if than when

u/barryamelton@lemmy.world · 4 points

Another option is to connect a Steam Controller (via its dongle, not via bluetooth). Pressing the controller steam button wakes it up always.

u/Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 4 points

An alternative some people do is to use a smart plug to turn power off/on to the deck's dock (I'm assuming it's docked if you're using a controller).

There's a bios setting to wake up the deck whenever it's plugged in, so cycling power like that will wake up the deck.

u/samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 points

It was enabled shortly after I got mine and I used it a lot, but then they disabled it. Wish they'd made it optional.

u/ozymandias117@lemmy.world · 39 points

The Bluetooth chip in the LCD model is very buggy for wake-up.

It's been enabled and disabled several times while they investigate, but it's currently disabled for LCD models

https://steamdeckhq.com/news/steamos-3-7-17-beta-released-re-disabling-wake-on-bluetooth-for-steam-deck-lcd/

u/artyom@piefed.social · 9 points

1. I had both and it worked fine on the OLED but never on the LCD.

2. It took me way too long to realize that it only wakes it from sleep and not from completely off.

u/Tattorack@lemmy.world · 5 points

Wasn't wake on Bluetooth disabled a few updates back due to certain problems that still need solving?

u/TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works · 3 points

The only thing that ever wakes my LCD is the Bluetooth keyboard / mouse dongle plugged into the dock it resides in. If I take the Deck out of the dock and plug it back in I have to turn it on once before it will recognize the keyboard / mouse.

u/Midnitte@beehaw.org · 2 points

Just be mindful of the xbox controllers as I think it should be very picky about working only with specific versions of the controller, but what version of SteamOS are you on? It's been on a journey of being enabled and disabled with each update.

You might want to try the beta version