DualShock 4

Controller

Product code	Name description	EAN	TweakersID
CUH-ZCT1 (CUH-ZCT1U, CUH-ZCT1E, CUH-ZCT1J, CUH-ZCT1K, CUH-ZCT1H, CUH-ZCT1M)	Jet Black	0711719211983	346381
CUH-ZCT1 01 (CUH-ZCT1U01, CUH-ZCT1E01, CUH-ZCT1J01, CUH-ZCT1K01, CUH-ZCT1H01, CUH-ZCT1M01)	Magma Red	0711719200994	362174
CUH-ZCT1 02 (CUH-ZCT1U02, CUH-ZCT1E02, CUH-ZCT1J02, CUH-ZCT1K02, CUH-ZCT1H02, CUH-ZCT1M02)	Wave Blue	0711719201397	362175
CUH-ZCT1 03 (CUH-ZCT1U03, CUH-ZCT1E03, CUH-ZCT1J03, CUH-ZCT1K03, CUH-ZCT1H03, CUH-ZCT1M03)	Glacier White	0711719453116	411162
CUH-ZCT1 04 (CUH-ZCT1U04, CUH-ZCT1E04, CUH-ZCT1J04, CUH-ZCT1K04, CUH-ZCT1H04, CUH-ZCT1M04)	Urban Camouflage	0711719453512
CUH-ZCT1 05 (CUH-ZCT1U05, CUH-ZCT1E05, CUH-ZCT1J05, CUH-ZCT1K05, CUH-ZCT1H05, CUH-ZCT1M05)	Grey?	0711719818847	450482
CUH-ZCT1 06 CUH-ZCT1E06, CUH-ZCT1J06	Gold	0711719803348
CUH-ZCT1 07 CUH-ZCT1E07, CUH-ZCT1J07	Silver	0711719822943
CUH-ZCT1 08 CUH-ZCT1J08	Steel Black
CUH-ZCT1 09 CUH-ZCT1J09	Crystal

Note: Release Date was same as console in each subregion countries, e.g. North America : November 15, 2013, Europe (first batch of countries) : November 29, 2013 etc ... Japan : February 22, 2014

hardware version : 0x3100 (CUH-ZCT1x series same as CAP-ZCT1x series)

For limited edition colours, see the Colours page

Regulatory filings

FCC ID:

AK8CUHZCT1 05/22/2013
AK8CUHZCT1F1 04/07/2014
AK8CUHZCT1A 04/02/2015

IC: 409B-CUHZCT1

MIC listing:

007-AB0091 May 14, 2013
007-AB0091 April 2, 2014
007-AB0091 April 3, 2014
007-AB0091 October 30, 2014
007-AC0049 April 2, 2014
007-AC0049 April 3, 2014
007-AC0049 October 30, 2014

RRA filing: http://rra.go.kr/board/device/view.jsp?app_no=201317100000127829 30 July 2013

Anatel:

0990-15-6223
2307-13-6223 30/07/2014 (CUH-ZCT1U)

Factorycode

location: on sticker with modelnumber, productcode etc.

G = GoerTek
F1 = Foxcon Yantai
F2 = Foxconn Guiyang

Specifications

Overview of Technical Specifications
External Dimension	approximately 162mm x 52mm x 98mm (width x depth x height)
Weight	approximately 210g
Rechargeable battery	Lithium-ion rechargeable battery 3.65 V DC / 1000 mAh (PS3 DS3 battery LIP1859: 3.7V / 1800mA)
wireless communications	Bluetooth: 2.1 +EDR
Connection Type	USB 3.0 (charging and/or communication - micro-B female), Extension port, jack (for Stereo headset / Earset)
Speaker	Built-in mono speaker
Motion Controller / Detection	Six-axis: (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer) Lightbar (Move): User / player 1 is blue User / player 2 is red User / player 3 is green User / player 4 is pink Settings menu (since FW 1.70) is allowing you to change it to Bright, Medium or Dim. If you disconnect your DualShock 4 and for some reason the light turns white, hold the ps button for 15 seconds and the controller will reset. The PS4 can use the light bar for determining where the player is located. Games can feedback information via the light bar (and should not turn off it).
Feedback	Vibration (max time for vibration is 2.5 seconds)
GamePad buttons	Action buttons: $Dualshock cross button$ (digital) Concaved Directional pad buttons: (digital) Left stick: (analog) Right stick: (analog) Shoulderpads: (analog) PS button: (digital) share button (live gameplay videostreaming, screenshots to friends or Ushare) (digital) option button (digital) 2 point Touchpad (capacitive type) with press switch (digital): 52mmx23mm (external approximately) with resolution: CUH-ZCT1x series (Retail) 1920x943 (44.86 dots/mm) CAP-ZCT1x series (NonRetail) 1920x943 JDX-1000x series (NonRetail) 1920x754

Gallery

Teardown

Pinout

earset connector

first 5 pins + pins 6-13

Pin	Usage	Remark
1	Microphone
2	Right Speaker
3	Left Speaker
4	Headset Detect	Connects to Ground when Headset is plugged in
5	Ground
6	Ground
7	Ground
8	EXT Detect	Pulled Hi internally with 10k
9
10
11
12
13

uP board connector

Pin	Usage	Remark
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

flat ribbon connector

Pin	Usage	Remark
1	Ground	Thru 0ohm Resistor
2	Blue-	Blue LED Ground
3	Red-	Red LED Ground
4	Green-	Green LED Ground
5	LED+	Power for LEDs, 4.25v
6	USB 5v
7	USB 5v
8	USB 5v
9	Ground
10	USB D-
11	Ground
12	USB D+
13	Ground
14	Ground	Thru 0ohm Resistor

skewed button connector

Pin	Usage	Remark
1	-common	oscillating between 0 and 3.2V
2		active High
3	-common	fixed at 3.2V
4		voltage divider output, active low
5		active low
6		active low
7		active low
8		active low
9	Common	ground
10		active low
11	$Dualshock cross button$	active low
12		active low
13		active low
14		active low
15	-common	oscillating between 0 and 3.2V
16		active high
17	-common	fixed at 3.2V
18		voltage divider output, active low

battery connector

Pin	Usage	Remark
1	Ground
2	Battery +	Silk on PCB is 1, so it's backwards

Analysis

see also http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c

Mods

See also DS4_Mods page (Replacing battery in DS4, Replace Thumbsticks in DS4, ...)

Projects

UsbXlater

A project by Frank Zhao of eleccelerator.com to allow use of mouse/keyboard on systems designed for gamepad only.

Source: http://eleccelerator.com/keyboard-and-mouse-for-playstation-4-games-second-prototype/

GIMX

Control a video game console with a PC

Source: http://blog.gimx.fr/

DS4 on PS3

Use your DS4 on PS3 by OsirisX

Source: http://www.ps3hax.net/2015/08/release-ps3xpad-plugin-v0-5/

DS4 on PS2

Use your DS4 on PS2 by Xerpi

Source: https://github.com/xerpi/libds4ps2

DS4 on WII

Use your DS4 on WII by Xerpi

USB: https://github.com/xerpi/ds4wii_gyro_test

Bluetooth: https://github.com/xerpi/ds4wiibt

Forum: http://playstationhax.it/forums/topic/718-working-poc-ds4wiibt-connection-between-dualshock4-and-wii-through-bluetooth/

Carbon Project

(Video DS4 wired to keyboard & mouse)

Source: http://www.softfactory.com.br/index.php/blog/entry/carbon-project-hardware-stuff

DS4 To X-Input Wrapper

DS4 to XInput Wrapper

(DS4 to Xinput Mapping tool (Play any game with DS4 on PC))

Source: http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-DS4-To-XInput-Wrapper

Download:

PS4PC

PS4 Controller touchpad to mouse adapter.

Source: http://www.ishgard.com/ps4pc

Arduino library (with USB Host Shield)

Source: http://blog.tkjelectronics.dk/2014/01/ps4-controller-now-supported-by-the-usb-host-library/#more-4247

Controllers for All

DS3 / DS4 on iOS

(Video Play iOS games with Sony PlayStation Dual Shock 4 controller)

Forum: http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=69603

Android

DS4 on Android

USB/BT Joystick Center PAID / DEMO
Game Controller 2 Touch
PS4 Controller (virtual only / abandoned)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/mod-ps4-remote-play-native-gamepad-t2975609

disable leds

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=723148

End-user products

ATEN Phantom S
Tuact Venom-X
XIM XIM4
TitanOne - Titan One
CronusMAX - Cronus Max
Splitfish - NewGen

Other

http://ouyabrew.com/trick-ouya-using-ps4-controller/

PS3 compatibility

Unless stated otherwise, any game working with DualShock 3 and not relying on functions of buttons only available on the DualShock 3, vibration or wireless, should be compatible.

Incompatible games (and buttons) should works with a DS4 emulated as a DS3 (e.g.: using GIMX)

Wireless

How To Pair DualShock 4 With PS3 To Work Wireless

Connect DS4 with wire to PS3 then turn on.
Go to Accessory settings.
Select Manage Bluetooth Devices, and scan for device.
While scanning hold the PS & Share buttons on the DS4.
Select Wireless Controller. The DS4 light should now be white.
Unplug wire and test it out.

Note: The DualShock 4 isn’t fully supported on PS3 so features such as vibrate, Six Axis and PS Button will not function.

Source: http://www.psu.com/a023889/How-to-use-the-DualShock-4-PS4-controller-wirelessly-on-PS3

Incompatible games

Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo 6
Grand Theft Auto V
Jak and Daxter HD Collection (only the analog sticks work)
Resistance 3

Controller Translation

PSVita Rear Touch Pad Sections L2/R2/L3/R3

DualShock 4	DualShock 3	PSVita

$Dualshock cross button$	$Dualshock cross button$	$Dualshock cross button$


/	/	rear touch pad section
/	/	L/R button
/ (analog)	/ (analog)	rear touch pad section (digital)

NA		NA
	NA	touchscreen menu section
		touchscreen menu section
Motion sensors	Motion sensors	Motion sensors
Vibration	NA	NA
Light bar	NA	NA

For DS3/DS4 on PS TV: http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/pstv/game/touchpointer.html

Web Browser

DS4 layout web browser

~~Despite having a whopping great trackpad on the new PS4 controller, it can't be used in the browser, so you're stuck with the thumbsticks and d-pad.~~

The touchpad has also been updated (FW 1.70), allowing you to navigate the on-screen keyboard using the DUALSHOCK 4 touchpad.

When the on-screen keyboard is open, pushing in the right thumbstick puts it into a motion-based mode where you can select keys by tilting the controller. This can be surprisingly accurate.

Pushing in The D-pad acts like the TAB key on a keyboard, focusing on links.

The browser can be used while a game is in progress.

Generic

SCEI Patent:

Game system and game controller (sensor unit detects vibration caused by the vibrator)

SCEA Patent:

US008368753B2 / Controller with an integrated depth camera

DualShock 4

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