v3.15.0 DsHidMini changelog

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Remarks

Anything older than Windows 10 1809, as well as any 32-bit architecture, is not supported.

How to install/update/uninstall

Download and run the provided setup (*.msi file), pay attention, and follow the instructions. Previous versions do not have to be removed manually beforehand.

To upgrade, simply run a newer setup once it becomes available.

To remove DsHidMini, locate Nefarius DsHidMini Driver under Apps & features and uninstall it from there.

✨ Highlights

This release contains a large collection of new features, fixes and quality-of-life improvements across DsHidMini and the ControlApp.

• 🎮 New Common Gamepad (CGP) HID mode for broader compatibility with games and applications.
• 🧭 Sony-compatible motion support for DualShock 3 controllers, including calibration improvements and a new motion viewer in ControlApp.
• 🧪 New built-in controller input tester that works independently of the currently selected HID mode.
• 📳 New rumble tester in ControlApp, plus fixes to rumble duration and Bluetooth output handling.
• 💡 Reworked LED handling with numerous fixes for player LEDs, charging indicators and Navigation Controllers.
• 🔌 Improved USB reliability, including a fix for controllers getting stuck after resuming Windows from sleep.
• 📶 Major Bluetooth improvements, including more reliable pairing, better host/controller address detection and improved output-channel handling.
• 🎯 Improved XInput support, including correct controller-slot detection/routing and battery information visible to XInput applications.
• 🔍 Better controller identification, including detection of genuine devices and additional hardware information exposed in ControlApp.
• 🕹️ Improved Navigation Controller support, including correct status reporting and handling of its unique LED and rumble capabilities.
• 🔌 Added ShanWan PS1/PS2 USB adapter support, including buttons and rumble.
• ⚙️ ControlApp received extensive modernization and usability improvements, including profile drag-and-drop reordering, system-tray support, improved device information, tooltips, an About page and cleaner settings screens.
• 🔄 Built-in update notifications can now inform you when a newer ControlApp release is available.
• ⏻ Wired controllers can now be powered off from ControlApp using the controller's console shutdown command.
• 🛠️ Numerous additional fixes improve HID-mode switching, configuration handling, IPC communication, logging and overall stability.

What's Changed

• Update README.md by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/391
• Tweak UI for button combo settings by @Kanuan in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/395
• ControlApp Maintenance and project modernization by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/393
• Bump Nefarius.Utilities.DeviceManagement from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/416
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.196 to 0.3.258 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/415
• Added genuine device status detection for connected devices by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/397
• .NET 9 Update, Build fixes by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/418
• Update project documentation with build instructions and API overview by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/419
• 📝 Add docstrings to build-system-updates by @coderabbitai[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/421
• Replace PowerShell build scripts with Nuke build system integration by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/420
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.258 to 0.3.272 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/422
• Update NuGet dependencies and refactor BthPS3FilterDriver to use Span by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/427
• Dropped requirement for elevation on input report wait event by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/431
• Added DEVPKEY_DsHidMini_RO_IpcSlotIndex for IPC by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/433
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.272 to 0.3.273 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/432
• Implement XInput user index resolution in device view by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/434
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.273 to 0.3.275 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/436
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.275 to 0.3.277 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/437
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.277 to 0.3.279 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/439
• Updated cJSON to v1.7.19 by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/442
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.279 to 0.3.281 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/443
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.281 to 0.3.298 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/446
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.298 to 0.3.299 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/447
• Update support-requests action to version 5.0.2 by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/451
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.299 to 0.3.300 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/452
• Migrate CI from AppVeyor to GitHub Actions by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/454
• Cache DMF libraries and build only DmfU by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/455
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.300 to 0.3.301 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/453
• Updated resources for v3 release by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/428
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.301 to 0.3.314 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/456
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.314 to 0.3.318 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/457
• Bump XInputBridge vcpkg to 2026.07.29. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/462
• Add a Partner Portal CAB job that signs the driver DLLs and a combine… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/463
• Fix USB controller stuck in error state after resume from sleep (#311) by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/464
• Mark DSHMC as deprecated so agents use ControlApp instead. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/465
• Fix/hid mode switching 374 by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/466
• Speed up CI by dropping the abseil vcpkg rebuild and tightening cache… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/467
• Update build workflow for ControlApp signing and mirroring by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/468
• Align ControlApp driver JSON with the native contract and harden conf… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/469
• Add a ControlApp option to hide to the system tray instead of the tas… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/470
• Broadcast HID IPC reports to every waiter and publish the SDK to NuGet. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/471
• Expand NuGet package paths in PowerShell before pushing. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/472
• Strip HTML images from the SDK README before packing for NuGet. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/473
• Show BthPS3 install and version status in ControlApp. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/474
• Drop the wireless DS3 instance when the same pad is also connected ov… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/475
• Allow dragging ControlApp profiles to reorder the list. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/476
• Add plan for unifying and fixing driver LED handling. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/477
• Fix Nuke builds on .NET 10 and VS 2026 by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/479
• Rework device/host MAC discovery and USB startup (issue [#321]) by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/478
• Update DMF by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/480
• Unify LED handling behind driver/DsLed.c (issues [#349], [#350], [#351], [#365]) by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/481
• Fix rumble duration handling (issue [#356]) by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/482
• Add Defender BT PS3-mode switch helper to ControlApp (#282) by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/483
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32 from 0.3.318 to 0.3.334 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/485
• Feat/217 motion research by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/484
• ci: sign and mirror XInput DLLs with ControlApp by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/487
• Split dshidmini.inf so Windows 11 uses inbox Include/Needs for WUDFRd… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/488
• Bump MinVer from 7.0.0 to 8.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/486
• Parse Feature 0x01 and expose identification in the SDK and ControlApp. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/489
• Version bump to 3.4.x by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/490
• Build a synthetic dual-arch INF for the partner CAB so one submission… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/491
• Consume DeviceManagement 6.1.0 so ControlApp can read identification … by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/492
• Polish ControlApp window chrome and settings editor spacing. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/493
• Fix XInputBridge slot routing and lifecycle bugs with repeatable tests. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/494
• Add opt-in Bluetooth interrupt output so rumble can be tested without… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/495
• ci: retry transient artifact downloads by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/496
• Add a once-per-day ControlApp update prompt so users can download new… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/497
• Add a ControlApp About page for license, repo, and update-check. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/498
• Add a wired USB power-off action so ControlApp can send the console s… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/499
• Identify Navigation Controllers as one-LED, no-rumble hardware so Con… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/501
• Add ControlApp Settings controls for the experimental driver IPC flag. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/502
• Show the configured Bluetooth output channel on the device Info tab. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/503
• Added new upscaled logo by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/504
• Store ControlApp settings under ProgramData\DsHidMini and migrate the… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/505
• Fix navigation controller status reporting by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/506
• Stop restarting the Navigation charging LED flash. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/507
• Stop ControlApp crashing when user-data replace is denied. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/508
• Implement remaining issue 379 IPC output commands. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/509
• Replace JSON hot-reload pairing with explicit IPC device actions. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/510
• Harden driver JSON config parsing against malformed input. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/511
• Make tagged vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH builds the only release path. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/512
• Expand Dependabot to grouped weekly updates for CI NuGet projects and… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/513
• Bump nefarius/SignRelay from 1.0.0 to 1.3.0 in the github-actions-minor-and-patch group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/514
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 4.3.0 to 8.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/515
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/516
• Bump actions/cache from 4 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/517
• Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 4 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/518
• Bump the nuget-minor-and-patch group with 9 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/519
• Automate Partner Center attestation on tagged release builds. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/521
• Fix Partner submission state detection and add an offline signing dry run by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/522
• Consume sdcm 1.0.0-pre004 status, get, and overwrite by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/523
• Keep signedPackage as Signed zip and download initialPackage separately. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/524
• Fix/xinput slot startup refresh by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/525
• Move the IPC enablement gate into DsHidMini.json so it can be toggled… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/526
• Require .NET 10 Desktop for ControlApp and fail BuildSetup if the MSI… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/527
• Open the Installation-Successful page after a fresh MSI install. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/528
• Updated to https://github.com/nefarius/nefcon/releases/tag/v1.20.0 by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/529
• Populate XI HID battery so apps can read charge in XInput mode. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/530
• Add Sony-compatible USB motion support for DualShock 3 pads. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/531
• Keep Recenter and Pause reachable when the motion viewer readout over… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/532
• Fix the motion viewer pose so a still pad stays still and pitch follo… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/533
• Publish the HwCal tracker gyro so sub-step rest bias does not reach c… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/535
• Keep ControlApp logs readable by dropping HttpClient and Polly chatter. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/536
• Stop treating a Defender Feature 0x14 ACK as a PS3 mode switch. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/537
• Zero clone-heuristic PLAIN_ZERO gyro rest bias in software only. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/538
• Fix/motion viewer grip pose by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/539
• Preserve unrelated DsHidMini.json edits when Control App saves. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/540
• Add fast tooltips for device tile battery and connection icons. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/541
• Bump Nefarius.Utilities.DeviceManagement from 4.0.3 to 6.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/544
• Bump the nuget-minor-and-patch group with 1 update by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/543
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/542
• Show the live Bluetooth output channel and keep pairing working witho… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/545
• Record genuine DualShock 3 Bluetooth interrupt rumble failures. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/546
• Load Feature 0x01/0xEF motion calibration over Bluetooth. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/547
• Cache portable SDK/WDK NuGet packages instead of kit installers. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/548
• Cache USB motion calibration for Bluetooth instead of querying the pad. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/549
• Update project READMEs for current features by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/550
• docs: mention XInput 1.4 DLL name by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/551
• Skip CI for non-code changes by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/552
• Build and sign the MSI in dispatched CI instead of local helper targets. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/553
• Move Start Menu directory to top-level ManagedProject by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/554
• Resolve the custom-action SfxCA binary from the MSI CustomAction tabl… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/555
• Fix/setup msi contract probe by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/556
• Fix/setup shortcut feature by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/557
• Fix/setup skip docs dialog on failure by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/558
• Fix/setup dialog action ambiguity by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/559
• Stop the features tree from deselecting the mandatory drivers feature. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/560
• Fix/setup audit followups by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/561
• Bundle the signed x64 vicius updater v1.16.1 by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/562
• Add a HID-mode-independent controller input tester to ControlApp. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/563
• Bump the nuget-minor-and-patch group with 1 update by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/564
• Add Common Gamepad (CGP) HID mode for issue [#68] by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/565
• Rotate ControlApp logs daily so long-running sessions do not grow a s… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/566
• Add ShanWan PS1/PS2 USB adapter support. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/567
• Fix ShanWan digital face buttons so each press lights the matching bu… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/568
• Send ShanWan rumble over interrupt OUT, the path Linux usbhid uses fo… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/569
• Stop an unlinked ShanWan adapter from stalling each output report for… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/570
• Add a ControlApp rumble tester that pulses motors through IPC in any … by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/571
• Surface an unlinked ShanWan adapter's output stall without waiting fo… by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/572
• Fix/pin windows sdk by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/573
• Explain a missing IPC slot when the bound driver is older than 3.4.0. by @nefarius in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/575

New Contributors

• @coderabbitai[bot] made their first contribution in https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/pull/421

Full Changelog: https://github.com/nefarius/DsHidMini/compare/setup-v3.5.1...setup-v3.15.0