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Wireless Plug & Play (no DOF / DOFLinx required)
One of the main features of Wireless VirtuaTilt is that it works without DOF / DOFLinx configuration in many scenarios. You get feedback from solenoids, shaker motor, analog plunger, and accelerometer nudging out of the box. Just load a profile and play.
For PC gameplay this works through the STEAM-XInput BT profile (Xbox Wireless Controller identity over Bluetooth) — Steam recognizes it natively as a controller, and games like Pinball FX, FX3, Pinball M, Infected Mushroom Pinball, and many others speak XInput natively.
Quick start for PC plug-and-play:
- Load VTConfig-BT-STEAM-XInput_v1.X.json with GUIConfigTool (USB connection).
- Click "Program Pico" — wait for the cabinet to reboot.
- Forget any prior pairing on Windows, then pair the VirtuaTilt fresh as a Bluetooth device.
- Open Steam → Settings → Controller. Disable everything in "External Gamepad Settings" except "Game rumble".
- Launch your favourite VP game and play.
Plug & play gives you a SUBSET of the feedbacks, not the full VirtuaTilt potential feedbacks. With the plug-and-play Bluetooth profiles (and any no-DOF profile) you get the flipper solenoids plus the shaker motor whenever the game sends an XInput rumble packet. The third solenoid — the bumpers/slingshots — and true per-event control of every output require a DOF / DOFLinx pipeline: over USB (Wired VirtuaTilt, or Wireless VirtuaTilt in USB mode), or over Bluetooth with the two DOF profiles (see DOF / DOFLinx over Bluetooth). Exception: the Zaccaria Pinball profiles also fire the bumpers/slingshots solenoid from the game's rumble. See the Feedback Devices by Profile chapter for the full breakdown.
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Last updated: 2026-10-28
VirtuaTilt is designed and manufactured by 3DPTronics — see the Wireless VirtuaTilt controller. Diagnose your own cabinet with the free VirtuaTilt extension for Claude.