Install ConsoleMouse on Raspberry Pi

What you need

• A Raspberry Pi 4 or Pi 5, or a Pi 2, Pi 3 or Zero 2 W. Not a Pi 1 and not the first Zero.
• The Raspberry Pi version. It is sold only on consolemouse.com.
• A USB mouse and keyboard plugged into the Pi.
• Power for the Pi and a connection to your home network.
• Your own PS5 or Xbox on the same network, and your TV.
• A phone or computer with a browser.

Set up

1. Install ConsoleMouse on the Pi from the ConsoleMouse Raspberry Pi image or the install package.
2. Plug in the mouse and keyboard and switch the Pi on. The first start takes 2 to 5 minutes. You don’t need a screen.
3. Open the setup page of your Pi in the browser of your phone or computer.
4. Claim the Pi as its owner.
5. Pick your console from the list.
6. Pair your console. For PS5, type your PlayStation name. Then on the PS5 open Settings, System, Remote Play, switch on Enable Remote Play, choose Link Device and type the eight digits your PS5 shows. For Xbox, follow the guide Set up Xbox with ConsoleMouse.
7. Pick your profile, mouse and keyboard.
8. Connect to your console. TV Play starts. Control is still off.
9. Press Start control when you are ready.

Good to know

• The page is for setup and control. It doesn’t show your game. Your console sends the picture to your TV.
• Control never starts by itself, not even after a reload or a lost connection. Press Start control each time.
• If you hide the page or switch tabs, control lets go.
• Stop control stops control. Disconnect ends the session. Connect again appears when the connection drops.
• The page comes in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese and follows your browser.
• The Raspberry Pi version uses TV Play only.
• To start over, put an empty file named consolemouse-reset on the SD card drive called bootfs, then start the Pi.