Getting started
PS5 controller authentication with Zen LINK
Use the current native PS5 path and separate controller authentication from script setup.
Installing a script does not configure PS5 controller authentication. The current official native PS5 path requires the Zen LINK Wi-Fi Expansion Module. Cronus now lists the older no-Zen-LINK bypass as unsupported. Follow the official Zen LINK setup before tuning a Vera script.
Use this order
- Disconnect the Zen from the computer.
- Connect it to the PS5 using the console/gaming port.
- Connect Zen LINK to A1 and the DualSense controller to A3 for the documented wired setup.
- Set the PS5 controller Communication Method to Use USB Cable and complete the current Zen LINK console configuration.
- Prove every dashboard button and both sticks work before opening a game.
How to tell what is wrong
- No dashboard input: cable, port, controller authentication, or output protocol.
- Dashboard works but the game says no controller: authentication session or game/controller mode.
- Dashboard and game input work but a mod does not: open that script's guide and check its menu settings.
For DualSense Edge, the official guide requires the right-stick sensitivity curve at Default, curve adjustment 0, and deadzone adjustment 0%. Do not factory reset the Zen just because PS5 authentication failed; first recheck the documented Zen LINK path, console settings, ports, and cables.