One of the most bizarre things missing from the PlayStation simulator was support for analog 
sticks, or gamepad support in general. I had just assumed that you would be able to plug a gamepad into your PC to control the simulator, but I was wrong. A keyboard only solution made owning an actual device pretty much an absolute requirement. Fortunately a user on the PlayStation Suite Developer Forums YamatoKei released a code driven solution, which in his own words:
The simulator’s input layout and limitations weren’t to my taste, so I made myself a way around it:
Run a TCP server that reads PC’s gamepad state and sends it back on a client request. And add a simple utility class/lib to connect to that server + decode data transparently from within the game. With a one-line change to revert-back to using the native input on real devices.
Uploaded here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1969613/openglForum/PadServer.7z
Code to use:
static ILXPAD pad1 = new ILXPAD_Net(); //static ILXPAD pad1 = new ILXPAD_Vita(); ... pad1.start(); ... pad1.update(); ... camera.roty -= pad1.RStick.X; bool jump = pad1.Cur.CROSS;Cheers.
Just what the doctor ordered!
Buyer beware, I haven’t actually tried this out, so if it doesn’t work, destroys your computer or causes a horde of angry cows to raze your house, I take no responsibility.