Trouble charging PS3 controllers with the Powerport 10

I’ve been trying to find a way to organize all of my “chargeables”. Between my PS3, move controllers (for PSVR), PS4, Wii U, 3DS, phones (I have one personal and one for work), and other miscellany, not only do I feel like I’m always trying to find a way to keep it all organized, but charging/outlet/plug situation is just getting out of hand too.

To help combat this I came up with the idea of modifying my end table to add a couple of sectioned drawers to organize it all while adding the appropriate USB cables to each cubby for the intended device to charge. To charge it all, I ordered the powerport 10 along with new cables for each run, only now I’m figuring out that the PS3/move controllers won’t charge. Everything else (PS4, Wii U, 3DS, etc) does no problem, just not the PS3 devices.

After some digging around, it sounds like one of two things but I’ve found nothing definitive: either the controller needs to handshake with something before it’ll start charging (PS3, laptop, etc), or it won’t self-regulate the amperage - meaning instead of just scaling down and taking only what it needs, it won’t charge at all.

Anyone run into this issue before? Anyone know of a workaround?

I know of no work-around. The PS3 controllers (I can only speak from my experience with those) indeed require a handshaking command from the charging source and has always been this way despite the power current capability of the charger being used or the type or length of cable being used. No handshake, no charge.

See this: https://web.archive.org/web/20120328002711/http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=12778