Well finaly i got to putting om my new powerblock after putting in the script code it seemd like it went the same way as the previous version with the rebooting and all.

I removed the powerblock went in to the retropie setup and updated the installation script, then went to the drivers and installed the powerblock from there.

After a reboot it works like a charm now.

Thanks Florian

Retropie rocks !!

@petrockblog Thank you very much !!!!

Perfect, thank you for confirming.

Thanks for your reply. As mentioned by various other users it works without any flaws!

No, it is not possible. Pins 11 and 12 are hard wired, sorry.

Is there a typo? It should be g++-4.9and not g++4.9.

@UDb23 - Thank you! I'll snag the MAME version of Contra and see how that handles it. I appreciate you pointing me in that direction!!!

@colourgraphics said in Player 2 not working - Using arcade controls:

input_player2_a = "s"
input_player2_b = "a"
input_player2_y = "q"
input_player2_x = "k"
input_player2_start = "num2"
input_player2_select = "num6"
input_player2_l = null
input_player2_r = null
input_player2_left = "d"
input_player2_right = "g"
input_player2_up = "r"
input_player2_down = "f"

I've tried doing exactly this, and cannot get Player 2 to work in Arcade for the life of me. It works great in NES, SNES, etc... but doesn't work at all in Arcade. Any tips/advice?

@petrockblog it worked!!! Thank you!!!

You can download and install the latest revision of the PowerBlock driver. You can control the shutdown action now with a shutdown script, see https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#shutdown-script.

To find out if the RPi GPIOs are working correctly, you can use the script as described at https://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2#checking-the-raw-gpio-of-the-raspberry. It could either be a wiring issue or an issue with the ControlBlock. I suggest to run through the script and see if the GPIOs are all working correctly.

I recently ordered two and had a great experience. Shipping from Germany to the US took about 10 days, but that's not anything he can control.

I plan to buy more when I have additional projects.

@thrillho87 I had no issues passing wire through the pins.

@Mikester said in ControlBlock does not work:

Thanks for your reply.

It works! I tried to uninstall everythink and followed the steps. This time I was succesful.

Thanks for your help

When you say that you "uninstalled everything" are you talking about uninstalling/reinstalling RetroPie and everything as well? Or just the ControlBlock stuff?

Mine was working fine, and then stopped and is behaving exactly as you describe. I tried removing all the ControlBlock stuff and reinstalling but the problem persists. The only thing I can think of is to do a clean install of the entire OS...I just really don't look forward to going through all of that again.

I suggest to continue the discussion in your other thread at https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8155/controlblock-not-functioning-properly.

@Loren said in 2 questions.:

How do I completely remove the powerblock software (per say) from retropie. I built a SNES with one, but then flashed my image to another card for a different build and I don't need/want it on that build. Is there any way this can be done?

You can find instructions for uninstalling the PowerBlock driver at https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#uninstalling-the-service-andor-the-binary.

I also wanted 4player functionality but I didn't want to mount 4 joysticks. So I made a 2 joystick machine and installed 2 USB inputs in the front of the cabinet for two others to play via a USB controller like a PS4 controller.

However your idea of 4 joysticks would be cool too. It depends if you want ball or batt style joysticks. For ball, the senwas are good. For batt, the happ.