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    Drakaen391 @cyperghost
    last edited by 21 Apr 2018, 23:32

    @cyperghost my plan is to create a python script for the GPIO but use either .ini or .cfg for people to customize

    It will look sorta like...

    GPIO triggered

    Check config

    Execute per selection

    RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
    Retropie (Latest Stable)
    PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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      cyperghost @Drakaen391
      last edited by cyperghost 22 Apr 2018, 05:57

      @Drakaen391
      That would be a good progress imho.
      You can use the same logic out from the bash script.
      Let me do some changes and I can provide a script that has several command line parameters.

      WIP:
      Command Line Parameters

      • --es reboot/shutdown/restart
      • --emuclose

      About the raspi-gpio
      It's not a question of the case you insert the Pie. It's more like how the GPIOs are triggered. If you read the internet in 99% of all howtos people use 3.3V and a resistor to input current to the GPIO. So of you press the button the current flow from ~3.3V is shorted to ground over an resistor.

      That's a comon method for the Mausberry switch for example. And you see it here in my script:

      #Mausberry
      echo "$GPIO_powerswitch" > /sys/class/gpio/export
      echo "in" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIO_powerswitch/direction

      @Yahmez used a clever way to solve that issue. He made use of the internal Pullup resistors. They work exactly same as an external (internal I think are 50kOhm resistors) but you need only a switch that is connected to a GPIO with activated internal resistors and connect it to ground, so outside no 3.3V rail is needed and all looks clean.

      Sadly bash isn't (easy) capable to export those function as filesystem. So you have no easy access to it. That's the reason raspi-gpio comes in. This C written tools sets the internal pullups and gives message out. So I just compare piped grep ouput if there is some change.
      There are also lot's more of that tools.

      1. PIGPIO (very capable but need to load it as service)
      2. wiringPI (very strong but I don't like the naming style of the GPIOs as they are copied from ARDUINO)
      3. at last raspi-gpio.
      4. surly others

      If you ask ... bash needs those extra programs and python has it all integrated then you are wrong. Python needs also a "external" programm, but it is called "LIBARY" und has to be imported.

      @julenvitoria
      Just delete/comment the specific echo and sleep commands. Then all will be fine.

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        julenvitoria Banned
        last edited by julenvitoria 22 Apr 2018, 10:47

        @cyperghost Sorry, maybe I explained wrong ... what I would like to know is if when your script kills the emulator process and is ready to close emulationstation the emulationstation menu is displayed for 1 or 2 seconds and then closes saving metadata ... Sorry for the bad explanation. I did not have the opportunity to try meleu's script when that method still worked and what I have now in my Pi works that way, it is not very important but I would like it more if it doesn't do it.

        Thanks

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          Drakaen391 @cyperghost
          last edited by 22 Apr 2018, 14:31

          @cyperghost then I think using Python for the GPIO call would be easier because it doesn’t require any extra installs (the libraries are preinstalled)

          I will write something up later after I do some errands

          RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
          Retropie (Latest Stable)
          PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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            cyperghost @Drakaen391
            last edited by cyperghost 22 Apr 2018, 14:49

            @drakaen391 I think I can implent function calls.
            So you use python to setup triggers and make a call to script like
            multi_switch.sh --es poweroff
            This will shutdown ES, closes all emulators running and saves metadata.
            Then poweroff command will be performed.

            multi_switch.sh --espid
            gives back PID from ES....

            @julenvitoria
            I made emulator shutdown and ES shutdown as quick as possible.
            I wait for runcommand.sh closing and then close ES.
            I think the script from meleu uses a static timer after emulator shutdown so you see the ES screen for a few seconds.

            You can post your current script to pastebin and write link here.

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              cyperghost @cyperghost
              last edited by cyperghost 22 Apr 2018, 15:48

              Created version 0.30

              We can now use command-line options
              @Drakaen391 that's the way you want it :D


              Systemcommand:

              • --es-pid Shows PID of ES, if not it shows 0
              • --rc-pid Shows PID of runcommand.sh - shows 0 if not found
              • --closeemu Tries to shutdown emulators, with cyperghost method
              • --es-poweroff Shutdown emulators (if running), Closes ES, performs poweroff
              • --es-reboot Shutdown emulators, Cloese ES, performs system reboot
              • --es-restart Shutdown emulators (if running), Restart ES

              SwitchDevices:

              • --mausberry If you have a Mausberry device, GPIO 23 24 used!
              • --onoffshim If you have the Pimoroni OnOff SHIM GPIO 17 and 4 used!
              • --nespicase If you use the NESPICASE with yahmez-mod GPIO 23 24 25 used!

              Please update code form my

              GitHub account

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                julenvitoria Banned @cyperghost
                last edited by julenvitoria 23 Apr 2018, 15:29

                @cyperghost oh, yes... I have no complaints about your script, it is perfect, it closes all the processes very fast ... the problem is that I want to have implemented the functions of restart and shutdown in a single button and the possibility of turning on a LED for buttons with integrated LED. For this reason (and because I do not know how to program bash scripts) I have implemented only the part of kill emulator process of your script (calling the bash script) inside a Python script that performs the rest of functions, but it takes like a second or two to close emulationstation. If you are curious, I can upload the code so you can see it. I will try implement in the same code another gpio only for shutdown in cases of low battery in gameboy zero projects for example

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                  cyperghost @julenvitoria
                  last edited by cyperghost 23 Apr 2018, 15:35

                  @julenvitoria That's also not the problem
                  You should use timer events. So you press the button (power button) if you release witihin 1.5 seconds you kill the emulators. If you don't realase the system power offs. Also doable ;) To led a LED glow

                  use raspi-gpio set GPIONrLEDCONNECTED op dh

                  to dim LED
                  use raspi-gpio set GPIONrLEDCONNECTED op dl

                  You can also export the port via bash command

                  echo "$GPIO_poweronctrl" > /sys/class/gpio/export
                  echo "out" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIO_poweronctrl/direction
                  echo "1" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$GPIO_poweronctrl/value

                  You don't need to implent the code.... Use your python code and if power is going to suspend then use ./multi_switch.sh --es-poweroff command ;)
                  It's a kind of swiss army knife.

                  So it's up to you and your coding skills, to call this script with the commands it provides. The rest ... button timing, LED glowing is a question of your coding skills. My knowledge in python is very bare and I'm also a beginner in bash.

                  To deal with the output of this script use this python sniplet

                  import subprocess
                  
                  def run(command):
                      output = subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True)
                      return output
                  
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                    cyperghost @cyperghost
                    last edited by cyperghost 24 Apr 2018, 15:44

                    Created version 0.40

                    Added NESPi+ Case!


                    -- ORIGINAL FIRST POST! -- OUTDATED!! -- KEPT FOR NOSTALGICA


                    I've lack of time so here is a base version of a script to detect PIDs of running emulator.


                    This is the are bare (but) working sceleton of how emulators can be detected!

                    You can download the script also from my github account: GITHUB - RETROPIE SHARES

                    How does it work:

                    1. This script uses runcommand.sh process as entrypoint
                    2. It generates an array of child-PIDs called through runcommand.sh
                    3. It shifts array backwards
                    4. It sends TERM signal to all PIDs called by runcommand.sh (from newest to oldest)
                    5. It waits if PID is finished
                    6. Emulator is terminated

                    So in practice:
                    runcommand.sh [PID 1234] calls emulator lr-xxxxxx [PID 1236]
                    So PID 1236 is terminated

                    sometimes there are several script called
                    runcommand.sh [PID 1234] calls bash file SCUMMVM [PID 1236] this calls SCUMMVM framework [PID 1345]

                    So we TERM 1345 and wait for closing, TERM 1236 and wait for closing!

                    The advantage here is... there is no need to hook /dev/shm/runcommand.log and read out used emulator. We need just an emulator call via runcommand.sh ;)

                    @meleu @mediamogul @Drakaen391 @caver01
                    Let us improve the shutdown scripts ;)

                    #!/bin/bash
                    # Shutdown Script Emulator Sceleton
                    # by cyperghost for retropie
                    # --------------------------
                    # Initial release: ??? Don't know January 2018?
                    # 04/19/18 Release in RetroPie forums
                    # 04/20/18 julenvitoria introduced kill -9 signal for emulators
                    # This function is called still all childPIDs are found
                    function getcpid() {
                    local cpids="$(pgrep -P $1)"
                    for cpid in $cpids;
                    do
                    pidarray+=($cpid)
                    getcpid $cpid
                    done
                    }
                    # Abolish sleep timer! This one is much better!
                    function smart_wait() {
                    local PID=$1
                    while [[ -e /proc/$PID ]]
                    do
                    sleep 0.05
                    done
                    }
                    # Our entrypoint! RUNCOMMAND is alpha, emulator is OMEGA
                    motherpid="$(pgrep -f -n runcommand.sh)"
                    # if there is no runcommand.sh running then exit
                    [ "$motherpid" ] && getcpid $motherpid || exit
                    # Reverse array and do your TERM job
                    for ((z=${#pidarray[*]}-1; z>-1; z--)); do
                    echo "Terminate PID ${pidarray[z]}"
                    kill -9 ${pidarray[z]}
                    smart_wait ${pidarray[z]}
                    done
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                      cyperghost @julenvitoria
                      last edited by 27 Apr 2018, 08:01

                      @julenvitoria I implented the python script from the NESPi+ to work with my script. Works like a charm - python is very powerfull together with bash.

                      So here is a full working example of how to integreate...
                      For explaination how this works.
                      The python script waits for a button event (the GPIOZERO Libery does this all in the background). A button is triggered now I as multi_switch.sh to output the ES-PID (to check if ES is running or not). If the result is a integer greater than 0 than it's a boolean true and we can shutdown ES with `./multi_switch --es-poweroff´ command (it closes running emulators, exits ES and initiates a shutdown) so all metadata is saved.

                      If the answer is 0 we've got a boolean false and we use the regular shutdown.

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                        julenvitoria Banned @cyperghost
                        last edited by julenvitoria 28 Apr 2018, 11:40

                        @cyperghost Hi! Sorry but I was very busy these days... tonight or tomorrow I will upload the code that I use for you to see it. Yes, Python script plus bash is a powerful weapon !!

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                          julenvitoria Banned @cyperghost
                          last edited by 28 Apr 2018, 17:09

                          @cyperghost Here are the two scripts... the first pastebin is a script in python and is originally created by George Ilyes (https://github.com/gilyes/pi-shutdown/blob/master/pishutdown.py) and is modified by PlataKoway and me to make it even more complete. Through this script I call version 0.07 of your script (the second one) in order to kill the process of the emulator that is running and then I close emulationstation in a safe way.

                          https://pastebin.com/4FgsKK06
                          https://pastebin.com/LpfaZh9J

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                            cyperghost
                            last edited by cyperghost 28 Apr 2018, 17:57

                            @julenvitoria There are some things that can be improved ;)

                            1. Primary: If you use python then make use of interrupt then you can avoid the while(true)-loop.
                            2. Secondary: I would rather do a ES-restart than a system reboot
                            3. Secondary: I would rather use the poweroff button for an poweroff at short press and would use the 3 second timer to do a restart/reboot ;)
                            4. Primary: The killall emulationstation will work in most cases but you will fail if you have scraped large amount of data. Because if after 5 seconds a shutdown is initiated the file system will be set to read only and you will loose data.
                            5. Secondary: You use lots of sudo commands. You call the k.script with sudo for ex. this isn't necassary as ES is called by user pi, morover if you call the script via rc.local you are user root (so even the sudo shutdown can be shortend to shutdown only) or if you call it via ES autostart you are user pi, and then sudo shutdown is needed ;)

                            All in all if you are happy with your setup and it works it is okay ;)
                            Imho take a look to Point 1, this is one of the improvements python can handle at ease ;) Because with this setup it really doesn't matter if you use python or bash ...

                            Take a look at this example here - you will see, there is no while-loop, because you can use interrupts. Your script uses polling :) Please don't take this as an offence.

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                              julenvitoria Banned @cyperghost
                              last edited by 28 Apr 2018, 18:11

                              @cyperghost Oh, thanks very much! I'll take a look to the link. You can be calm, I always receive in a good way a constructive criticism!! My skills of python are not very good but I am learning... :D

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                                cyperghost @julenvitoria
                                last edited by 29 Apr 2018, 05:03

                                @julenvitoria I'm with you.

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                                  gollumer
                                  last edited by 1 May 2018, 02:08

                                  I just got a nespi+ case, and installed your script (I never installed the one from nespi). It restarts ES fine, but I don't think it's doing the safe shutdown correctly. When I press the power button, it goes straight to a black screen and shuts off. I don't see the screen output doing it's safe shutdown processes.

                                  I used the instructions here to install: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17461/nespi-case-reset-works-power-doesnt/16

                                  I did install raspi-gpio as well.

                                  If I run this at the command line, I get a pid: ./multi_switch.sh --es-pid
                                  I tried running the shutdown command from the command line as well (./multi_switch.sh --es-poweroff), but it goes straight to a black screen as well...not a safe shutdown.

                                  What could be wrong?

                                  I have an RPi3, running RetroPie 4.3.

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                                    cyperghost @gollumer
                                    last edited by cyperghost 5 Jan 2018, 15:00 1 May 2018, 07:04

                                    @gollumer Well... did you checked if your favourites are saved? I regard your feedback as the script is doing it's work fine in a NESPI+ case. Let me explain: I tested several times on my system (It's exactly like yours: RPi3 and RetroPie 4.3) and I was able to save favourites and even scraped data with the switches --es-poweroff you used, too. So I see no fails or flaws. The shutdown is incredible fast because it terminates each session as long as the PIDs are not valid anymore.
                                    The trick is, that if the ES binary received the -TERM signal annother script (it's internal in ES) takes over and initiates the shutdown. So it behaves exactly as you restart/reboot/shutoff via ES's QUIT from Main Menu!

                                    You can view the script here nano /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh - this is responsible for restart ES and other system shutdowns.

                                    But please tell me if following things are working (because NESPi+ is still WIP, caused by I don't have this device here in range for testing, so everything is done with code reading and some photographs of the connectivity to the GPIO heads)

                                    1. You press POWER ON and the system starts, LED will glow if script is loaded
                                    2. You press POWER OFF inside ES (even with emulators running) and the system performs a save shutdown (with metadata, favourites .... saved) - LED blinks 4 times and stays off
                                    3. You press RESET with emulator running and you will be returned to ES
                                    4. You press RESET within ES and it restarts ES (NO REBOOT!!!)

                                    Thanks for your support!

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                                      gollumer @cyperghost
                                      last edited by 1 May 2018, 14:31

                                      @cyperghost said in Multi Switch Shutdown Script!:

                                      But please tell me if following things are working (because NESPi+ is still WIP, caused by I don't have this device here in range for testing, so everything is done with code reading and some photographs of the connectivity to the GPIO heads)

                                      You press POWER ON and the system starts, LED will glow if script is loaded
                                      You press POWER OFF inside ES (even with emulators running) and the system performs a save shutdown (with metadata, favourites .... saved) - LED blinks 4 times and stays off
                                      You press RESET with emulator running and you will be returned to ES
                                      You press RESET within ES and it restarts ES (NO REBOOT!!!)

                                      Thank you for your response. Here are the answers to your questions:

                                      1. Yes, POWER ON = the system starts, and LED lights up.

                                      2. No, POWER OFF inside ES did not perform a safe shutdown, no metadata saved. The LED blinked 4 times, then the screen went black. Prior to pressing POWER OFF, I had added a game to my Favorites collection, and verified that it was there. After turning off, then turning back on, the game was no longer in my Favorites collection.

                                      3. No, RESET with emulator running does nothing.

                                      4. Yes, RESET within ES (but not emulator running) restarts ES without rebooting.

                                      So, as you can see, it's partially working, but not completely (and the most important one...#2 (safe shutdown)...is not working.

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                                        cyperghost @gollumer
                                        last edited by cyperghost 5 Jan 2018, 16:36 1 May 2018, 14:44

                                        @gollumer Okay thanks.

                                        Script works!

                                        It is essential to set the switch in the NESPi+ CASE in ON position!

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                                          gollumer
                                          last edited by 1 May 2018, 14:58

                                          Update: I opened up the nespi+, turned the switch from ON to OFF, then back to ON, and now it's saving metadata! Seems that it wasn't completely in the ON position. Also, RESET from within an emulator now works as well. (I think the issue with that before was I was just pressing it quickly, not holding it for a second...)

                                          So, problem solved.

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