Multi Switch Shutdown Script!
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@gollumer The link you've posted is not working :( So it may be helpfull to upload your photo again ;)
I assume two things as @cloudlink is reporting a good shot and even a powered down fan.
- There are several cases around with different PCBs (maybe annother reversion)
- You have annother script running in background
You are talking about an endless reboot loop...
This isn't possible with my script. In the worst case it will powerdown the Raspberry, but won't reboot. Can you post output ofps -la
please? This will show all programms running. So you can be sure no other script is running.Sadly I don't have this case! Without this it's a bit difficult to give you best advices. So it's just a bit of try and error! But I've to thank your for your energy in testing.
Can you type
raspi-gpio set 4 op dl
if ES is running? And what is happening then?I have noticed though that if I press and release the Reset button too quickly, it does not work. Is there a configured amount of time it must be held?
Yes it's the sleep loop. The state of all switches is polled only every second. So it can take up to one second until the button press is detected. It's caused by the script itself you may use
sleep 0.5
instead ofsleep 1
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Thank you very much for your help, you've been very patient.
I re-sized the image after I posted the link, so I think Dropbox thought it was a new image. Here's a new link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cevy9c5zeijm434/raspi3.jpg?dl=0
Here's the output from
ps -la
:pi@retropie:~ $ ps -la F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD 4 S 1000 914 631 0 80 0 - 1272 wait tty1 00:00:00 bash 0 S 1000 919 914 0 80 0 - 1152 wait tty1 00:00:00 bash 0 S 1000 920 919 0 80 0 - 1192 wait tty1 00:00:00 multi_switch.sh 0 S 1000 921 919 0 80 0 - 1154 wait tty1 00:00:00 emulationstatio 0 S 1000 931 921 0 80 0 - 477 wait tty1 00:00:00 emulationstatio 0 S 1000 934 931 43 80 0 - 49770 futex_ tty1 00:00:43 emulationstatio 0 S 1000 1833 920 0 80 0 - 849 hrtime tty1 00:00:00 sleep 0 R 1000 1835 1676 0 80 0 - 1070 - pts/0 00:00:00 ps pi@retropie:~ $
When I run this command (
raspi-gpio set 4 op dl
) with ES running, nothing happens. I get straight back to the command prompt (running in an SSH session from my laptop). Fan still runs.I hope this helps.
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I'm not sure if this could cause the issue, but I had to correct the path in step 5 of the installation instructions at the top of this thread:
From
/home/pi/RetroPie/multi_switch.sh --nespi+ &
To
/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --nespi+ & -
@gollumer Thanks.... Yes it looks all clean.
Annother user posted an image of the case maybe you can compare revision numbers but I see really no error in the setup.... strange strange strange....Can you please post output of
cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
@cloudlink Oh really? Yes that a wrong path! Indeed. I corrected this! Thank you so much. That may caused the issue at all! And your fan shuts off if you powerdown the system?
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Sorry I didn't think to mention that earlier. I forgot I had corrected that, but I just remembered while retracing my steps.
See if that fixes the issue. -
Yes, my fan shuts off when the system shuts down after I uncommented line 184 in /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh
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@cyperghost said in Multi Switch Shutdown Script!:
Can you please post output of cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh
Here you go:
pi@retropie:~ $ cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --nespi+ & emulationstation #auto
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@gollumer and now... output of
ls /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts
I still found no error ;)
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@cyperghost said in Multi Switch Shutdown Script!:
@gollumer and now... output of
ls /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts
I still found no error ;)
pi@retropie:~ $ ls /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts multi_switch.sh pi@retropie:~ $
Definitely weird. It must be something with my specific board? At least it's shutting down and saving metadata.
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@gollumer Hello my friend!
Today I got my NESPi+ case, too! And I was able to get the same behaviour as you descriped! So there is nothing wrong with your setup!The NESPi+ case is a real bummer! It can COMPLETLY shutdown power!!! Really!
You need the
shutdown_fan
script. Please install with this line
cd /lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ && sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown/master/shutdown_fan && sudo chmod +x shutdown_fan
That might work but you may edit the
multi_switch.sh
You can edit line that is round about 160 and change or download newest version 0.51
I removed the line that sets GPIOPoweronctrl to low, this caused issues! You can alse let this line still commented and use old version!raspi-gpio set $GPIO_poweronctrl op dh to raspi-gpio set $GPIO_poweronctrl op pn dh
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@cyperghost - YES! That did it! I installed the
shutdown_fan
script, then edited multi_switch.sh. Problem solved! Thank you! -
@gollumer Yes, it was a long way. Thanks for your reports and patience.
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Thank you so much @cyperghost!
I updated the multi_switch.sh and installed the shutdown_fan script. Everything is working perfectly except that it is not saving metadata when powering off now.
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@cloudlink Well I tested several times now. And I've achived always flawless shutdown and poweroff with no loss of metadata ... So safe shutdown works!
You can see if you restart ES ... as the file system is initiated you will see "retropie: clean" or "dirt bit set!"
If the dirt bit is set! Then there were issues with the shutdown.
In my setup it never accours. I would assume you've downloaded the newest version but did not remove the older one. So the new one is named
multi_switch.sh.1
Enter:
cd /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts
thenrm multi_switch.*
This will remove all copies of multi_switch.Then follow this guide here
I've written it for NESPi+. If you made all steps right then you just need Pt. 3 of the guide!Btw: My NESPi+ board version is USB2 V2, 18/01/18
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@cyperghost So, does this mean that with the proper software configuration using your latest updates etc., the NESPi+ case can function with full shutdown without the need for a Mauseberry or similar hardware hack/addition?
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@caver01 As far is a tested: Yes, it makes a full power cut.
There aren't any LED activites anymore (red LED for power on Raspberry for ex.) and 5V rail is also shut off. So this seems to work. It seems to work very similar to the Pimoroni ShimOnOff ... You need also a GPIO set to 0 that immediatly cuts power also via systemd, too ;)
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@cyperghost Amazing. This little case just keeps getting better and better. The updated script and NESPi+ means you can save $20 by not needing a power button circuit, and you save all of the modification time/risk, and you save the space inside the case for all of the rewiring etc.
About the only thing worth doing to these now is moving the ethernet port to the back.
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@caver01 If you want to save money definitly a good choice! A user from github told me, that in python script from retroflag it is possible to cut power, without the systemd-service. Because he said, my script works with reboot/save shutdown and so on... but the fan is still blowing.
Therefore I used the systemd-service to cut power and now the fan is shutdown by poweroff - same was reported by @gollumer. He made constant report that helped a lot. On my first tests I had exact the same issues as he reported - The Pie was shutdown but only in idle-mode (means 5V rail on, red LED on Pie also on). But with the introduction of the systemd-script the fan-off issue is also solved and we obtain a complete unpowered device (means 5V rail off, red LED on Pie also off)
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@caver01 I'm currently working on a version that supports command line options.
Up to now 4 parameters are supported
powerbtn=
with this command you set desired GPIO the powerbutton is attached to. If you left unsigned or you enter wrong setting, then default values are used. All devices support that commandresetbtn=
with this command you set desired GPIO the resetbutton is attached to. If you left unsigned or you enter wrong setting, then default values are used. Only the both NESPi cases supports that type. So if you use this command on a generic button it will be ignored!powerctrl=
with this command you set desired GPIO the power ON control is attached to. All devices needs this, except the generic button only! If you enter wrong values or leave it blank the default values for expected device are used. This command indicates the power device in which state the Raspberry is, so a complete power cut can be performed!ledctrl=
with this command you set desired GPIO a LED can be shut ON or OFF. Up to now only the NESPi cases supports that feature. I think I can integrate it to other devices, too.
So you set for example your Mausberry-switch via commandline:
- default values:
multi_switch.sh --mausberry
this will use GPIO23 for power button and GPIO24 for power ON control. multi_switch.sh --mausberry powerbtn=17
this will use GPIO17 for power button and GPIO24 for power ON control still as defaultmulti_switch.sh --mausberry powerctrl=4 powerbtn=3
this will use GPIO3 for power button and GPIO4 for power ON controlmulti_switch.sh --mausberry powerbutton=3 powerctrl=3a
will use default values GPIO23 for power button and GPIO24 for power ON control as parameters were all setted wrong.
Also better support pages will be contained. So you get support for each command or device if you just enter
./multi_switch.sh --nespi+ help
for example. I will integrate this into a later version so we can rush to v1.00.Annother thing I may add:
--systemd
value to create compatibility with Shutdown Service by @meleu. So you entermulti_switch.sh --systemd
into the service file:
instead :ExecStop=/etc/killes.sh
you enter:ExecStop=/path/to/multi_switch.sh --systemd
Then you are completly independent of the power switch settings from here and can use python or any other coding language to to get ES gracefully shutdown just by usingsudo poweroff
orsudo shutdown -h now
. The script is in no way abolished by revitalising the shutdown service because you can still reset/reboot ES with commands this script provides ;)And then maybe some installer scripts ;)
Much better documentatation ;)
So feedback is appreaciated ;) -
Version 0.85 is now available.....
This is a huge step!
v0.70 Parameter control, added extended help pages
v0.75 Parameter --CLOSEEMU is called --ES-CLOSEEMU (both can be used for backward compatibility!)
v0.80 Introduced --ES-SYSTEMD parameter, now the ES gracefully shutdown service by @meleu can be used
v0.85 Code cleanup, added watchdog to kill only persistent emulators with sig -9, added more helppages
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