Powerblock Switch Problems

nickuspga

I am having a problem where my switch will turn my raspberry pi 3 on but will not turn it off. I had it working and then it quit. I have reinstalled the drivers and the script. I am also using a toggle switch.

petrockblog

There was a bug in the recent version of the driver. That is fixed now! Please pull the latest version of the driver and re-install it. Hope that helps!

happygreens7

Ive tried this a few times and still a no go.
I think I have tried every option from every post on here but still nothing!

petrockblog

Have you tried the installation instructions that where recently published as part of a tutorial series at https://blog.petrockblock.com/2017/06/30/tutorial-powerblock-raspbian/.

Basically, the installation has come to this one line:

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/master/install.sh | sudo bash

Can you post the output of that command here, please?

happygreens7

@petrockblog
well I am trying to do the ControlBlock, but I thought I had seen somewhere that some people said that by altering things with the powerblock helped with the CB idk
I tried the test from the link you provided, "wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/master/install.sh | sudo bash", both with ControlBlock and PowerBlock between petrockblog and master but nothing.
I also couldn't get either of my 2 keyboards(1 RF & 1 USB) that I use to connected to the Pi to type the " | ".
not sure why. I shows it on the keyboard but when shft-| i get the ~ and when I press that key I get the weird symbol that looks like a upside down and mirrored return symbol.
Now that I have started with a fresh install of EVERYTHING using a stock retropie image I still get the same results after installing and updating everything including the CB things

Is there somewhere that I can find someone that already has an image set up and working that I can get a copy of??!! I'm trying to use the CB inside a SNEScase using the OEM led, power switch, and reset button. I've also got new wires connected from the back of the OEM controller inputs to the CB.
I will say that I know the wires that I ran from the control inputs to the CB are good because the remote seem to be working just fine.
Wish I could just copy my image and be done with it but I didn't use a CB on mine because i'm using the 8bito BT remotes. (he isn't that tech savvy, sad i know)

please help!! lol ive only for a few hours until i'm the crappy brother that couldn't finish a birthday gift on time. lol