Glad to hear that you found the problem.

Glad to hear that! I find your hardware setup very clear and logical. So far, I did not find anything on the driver site.
You mean it was an issue with a configuration file of RetroArch, right?

I just pushed an update for the ControlBlock driver. The four-player feature should work again now!
Sorry for this bug!

@caver01 I second this. On the BYOAC forums there's lot of advice to find regarding the build itself, but note that not everyone thinks very highly of Raspberry Pi's there, so questions regarding this is better asked in this excellent site :)

Connected the leads straight from the 5v pins directly to the male side of the power and everything worked fine, so it is the nintendo side of the barrel jack.. i've got a new one on order so... This is resolved!

The new GamepadBlock supports switching between the various controller modes via a virtual COM port.

For the ControlBlock a Bash script could be written that changes the controlblockservice.cfg file and reloads the ControlBlock service. I have not had time to work on that yet, though.

@jeddo Questions:

Is the issue repeatable? Meaning, does it always show the issue after 2 hours of play? Does it go away after you give it a rest, say an hour? It could be that you have some thermal issues elsewhere, not necessary the RPi.

Does the power supply itself heat up after two hours of play? Is it hot to the touch? If the supply is not properly designed it could run into thermal issues and its efficiency to sustain the desired power output deteriorates. If that's the case see if you can have it replaced.

Do you have access to the ControlBlock while you're having the issue? Can you feel if any of the components in the ControBlock is heating up? If so which of the components?

@tmntturtlguy wohoo! you are my man! or turtle or whatever! thank you very much! It works now. Just needed to swap the es_input.cfg too for emulationstation config. I tested in the emulator before without es_input.cfg and there the controller worked. Just config in ES was missing.

Finally I can soon finish my project :) Thank you!

@ortsac so I tried switching with switched off console, same result. Checked the connection three times now. Should be working but it is not.

Maybe the controllers are not working properly. I cleaned them 1 month ago and I noticed that the rubber pads are not the best. There are stripes on the connection pad. I tried to take a picture of that.
rubber pad
I also measured the resistance of these, and it is >60 Ohms. Should be way lower than that right?

Can you post the output of the quick installation commands from https://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2#quick-installation here, please?
There is also a video that shows the "good case" installation.

Perfect. Thanks!

@TVsIan Glad to hear that it is working for you now!

@ortsac The driver polls the terminal pins on the player 2 side of the board and that's really all: If the SNES controllers are not connected to those specific pins, no data can be read out.

I will prepare a schematic for that part of the ControlBlock soon. Basically, the driver communicates with the two GPIO expander components on the ControlBlock via SPI. Nothing more fancy happens there.

Reckon one of these is worth £3.50, and will it just be on all the time? Or is it just pointless junk?

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Rob

@petrockblog Thanks!
Stewart

@petrockblog thats for your help! its working like a charm! Keep up your awesome work with the controlblock!

Yes, if the LED keeps on flashing the driver is not running properly.

@edmaul69 it's identified as a USB game pad, it's only the up/down axis that won't work, I'll try the lr-vice tomorrow, I can live without daphne :)

Glad to hear that!

Just for reference, I have posted a Youtube video that also shows the usage of a SNES reset button with the ControlBlock. You can find it here.

@petrockblog Sorry, forum rules prohibit that. Just do a simple google search for them and options come up. I do love your ControlBlock though, thanks for making it!

I can confirm that the information about the resistor is correct.