Glad to hear that it is working for you now.

Powerblock works fine on Retropie/Raspbian. Open/LibreELEC are embedded systems so if it doesnt work OOTB, it is generaly a pain in the ass to make it work. The support for it should be given by them if they are interested.

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

You mean you need a tutorial for updating or reinstalling the PowerBlock driver, right?

What you could try is to run

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

from the command line to execute the auto-install routine of the PowerBlock driver (as described at https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#quick-installation). Maybe that solves your issue?

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 !!

I have a miniature sliding switch with 3 pins, I just soldered negative to the end pin and positive to the middle pin. I then covered the remaining exposed pin in hot glue to avoid any misdemeanours, and so if i removed the switch i knew which pin to use again. It's not a really clear photo, but you can see it in my picture here.

Unfortunately i'm in the UK, and I can't actually find it on their website, but my local Maplin (electrical hobby store) had one on the shelf, was about £2.

:: Edit - Switch I purchased is this one (it is tiny) ::

@Danorak1981 I actually made my own google doc of the steps necessary without game links.

If you need help still hit me up.

@petrockblog thank you for that! Worked like a charm. The PowerBlock is truly a necessity for me, and once I'm done with my pet project, I'll be sure to share.

The answer is very similar :-) Try to follow the steps given at https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#powerblock-driver. It would be great, if you would post the outcome here.

Sounds good, exactly the answer I was looking for.

I used the Xin-Mo controller unit on my bartop build (see link in my signature.)
Works great once the usbhid.quirks line is added.

@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

I use https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Wireless-Electrical-Household-Appliances/dp/B00DQDJJKU/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1482085935&sr=8-20-spons&keywords=power+switch+wireless&psc=1 and it works pretty well.

I'd be interested to hear opinions on this too. I've not bought a Powerblock yet but it is on the to-do list, and I'd like to have everything on hand for when it arrives. I like the switch-will that switch definitely work with the Powerblock? I was under the impression push button switches won't work with the Powerblock? Maybe I've read wrong, I'm new to the RPi scene so learning a lot too!

Your English reads fine by the way!

I know this is an old thread but I'm just getting into RetroPie (and Raspberry Pi's in general!)

@LeatherOtter Out of curiosity, did this end up working the way you expected? If so, I'm thinking the Powerblock might be a very easy way to modify my just arrived Retrflag NESPi case to make the power and reset buttons functional as expected. The Power button would just shut it down, and the reset button (which just momentarily cuts power) would cause a restart.

The PowerBlock works with the Pi Zero! One way for getting the needed packages and files on the SD card could be to use a "bigger" Raspberry with Wifi or Ethernet to prepare the SD card.

I'm using one of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0094GWD9W

It's an illuminated latching switch, rather than a rocker, but I've not had any issues with it (and gave a couple to other guys for their powerswitches and they both reported they worked fine)

For those keeping an eye on this thread, so far so good! For about a week the Delta PMC-05V015W1AA seems to be working just fine, runs cool, the rPi runs fine, I'll test the analog audio output soon just to see if it's clean. It does have a soft high pitch harmonic tone, but inside any enclosure should be completely unheard.