@BuZz Why does Kodi need to copy that file into that folder to make its own port anyway? I don't know why it says to do that under Kodi in the Wiki?

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) ::

@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

You can download and install the latest revision of the PowerBlock driver. You can control the shutdown action now with a shutdown script, see https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#shutdown-script.

Thank you. I got it updated and it worked after an ES restart.

@gothats yeah, I noticed it stopped to work as expected. I'll check what's wrong and let you know if I discover something.

I just got another switch which works, not sure how this one would

@Danorak1981 Well that was helpful - thanks! I saw the guide on their site, but didn't know I needed to do that RPi config for the ControlBlock if I wasn't installing a switch or controllers (yet). I'm brand new to this type of thing, but I'm loving it.

I followed the guide (I'm also an idiot), and it seemed to install correctly. I'll need to connect my switch to the ControlBlock before I know for sure that my setup works. Thanks again!

Nice!

@petrockblog Thanks for the info!

I don't have a Hot Air Rework Station, but I may be able to get my hands on one at work.

Can I just ask, what are your thoughts on the Kynar wiring in the link-would it be suitable? And one thing I cannot find the answer to (unless I have over looked it): how much height does the Powerblock add to the the Pi, just incase I decide to go for a new one?

Cheers,
Dan

Go to this website: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/add-reset-switch-raspberry-pi/
And look for this section: "Give Your Raspberry Pi A PC-Style Soft Reset Switch" It's about 1/3 of the way down the page. (the entire page has relavent info though)
The section I'm talking about has this video:

As long as you have a rev2 or newer Pi, you can add a simple reset switch that'll work how you want.

Minor soldering (adding a 2-pin header) involved. You can just solder the switch directly to the header if you need to.

Note, I've never actually done this myself.

If you have es loading on exit, could make a button to exit kodi like that. I can't tell you how to do it though.

@mammaplank Good to know you like it! :-)

If you solved your issue, please mark this topic as Solved. It improves the forum's quality. ;-)

Cheers!

I was using a green LED latching switch.

I've since switched to a metallic recessed one:

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I still have some spare green latching ones if anyone needs one.

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I did end up using a DPST switch and it worked out great. The monitor would go into deep sleep, and seem "off" the marquee would turn off, and the PI would wait for the switch to turn back on. Once turned on, it would wake the screen and the marquee would come on at the same time. It works well!

@petrockblog You might want to add a bit more explanatory wording to the Control Block installation page. It might be intuitive to most, but I missed it, too, initially.