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    2 ControlBlocks not working together

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      daviddam
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      I tried another Pi 3 and got the same results.
      I also tried getting a brand new microSD, putting RetroPie on it, building the ControlBlock service and got the exact same results. At this point I am assuming it is a software "thing", but I'm at a loss on how to go about fixing it.

      Does anyone have any further suggestions?

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        petrockblog Global Moderator
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        Hi!
        Did you set the hardware address as described at https://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2#4-player-extension-with-two-controlblocks?

        Can you post a picture of your hardware setup here?

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          daviddam
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          Here are some pics. Sorry the SJ1 pic isn't very clear. I verified with a multimeter that the one pad is not connected to the other two and that the other two are connected.

          SJ1
          Both
          CB1

          https://ibb.co/c8QwrS
          https://ibb.co/ja40J7
          https://ibb.co/diDud7

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            daviddam
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            Any chance anyone has any more ideas? It's been almost 4 weeks since I sent the images.

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              petrockblog Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Sorry for this delay.
              Another thing that I thought of is that maybe the two bent pins (11 & 12) are touching each other when the second CB is attached as well.
              If you have a side cutter you could cut these two pins on CB1 to mitigate this.

              If this idea does not help, I could provide you with a RetroPie image that I tested successfully with a four player configuration with two ControlBlocks. In that way we could rule out that it is a software issue.

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                daviddam
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                Yes, please send me the image you have. I tried cutting the pins and still no luck. At this point I'm out of ideas.

                Thank you.

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                  petrockblog Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  I just tested a four-player hardware setup in my side. It seems that something broke in the driver: Starting the ControlBlock service with a second ControlBlock enabled via the config file lets the driver return with error code 139 right after start:

                  pi@retropie:~/ControlBlockService2/build $ sudo ./controlblock 
                  pi@retropie:~/ControlBlockService2/build $ echo $?
                  139
                  

                  I am sorry for that! I try to have that fixed until Wednesday. I let you know then here.

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                    daviddam @petrockblog
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                    @petrockblog Any luck getting the driver updated?

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                      petrockblog Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      I am still working on it. I do not make progress as fast as I expected. Something got screwed up with one of the recent change sets of the driver.

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                        daviddam
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                        OK, thank you for the update.

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

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