Multi Switch Shutdown Script!

cyperghost

@vivesladron then change the delieverd scripts from YouTube with calls according to help in multi_switch e.g. bash /path/to/multi_switch.sh --es-restart & to restart ES properly.

vivesladron

Ok
I designed my power button menu

And I edited es_systems.cfg
<system>
<name>power</name>
<fullname>Power</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts</path>
<extension>.rp .sh</extension>
<command>/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-poweroff</command>
<platform/>
<theme>power</theme>

Is that a good option to do it?
Will it save metadata and shutdown the system?

How can I run it directly without the next screen?

Thank you!

Drakaen391

try changing the path to the full path to the script, to see if that works

vivesladron

@Drakaen391 Thanks I’ll try that

cyperghost

@vivesladron Do following

on es_systems

<system>
<name>power</name>
<fullname>Power</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts</path>
<extension>.sh</extension>
<command>bash %ROM%</command>
<platform/>
<theme>power</theme>

Then put your script files into /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts

nano "/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/PowerOff.sh

#Poweroff Script by cyperghost
/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-poweroff &

nano "/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/Restart ES.sh"

#Restart EmulationStation by cyperghost
/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-restart &

That should work.

vivesladron

@cyperghost

That’s perfect
Thanks!

What if I want only poweroff by pressing just once from the power menu?

I didn’t check @drakaen391 suggestion yet

cyperghost

@vivesladron

What if I want only poweroff by pressing just once from the power menu?

Not possible - therfore someone has to change the code of EmulationStation.
You've got the same behaviour with KODI. One file to start but you have to enter the "system" and to start the single "ROM" file ;)

vivesladron

@cyperghost
I'm running the ROMs from a USB drive and I'm having problems with the scripts

/home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/PowerOff.sh: line 2 /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh: Permission denied

I tried with chmod +x but no difference
Do you know how to fix it?

Thanks

cyperghost

@vivesladron Shure... just add bash command inside the scripts

so it will look like
bash /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts/multi_switch.sh --es-restart &

vivesladron

@cyperghost

So easy!
Thank you!
:)

Rion

@cyperghost Hi! Is your script compatible with mini-mods NesPi Fan Controller?

Github link to the script

Efriim

I really appreciate this script and have used it since before I registered to the forums here.

Since I have had the same retropie build for a while and I uninstalled two or three other shutdown scripts before installing this one.

I like that I can exit the dreamcast emulator without having to use the controller. I was wondering about when I press the reset button to do this. I get this error:

rc.local[__]: /opt/RetroFlag/multi_switch.sh: line 63: kill: (___) - No such process

Is this normal behavior, and can I fix it?

I was also wondering about the fan_shutdown additional script.
When I turn my pi off, say using the Emulationstation menu to shutdown; the fan always stays on until I hit the switch on my case; Was the fan_shutdown script meant to turnoff the fan in that usage? If so what do I need to do to get it to work properly?
Thanks, @cyperghost

cyperghost

@Efriim This could happen if the kill command fails because the PID was closed already and the kill commands leads to a already closed process.
You can add a > /dev/null 2>&1 to python script in rc.local to get rid of it.

The fan script is needed for some old NESPi cases. Some users report the fan is still blowing without it. So your description sounds like that it can help in this case. I've a SNES case and I do not need it.

Efriim

@cyperghost
I think I didn't describe the fan concisely. I was suggesting that the fan should be shutdown with the system e.g. sudo poweroff, and without having to get up and hit the powerswitch. What you say makes sense, that the fan wouldn't shutdown even when hitting the power switch on some cases.
I have Retroflag MegaPi Case.

cyperghost

@Efriim You may add the shutdown script according to the github description

Install fan_shutdown script: cd /lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ && sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown/master/shutdown_fan && sudo chmod +x shutdown_fan
Install raspi-gpio with sudo apt install raspi-gpio
The shutdown_fan is setted to GPIO4 as standard
Therefore you might edit with sudo nano /lib/systemd/system-shutdown/shutdown_fan

The script will be executed miliseconds before shutdown and will cut off power and stops the fan from everlasting blowing.

Efriim

I'm trying the different GPIO for the shutdown_fan as it isn't doing anything. I'll update if I am successful. The fan is not connected to the gpio however it is connected to the board that connects to the GPIO. I tried GPIO set 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10 none did as I wanted it to do. Hitting the powerswitch turns off the fan as per normal.

Efriim

@cyperghost Hi, along with the script and its shutdown function working for dreamcast. A new feature of the reicast emulator is to save the rtc setting to emu.cfg when invoking the exit by pressing the exit hotkey. Using the script reset button to exit the emulator does, so successfully however it doesn't save the rtc settings. Meaning I have the set time/date screen until I make a clean exit with the controller and this lasts for a month or so. Do you think we will be able to add this type of exit to the script for reicast?

I meant here that the reset button to exit reicast works and I am happy and proud to use this script. If there was a way to passthrough a command to reicast to initialize the poweroff where it saves the rtc, I would too like to know this.

mitu

@Efriim said in Multi Switch Shutdown Script!:

A new feature of the reicast emulator is to save the rtc setting to emu.cfg when invoking the exit by pressing the exit hotkey

Are you sure ? The RTC is saved in the NVRAM file (BIOS/dc/dc_nvmem.bin), not in the emu.cfg file.

Efriim

@mitu
The setting looks like this from emu.cfg
Dreamcast.RTC = 1543281985

The nvram needs to be within a number of seconds of this setting, that is why it asks for the time/date even if it has already been saved in the nvram.

cyperghost

@Efriim This could happen if the kill command fails. After 2 seconds annother kill command with -9 parameter is send to process and this will terminate the emulator. The only way I see is to use the NET commands retroarch offers. There you can send key commands to proper exit the core. Let me think about it ..,