[Solved] PowerBlock not powering up Pi

DougA

RPi 3B
Retro Pi 4.4 image from this site, last updated June8th, 2018
PowerBlock (version B)
32GB Sandisk SD Card
64 GB Sandisk usb drive

I am having trouble getting a PowerBlock running. I installed the drivers as on the Petrockblog site, and installed the RetroPie driver too. I used an led toggle button with 5 terminals

Common
Normally Open
Normally Closed
Plus
Minus
And wired the PowerBlock leds to plus and minus, and the switch terminals to Common and Normally Open.

When I try to power up, absolutely nothing happens. Then I plugged the power directly into the Pi, and when I do that it boots up and then shuts down straight off with the led slow blinking, so I know that at least the leds and the software works. Can anyone see what elementary mistake I am making?

DougA

I found the solution. The switch has a removable harness, which has the connecting wires on it. It also can be turned 180 degrees and attached, which is what I did. Once I realized and rotated it, everything works perfectly.

This is what is known as an IBCK error - Idiot Between Chair and Keyboard

tba

@douga said in [Solved] PowerBlock not powering up Pi:

This is what is known as an IBCK error - Idiot Between Chair and Keyboard

At my company we refer to that as a P.E.B.C.A.K. resolution! (Problem Existed Between Chair And Keyboard)

Great that you solved it though!

mitu

@douga as @tba mentioned, the scientific term is PEBKAC.