{SOLVED} How to make a momentary push button that exit games and take me back to game menu ?

[cyperghost]

@mitu Yes that's right ... but you can further utilize the script. If you use the parameters --es-pid and --rc-pid you can determine in which state the Raspberry currently is. So is ES ready booted? Is there an emulator currently running.... and then set actions for each state.

@O-M-A-A
You should get in touch with some coding

[O.M.A.A]

@cyperghost I'm too bad with coding xD but I hope one day I get used to some of it.
@mitu I copied the script u posted to /home/pi/scripts,
so, now I have this script in this destination: /home/pi/scripts, which contains the script u posted, and another script is in this destination: /home/pi/RetroPie/scripts which is called multi_switch.sh and it contains a very long script.

the power on/off button still working, but I didn't understand this part (You'll need to add another test for GPIO7 in the while loop, check if GPIO7 is pressed and then call the multi_switch.sh script to reset the current emulator), which is why still exit emulator button not working yet.

[cyperghost]

@O-M-A-A Please perform following command
chmod +x /home/pi/scripts/multi_switch.sh to make it executable

[mitu]

In addition to what @cyperghost said, copy the multi_switch.sh script also in /home/pi/scripts - that's the script I meant to copy there, not the one you posted (and I modified).

[O.M.A.A]

@mitu @cyperghost
ok I will try it now

[O.M.A.A]

@mitu @cyperghost

I renamed the file in /home/pi/scripts, to multi_switch.sh as in this picture

and it contains only the script u posted:

then I executed this command : chmod +x /home/pi/scripts/multi_switch.sh

but still didn't work, even the power button doesn't work now.
not sure what's the mistake I'm doing here.

[mitu]

@O-M-A-A You misunderstood the instructions - maybe I wasn't so clear.
You already have a script - the one your posted. Modify it and add the code I posted. In addition to the new script you have, download and put the multi_switch.sh script, which you can get from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown/master/multi_switch.sh, into the /home/pi/scripts folder, then make it executable (chmod +x /home/pi/scripts/multi_switch.sh).
Run your original script (now modified) and see if you get the desired behavior.

[cyperghost]

@O-M-A-A This does not make sense

Please use command wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown/master/multi_switch.sh -O /home/pi/scripts/multi_switch.sh

and then again chmod +x /home/pi/scripts/multi_switch.sh

[O.M.A.A]

@mitu thank you very much for your response,
I will try it now, and I hope I get it now

[O.M.A.A]

@cyperghost @mitu

Is this what u guys meant ?

shutdown.py contains the modified script, while I downloaded the multi_switch.sh and drop it this destination, then I executed this command (chmod +x /home/pi/scripts/multi_switch.sh)., the power button is working but not the exit emu button.
I hope this is what u guys meant !!

[mitu]

@O-M-A-A said in How to make a momentary push button that exit games and take me back to game menu ?:

I hope this is what u guys meant !!

Not really:

Run your original script (now modified) and see if you get the desired behavior.

You need to run shutdown.py, not the other way around.

[O.M.A.A]

@mitu
the original script's name is shutdown.py, I did modified it, or what did u mean ?

[cyperghost]

@O-M-A-A How do you startup this python script? (It should be the one @mitu presented you in this posting)

[O.M.A.A]

@cyperghost just copied it and paste it ;D

[mitu]

Can you take a picture of how the buttons are wired ?

[cyperghost]

@O-M-A-A How do you start the script? How do you start the shutdown.py script?

[O.M.A.A]

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[O.M.A.A]

@cyperghost @mitu
sry for the delay, I was having some error when replaying to u guys.

I actually found a command, when I just executed it, it made the shutdown.py script and power button works immediately.

this is the command:

[mitu]

Why are you posting an image of a text, instead of posting the text ? It makes it harder to copy it and verify the URL/file. We know now how the script looks like, the issue is why the 2nd button doesn't work - can you show us how you wired the buttons to the PI ?

[O.M.A.A]

@mitu I received error when posting it as it marked as a spam, give me seconds