PowerBlock shows strange behavior; Boot once, quick flash always

wolfman1138

So I have my power block installed on my rpi3, but it is not behaving correctly.

I have just installed the new retro-pie 4.0.2 img and I am using a jumper wire as a switch to test.
When I first plug in the rpi power supply into the poweblock, the Pi is off and the LED is off (expected behavior). Connect the jumper across the switch terminals and the Pi boots but the powerblock LED goes into the quick flash mode. I never see the slow flash, nor the solid on.

I believe that I got everything installed properly. I followed the step-by-step on the petrockblog page and I see the service started using service --status-all "[ + ] powerblock"

Disconnecting the jumper/switch does not do anything. I have to still physically remove the power to shut down.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Septemberist7

Try connecting the switch before plugging in the power supply?

(I have not used the PowerBlock)

wolfman1138

To be sure that it was not a bounce issue, I have soldered a regular SPST switch onto a short 5 inch jumper. I get the exact same behavior. Status LED on the PowerBlock starts the fast flash when the Pi boots and the switch has no affect after the initial power on.

Thanks for any help.

petrockblog

Maybe you can post one or two images of your hardware setup?

wolfman1138

Video:

Plug in, flip switch, watch it boot with quick flash. No shutdown.

Pictures:
http://imgur.com/a/N1tzb

I have tried it with and without the wireless keyboard and the Xbox controller. Doesn't change the behavior.

Thanks!

petrockblog

The observation that the flashing does not stop means that the PowerBlock driver on the Raspberry is not running correctly. Essentially, the PowerBlock service is installed with these steps:

cd PowerBlock
make

If everything went fine you can install with the command

sudo make install

Finally, you install the PowerBlock service as daemon with this command:

sudo make installservice

Does every single step run without errors?

wolfman1138

Success! Thanks for the help.
Something must have gone wrong with the initial make when I ran through the instructions the 1st time.
What I did to fix it.
I re-pulled the updates and upgrades and got everything clean.
I removed and re-pulled the PowerBlock directory.
Followed the make and install.

Everything works properly now. Thanks for the help.