ControlBlock Power Switch Issue

m312

Same problem, not sure mine even powers off, but I'm fine with that, no accidental shut downs. I can power up fine with the button and shut down with ES, so might not change it even if there's a fix.

dantropie

@m312 that's defeats the purpose of adding a switch tho. Sigh

m312

@dantropie Yeah sure, it should be fixed, but for me personally, I don't mind as switching on was the thing I wanted it for anyway

m312

@BakedGoods

Try:
git clone https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock.git instead

the https made the difference with the Controlblock (which wasn't working at all before)

dantropie

@m312 yea you're right. i guess i can quit thru ES, but sometimes it's nice to just be able to press the button from anywhere in the game. i also have a main switch for the main system (pi, monitor, marquee light, and speakers) so i guess i dont really need a switch for the power.
ALso, i installed mine with the https, but still have the issue so dont think it's that. It did however make the buttons work.

hopefully a fix is made.

BakedGoods

@m312

Hey thanks for the tip. I uninstalled then re-installed with that link and the issue remains.

I mean it's not a huge deal, it does shut off, just takes 3 minutes. Kind of a quirky bug.

BakedGoods

@dantropie @m312

Hey so I (think?) I've got it fixed.

I uninstalled the service, went into the actual src files ("/root/PowerBlock/src/powerblock/") and edited line 54 of PowerSwitch.cpp to instead of say "shutdown -t 3 -h now" it's set to "shutdown -h now". I reinstalled the service and rebooted--works! Shuts down in about 30 seconds, I see the verbose shutdown, and no echo warning. I have no LED set up so I'm not sure how that responds.

So maybe not a bug but a deliberate 3 minute timer on shutdown? Not sure why.

petrockblog

Thanks for the heads up. I will release a version with a fix for that during this day!

dantropie

@BakedGoods awesome thanks!!! I'm still new to this stuff. Is there a way to make an edit without uninstalling and reinstalling things?

petrockblog

@petrockblog said in ControlBlock Power Switch Issue:

The location of the configuration file has also changed with the recent driver update. It is now located at /usr/local/etc/controlblockservice.cfg.

That change has been reverted. The config file is located at its original location at /etc/controlblockservice.cfg.

dantropie

Is there a way to edit the powerswitch.cpp without uninstalling and reinstalling anything?

dantropie

@dantropie is there a way to edit the cpp file from the command prompt?

dantropie

@dantropie so I did sudo nano on the PowerSwitch.cpp file and edited the line to shut down now. But it still takes 3-4 min to shut down. Any help?

petrockblog

You can download and install the latest revision of the PowerBlock driver. You can control the shutdown action now with a shutdown script, see https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock#shutdown-script.