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      m312
      last edited by

      Hi, just installing arcade buttons. Gone through the steps on the website, which went fine. However there is nothing in the file when I try sudo nano /etc/controlblockconfig.cfg.

      Also ls /dev/input/ only shows by-id by-path event0 mice

      Was expecting to see js0?

      Any help would be appreciated!

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        m312
        last edited by m312

        Just to add to this. I've definitely have revision 2.1 of the control block (pi 3) but tried the version 1 install as well. This actually did something!

        I can now use my power switch, but the arcade buttons are mostly all recognised as on and there are no changes when I press a button.

        Any clues?
        Is the github repository correct?

        I should say that the instructions for revision two didn't work on the petrockblog website. As -recursive, needed to be --recursive to work (two dashes)
        ...

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          maudio
          last edited by

          I have a ControlBlock V2.1 too. I tried the whole weekend to install the ControlBlockService2 ... nothing works.

          Finally i decided to check and install the ControlBlockService Rep without the "2" ... suddenly it works!!! Although V2.1

          @m312 : i will try the functions later, can't say much. The Switch and the Controller is now recognized by RetroPie so far.

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            m312 @maudio
            last edited by

            @maudio That's great, are you using arcade buttons? Do they work?

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              maudio
              last edited by maudio

              UPDATE : No button works... frustrating weekend :(

              Tried with cabels first. But no response yet.
              I planned to solder the outputs to the front(back) panel of a Snes, so you can plug original Snes Controllers in.

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                petrockblog Global Moderator
                last edited by

                There was a bug in the recent version of the driver. That is fixed now! Please pull the latest version of the driver and re-install it. Hope that helps!

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                  dantropie
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                  im having the same issue. cannot get my arcade buttons detected at all. i tried reloading the drivers today at 1/16/17 8:44PM and still nothing. any h elp?

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                    dantropie
                    last edited by

                    i got it to work!!! FINALLY!
                    I basically started over from scratch. I installed a clean image of retropie on my sd card and redid the entire process. took an hour or so but it finally works!!!
                    some of the installation process went a bit differently, so perhaps i made a typo or something the first time around.

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                      petrockblog Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Glad to hear!

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                        m312
                        last edited by m312

                        Still nothing in sudo nano /etc/controlblockconfig.cfg

                        Tried a fresh install, followed the steps on http://blog.petrockblock.com/2014/12/29/controlblock-power-switch-and-io-for-the-raspberry-pi/

                        The step that doesn't work is:
                        13. Clone the ControlBlock driver repository: “git clone –recursive git://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2.git”.

                        It does clone if you use --recursive, I don't know if I'm going wrong here, or if there is something else wrong...?

                        Step 15: Build Makefile: mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
                        Is that just a single line? copied and pasted as it is? This isn't on the video either, but make does not do anything without doing it

                        I notice theres similar comments on the YouTube video too of the config file being empty...

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                          m312
                          last edited by

                          controlblockconfig.cfg just doesn't exist :(

                          0_1484683396054_config.png

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                            petrockblog Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            The config file should be located at /usr/local/etc/controlblockconfig.cfg now. The documentation at Github was updated already, the documentation on petrockblock.com was updated just now.

                            Does it exist at /usr/local/etc/controlblockconfig.cfg?

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                              m312
                              last edited by

                              Wahey! I've got something in the file!

                              I deleted the ControlBlockService2 folder and clones again with the github instructions (which is different to the petrockblog website):

                              git clone --recursive https://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2.git

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                                m312 @petrockblog
                                last edited by

                                @petrockblog Whoops, sorry already tried updating from git hub

                                Think you need to update the petrockblog website so that step 13 says:

                                git clone --recursive https://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2.git

                                rather than

                                git clone –recursive git://github.com/petrockblog/ControlBlockService2.git

                                Thanks for the help, will be back if I still can't get it working, but at least the file exists now! :)

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                                  m312
                                  last edited by

                                  It all works now! Whooooo!

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                                    petrockblog Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks for the hint - I updated the URL in the documentation.

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                                      petrockblog Global Moderator
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                                      And glad to hear it is working for you now!

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