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      nickuspga
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      I am having a problem where my switch will turn my raspberry pi 3 on but will not turn it off. I had it working and then it quit. I have reinstalled the drivers and the script. I am also using a toggle switch.

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        petrockblog Global Moderator
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        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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          happygreens7
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          Ive tried this a few times and still a no go.
          I think I have tried every option from every post on here but still nothing!

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            petrockblog Global Moderator
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            Have you tried the installation instructions that where recently published as part of a tutorial series at https://blog.petrockblock.com/2017/06/30/tutorial-powerblock-raspbian/.

            Basically, the installation has come to this one line:

            wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/master/install.sh | sudo bash

            Can you post the output of that command here, please?

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              happygreens7 @petrockblog
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              @petrockblog
              well I am trying to do the ControlBlock, but I thought I had seen somewhere that some people said that by altering things with the powerblock helped with the CB idk
              I tried the test from the link you provided, "wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/master/install.sh | sudo bash", both with ControlBlock and PowerBlock between petrockblog and master but nothing.
              I also couldn't get either of my 2 keyboards(1 RF & 1 USB) that I use to connected to the Pi to type the " | ".
              not sure why. I shows it on the keyboard but when shft-| i get the ~ and when I press that key I get the weird symbol that looks like a upside down and mirrored return symbol.
              Now that I have started with a fresh install of EVERYTHING using a stock retropie image I still get the same results after installing and updating everything including the CB things

              Is there somewhere that I can find someone that already has an image set up and working that I can get a copy of??!! I'm trying to use the CB inside a SNEScase using the OEM led, power switch, and reset button. I've also got new wires connected from the back of the OEM controller inputs to the CB.
              I will say that I know the wires that I ran from the control inputs to the CB are good because the remote seem to be working just fine.
              Wish I could just copy my image and be done with it but I didn't use a CB on mine because i'm using the 8bito BT remotes. (he isn't that tech savvy, sad i know)

              please help!! lol ive only for a few hours until i'm the crappy brother that couldn't finish a birthday gift on time. lol

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