Push button (MMM-Buttons) does not send out notification to MMM-StopwatchTimer

[changaud]

Hello all,

I am working with the MMM-Buttons module to connect a push button to GPIO pin 25 (physical pin: 22) and have it start the stopwatch by notification. I tested my button using my terminal and found that it was connected fine, but when I set the configurations it does not do anything :(. Any help is much appreciated!

Below is all I have modified.

By the way, after major googling I found that the module uploaded by SmartMirror was buggy so I replaced it with this repository: https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Buttons.

config.js file:

},
		{
			module: "MMM-StopwatchTimer",
			config: {
				animation: true,
				sound: true,
				soundFile: 'buzz.wav',
				useNativeSound: true,
				useAlertStyle: true,
				//notification: ["START_STOPWATCH", "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER"]			
			}
				
		},
		{
		    	module: 'MMM-Buttons',
			position: "middle_center",
		    	config: {
				buttons: [
			    	{
					pin: 25,
					name: "test_button",
					longPress: {
					notification: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER",
				    	payload: {action: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER"}
				},
					shortPress: {
				    	notification: "START_STOPWATCH",
				    	payload: {action: "START_STOPWATCH"}
					}
			    	}
			    	
				]
		    	}
		}

buttons.js file:

Module.register("MMM-Buttons", {

    requiresVersion: "2.1.0",

    // Default module config.
    defaults: {
        buttons: [
			    	{
					pin: 25,
					name: "test_button",
					longPress: {
					notification: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER",
				    	payload: {action: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER"}
				},
					shortPress: {
				    	notification: "START_STOPWATCH",
				    	payload: {action: "START_STOPWATCH"}
					}
			    	}
			    	
				],
        minShortPressTime: 0,
        maxShortPressTime: 500,
        minLongPressTime: 3000,
        bounceTimeout: 300
    },```

[sdetweil]

@changaud 1st, never edit a modules source file. all config goes in config.js

did you use the right pin number
?

[changaud]

@sdetweil Thank you for your response! I will keep that in mind, but do I just leave the button configuration in the buttons module blank then? Also, I have it connected to the physical button 22 which translates to GPIO 25 so I wrote 25 down in the configuration file.

[sdetweil]

@changaud said in Push button (MMM-Buttons) does not send out notification to MMM-StopwatchTimer:

but do I just leave the button configuration in the buttons module blank then

you already put it in the config.js file

{
		    	module: 'MMM-Buttons',
			position: "middle_center",
		    	config: {
				buttons: [
			    	{
					pin: 25,
					name: "test_button",
					longPress: {
					notification: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER",
				    	payload: {action: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER"}
				},
					shortPress: {
				    	notification: "START_STOPWATCH",
				    	payload: {action: "START_STOPWATCH"}
					}
			    	}
			    	
				]
		    	}
		}

config overrides whatever is defined in the source file defaults section

[sdetweil]

@changaud said in Push button (MMM-Buttons) does not send out notification to MMM-StopwatchTimer:

Also, I have it connected to the physical button 22 which translates to GPIO 25 so I wrote 25 down in the configuration file

it was just a question… many starting users don’t know about the different numbering

so, when u push the button, outside magic mirror it works…

[changaud]

@sdetweil Yes so weird and frustrating T^T… Here is a picture of my setup. In addition, sometimes I get the error (this image is also in the google drive) and sometimes I don’t. I think it goes away after I delete and reclone the buttons repository. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y_QLDCuhfv9XELST0u2hwxTB4f3Fp4h9?usp=drive_link

[sdetweil]

@changaud said in Push button (MMM-Buttons) does not send out notification to MMM-StopwatchTimer:

@sdetweil Yes so weird and frustrating T^T… Here is a picture of my setup. In addition, sometimes I get the error (this image is also in the google drive) and sometimes I don’t. I think it goes away after I delete and reclone the buttons repository. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y_QLDCuhfv9XELST0u2hwxTB4f3Fp4h9?usp=drive_link

is this a pi5?

[changaud]

@sdetweil This is a pi4 model b.

[sdetweil]

@changaud if you run your test script before launching mm does it work?

see this
https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Buttons/issues/20

[changaud]

@sdetweil No it does not :( Do the errors possibly have something to do with it? I noticed the errors start to happen after the button is initialized. Also, do I have to have version 2.1.0 or is my current version (most updated) fine?

[sdetweil]

@changaud i do not know.

the error is that the pin is in read (input) mode, not write (output) mode.

i dont understand the change. on pi5 there is a change, but not pi4

my version of buttons only fixes install