Problem Adding Buttons & required Remote-Control Modules

awwbaker

Dear Mr @sdetweil
I think you are teaching me to fish…Did you see the error message below? Beyond the below, I booted the RPI 3B+, ran the “pinctrl set 6 op dl” command. Started MM and as previously the expected modules were hidden on start up. Pressing pushbutton did not have any affect on the display. I ran the button.py script and the button was sensed as previous. As your time permits I could use another push. Your efforts are VERY appreciated. VR Anthony Baker

2024-09-21 13:33:31.232] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-MktIndex
[2024-09-21 13:33:31.234] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[1856:0921/133334.081312:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
[2024-09-21 13:33:35.622] [LOG] Launching application.
[2024-09-21 13:33:55.076] [INFO] System information:

SYSTEM: manufacturer: ; model: ; raspberry: undefined; virtual: false

OS: platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.6.47+rpt-rpi-v8

VERSIONS: electron: 31.1.0; used node: 20.14.0; installed node: 22.9.0; npm: 10.8.3; pm2:

OTHER: timeZone: America/New_York; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined

[2024-09-21 13:33:58.321] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception…
[2024-09-21 13:33:58.343] [ERROR] Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, write
at Object.writeFileSync (node:fs:2346:20)
at exportGpio (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-ModuleToggleButton/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:18:8)
at new Gpio (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-ModuleToggleButton/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:172:36)
at Class.socketNotificationReceived (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-ModuleToggleButton/node_helper.js:20:22)
at Socket. (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/js/node_helper.js:98:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
at Socket.emitUntyped (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/dist/typed-events.js:69:22)
at /home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/dist/socket.js:704:39
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:77:11) {
errno: -22,
code: ‘EINVAL’,
syscall: ‘write’
}
[2024-09-21 13:33:58.345] [ERROR] MagicMirrorÂ² will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
[2024-09-21 13:33:58.347] [ERROR] If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/issues
[1976:0921/133401.533219:ERROR:gl_utils.cc(424)] [.WebGL-0x34004b5b00]GL Driver Message (OpenGL, Performance, GL_CLOSE_PATH_NV, High): GPU stall due to ReadPixels
[2024-09-21 13:34:01.636] [LOG] Create new calendarfetcher for url: http://p134-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/ODY3MDc3ODQxODY3MDc3OIsPCPqyTd7gfFTuhUgnU3E8veSROaMD9lC0bXMqbeTrcdUcRFgL2q0GROkcc6XtdbepSRYxUGbDtoDb3se2UkE - Interval: 604800000

sdetweil

@awwbaker i am on my phone, i can’t edit, and it wants to quote whole thing .

the os has changed the rules

i posted a response the other day to a topic that had some workarounds without coding changes

awwbaker

Dear Mr @sdetweil
Please see above, it seems “on-off” is throwing errors. It seems it is used by Remote-Control-Modules as well as Buttons. I wnet back and tried buttons. The error is below: Thank you very much. Anthony

[2024-09-22 11:34:50.557] [LOG] Launching application.
[2024-09-22 11:35:05.029] [ERROR] ERROR! Could not validate main module js file.
[2024-09-22 11:35:05.037] [ERROR] ReferenceError: Log is not defined
at Object. (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RAIN-MAP/MMM-RAIN-MAP.js:28:158622)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1373:14)
at Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1432:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1215:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1031:12)
at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:17025)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1240:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
at Class.loadModuleDefaultConfig (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/node_helper.js:314:30)
at /home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/node_helper.js:268:26
at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:5)
[2024-09-22 11:35:05.689] [INFO] System information:

SYSTEM: manufacturer: ; model: ; raspberry: undefined; virtual: false

OS: platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.6.47+rpt-rpi-v8

VERSIONS: electron: 31.1.0; used node: 20.14.0; installed node: 22.9.0; npm: 10.8.3; pm2:

OTHER: timeZone: America/New_York; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined

[2024-09-22 11:35:13.286] [LOG] Initialize button monitor_control on PIN 6
[2024-09-22 11:35:13.293] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception…
[2024-09-22 11:35:13.318] [ERROR] Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, write
at Object.writeFileSync (node:fs:2346:20)
at exportGpio (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:18:8)
at new Gpio (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:172:36)
at Class.intializeButton (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_helper.js:74:19)
at Class.intializeButtons (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_helper.js:90:18)
at Class.socketNotificationReceived (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_helper.js:26:18)
at Socket. (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/js/node_helper.js:98:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
at Socket.emitUntyped (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/dist/typed-events.js:69:22)
at /home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/dist/socket.js:704:39
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:77:11) {
errno: -22,
code: ‘EINVAL’,
syscall: ‘write’
}
[2024-09-22 11:35:13.335]

sdetweil

@awwbaker yes as i posted before

errno: -22,
code: ‘EINVAL’,
syscall: ‘write’
}

the os has changed how this needs to be done
i posted a link to suggestions on how to resolve it without code changes

the Log not found is caused by the remotecontrol module

awwbaker

Thank you, I tried the pinctrl to no avail. Thank you though! Anthony

sdetweil

@awwbaker did you solve this?

awwbaker

@sdetweil Sorry have been on travel last several weeks. No I never did. I have the remote control module in and working just never could not get the button push. I have mmm-GroveGesture installed and working with sensor. Still working towards getting modules to hide and show. Could I ask another question???

What can/should I do on this?:

[2024-10-28 10:10:15.299] [ERROR] ERROR! Could not validate main module js file. 
[2024-10-28 10:10:15.528] [ERROR] ReferenceError: Log is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RAIN-MAP/MMM-RAIN-MAP.js:28:158622)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1484:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1564:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1295:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1111:12)
    at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:17025)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1318:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
    at Class.loadModuleDefaultConfig (/home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/node_helper.js:318:30)
    at /home/awwbaker/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/node_helper.js:272:26
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:5) 

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sdetweil

@awwbaker remote control is loading the main js from other modules, but in the wrong runtime context.

i don’t know why it is doing that

awwbaker

@sdetweil ,
Hmmm…thanks Sam!!!

ChrisLeduex

Hi guys, I’ve been trying to figure this out too. I think I’m close with these two files using ‘pinctrl’ instead of ‘/sys/class/gpio/’ but I can’t figure out what I’m missing.

Based on the console log it looks like there’s an issue in my node_helper file, possible with the socketNotification functions because I’m not seeing any of my test messages.

And based on the log files there may be something missing from the package.json file because sometimes I get this error “Error: Cannot find module ‘node helper’ MODULE_NOT_FOUND” but other times I don’t. And I tried running this fix but couldn’t get it to work.
[https://forum.magicmirror.builders/user/jorickjuh](link url)

Other than that I’m not seeing any other errors and module does appear to be working but it’s just not processing any button presses. I’ll keep trying but I’ll post my progress so far on here in case someone can see what I’m missing.

test file:

Module.register("MMM-PinToggleTest", {
  defaults: {
    pin: 19,
    modulesToToggle: ["clock", "calendar"],
    interval: 1000
  },

//consol.log("MMM-PinToggleTest is starting...");

  start: function() {
    Log.info("MMM-PinToggleTest is starting, sending CONFIG...");
    consol.log("MMM-PinToggleTest is starting, sending CONFIG...");
    
    this.sendSocketNotification("CONFIG", {
      interval: this.config.interval,
      pin: this.config.pin
      });
    },

  start: function() {
    console.log("MMM-PinToggleTest started");
    this.previousPinState = null;

    // Request initial pin check from the helper
    this.sendSocketNotification("CONFIG", this.config);
  },

  socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
    if (notification === "PIN_STATE") {
      const pinState = payload;
      console.log(`Received pin state: ${pinState}`);  // Log received state

      // Toggle modules based on pin state
      if (pinState !== this.previousPinState) {
        this.previousPinState = pinState;
        this.toggleModules(pinState === 1);
      }
    }
  },

  toggleModules: function(show) {
    console.log(`Toggling modules to ${show ? "show" : "hide"}`);
    this.config.modulesToToggle.forEach(moduleName => {
      const modules = MM.getModules().withClass(moduleName);
      modules.forEach(module => {
        if (show) {
          module.show(1000);  // Show module with fade-in effect
        } else {
          module.hide(1000);  // Hide module with fade-out effect
        }
      });
    });
  },
  

  getDom: function() {
    const wrapper = document.createElement("div");
    wrapper.innerHTML = "<small>MMM-PinToggleTest</small>";
    return wrapper;
  }
});

node_helper:

const NodeHelper = require("node_helper");
const exec = require("child_process").exec;
//const rpio = require("rpio");
//const Gpio = require("onoff").Gpio;

module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
  start: function() {
    console.log("node_helper for MMM-PinToggleTest has started.");  // Confirm helper initialization
    this.previousPinState = null;
    this.lastChangeTime = 0;
    this.debounceDelay = 200;
  },

  socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
    if (notification === "CONFIG") {
      console.log("Received CONFIG in node_helper:", payload);  // Log receipt of configuration
      this.config = payload;
      this.schedulePinCheck();
    }
  },

  schedulePinCheck: function() {
    console.log(`Setting up pin check every ${this.config.interval} ms`); // Confirmation log
    setInterval(() => {
      this.checkPinState();
    }, this.config.interval);
  },

  checkPinState: function() {
    const pinNumber = this.config.pin;

    exec(`pinctrl ${pinNumber}`, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
      if (error) {
        console.error(`Error reading GPIO pin ${pinNumber}: ${stderr}`);
        return;
      }

      const pinState = parseInt(stdout.trim(), 10);
      const now = Date.now();

      console.log(`Current pin state for GPIO ${pinNumber}: ${pinState}`);

      if (pinState !== this.previousPinState && (now - this.lastChangeTime > this.debounceDelay)) {
        this.previousPinState = pinState;
        this.lastChangeTime = now;

        console.log(`Pin state changed to ${pinState} at ${new Date(now).toISOString()}`);
        this.sendSocketNotification("PIN_STATE", pinState);
        
        // Small delay to avoid multiple triggers
        //setTimeout(() => {}, 100);
      }
    });
  }
});