Problem Adding Buttons & required Remote-Control Modules

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);
      }
    });
  }
});

sdetweil

@ChrisLeduex well, you don’t have any source errors. altho you have 2 start: functions in the modulename.js

I see this as output of the pinctrl command on my pi 4

 pinctrl
 0: ip    pu | hi // ID_SDA/GPIO0 = input
 1: ip    pu | hi // ID_SCL/GPIO1 = input
 2: ip    pu | hi // GPIO2 = input
 3: ip    pu | hi // GPIO3 = input
 4: ip    pu | hi // GPIO4 = input
 5: ip    pu | hi // GPIO5 = input
 6: ip    pu | hi // GPIO6 = input
 7: ip    pu | hi // GPIO7 = input
 8: ip    pu | hi // GPIO8 = input
 9: ip    pd | lo // GPIO9 = input
10: ip    pd | lo // GPIO10 = input
11: ip    pd | lo // GPIO11 = input
12: ip    pd | lo // GPIO12 = input
13: ip    pd | lo // GPIO13 = input
14: ip    pn | hi // GPIO14 = input
15: ip    pu | hi // GPIO15 = input
16: ip    pd | lo // GPIO16 = input
17: ip    pd | lo // GPIO17 = input
18: ip    pd | lo // GPIO18 = input
19: ip    pd | lo // GPIO19 = input
20: ip    pd | lo // GPIO20 = input
21: ip    pd | lo // GPIO21 = input
22: ip    pd | lo // GPIO22 = input
23: ip    pd | lo // GPIO23 = input
24: ip    pd | lo // GPIO24 = input
25: ip    pd | lo // GPIO25 = input
26: ip    pd | lo // GPIO26 = input
27: ip    pd | lo // GPIO27 = input
28: a5    pu | hi // RGMII_MDIO/GPIO28 = RGMII_MDIO
29: a5    pd | lo // RGMIO_MDC/GPIO29 = RGMII_MDC
30: a3    pu | lo // CTS0/GPIO30 = CTS0
31: a3    pn | lo // RTS0/GPIO31 = RTS0
32: a3    pn | hi // TXD0/GPIO32 = TXD0
33: a3    pu | hi // RXD0/GPIO33 = RXD0
34: a3    pn | hi // SD1_CLK/GPIO34 = SD1_CLK
35: a3    pu | hi // SD1_CMD/GPIO35 = SD1_CMD
36: a3    pu | hi // SD1_DATA0/GPIO36 = SD1_DAT0
37: a3    pu | hi // SD1_DATA1/GPIO37 = SD1_DAT1
38: a3    pu | hi // SD1_DATA2/GPIO38 = SD1_DAT2
39: a3    pu | hi // SD1_DATA3/GPIO39 = SD1_DAT3
40: a0    pn | lo // PWM0_MISO/GPIO40 = PWM1_0
41: a0    pn | lo // PWM1_MOSI/GPIO41 = PWM1_1
42: op -- pu | lo // STATUS_LED_G_CLK/GPIO42 = output
43: ip    pu | hi // SPIFLASH_CE_N/GPIO43 = input
44: ip    pu | hi // SDA0/GPIO44 = input
45: ip    pu | hi // SCL0/GPIO45 = input
46: ip    pu | lo // RGMII_RXCLK/GPIO46 = input
47: ip    pu | lo // RGMII_RXCTL/GPIO47 = input
48: ip    pd | lo // RGMII_RXD0/GPIO48 = input
49: ip    pd | lo // RGMII_RXD1/GPIO49 = input
50: ip    pd | lo // RGMII_RXD2/GPIO50 = input
51: ip    pd | lo // RGMII_RXD3/GPIO51 = input
52: ip    pd | lo // RGMII_TXCLK/GPIO52 = input
53and : ip    pd | lo // RGMII_TXCTL/GPIO53 = input

and this for output of pinctrl 19

19: ip    pd | lo // GPIO19 = input

so the “pinctrl 19” command and parseInt(“19: ip pd | lo // GPIO19 = input”, 10);
will return 19

I think you meant pinctrl get 19, after sometime prior doing pinctrl set

pinctrl help
shows all it can do