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      awwbaker @sdetweil
      last edited by

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

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        sdetweil @awwbaker
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        @awwbaker did you solve this?

        Sam

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          awwbaker @sdetweil
          last edited by sdetweil

          @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
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            @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

            Sam

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              awwbaker @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil ,
              Hmmm…thanks Sam!!!

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                ChrisLeduex
                last edited by

                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);
                      }
                    });
                  }
                });
                
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                  sdetweil @ChrisLeduex
                  last edited by 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

                  Sam

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                    ChrisLeduex @sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    @sdetweil Thank you for catching those, too much copying and pasting.

                    Removed one of the start functions from the module.js file and also updated this line in the node_helper.js file so now it is returning the pin state instead of the pin number.
                    //const pinState = parseInt(stdout.trim(), 10);
                    const pinState = stdout.includes(“hi”) ? 1 : 0;

                    There still seems to be an issue somewhere in my node_helper.js file though because I’m still not seeing anything from that file in the console. Looking through the forum it seems node_helper file issues are common and I’ve tried implementing a few of the solutions I found there but still haven’t found the problem but I will keep trying. I suspect maybe I’m not nesting my socket notifications correctly.

                    PinToggleTest.js

                    Module.register("MMM-PinToggleTest", {
                      defaults: {
                        pin: 19,
                        modulesToToggle: ["clock", "calendar"],
                        interval: 1000
                      },
                    
                      start: function() {
                        console.log("MMM-PinToggleTest started");
                        Log.info("MMM-PinToggleTest is starting, sending CONFIG...");
                        this.previousPinState = null;
                    
                        // Request initial pin check from the helper
                        this.sendSocketNotification("CONFIG", this.config);
                      },
                      
                      socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
                    		if (notification === 'STARTED') {
                        console.log("STARTED notification received from node_helper");
                        this.config.text = 'Started';
                        this.updateDom();
                    		}
                    	},
                    
                      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.js

                    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("Starting node_helper for MMM-PinToggleTest");
                    //    this.previousPinState = null;
                    //    this.config = null;
                    //  },
                    
                    module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
                      start() {
                        this.started = false;
                      },
                    
                      socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
                        if (notification === "CONFIG" && !this.started) {
                          const self = this;
                          console.log("CONFIG notification received");
                          this.config = payload;
                          this.schedulePinCheck();
                          this.sendSocketNotification('STARTED', {message: 'test'});
                          console.log("STARTED notification sent back to front end");
                        }
                      },
                    
                      schedulePinCheck: function() {
                        console.log(`Setting up pin check every ${this.config.interval} ms`);
                        setInterval(() => {
                          this.checkPinState();
                        }, this.config.interval);
                      },
                    
                      checkPinState: function() {
                        const pinNumber = this.config.pin;
                    
                        // Execute pinctrl command
                        exec(`pinctrl get ${pinNumber}`, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
                          if (error) {
                            console.error(`Error reading GPIO pin ${pinNumber}: ${stderr}`);
                            return;
                          }
                    
                          //const pinState = parseInt(stdout.trim(), 10);
                          const pinState = stdout.includes("hi") ? 1 : 0;
                          console.log(`Detected pin state for pin ${pinNumber}: ${pinState}`);  // Log the detected state
                    
                          // Only send if state has changed
                            if (pinState !== this.previousPinState) {
                            this.previousPinState = pinState;
                            console.log(`Pin state changed to ${pinState}`);
                            this.sendSocketNotification("PIN_STATE", pinState);
                            
                            // Small delay to avoid multiple triggers
                            setTimeout(() => {}, 100);
                          }
                        });
                      }
                    });
                    
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                      sdetweil @ChrisLeduex
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                      @ChrisLeduex I see this from the output of npm start

                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.225] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.225] [LOG]   Pin state changed to 1 at 2024-11-05T18:32:28.224Z 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.244] [INFO]  [MMM-MealieMenu] Week starts: 2024-11-04, next week starts: 2024-11-11 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.375] [INFO]  Mealie error={} 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.400] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 15 items. 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.413] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 22 items. 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.819] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: reloadInterval set to ttl=5400000 for url http://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:28.847] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 40 items. 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:29.225] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:30.225] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:31.225] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:32.225] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:33.224] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:34.225] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:35.226] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:36.227] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:37.229] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      [2024-11-05 12:32:38.227] [LOG]   Current pin state for GPIO 19: 1 
                      

                      I wrote a little pinctrl script that just outputs 1

                      #!/bin/bash
                      echo 1
                      

                      as pinctrl is not on my linux desktop

                      Sam

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                        ChrisLeduex @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil Ah yes, I forgot I have a python script I was kicking off manually that I forgot to run before testing those fixes. It is working now and both files are communicating with each other, thank you.

                        My next step is to see if I can get this working with the MMM-Buttons/MMM-ModuleToggleButton modules.

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