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      awwbaker @sdetweil
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      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] MagicMirror² 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

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        sdetweil @awwbaker
        last edited by 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

        Sam

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          awwbaker @sdetweil
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          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]

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            sdetweil @awwbaker
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            @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

            Sam

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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
                last edited by

                @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
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil ,
                      Hmmm…thanks Sam!!!

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                        ChrisLeduex
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                        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
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                            @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

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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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                                  @ChrisLeduex buttons is interrupt driven, but can be changed to polling like you are doing

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                                    @sdetweil Yeah you’re right, that one might be more difficult. But I do have MMM-ModuleToggleButton working with pinctrl. Here’s the updated node_helper.js file just in case anyone’s interested.

                                    node_helper.js

                                    const NodeHelper = require('node_helper'); // eslint-disable-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
                                    //const Gpio = require('onoff').Gpio;
                                    const { exec } = require("child_process");
                                    
                                    module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
                                      start() {
                                        this.started = false;
                                      },
                                    
                                      socketNotificationReceived(notification, payload) {
                                        if (notification === 'TOGGLE_BUTTON_CONFIG' && !this.started) {
                                          const self = this;
                                          this.config = payload;
                                    
                                          //const button = new Gpio(this.config.buttonGpioPin, 'in', 'both', { persistentWatch: true, debounceTimeout: this.config.debounceTimeoutInMilliseconds });
                                          //button.watch((err, state) => {
                                          //  if (state === 1) {
                                          //    self.sendSocketNotification(self.config.notificationName, true);
                                          //  }
                                          //});
                                    
                                          //this.started = true;
                                          
                                          // Set up GPIO as input using pinctrl command
                                          const pin = this.config.buttonGpioPin;
                                          const debounceTimeout = this.config.debounceTimeoutInMilliseconds;
                                          const notificationName = this.config.notificationName;
                                          let lastState = null;
                                    
                                          // Function to read the pin state using pinctrl
                                          const checkPinState = () => {
                                          exec(`pinctrl get ${pin}`, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
                                            if (err) {
                                              console.error(`Error reading GPIO state: ${err.message}`);
                                              return;
                                            }
                                           
                                            // Parse the pin state from stdout
                                            const state = stdout.includes("hi") ? 1 : 0;
                                    
                                            // Handle state change with debounce
                                            if (state !== lastState && state === 1) {
                                              this.sendSocketNotification(notificationName, true);
                                            }
                                           
                                            // Update last state
                                            lastState = state;
                                          });
                                          };
                                    
                                        // Set up an interval to check the pin state with debounce
                                        setInterval(checkPinState, debounceTimeout || 100); // Defaults to 100ms if debounce is not defined
                                          
                                        }
                                      }
                                    });
                                    
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