@sdetweil Yes I do. I think I will just implement it with TouchButtons. But thank you so much for all your help.

@sdetweil That did not fix the error :(

@sdetweil
I tried

{
		    	module: 'MMM-Buttons',
			//position: "middle_center",
		    	config: {
				buttons: [
			    	{
					pin: 5,
					activeLow = false,
					name: "test_button",
					longPress: {
					notification: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER",
				    	payload: {action: "PAUSE_STOPWATCHTIMER"}
				},
					shortPress: {
				    	notification: "START_STOPWATCH",
				    	payload: {action: "START_STOPWATCH"}
					}
			    	}
				]
		    	}
		}
and I get this error: 

[ERROR] WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: /home/group6/MagicMirror/config/config.js:117
activeLow = false,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Invalid shorthand property initializer
at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1160:20)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1212:27)
at Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1311:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1098:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:945:12)
at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:13672)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1122:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
at loadConfig (/home/group6/MagicMirror/js/app.js:117:14)
at App.start (/home/group6/MagicMirror/js/app.js:250:18)
at Object. (/home/group6/MagicMirror/js/electron.js:193:7)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
at Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1311:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1098:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:945:12)

``t

Hello all,

I am trying to implement a way to start a timer with an external device and am using StopwatchTimer and Buttons to do this. Recently, I kept getting this error which leads me to believe that is why my button is not working as expected.

Thank you!

@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 This is a pi4 model b.

@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 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.

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
    },```