[ANNOUNCE] SqueezeButtonPi - Tool to use buttons and rotary encoders on a RPi

[mfraser]

I now have 6 capacitive touch buttons that work with this command:

sbpd -v b,20,POWR,0,1 b,5,PLAY,0,1 b,6,PREV,0,1 b,12,NEXT,0,1 b,13,VOL+,0,1 b,16,VOL-,0,1

Except that the VOL+ and VOL- buttons don't control the volume:
1665655871.6666 6 control.c,134: Button CB set for button #:5, gpio pin 16
1665655871.7481 6 control.c,276: Button pressed: Pin: 16, Press Type:Short
1665655871.7481 6 servercomm.c,74: Send Command:0, Fragment:["button","voldown"]
1665655876.2441 6 GPIO.c,107: Short PRESS: 84
1665655876.2442 6 control.c,134: Button CB set for button #:4, gpio pin 13
1665655876.2596 6 control.c,276: Button pressed: Pin: 13, Press Type:Short
1665655876.2597 6 servercomm.c,74: Send Command:0, Fragment:["button","volup"]
1665655876.8027 6 GPIO.c,107: Short PRESS: 2477
1665655876.8028 6 control.c,134: Button CB set for button #:5, gpio pin 16
1665655876.8686 6 control.c,276: Button pressed: Pin: 16, Press Type:Short
1665655876.8687 6 servercomm.c,74: Send Command:0, Fragment:["button","voldown"]
1665655878.1881 6 GPIO.c,107: Short PRESS: 936
1665655878.1882 6 control.c,134: Button CB set for button #:5, gpio pin 16
1665655878.2767 6 control.c,276: Button pressed: Pin: 16, Press Type:Short
1665655878.2768 6 servercomm.c,74: Send Command:0, Fragment:["button","voldown"]

[paul-]

Its not required anymore. Just download the extension pcp-sbpd.tcz that will install everything you need.

[fjk]

Hello,

how to install wiringPi, required to use SqueezeButtonPi?
I cannot find it in picoreplayer extensions

[amanker]

I have problem using rotary encoder for volume control.
Using sbpd -s e,16,20,VOLU,2
And commands for bittons. Buttons works. But envoder dont, i can see events in console. But volume is not chamging, in console i see -1 count then +1 count.
I tried changing VOLU to key event, but then also if turn left volume down occurs and after immediately volume up occurs so net reault volume always 100%

[paul-]

That is for sure not possible. You will need to write your own software.

[luigi2000]

You can do short press / long press.

Yes I thought about that but this is not what I want. It should be working with just one single press so that this playlist is always startet in shuffle mode.
But I actually found a way how to do it. I dont know if it is intended to work like that but it works.

I just double assigned the button like this

sbpd -f /home/tc/sbpd_commands.cfg b,4,SHUF,2,0 b,4,PRE1,2,0

and in the sbpd_commands.cfg i defined the SHUF command:

SHUF=["playlist","shuffle","1"]

I also thought it might be possible to do it with the SCRIPT Attribute but I don't know how to use it.

Another thing I want to do is to control a GPIO depending on the play state. Is there a easy way to do it?

[paul-]

You can do short press / long press.

[luigi2000]

start multiple commands with one button

Hey,

Is there a way to start more than one command when I press a button?

I have a playlist that is started when I press a button and it should always start in shuffle mode.
So im looking for something like this:

PRE1=["playlist","shuffle","1"]["button","preset_1.single"]

but it is not working

These single commands work just fine
PRE1=["playlist","shuffle","1"]
PRE1=["button","preset_1.single"]

Any idea how to solve the problem?

Thanks

[Corpze]

Just read the posts before yours, it was just discussed.

is it this sulotion?

#!/bin/sh

Before the script?

I appologize but I am a total noob...

I just can log in to SSH.

Someone wrote something about creating a startup.sh file?
How, where? what do i write?

I have read all the pages for three days now, nothing about what to write or where...

I just run the script posted and changed the pin-numbers and got that working - now i just need to make it permanent

Edit, this is how my terminal looks like:


Edit 2: Solved - I added this text under the GUI tweaks User command: sudo pigpiod -t 0 -f -l -s 10; sleep 1.0; sbpd -f /home/tc/sbpd_commands.cfg e,27,24,VOLU,2 b,22,PLAY,2,0

And that worked...

[hsmeets]

But how do imake it permanent?

Just read the posts before yours, it was just discussed.

[Corpze]

It works! - How do i make it permanent?

Hi all - first post and i love this thing!
Complete noob but is learning

Pi 3B+
5" LCD HDMI waveshare
rotary encoder
480GB SSD

Picoreplayer - latest version
LMS, jivelite etc..

So, everything is working amazing!
I have installed pcp_sbpd.tcz via the web GUI.

The encoder is hooked up and i SSH in to terminal and run this:

#start pigpiod daemon
sudo pigpiod -t 0 -f -l -s 10

# wait for pigpiod to initialize - indicated by 'pigs t' exit code of zero
count=10 # approx time limit in seconds
while ! pigs t >/dev/null 2>&1 ; do
        if [ $((count--)) -le 0 ]; then
                printf "\npigpiod failed to initialize within time limit\n"
                exit 1 # or however you want to deal with failure
        fi
#       printf "\nWaiting for pigpiod to initialize\n"
        sleep 1
done
printf "\npigpiod is running\n"

# load uinput module - required to be able to send keystrokes
# then set the permission to group writable, so you don't need to run sbpd with
sudo modprobe uinput
sudo chmod g+w /dev/uinput

# issue the sbpd command
sbpd -f /home/tc/sbpd_commands.cfg e,27,24,VOLU,2 b,22,PLAY,2,0

The encoder is working just awesome...

But how do imake it permanent?

[PaulH]

it works !!! Thanks chill !

[chill]

For "autorun":

./sbpd-script.sh

It didn't start.

You just need to put your original command back into the User Commands section.

/home/tc/sbpd-script.sh

I suspect the reason it didn't work before was because you hadn't made it executable at that stage.

[PaulH]

Ah, that's an evil Linux trap for the unwary Windows user! It won't assume that you are referring to a file in the current directory. You have to be explicit:

[email protected]:~$ [email protected]:~$ ./sbpd-script.sh

Thanks a lot !! With your command I can run "manually" the script ! And Play/pause is working.

For "autorun":

./sbpd-script.sh

It didn't start.

[chill]

I can't run it:

[email protected]:~$ [email protected]:~$ sbpd-script.sh
-sh: sbpd-script.sh: not found

Ah, that's an evil Linux trap for the unwary Windows user! It won't assume that you are referring to a file in the current directory. You have to be explicit:

[email protected]:~$ [email protected]:~$ ./sbpd-script.sh