Jivelite on a Pirate Audio 240x240 screen

[shane]

Deathly silence….

[paul-]

Not sure anyone has used this on a pi4. I’ve only tested on a zero W.

the pi4 is a much different device.

[mftech]

Just update my Rpi 4 with v9.0 and the Pimoroni Pirate Audio + LCD.
I follow the instructions but I don't get any image on the Pimonori LCD Display.

Thanks in advance
Michel

Installation instructions as of 5 May 2020, updated to include Paul's display overlay and a warning about updated versions of the Pirate Audio boards:

Put a fresh pcp6.0.0 image on the SD card.

Whilst the SD card is still in the laptop:
Enter wifi credentials in wpa_supplicant.conf.sample and save as wpa_supplicant.conf

Add these parameters to the end of cmdline.txt. All of the parameters in cmdline.txt should be on one continuous line, with a space between each one.

fbcon=map:10 fbcon=font:VGA8x16

Add the following lines to config.txt, in the Custom Configuration area at the end of the file (between the Begin-Custom and End-Custom lines)

dtoverlay=st7789v-spi
gpio=25=op,dh

Boot the RPi from this SD card.

Find the ip address of the RPi, and enter this in a browser. Once the RPi has booted up, this should bring up the pCP web interface.

Display:
Scroll down to 'Additional functions' and click on 'Extensions'. Wait for three green ticks, then click on the 'Available' tab. In the 'Available extensions in the piCorePlayer repository' section, load the pcp-jivelite_default-qvga240squareskin.tcz extension.

In the Jivelite section of the Tweaks page, change the Framebuffer to /dev/fb1 and click on 'Set FB'. The Frame Rate and Frame Depth can be left blank - they will default to 22 and 32 respectively, which are fine.

Install Jivelite from the Tweaks page (this step includes an automatic backup, so accept the reboot prompt.)

The screen should now show console messages during boot, then the piCorePlayer splash screen, then Jivelite ‘Choose Language’.

Buttons:
Go back to the pCP web interface and load pcp-sbpd.tcz from the Extensions page.

Make a /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh with the following content.
N.B. Pimoroni now seem to be shipping boards which use a different GPIO for the Y button. If the Y button on your board does not work with this script, it may be necessary to change the line 'SW4=20' to 'SW4=24'

#!/bin/sh

# start pigpiod daemon
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
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 root permissions
sudo modprobe uinput
sudo chmod g+w /dev/uinput

# The full list of Jivelite key commands can be found here:
# https://github.com/ralph-irving/tcz-lirc/blob/master/jivekeys.csv

# button A
SW1=5 # GPIO pin number
SH1=KEY:KEY_EQUAL # command for SHORT press ( = volume up)
LO1=KEY:KEY_SPACE # command for LONG press (= pause)
LMS1=250 # milliseconds for long press

# button B
SW2=6
SH2=KEY:KEY_MINUS # ( = volume down)
LO2=KEY:KEY_Q # ( = power)
LMS2=250

# button X
SW3=16
SH3=KEY:KEY_UP
LO3=KEY:KEY_RIGHT
LMS3=250

# button Y
SW4=20
SH4=KEY:KEY_DOWN
#LO4=KEY:KEY_LEFT
LO4=KEY:KEY_ESC
LMS4=250

#CMD="sbpd -v -f /home/tc/sbpd_commands.cfg \
CMD="sbpd -v \
b,$SW1,$SH1,2,0,$LO1,$LMS1 \
b,$SW2,$SH2,2,0,$LO2,$LMS2 \
b,$SW3,$SH3,2,0,$LO3,$LMS3 \
b,$SW4,$SH4,2,0,$LO4,$LMS4"

echo $CMD
$CMD > /dev/null 2>&1 &

Make /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh executable:

chmod +x /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh

Add /home/tc/sbpd-script.sh to user commands (bottom of the 'Tweaks' page), then save.

Sound:
Set up the Squeezelite output device on the 'Squeezelite Settings' page, e.g. to 'HiFiBerry DAC Zero/MiniAMP'. Click 'Save' and accept the reboot prompt.

That's it. The three main functions - display, buttons, sound output - should all now work.

[paul-]

Did you read the previous post to yours. You are going to need to be specific as to what you are doing/seeing in response to commands.