[arm-allstar] RPI3 Halt Button

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

  Are you sure that switch is not normally closed? Connecting an open
switch to those pins would not do anything abnormal. Check it with an ohm
meter. It does work.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*



On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Chris Souleles <csouleles at prodigy.net>
wrote:

> I'm getting erratic behavior from the halt button I installed on my RPI3.
> I installed a momentary button between GPIO pins 9 and 11 and I enabled
> shutdown monitor per the instructions from Doug.
>
> Occasionally it works but most often it causes a problem on start up where
> the RPI won't start (it gets about half way through announcing the IP
> address and then stops and I have to cycle power to try and get it to do
> anything).  I'm using the push on connectors on the GPIO, I've tried two
> different switches and sets of wires to the GPIO and backed out and
> installed the enable shutdown monitor a couple times with the same result
>
> I've removed the wire from pin 11 and now it is back to normal operation
> but I need to go into PUTTY to perform shutdown.
>
> Anyone else experience this difficulty and any advice?
>
> Thanks,  Chris - W6CS - 73.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *To:* ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *Cc:* Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 12, 2017 10:11 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] RPI3 Halt Button
>
> Chris,
>
>   I assume you are referring to the howto at the hamvoip.org web page. It
> shows where to connect the switch on the Pi 2/3. The script for doing this
> is included in the hamvoip release and is turned on by the flag in the
> /usr/local/etc/allstar.env file. Here is how to do that.
>
> - Enter the bash shell from the menu selection 9
>
> Edit the file. Type -
>
> nano /usr/local/etc/allstar.env
>
> Scroll down to SHUTDOWN_MONITOR
>
> Change "disabled" to "enabled"
>
> Use Control x  to save the file - answer Y and then return.
>
> reboot the system.
>
> The bit should now work to halt the system. Remember you have to hold the
> bit closed for greater than 5 seconds then release for it to work.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 11:42 AM, "Chris Souleles via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Excuse if this is a duplicate - I may have previously posted it to the
> > wrong list.
> > I'm new to Allstar and I don't know linux.  I want to add a halt button
> to
> > my RPI3 node.  I see directions on how to add the button which is
> straight
> > forward and then it says to go to /usr/local/etc/allstar.env and set
> > SHUTDOWN_MONITOR="enabled.  My question is how do I
> > find /usr/local/etc/allstar.env to make that mod.
> > Thanks, Chris - W6CS,  73
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