Mintybatterymonitor Questions

[agonzalez2718]

Hello All,
I have a question about the Battery monitor by Hoolyhoo. First of all I want to thank hoolyhoo for the battery monitor script he created. I'm sure it took a lot of work and time to create it. I installed the battery monitor on a gameboy zero using an ADS1015 board. It works good and all but when it comes to playing SNES games like Super Mario World, where I have to press and hold the y button for running the battery icon disappears and the game begins to lag quite a bit. It also happens when playing any shooting game that I have to press the X and Y buttons a lot. Is there anyway to map the buttons that activate and deactivate the battery icon to use another button like select or maybe another individual button I can install like in the battery bay that I can press if I dont want to see the battery icon? Thanks in advance for the help.
Alex

[rodocop]

Yeah. Check out the MintyShutdown.py

Edit that file. To use different gpio pins. You can see the file below. Scroll to the bottom to see the 2 gpios that can be altered.

I always use L and R in my builds and change the hold time to 5. That way when I hold L it will shut down the pi safely, and holding R will turn the battery icon off).

You can also change them to unused gpios if you dont want to worry about accidentally activating them. Or add some new buttons like you mentioned.

https://github.com/HoolyHoo/Mintybatter ... hutdown.py

[agonzalez2718]

What do I type in putty to access it. I tried sudo nano /MintyBatteryMonitor.py but it didnt work. Sorry Im still learning all this coding for raspberry Pi.

[rodocop]

You have to make sure you also have the path 8n front if it.

So
sudo nano /home/pi/Mintybatterymonitor/MintyShutdown.py

[agonzalez2718]

Rodocop, Thank you. I really appreciate your help. It works perfect now. I changed the battery monitor from GPIO 19 to 23 which is not being used and all buttons work flawless. I like the battery icon on the screen. My next build I will add a button in the battery bay using GPIO 23 to turn it off but for now I love it. I also like the fact that I can add a button for safe shutdown using GPIO 7. Maybe I will add it as well. Thanks again.
Alex

[rodocop]

Rodocop, Thank you. I really appreciate your help. It works perfect now. I changed the battery monitor from GPIO 19 to 23 which is not being used and all buttons work flawless. I like the battery icon on the screen. My next build I will add a button in the battery bay using GPIO 23 to turn it off but for now I love it. I also like the fact that I can add a button for safe shutdown using GPIO 7. Maybe I will add it as well. Thanks again.
Alex

Good to hear it's working good for you. And by the way, you can use any gpio for the safe shutdown. It does not have to be 7. (Like I mentioned I often just use L or R for the safe shutdown and make the hold time longer, so you can't accidentially trigger it) this is assuming you are already using gpio controls I guess. If not, yeah, you'll need to add a seperate button.

[agonzalez2718]

Yes I am using GPIO for controls. Let me assign the safe shut down to one of the GPIOs I am using and see how it works. Thanks again for all your help.
Alex