GPIO04, GPIO17 & GPIO18 reporting ERROR on allocation

[OnTheBayou]

Current System:

• Raspberry B+ using Operating System IMG File downloaded from HomeGenie Website
• HomeGenie, Version 1.00 beta r474 installed via Update Manager
• Accessed via FireFox Ver 35.0.1

GPIO04, GPIO17 & GPIO18 generate error popup stating “GPIO ERROR: could not allocate some GPIO! Please set to OFF GPIO that are already in use.” whenever I attempt to assign them IN, IN+, IN- or OUT. However, GPIO21 through GPIO25 work fine as OUT. Any comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[genemars]

On latest HomeGenie SD Card, GPIO04 is used for 1Wire bus. also GPIO17 and GPIO18 are already reserved for IR transceiver. You can disable this by editing the /etc/modules file:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.

# Sound devices
snd-bcm2835

# GPIO infrared transceiver
lirc_rpi gpio_in_pin=18 gpio_out_pin=17

# 1-Wire devices
w1-gpio
# 1-Wire thermometer
w1-therm

and adding a comment # to lirc_rpi, w1-gpio, w1-therm lines.

[OnTheBayou]

Thank You for the explanation and coding!