REM not starting / Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, write

[dakowals]

Up and running just fine. Updated my pi yesterday. Today I notice REM is not running. This is the error I get:

npm start

> relay-equipment-manager@8.0.0 start
> npm run build && node dist/app.js

> relay-equipment-manager@8.0.0 build
> tsc

linux
[29/05/2024, 19:18:14] info: Starting up SSDP server
[29/05/2024, 19:18:14] info: Initializing GPIO Pins 1
[29/05/2024, 19:18:14] info: Configuring Pin #32 Gpio #12:low on Header 1 Edge: none. {"activeLow":false,"reconfigureDirection":false}
[29/05/2024, 19:18:15] info: Server is now listening on 0.0.0.0:8080
Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, write
    at Object.writeSync (node:fs:929:3)
    at Object.writeFileSync (node:fs:2328:26)
    at exportGpio (/home/pebblepool/relayEquipmentManager/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:18:8)
    at new Gpio (/home/pebblepool/relayEquipmentManager/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:172:36)
    at GpioController.initPin (/home/pebblepool/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:103:36)
    at GpioController.initPins (/home/pebblepool/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:142:28)
    at GpioController.init (/home/pebblepool/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:22:14)
    at /home/pebblepool/relayEquipmentManager/app.ts:22:38
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
pebblepool@raspberrypi:~/relayEquipmentManager $ 

I am not proficient in programming. Any help would be appreciated. I have update REM and installed. PC and dashPanel still running

[lymanepp]

The latest Raspberry Pi OS kernel changed how GPIO works. I reverted back to 6.1.x kernel and it's working again.

[dakowals]

How do I revert back from 6.6.28 to 6.1.x?

[lymanepp]

Here's what I found: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=365677

And the commands that I used to get back to 6.1.x:

sudo rpi-update 5fc4f643d2e9c5aa972828705a902d184527ae3f
sudo reboot

[dakowals]

Here's what I found: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=365677

And the commands that I used to get back to 6.1.x:

sudo rpi-update 5fc4f643d2e9c5aa972828705a902d184527ae3f
sudo reboot

You Rock.... this fixed it!

[sberkovitz]

To get around this on Bookworm, see https://github.com/rstrouse/relayEquipmentManager/pull/65. Specifically, changes to boards/Constants.ts and pinouts/raspi-4b-bookworm.json. After you have these, update your controllerConfig.json with

"controllerType": "raspi-4b-bookworm"

You might need to remove everything below in "pins": [...] to get it to start again.

[brynw]

As mentioned in #65, the 6.6 Kernel re-mapped the GPIO pins - effectively adding 512 to each GPIO value - gpio-0 (ID_SDA) got remapped to gpio-512 (ID_SDA), gpio-1 to gpio-513 etc...

I ended up editing pinouts/raspi.json and remapping the gpioIds in the config file:

raspi.json

{ "id": 3, "name": "BCM 2", "type": "gpio", "gpioId": 514 }, { "id": 4, "name": "5v Power", "type": "power5" }, { "id": 5, "name": "BCM 3", "type": "gpio", "gpioId": 515 }, <....>

[bayfacalendar]

To get around this on Bookworm, see #65. Specifically, changes to boards/Constants.ts and pinouts/raspi-4b-bookworm.json. After you have these, update your controllerConfig.json with

"controllerType": "raspi-4b-bookworm"

You might need to remove everything below in "pins": [...] to get it to start again. I updated my boards/Constants.ts and added pinouts/raspi-4b-bookworm.json, and then updated my controllerConfig.json to { "controllerType": "raspi-4b-bookworm", "gpio": { "pins": [] }, "spi0": { "isActive": false, "busNumber": 0, "channels": [] } }

And I still get the same error. Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, write 0|REM | at Object.writeSync (node:fs:929:3) 0|REM | at Object.writeFileSync (node:fs:2328:26) 0|REM | at exportGpio (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:18:8) 0|REM | at new Gpio (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:172:36) 0|REM | at GpioController.initPin (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:103:36) 0|REM | at GpioController.initPins (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:142:28) 0|REM | at GpioController.init (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:22:14) 0|REM | at /home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/app.ts:22:38 0|REM | at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)

What am I missing?

[bayfacalendar]

To get around this on Bookworm, see #65. Specifically, changes to boards/Constants.ts and pinouts/raspi-4b-bookworm.json. After you have these, update your controllerConfig.json with "controllerType": "raspi-4b-bookworm" You might need to remove everything below in "pins": [...] to get it to start again. I updated my boards/Constants.ts and added pinouts/raspi-4b-bookworm.json, and then updated my controllerConfig.json to { "controllerType": "raspi-4b-bookworm", "gpio": { "pins": [] }, "spi0": { "isActive": false, "busNumber": 0, "channels": [] } }

And I still get the same error. Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, write 0|REM | at Object.writeSync (node:fs:929:3) 0|REM | at Object.writeFileSync (node:fs:2328:26) 0|REM | at exportGpio (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:18:8) 0|REM | at new Gpio (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:172:36) 0|REM | at GpioController.initPin (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:103:36) 0|REM | at GpioController.initPins (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:142:28) 0|REM | at GpioController.init (/home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/gpio/Gpio-Controller.ts:22:14) 0|REM | at /home/Admin/relayEquipmentManager/app.ts:22:38 0|REM | at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)

What am I missing?

I'm an idiot, updated the wrong config file. up and working thank you!

[rstrouse]

Unfortunately, the rpi foundation really messed this up. There is not currently any libgpiod capabilities for node or python projects that include interrupt processing. I could write my own lib but why... don't they know that a huge amount of software for Raspberry Pi interacts with the GPIO? They really are making Espressif look like the adults in the room. They even assigned a different chip id to the pi5. Not a problem but they left no clear way of determining what hardware you are on that I can find anywhere.

The fix described here is simply including the chip id in the pin id which will work fine until a Pi5 rolls around. </end rant>

[sberkovitz]

If we leave the onoff library as is, I think we just need a new hardware .json file for each device type -- I assume all of the Pi5 will run Bookworm and not previous builds?

[CodeSlinger69]

I was bitten by this today. I upgraded to Bookworm last week, and today I received a Smart Fan Hat that I ordered on Amazon. I received v5 of this Fan Hat.

In controllerConfig.json, I changed "controllerType": "raspi-4b-bookworm" as instructed in this thread. I also selected "Sequent Smart Fan v4 and v5" as the device. While this partially worked, my fan speed was stuck at 100% even though REM was trying to set it to a lower percentage.

I removed the device, and reconfigured it as a v6+ fan, and REM was then able to change the fan speed as expected.

I might suggest that the dropdown be adjusted as follows:

• Sequent Smart Fan v4
• Sequent Smart Fan v5+

Edit: Not sure if this is a related issue, but I tried to set the fan speed to 100% (fan curve custom, return 100;), however this caused the fan to stop. Returning 99 worked fine, however.