Shutting down Mudi via SSH

ginganutz · 2020-08-01T16:55:05.561Z

Hi,

What’s the correct way to shut down mudi via ssh?

using ‘poweroff’ results in the display showing ‘booting’ and the progress bar (which never fully fills and just hangs).

Thanks,
GN

Johnex · 2020-08-02T00:18:51.158Z

That is enough to shut it down yes. All files will have been saved. The display just doesn’t expect that OpenWRT “dead” state, so ignore the display issues.

ginganutz · 2020-08-02T08:32:01.610Z

Thanks, however this leaves it in a state where it does not seem to power up when it recieves power which is a pain for what I’m trying to do. It also needs the button held for it to trigger the shutdown before it will then accept a button press to boot.

Is there anyway to simulate the button press so it shuts down “properly” to a state where it getting power will make it boot?

(I’m planning on leaving it in my car plugged in to a cable that’s only live when the engine is running, and have a script that shuts it down when it’s on battery/no wlan connections after X minutes).

alzhao · 2020-08-04T09:02:46.335Z

Unfortunately, you cannot do the same in OpenWrt to simulate holding the reset button.

The reset button is controlled by a MCU which runs program itself. It can cut the power to the SoC, which the SoC cannot do that itself.

ginganutz · 2020-08-08T12:01:24.085Z

That’s a shame - I note you can send text to the MCU, is it possible to tell it the device is shutdown or is this more a question for support?

marbletravis · 2021-02-24T04:42:39.196Z

@ginganutz Did you ever make any headway here?

I am trying to do the exact thing, I wrote a bash script just like you, then I ran into the same issue with poweroff.

marbletravis · 2021-03-07T03:30:17.486Z

@ginganutz I got some help and was able to make this work, check out this thread for details

Mudi auto shutoff Technical Support for Routers

Is there a way to make the Mudi shut off after a period of inactivity. Essentially, are there any clients connected to it, if not for the last x minutes, shut down? Given the broad scope it being based on open-wrt, its probably possible, but since most open-wrt routers aren’t battery powered, probably not something anyone else has needed. Thanks

ginganutz · 2021-03-07T09:32:19.275Z

Sorry I meant to reply to your last update on this by saying support said no, I did mean to go back to them and ask if the MCU was firmware flashable and if they could add something but life got in the way!

Seems they did what I wanted after you asked which is great, thanks for tagging me with the update!

marbletravis · 2021-03-07T17:44:23.711Z

Np, hopefully this change makes it into the main firmware soon.