[Tutorial] Kite's Circuit board RetroPie menu item for the battery indicator

[diko_d]

In addition to the previous tutorial focusing on Kite's update script for his boards (viewtopic.php?f=51&t=7613), I am adding this tutorial for a menu item to turn ON/OFF the battery indicator. One major benefit with this menu item, it does not require a reboot of the device as indicated in Kite's wiki pages. This tutorial is also compatible with all the Circuit boards without the need to modify the script!

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Here is a quick link to download a short video to see how it operates:

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You two options for installation:
- You can run the automated install using info in this repo: https://github.com/dikodahan/cs-hud-shortcuts. This will take care of everything listed below and you do not need to continue with this tutorial.
- You can follow the manual process listed here if you wish so.

You will need to SSH into your Circuit Gem/Sword to get this set up once. In my specific example, this is a Circuit Gem, but aside from some minor variations I will note below, the process is the same.

1. First off, you will need to copy this image file here to your PC. Make sure it is saved as battery.png

   

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2. SSH to your Kite board.
3. Go into the retromenu directory. Any sh file in this directory will automatically show up in RetroPie configuration menu.

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   cd RetroPie/retropiemenu/

4. Create a new shell script file to launch the script.

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   nano battery.sh

5. Paste the following lines in the file.

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   #! /bin/sh
   
   sudo systemctl stop cs-hud.service
   
   if [[ -d "${HOME}/Circuit-Gem" ]]; then
     if grep -q "ExecStart=/home/pi/Circuit-Gem/cs-hud/cs-hud -s" "/lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service"; then
       sudo sed -i 's/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Gem\/cs-hud\/cs-hud -s/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Gem\/cs-hud\/cs-hud/g' /lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service
     else
       sudo sed -i 's/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Gem\/cs-hud\/cs-hud/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Gem\/cs-hud\/cs-hud -s/g' /lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service
     fi
   elif [[ -d "${HOME}/Circuit-Sword" ]]; then
     if grep -q "ExecStart=/home/pi/Circuit-Sword/cs-hud/cs-hud -s" "/lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service"; then
       sudo sed -i 's/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword\/cs-hud\/cs-hud -s/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword\/cs-hud\/cs-hud/g' /lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service
     else
       sudo sed -i 's/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword\/cs-hud\/cs-hud/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword\/cs-hud\/cs-hud -s/g' /lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service
     fi
   elif [[ -d "${HOME}/Circuit-Sword-Lite" ]]; then
     if grep -q "ExecStart=/home/pi/Circuit-Sword-Lite/cs-hud/cs-hud -s" "/lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service"; then
       sudo sed -i 's/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword-Lite\/cs-hud\/cs-hud -s/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword-Lite\/cs-hud\/cs-hud/g' /lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service
     else
       sudo sed -i 's/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword-Lite\/cs-hud\/cs-hud/ExecStart=\/home\/pi\/Circuit-Sword-Lite\/cs-hud\/cs-hud -s/g' /lib/systemd/system/cs-hud.service
     fi
   else
     echo "It seems like Kite's CS-HUD software is not installed on your device :("
     echo "Please follow Kite's guides and images to make sure it is installed: https://github.com/kiteretro"
     sleep 10s
   fi
   
   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   sudo systemctl start cs-hud.service

6. To save the file press Ctrl+x, Then y and then press Enter.
7. Make the shell script executable:

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   chmod +x battery.sh

8. Now we need to update the RetroPie configuration menu to add this item properly.

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   sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml

9. Scroll all the way down to the end of the file and just above the last line </gameList> add the following lines.

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   <game>
   	<path>./battery.sh</path>
   	<name>Battery Indicator</name>
   	<desc>Turns ON and OFF the battery indicator in Kite's HUD software.</desc>
   	<image>./icons/battery.png</image>
   </game>

10. To save the file press Ctrl+x, Then y and then press Enter.
11. Close the SSH connection.
12. Now you need to copy the battery.png file over to the following directory on your Circuit board: /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu/icons
    I will not cover how to copy a file over to RetroPie from a PC or a Mac in this tutorial. You can easily google this part.
13. From your HUD software perform a proper shutdown and turn your hand-held back on. You now have the battery indicator toggle easily accessible from RetroPie menu!!!

[pbutters]

Very cool idea and great tutorial to getting it working.

Idea/suggestion: Would it be possible to integrate this feature into the "mode" button found on the circuit sword? I have the circuit sword lite and being able to quickly turn off/on wifi and the virtual keyboard I find to be a super neat feature. Adding this battery display toggle would make a great addition.

[kite]

Very cool idea and great tutorial to getting it working.

Idea/suggestion: Would it be possible to integrate this feature into the "mode" button found on the circuit sword? I have the circuit sword lite and being able to quickly turn off/on wifi and the virtual keyboard I find to be a super neat feature. Adding this battery display toggle would make a great addition.

Add a request here: https://github.com/kiteretro/Circuit-Sword-Lite/issues