Argon One Fan Control

Hi,

I just installed the argone control script using the following command.

curl https://download.argon40.com/argonone-setup-libreelec.sh | bash

The argononed.conf file was correctly placed inside the storage directory and the power buttons work nicely. My problem, however, is that the argononed.service fails to start. The services tries to exeute /usr/bin/python /storage/.config/argononed.py, which fails with ImportError: No module named smbus. Since the service doesn't start properly, the fan isn't running. How can I install a python package under LibreElec (pip install doesn't work)?

Best regards

Quote from tauling

Hi,

I just installed the argone control script using the following command.

curl https://download.argon40.com/argonone-setup-libreelec.sh | bash

The argononed.conf file was correctly placed inside the storage directory and the power buttons work nicely. My problem, however, is that the argononed.service fails to start. The services tries to exeute /usr/bin/python /storage/.config/argononed.py, which fails with ImportError: No module named smbus. Since the service doesn't start properly, the fan isn't running. How can I install a python package under LibreElec (pip install doesn't work)?

Best regards

Try this in Kodi and reboot:

Install Raspberry Pi Tools and System Tools

-these can be installed by going to

Addons>Install from Repository>LibreElec Addons>Program Addons

Hey guys,

so I recently installed the rpi4 in the ArgonOne case, got a clean install of LibreElec 9.2.1 and wanted to install the ArgonOne scripts.

I followed the instructions by Argon40 (ArgonOne LibreElec install).

So far so good. I type:
./argonone-config

It starts the

“Argon OneFan Speed Configuration Tool”

After confirming the warning (this will remove existing configuration) with a “Y”, it asks just wether I want the fan always on or not (here again I have to confirm with a “Y” for always on , otherwise the fan is set to off. So this means I can just turn it on (with about 6000rpm) or off.

There is no possibility to select another fan mode like the default setting option (

55=10

60=55

65=100)

How can I make this possible? Has anybody a more detailed instruction guide?

Regards

Quote from Da Flex

Are you sure you understood this question right? Maybe you have to answer "N" / "No" for temporary and speed-controlled fan activation.

Maybe the fan is off at first, but at increasing heat it might start doing something.

At first, thank you for answering my post. After using WinSCP to enter the files on my SD-Card, i had a look for the files which came with the argonone-setup-libreelec.sh file. These are as follows:

daemonname="argononed"

powerbuttonscript=/storage/.config/$daemonname.py

shutdownscript="/storage/.config/"$daemonname"-poweroff.py"

daemonconfigfile=/storage/$daemonname.conf

configscript=/storage/argonone-config

removescript=/storage/argonone-uninstall

daemonfanservice=/storage/.config/system.d/$daemonname.service

kodishutdownscript="/storage/.config/shutdown.sh"

As you can see It installed scripts for the pwr-button (wich works like charm) and some other files.

One of them is a "argonone-config" file and the "argonone.conf" file. The first one ist the one i have to use to make changes to the fan behavior. So to start it i use

./argonone-config. This shows me whats written in the script e.g

argon_create_file $configscript

# Config Script
echo '#!/bin/bash' >> $configscript
echo 'daemonconfigfile='$daemonconfigfile >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Argon One Fan Speed Configuration Tool"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "WARNING: This will remove existing configuration."' >> $configscript
echo 'echo -n "Press Y to continue:"' >> $configscript
echo 'read -n 1 confirm' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    confirm="Y"' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled"' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Thank you."' >> $configscript


echo 'echo -n "Press Y if you want the fan to be always on:"' >> $configscript
echo 'read -n 1 confirm' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    confirm="Y"' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript

echo 'if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo 90"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Fan off."' >> $configscript
echo 'else' >> $configscript
echo '    echo 1"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Fan always on."' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo 'systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript

So as you can see, this script just offers me two options. Either "Fan off" ( so it sets the parameters in the argonone.conf to 90°=100%)

or "Fan always on" (which results in 1°=100% in the argonone.conf).

On other distributions ( for example raspbian). It should offer me 4 options

- 1. Always On

- 2. Adjust to temperature

- 3. Customize behavior

- 4. Cancelto change the fan behavior.

This can easily be checked by looking in the raspbian argon1.sh (setup-script) Here is the code:

argon_create_file $configscript

# Config Script
echo '#!/bin/bash' >> $configscript
echo 'daemonconfigfile=/etc/'$daemonname'.conf' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Argon One Fan Speed Configuration Tool"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "WARNING: This will remove existing configuration."' >> $configscript
echo 'echo -n "Press Y to continue:"' >> $configscript
echo 'read -n 1 confirm' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    confirm="Y"' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled"' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Thank you."' >> $configscript

echo 'get_number () {' >> $configscript
echo '    read curnumber' >> $configscript
echo '    re="^[0-9]+$"' >> $configscript
echo '    if [ -z "$curnumber" ]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        echo "-2"' >> $configscript
echo '        return' >> $configscript
echo '    elif [[ $curnumber =~ ^[+-]?[0-9]+$ ]]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $curnumber -lt 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "-1"' >> $configscript
echo '            return' >> $configscript
echo '        elif [ $curnumber -gt 100 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "-1"' >> $configscript
echo '            return' >> $configscript
echo '        fi    ' >> $configscript
echo '        echo $curnumber' >> $configscript
echo '        return' >> $configscript
echo '    fi' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "-1"' >> $configscript
echo '    return' >> $configscript
echo '}' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript

echo 'loopflag=1' >> $configscript
echo 'while [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'do' >> $configscript
echo '    echo' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Select fan mode:"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  1. Always on"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  2. Adjust to temperatures (55C, 60C, and 65C)"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  3. Customize behavior"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  4. Cancel"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "NOTE: You can also edit $daemonconfigfile directly"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo -n "Enter Number (1-4):"' >> $configscript
echo '    newmode=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '    if [[ $newmode -ge 1 && $newmode -le 4 ]]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        loopflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '    fi' >> $configscript
echo 'done' >> $configscript

echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ $newmode -eq 4 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled"' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'elif [ $newmode -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo 1"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    sudo systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Fan always on."' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'elif [ $newmode -eq 2 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Please provide fan speeds for the following temperatures:"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    curtemp=55' >> $configscript
echo '    while [ $curtemp -lt 70 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    do' >> $configscript
echo '        errorfanflag=1' >> $configscript
echo '        while [ $errorfanflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        do' >> $configscript
echo '            echo -n ""$curtemp"C (0-100 only):"' >> $configscript
echo '            curfan=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '            if [ $curfan -ge 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '            then' >> $configscript
echo '                errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            fi' >> $configscript
echo '        done' >> $configscript
echo '        echo $curtemp"="$curfan >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '        curtemp=$((curtemp+5))' >> $configscript
echo '    done' >> $configscript

echo '    sudo systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Configuration updated."' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript

echo 'echo "Please provide fan speeds and temperature pairs"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript

echo 'loopflag=1' >> $configscript
echo 'paircounter=0' >> $configscript
echo 'while [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'do' >> $configscript
echo '    errortempflag=1' >> $configscript
echo '    errorfanflag=1' >> $configscript
echo '    while [ $errortempflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    do' >> $configscript
echo '        echo -n "Provide minimum temperature (in Celsius) then [ENTER]:"' >> $configscript
echo '        curtemp=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $curtemp -ge 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errortempflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        elif [ $curtemp -eq -2 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errortempflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            loopflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        fi' >> $configscript
echo '    done' >> $configscript
echo '    while [ $errorfanflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    do' >> $configscript
echo '        echo -n "Provide fan speed for "$curtemp"C (0-100) then [ENTER]:"' >> $configscript
echo '        curfan=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $curfan -ge 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        elif [ $curfan -eq -2 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errortempflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            loopflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        fi' >> $configscript
echo '    done' >> $configscript
echo '    if [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $paircounter -eq 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '        fi' >> $configscript
echo '        echo $curtemp"="$curfan >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '        ' >> $configscript
echo '        paircounter=$((paircounter+1))' >> $configscript
echo '        ' >> $configscript
echo '        echo "* Fan speed will be set to "$curfan" once temperature reaches "$curtemp" C"' >> $configscript
echo '        echo' >> $configscript
echo '    fi' >> $configscript
echo 'done' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ $paircounter -gt 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Thank you!  We saved "$paircounter" pairs."' >> $configscript
echo '    sudo systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Changes should take effect now."' >> $configscript
echo 'else' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled, no data saved."' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript

So imo there is not such a thing like a option "menu" with 4 options for the LibreElec scripts. Like they forgot to write down the code for the LibreElec Version.

Here are the original installscripts for you to check yourself:

Raspbian Install-.sh

LibreElec install-.sh

Iam not that deep into coding (to be honest I am not at all :S). So what do you think about this? Am I to stupid for that? How can I manage to customize the Fan behavior on the LibreElec-script-version?

By the way: I have installed another 5V Fan to my Case an it is way more silent thant the original one! So thats a must do for people who like it silent.

Well that sounds like a new task for me

But again thank you for replying and helping me and the previous speakers with that thing. I also learned many things by the postings from you and chewitt in the forum.

So IF i manage to write a demon, I will post here for others who have the same request.

Quote from Da Flex

Then you're right, and you only have on /off options.

You could possibly change the "off" option where is sets the default 90=100 (90°C = 100%) Fan to say 60=50. This should quieten the original fan down and keep the case below 70°C which is a recommended max temp for commercial applications. I'll try it when I get a chance.

ref: At what temperature do conventional electronics packages fail? - TWI

So the argonone.config OFF option gives you one temp=speed entry in the argononed.conf file.  I have edited it from 90=100 to 60=50. It never gets that warm so I cannot verify if it will work.    I enabled editing using  "mount -o remount,rw /storage" and nano to edit the file.

I had to set the the argononed.conf file to 40=10 fan setting to provide a scenario where I could listen for the fan come on and off. It rarely went near 50°C in passive mode. The 10% fan speed is adequate to drop the case temperature from it's resting temperature of 43°C to 39°C where the fan cuts out. Temperature was displayed via the KODI/System Info/Hardware option.

So The procedure is to run ./argonone-config, set the option to off.

This gives one fan setting in the argononed.conf file which is by default set to 90=100.

Change this to 40=10 (or whatever you feel is reasonable) with nano. save and reboot.

Result: Temperature sits at 42° with fan on while playing a video and returns to 38-39° when video stops with fan shutting off in < 60 seconds.

Quote from Doodlenoodle

As you can see It installed scripts for the pwr-button (wich works like charm) and some other files.

One of them is a "argonone-config" file and the "argonone.conf" file. The first one ist the one i have to use to make changes to the fan behavior. So to start it i use

./argonone-config. This shows me whats written in the script e.g

Code

argon_create_file $configscript

# Config Script
echo '#!/bin/bash' >> $configscript
echo 'daemonconfigfile='$daemonconfigfile >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Argon One Fan Speed Configuration Tool"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "WARNING: This will remove existing configuration."' >> $configscript
echo 'echo -n "Press Y to continue:"' >> $configscript
echo 'read -n 1 confirm' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    confirm="Y"' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled"' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Thank you."' >> $configscript


echo 'echo -n "Press Y if you want the fan to be always on:"' >> $configscript
echo 'read -n 1 confirm' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    confirm="Y"' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript

echo 'if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo 90"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Fan off."' >> $configscript
echo 'else' >> $configscript
echo '    echo 1"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Fan always on."' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo 'systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript

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So as you can see, this script just offers me two options. Either "Fan off" ( so it sets the parameters in the argonone.conf to 90°=100%)

or "Fan always on" (which results in 1°=100% in the argonone.conf).

On other distributions ( for example raspbian). It should offer me 4 options

- 1. Always On

- 2. Adjust to temperature

- 3. Customize behavior

- 4. Cancelto change the fan behavior.

This can easily be checked by looking in the raspbian argon1.sh (setup-script) Here is the code:

Code

argon_create_file $configscript

# Config Script
echo '#!/bin/bash' >> $configscript
echo 'daemonconfigfile=/etc/'$daemonname'.conf' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Argon One Fan Speed Configuration Tool"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "--------------------------------------"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "WARNING: This will remove existing configuration."' >> $configscript
echo 'echo -n "Press Y to continue:"' >> $configscript
echo 'read -n 1 confirm' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    confirm="Y"' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled"' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript
echo 'echo "Thank you."' >> $configscript

echo 'get_number () {' >> $configscript
echo '    read curnumber' >> $configscript
echo '    re="^[0-9]+$"' >> $configscript
echo '    if [ -z "$curnumber" ]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        echo "-2"' >> $configscript
echo '        return' >> $configscript
echo '    elif [[ $curnumber =~ ^[+-]?[0-9]+$ ]]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $curnumber -lt 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "-1"' >> $configscript
echo '            return' >> $configscript
echo '        elif [ $curnumber -gt 100 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "-1"' >> $configscript
echo '            return' >> $configscript
echo '        fi    ' >> $configscript
echo '        echo $curnumber' >> $configscript
echo '        return' >> $configscript
echo '    fi' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "-1"' >> $configscript
echo '    return' >> $configscript
echo '}' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript

echo 'loopflag=1' >> $configscript
echo 'while [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'do' >> $configscript
echo '    echo' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Select fan mode:"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  1. Always on"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  2. Adjust to temperatures (55C, 60C, and 65C)"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  3. Customize behavior"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "  4. Cancel"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "NOTE: You can also edit $daemonconfigfile directly"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo -n "Enter Number (1-4):"' >> $configscript
echo '    newmode=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '    if [[ $newmode -ge 1 && $newmode -le 4 ]]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        loopflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '    fi' >> $configscript
echo 'done' >> $configscript

echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ $newmode -eq 4 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled"' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'elif [ $newmode -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo 1"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    sudo systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Fan always on."' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'elif [ $newmode -eq 2 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Please provide fan speeds for the following temperatures:"' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '    curtemp=55' >> $configscript
echo '    while [ $curtemp -lt 70 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    do' >> $configscript
echo '        errorfanflag=1' >> $configscript
echo '        while [ $errorfanflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        do' >> $configscript
echo '            echo -n ""$curtemp"C (0-100 only):"' >> $configscript
echo '            curfan=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '            if [ $curfan -ge 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '            then' >> $configscript
echo '                errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            fi' >> $configscript
echo '        done' >> $configscript
echo '        echo $curtemp"="$curfan >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '        curtemp=$((curtemp+5))' >> $configscript
echo '    done' >> $configscript

echo '    sudo systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Configuration updated."' >> $configscript
echo '    exit' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript

echo 'echo "Please provide fan speeds and temperature pairs"' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript

echo 'loopflag=1' >> $configscript
echo 'paircounter=0' >> $configscript
echo 'while [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'do' >> $configscript
echo '    errortempflag=1' >> $configscript
echo '    errorfanflag=1' >> $configscript
echo '    while [ $errortempflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    do' >> $configscript
echo '        echo -n "Provide minimum temperature (in Celsius) then [ENTER]:"' >> $configscript
echo '        curtemp=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $curtemp -ge 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errortempflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        elif [ $curtemp -eq -2 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errortempflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            loopflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        fi' >> $configscript
echo '    done' >> $configscript
echo '    while [ $errorfanflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    do' >> $configscript
echo '        echo -n "Provide fan speed for "$curtemp"C (0-100) then [ENTER]:"' >> $configscript
echo '        curfan=$( get_number )' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $curfan -ge 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        elif [ $curfan -eq -2 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            errortempflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            errorfanflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '            loopflag=0' >> $configscript
echo '        fi' >> $configscript
echo '    done' >> $configscript
echo '    if [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]' >> $configscript
echo '    then' >> $configscript
echo '        if [ $paircounter -eq 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo '        then' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '            echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '        fi' >> $configscript
echo '        echo $curtemp"="$curfan >> $daemonconfigfile' >> $configscript
echo '        ' >> $configscript
echo '        paircounter=$((paircounter+1))' >> $configscript
echo '        ' >> $configscript
echo '        echo "* Fan speed will be set to "$curfan" once temperature reaches "$curtemp" C"' >> $configscript
echo '        echo' >> $configscript
echo '    fi' >> $configscript
echo 'done' >> $configscript
echo '' >> $configscript
echo 'echo' >> $configscript
echo 'if [ $paircounter -gt 0 ]' >> $configscript
echo 'then' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Thank you!  We saved "$paircounter" pairs."' >> $configscript
echo '    sudo systemctl restart '$daemonname'.service' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Changes should take effect now."' >> $configscript
echo 'else' >> $configscript
echo '    echo "Cancelled, no data saved."' >> $configscript
echo 'fi' >> $configscript

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So imo there is not such a thing like a option "menu" with 4 options for the LibreElec scripts. Like they forgot to write down the code for the LibreElec Version.

Here are the original installscripts for you to check yourself:

[....]

By the way: I have installed another 5V Fan to my Case an it is way more silent thant the original one! So thats a must do for people who like it silent.

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I have had the same problem.

Shutdown Script is working fine. Fan control was just 0 or 100.

Your posting set me on the right track to fix the problem.

The raspian script has more options.

The reason is that there is one line with a regular expression check in there.

libreelec does use another shell and this line does not work there.

the rest is working fine.

i guess someone ported it, it did not work and they just discarded all the other options instead of fixing them.

so i took the liberty to copy the raspian code to my libreelec and edit that line to make it work.

(system calls, filenames and storeagepath are also different)

i also added a fourth option to set the speed to a fixed value other than 100%

this is the content of my new libreelec "argonone-config" file.

#!/bin/bash
daemonconfigfile=/storage/argononed.conf
echo "--------------------------------------"
echo "Argon One Fan Speed Configuration Tool"
echo "--------------------------------------"
echo "WARNING: This will remove existing configuration."
echo -n "Press Y to continue:"
read -n 1 confirm
echo
if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]
then
    confirm="Y"
fi

if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]
then
    echo "Cancelled"
    exit
fi
echo "Thank you."

get_number () {
    read curnumber
    re="^[0-9]+$"
    if [ -z "$curnumber" ]
    then
        echo "-2"
        return
    else
        if [ $curnumber -lt 0 ]
        then
            echo "-1"
            return
        elif [ $curnumber -gt 100 ]
        then
            echo "-1"
            return
        fi    
        echo $curnumber
        return
    fi
    echo "-1"
    return
}


loopflag=1
while [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]
do
    echo
    echo "Select fan mode:"
    echo "  1. Always on"
    echo "  2. Adjust to temperatures (55C, 60C, and 65C)"
    echo "  3. Customize behavior"
    echo "  4. Fixed Speed"
    echo "  5. Cancel"
    echo "NOTE: You can also edit argononed.conf directly"
    echo -n "Enter Number (1-5):"
    newmode=$( get_number )
    if [[ $newmode -ge 1 && $newmode -le 5 ]]
    then
        loopflag=0
    fi
done

echo
if [ $newmode -eq 5 ]
then
    echo "Cancelled"
    exit
elif [ $newmode -eq 1 ]
then
    echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile
    echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo 1"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile
    systemctl restart argononed.service
    echo "Fan always on."
    exit
elif [ $newmode -eq 4 ]
then
    echo "Please provide fan speed:"
    echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile
    echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo -n "Speed (0-100 only):"
    curfan=$( get_number )
    echo 1"="$curfan >> $daemonconfigfile
        systemctl restart argononed.service
    echo "Fan set to "$curfan 
    exit
elif [ $newmode -eq 2 ]
then
    echo "Please provide fan speeds for the following temperatures:"
    echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile
    echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile
    echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile
    curtemp=55
    while [ $curtemp -lt 70 ]
    do
        errorfanflag=1
        while [ $errorfanflag -eq 1 ]
        do
            echo -n ""$curtemp"C (0-100 only):"
            curfan=$( get_number )
            if [ $curfan -ge 0 ]
            then
                errorfanflag=0
            fi
        done
        echo $curtemp"="$curfan >> $daemonconfigfile
        curtemp=$((curtemp+5))
    done

    systemctl restart argononed.service
    echo "Configuration updated."
    exit
fi

echo "Please provide fan speeds and temperature pairs"
echo

loopflag=1
paircounter=0
while [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]
do
    errortempflag=1
    errorfanflag=1
    while [ $errortempflag -eq 1 ]
    do
        echo -n "Provide minimum temperature (in Celsius) then [ENTER]:"
        curtemp=$( get_number )
        if [ $curtemp -ge 0 ]
        then
            errortempflag=0
        elif [ $curtemp -eq -2 ]
        then
            errortempflag=0
            errorfanflag=0
            loopflag=0
        fi
    done
    while [ $errorfanflag -eq 1 ]
    do
        echo -n "Provide fan speed for "$curtemp"C (0-100) then [ENTER]:"
        curfan=$( get_number )
        if [ $curfan -ge 0 ]
        then
            errorfanflag=0
        elif [ $curfan -eq -2 ]
        then
            errortempflag=0
            errorfanflag=0
            loopflag=0
        fi
    done
    if [ $loopflag -eq 1 ]
    then
        if [ $paircounter -eq 0 ]
        then
            echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile
            echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile
            echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile
            echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile
        fi
        echo $curtemp"="$curfan >> $daemonconfigfile
        
        paircounter=$((paircounter+1))
        
        echo "* Fan speed will be set to "$curfan" once temperature reaches "$curtemp" C"
        echo
    fi
done

echo
if [ $paircounter -gt 0 ]
then
    echo "Thank you!  We saved "$paircounter" pairs."
    systemctl restart argononed.service
    echo "Changes should take effect now."
else
    echo "Cancelled, no data saved."
fi

and yes, that default Fan is the worst. even at 10% it is annoying.

going to replace it.

Quote from symean

Hi all,

Recently purchased a Raspberry Pi 4 and the Argon40 Argon ONE case for it.

Followed the instructions here:

Argon40 Argon ONE Installation Guide for LibreElec Raspberry Pi Portal in Asia

...and I am guessing it all installed fine, as the power button works and I can manually turn the fan on and off by connecting over SSH and using ./argonone-config

However, I cannot figure out how to change the auto fan control temperature and fan speed steps. Default values are apparently:

55 C = 10%

60 C = 55%

65 C = 100%

Problem is, when playing 4K files I could not get it to go over 50, so I can't tell if the auto-fan control is working.

I would like to change it so it comes on at 10% speed at 40 C, at least so I can test that the auto fan speed is doing it's thing.

Can anyone advise how I do this? I realise this is not an LE issue but hoping someone in the community also loves LE and this case and has gotten it working

Cheers!

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I changed the /storage/argononed.conf as follow. It's worked pretty fine for me with the setting as

Min Temp=Fan Speed

40=5

45=10

50=25

55=50

60=80

65=100

Since I don't want to fried my pi, I leave 65=100 in no condition. So it'll say fan off but will turn on at 65 with 100.

#!/bin/bash

daemonconfigfile=/storage/argononed.conf

echo "--------------------------------------"

echo "Argon One Fan Speed Configuration Tool"

echo "--------------------------------------"

echo "WARNING: This will remove existing configuration."

echo -n "Press Y to continue:"

read -n 1 confirm

echo

if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]

then

confirm="Y"

fi

if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]

then

echo "Cancelled"

exit

fi

echo "Thank you."

echo -n "Press Y if you want the fan to be always on:"

read -n 1 confirm

echo

if [ "$confirm" = "y" ]

then

confirm="Y"

fi

echo "#" > $daemonconfigfile

echo "# Argon One Fan Speed Configuration" >> $daemonconfigfile

echo "#" >> $daemonconfigfile

echo "# Min Temp=Fan Speed" >> $daemonconfigfile

if [ "$confirm" != "Y" ]

then

echo 65"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile

echo "Fan off."

else

echo 40"="5 >> $daemonconfigfile

echo 45"="10 >> $daemonconfigfile

echo 50"="25 >> $daemonconfigfile

echo 55"="50 >> $daemonconfigfile

echo 60"="80 >> $daemonconfigfile

echo 65"="100 >> $daemonconfigfile

echo "Fan always on."

fi

systemctl restart argononed.service