Trouble getting GPIO pin value in node.js

Question

I've a problem with using node.js for RaspberryPi GPIO Programming. I am using the onoff library. This is my code:

var Gpio = require('onoff').Gpio,
    led = new Gpio(20, 'out'),
    button = new Gpio(18, 'in', 'both');

button.watch(function (err, value) {
    if (err) {
        throw err;
    }
    led.writeSync(value);
});

function exit() {
    button.unexport();
    }
process.on('SIGINT', exit);

The problem is that the attached button never triggers. When I use Python to read the button's value it works. I have already tried other node.js libraries like rpi-gpio, pi-gpio and wiring-pi. None of them worked for me. I'm using an Raspberry PI B+ with the latest Raspbian installed. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Maybe you could ensure you are connecting it to proper pins, as the GPIO and PIN numbers are not the same.

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