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====== Router Button Functions ======

Just about all routers have different hardware configurations so this how-to is to help end users **find** and **test** router push buttons.

===== Make Router Connection =====

You will need:
PuTTY.exe (or your favourite SSH client)
WinSCP

log into your router with both of these programs, the defaults are:
  * hostname: 192.168.1.1
  * port: 22
  * username: root
  * password: yourpassword

In WinSCP make sure you set File Protocol to **SCP** (Not "SFTP" as is the default) , and also tell it to remember your password for the session or you will be typing it over and over.

===== Find Button Name =====

Open //gargoyle_button_handler// file to edit and add a line of code to find button name
<code>
/etc/rc.button/gargoyle_button_handler
</code>

add the following line

<code>
logger the button was $BUTTON and the action was $ACTION
</code>

as shown below
<code>
   [ "$ACTION" = "$action" -a "$BUTTON" = "$button" -a -n "$handler" ] && {
      [ -z "$min" -o -z "$max" ] && eval $handler 
      [ -n "$min" -a -n "$max" ] && {
         [ $min -le $SEEN -a $max -ge $SEEN ] && eval $handler 
      }
   }
   logger the button was $BUTTON and the action was $ACTION
}
</code>

i.e. make sure it goes between the 2nd last and last braces.
Save and close

===== Test For Button Name =====


Go and press the button on your router that you wish to have as your wifi toggle button.
in PuTTY, type

<code>
logread
</code>

look for the following phrase
<code>
Wed May  1 19:23:39 2019 user.notice root: the button was wps and the action was pressed
</code>

Write this button name down exactly as stated, we will need it soon. 

In the example above the TP-Link C7 v2 button is "wps" with action "pressed"

===== Edit and Test Function =====
Open Config File

<code>
/etc/config/system
</code>

<code>
..
config button 'reset_button'
   option button 'New_Button_Name'
   option action 'released'
   option handler 'logger restore defaults ; /sbin/firstboot -y; reboot ;'
   option min '3'
   option max '90'
..
</code>

change 'reset' to 'New_Button_Name'

you’ll also need a symlink from that button to the Gargoyle button handler like the other buttons

<code>
ln -s /etc/rc.button/gargoyle_button_handler /etc/rc.button/New_Button_Name
</code>

Where //New_Button_Name// is your new found button name.
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