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    Independent display controller based on PIR sensor.

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      Beh @bibi
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      @bibi No, it’s more like having it added to the autostart (like on windows). Then it’s running as a service in the background, which can be controlled via systemd’s systemctl command.

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        bibi
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        hi @Beh ! unfortunately your module is not working for me :( could you please help me to figure out why? i have bought the same PIR sensor and plug it in the gpio 14 (physical pin 8) thx!

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          bibi
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          it’s solved ;-) thx anyway

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            bibi
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            @beh hi! i was wondering if there was an easy way to add a fading effect when the mirror goes to sleep and wake up? would be interesting in this as well? thx

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              Beh @bibi
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              Hi @bibi, I hope, I understand that right.

              I don’t think that this is very easy. Because the script just turns the HDMI port of the RaspberryPi to on and off. So a fading effect wouldn’t be quite easy I think

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                bibi @Beh
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                @Beh i understand this. No problem and thx for reply! :)

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                  shashank @bibi
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                  @bibi hi can anyone help me with screenshots the file path where to enter the below commands to start it at boot time

                  cp ./pir_sensor.service /lib/systemd/system

                  systemctl daemon-reload

                  systemctl start pir_sensor.service

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                    bibi @shashank
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                    @shashank hi! unfortunately you will not find the cmd line in the github to enable the service at boot time. As far as i have checked, the systemd should already run at boot but for strange reasons it was not the case for me. Therefore, i had to issue the command : sudo systemctl enable pir_sensor.service
                    good luck!

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                      Beh
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                      Ok, maybe I forgot that in the readme file, or it worked straghtaway on my Pi.
                      I’m going to add sudo systemctl enable pir_sensor.service to the readme file!

                      thanks for the hint :)

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                        McSorley
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                        Sounds more effective than mine. I set an infinite loop to check for motion every second and if no motion is detected for 600 seconds the display goes to sleep.

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