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    sdetweil @plainbroke
    last edited by Jul 10, 2022, 4:08 AM

    @plainbroke I use a webcam for motion and also hide modules instead of turn off the display

    using my Sleep wake module
    https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-SleepWake

    Sam

    How to add modules

    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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      plainbroke @sdetweil
      last edited by Jul 10, 2022, 4:44 AM

      @sdetweil
      I will give that a try next rainy day we have.
      I like to try things like that module on my raining can’t do anything outside days…

      Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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        evroom @Nneuland
        last edited by Jul 10, 2022, 9:00 AM

        @Nneuland

        Just a small remark: /del/null is a typo.
        When off works, then on will work when you change to /dev/null.
        Unless it is right on your system and the typo is in your thread.

        MagicMirror version: 2.30.0
        Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
        Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

        Test environment:
        MagicMirror version: v2.30.0
        Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
        Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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          sdetweil @evroom
          last edited by Jul 10, 2022, 9:27 AM

          @evroom good catch!

          Sam

          How to add modules

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            Nneuland @evroom
            last edited by Jul 10, 2022, 5:26 PM

            @evroom

            Good eye. And yes! This was the issue. Thank you

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              plainbroke @sdetweil
              last edited by Jul 14, 2022, 2:31 AM

              @sdetweil
              Is there a way to run this as a cron job to black out the screen then in the morning un black the screen?
              I don’t understand the camera angle, I have Motion Eye running on a PI zero and raspberry 5 mp camera and it works showing up in my mirror using Motion-Eye. I just do not understand at all the code to make it happen…

              Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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                sdetweil @plainbroke
                last edited by sdetweil Jul 14, 2022, 2:43 AM Jul 14, 2022, 2:40 AM

                @plainbroke I use the GitHub motion project to handle the camera and motion detection.
                https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion
                ( I didn’t want to learn how to manage the camera too)

                it signals motion start and end.
                the library provides tons of config options and supports just about every camera.

                I provide the interface script that is called on motion start/end and signals my sleep/wake module to turn off screen or hide modules.

                you could use the script I provide in the cron job to signal wake up or go to sleep on a timed schedule

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  plainbroke @sdetweil
                  last edited by Jul 14, 2022, 3:32 PM

                  @sdetweil
                  What would the script code look like to do this manually instead of using the motion thing. I tried installing it but could not get it to work for me… the autoreconfig would not run at all… make just failed and one other step could not find certain files. There is no indication it actually installed. so I ran remove and it did. not sure where the motion program was installed in the first place I tried to install from inside MagicMirror/modules so I would be easier for me to find with no luck and when I tried to use find to find it nothing was found. Not my cup of tea for sure.

                  Thought if there is a way to run your script manually I would then just incorperate that into a cron job and be done with it.
                  The module I am running autodimmer still glows at night and you can see the modules faintly in the background…

                  Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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                    sdetweil @plainbroke
                    last edited by sdetweil Jul 15, 2022, 12:10 PM Jul 15, 2022, 12:10 PM

                    @plainbroke autoreconfig?

                    u don’t have to build motion, they have binaries (on every platform I’ve tried so far)

                    my script (launched by something outside mm)
                    creates an empty file in a known folder for each motion event

                    detected
                    ended

                    my module node_helper watches for those files to be created, and then sends notification to my module side to signal sleep or wake depending on the config.

                    the default folder is ‘motion’ inside the MMM-SleepWake folder

                    the script locates the running mm instance, and uses it’s path to locate the module folder and this it’s motion folder

                    the script assumes the path includes the username mm is running under and that username is used to set file permissions, so the module can remove them after processing the detection

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      Nneuland @plainbroke
                      last edited by Jul 15, 2022, 12:21 PM

                      @plainbroke

                      If I understand you correctly the dimmer is dimming the modules, but the monitor is still giving off light. A cron job set to turn on/off the monitor at specific times is what you’re looking for.

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