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  • J Offline
    jc21
    last edited by Oct 24, 2016, 12:02 AM

    Sounds like you’re on top of that then.

    Just fyi, the latest code for the original pir sensor module will rebuild the compiled dependencies for you as part of the npm install command in the module. There should be no reason to run npm rebuild manually unless you get those pesky “expected version xx but got xx” errors.

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      open_book @jc21
      last edited by Nov 9, 2016, 10:03 PM

      @jc21 just for closure here I found the issue. After running the python script again I realised that the PIR was always HIGH even with the sensitivty dialled right down.

      So I checked the leads going into the pi and found that, despite checking it many times, I’d mixed up GND and VCC :(

      The lesson for any other idiots out there when testing is, run this Python script and make sure that the PIR stops broadcasting “Motion Detected!” when you cover it with something:

      from gpiozero import MotionSensor
      import os
      
      pir= MotionSensor(22) //the gpio pin PIR OUT is connected to
      while True:
                     if pir.motion_detected:
                     print (“Motion Detected!”)
      

      Code from this site

      With some further adjustments for sensitivity it’s now working great!

      sudo insert motivational.quote

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        jc21
        last edited by jc21 Nov 9, 2016, 11:55 PM Nov 9, 2016, 11:54 PM

        Great stuff. People shouldn’t discount a faulty PIR either. The one I had on the shelf for ages wasn’t detecting quite right so I ordered another one and the difference in detection is huge. I’m not sure if these have a shelf life or what but yeah, that was my recent experience.

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          ostfilinchen
          last edited by Jan 3, 2017, 12:46 PM

          Hi all,

          i have an issue with the PIR Sensor. I get alltime this error:

          1|mm | at bindings (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:76:44)
          1|mm | (node:1714) DeprecationWarning: sys is deprecated. Use util instead.
          1|mm | WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Module version mismatch. Expected 50, got 49.
          1|mm | App threw an error during load
          1|mm | Error: Module version mismatch. Expected 50, got 49.
          1|mm | at Error (native)
          1|mm | at process.module.(anonymous function) [as dlopen] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
          1|mm | at Object.Module._extensions…node (module.js:583:18)
          1|mm | at Object.module.(anonymous function) [as .node] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
          1|mm | at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
          1|mm | at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
          1|mm | at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)
          1|mm | at Module.require (module.js:483:17)
          1|mm | at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
          1|mm | at bindings (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:76:44)
          1|mm | Error: Module version mismatch. Expected 50, got 49.
          1|mm | at Error (native)
          1|mm | at process.module.(anonymous function) [as dlopen] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
          1|mm | at Object.Module._extensions…node (module.js:583:18)
          1|mm | at Object.module.(anonymous function) [as .node] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
          1|mm | at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
          1|mm | at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
          1|mm | at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)
          1|mm | at Module.require (module.js:483:17)
          1|mm | at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
          1|mm | at bindings (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:76:44)

          It’s equal if i have the original from @paviro or the modification.

          Can anybody help me?

          Regards Daniel

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            yawns Moderator @ostfilinchen
            last edited by yawns Jan 3, 2017, 1:36 PM Jan 3, 2017, 1:34 PM

            @ostfilinchen

            1. please run npm list and find out your version number of electron
            2. change into the MMM-PIR-Sensor folder cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor
            3. run npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=ELECTRONVERSION --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --abi=50 and replace ELECTRONVERSION with the version number you found in step 1
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            • O Offline
              ostfilinchen @yawns
              last edited by Jan 3, 2017, 2:00 PM

              @yawns. Is it possible that my Version is 1.4.13?

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              • Y Offline
                yawns Moderator
                last edited by Jan 3, 2017, 2:09 PM

                Yes, that is possible. When I had to run this command last time I was using 1.4.0 …
                Just give it a try. Worst case is you have to delete the MMM-PIR-Sensor folder and git clone it again.

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                  ostfilinchen @yawns
                  last edited by Jan 3, 2017, 3:18 PM

                  @yawns now i get this error

                  pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor $ sudo npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=1.4.13 --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --abi=50

                  epoll@0.1.20 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/epoll
                  node-gyp rebuild

                  gyp ERR! clean error
                  gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, unlink ‘build/Makefile’
                  gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.38-v7+
                  gyp ERR! command “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “rebuild”
                  gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/epoll
                  gyp ERR! node -v v7.0.0
                  gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
                  gyp ERR! not ok

                  npm ERR! Linux 4.4.38-v7+
                  npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “rebuild” “–runtime=electron” “–target=1.4.13” “–disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell” “–abi=50”
                  npm ERR! node v7.0.0
                  npm ERR! npm v3.10.8
                  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                  npm ERR! epoll@0.1.20 install: node-gyp rebuild
                  npm ERR! Exit status 1
                  npm ERR!
                  npm ERR! Failed at the epoll@0.1.20 install script ‘node-gyp rebuild’.
                  npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
                  npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the epoll package,
                  npm ERR! not with npm itself.
                  npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
                  npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
                  npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
                  npm ERR! npm bugs epoll
                  npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via:
                  npm ERR! npm owner ls epoll
                  npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

                  npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
                  npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/npm-debug.log
                  pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor $

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                    yawns Moderator
                    last edited by Jan 3, 2017, 3:19 PM

                    why are you running it with sudo??

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                    • O Offline
                      ostfilinchen
                      last edited by Jan 3, 2017, 3:21 PM

                      without sudo i get the same error

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