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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    UPDATE: Replaced my PIR-Sensor with a Doppler Microwave Sensor.

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      jordan1200
      last edited by

      Thank you for this awesome solution! I just got mine up and running with MMM-PIR-Sensor. I was wondering if any of you have got this microwave sensor to also work with MMM-NearCompliments? I was thinking since it was also inspired by PIR sensor, I could get it to work, but no luck yet.

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        Lipax
        last edited by

        hello,
        i tried this with the microwave sensor, but im out of ideas. i get wrong positives every minute. (i check every 5 sec).
        i added also the ferrite, tried another raspberry, different of these sensors (bought a 5 pack) and placed it in a different room. anyone got any ideas what else i could try?
        or maybe similar microwave sensors i could try?

        any help would be great, tyvm

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          uros76 @Lipax
          last edited by

          @Lipax said in UPDATE: Replaced my PIR-Sensor with a Doppler Microwave Sensor.:

          hello,
          i tried this with the microwave sensor, but im out of ideas. i get wrong positives every minute. (i check every 5 sec).
          i added also the ferrite, tried another raspberry, different of these sensors (bought a 5 pack) and placed it in a different room. anyone got any ideas what else i could try?
          or maybe similar microwave sensors i could try?

          any help would be great, tyvm

          Did you try and limit the range as described in beginning of this thread? For me option 2 helped to limit oversensitivity.

          My magicmirror projects: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/79889, https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/93241 and https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/94586

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            Lipax @uros76
            last edited by

            @uros76
            the range is not the problem. i get positives when nothing is moving near it

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            • uros76U Offline
              uros76 @Lipax
              last edited by

              @Lipax this sensor is very sensitive and catches any movement 360 around from several meters away. I had same problem… If you don’t dial down the sensitivity-range you will keep getting false positives.

              My magicmirror projects: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/79889, https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/93241 and https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/94586

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                kayakbabe @Lipax
                last edited by

                @Lipax try dialing down the sensitivity, it’s probably picking up dust or something small you can’t see.

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                  Lipax
                  last edited by

                  thanks for the help, but i doubt its some kind of movement since its exactly every minute. i tried a different room and its the same.

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                    sdetweil @Lipax
                    last edited by

                    @Lipax please don’t submit duplicate posts…

                    all users with reputation below 2 have their posts reviewed… this eliminates all the porn, advertising and trash posts from the forum.

                    it just takes time for (me) to get to review the posts…

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      uros76
                      last edited by

                      Can you share your python code? Perhaps there’s something there

                      My magicmirror projects: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/79889, https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/93241 and https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/94586

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                        Lipax @sdetweil
                        last edited by

                        @sdetweil sry about that

                        @uros76 i hope thats not the problem

                        import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
                        import time
                        import datetime
                        
                        switch=11
                        
                        
                        GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
                        GPIO.setup(switch, GPIO.IN)
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        try:
                            while True:
                                if GPIO.input(switch) == 1:
                                    now = datetime.datetime.now()
                                    print(now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), "something")
                                    
                                time.sleep(5)
                                
                                
                        except KeyboardInterrupt:
                            print("Bye Bye")
                        finally:
                            GPIO.cleanup()
                        
                        

                        thanks for the help

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