MMM-Pir toggling

[sdetweil]

@ttt126 that means you started MM AGAIN…

if you are using PM2, then you need to use the pm2 commands

pm2 status
pm2 stop x
where x is the name or number of the row of the app you want control
and then pm2 start x

or you can do

pm2 restart x

I STRONGLY recommend using manual start while you are developing your mm solution
changing config, adding modules

pm2 stop all

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start 

to stop MM in this mode, hit ctrl-q on the MM screen

if you do this over ssh cause you have no keyboard on the mm system (like me all the time) press ctrl-c in the ssh window where you did npm start

(if you do this when PM2 is controlling, it will do its job, “keep the app running”,
you stop it, and pm2 will restart it… )

[ttt126]

so this is the aktual config
the command python3 /home/pi/neu1.py is acting the relay if executed in termnal
I use fire and exec both with no action.
maybe there is no trigger natification.

module: "MMM-NotificationTrigger",
                       config: {
                         triggers:[
                           {
                              trigger: "USER_PRESENCE",
                              fires: [
                                {
                                  fire:"python3 /home/pi/neu1.py",
                                  exec: (payload) => {
                                    return "python3 /homr/pi/neu1.py " + payload.option
                                  }
                                },
                               ],
                             },
                           ]
                         }

[ttt126]

I got it working, many thanks for your Help :-)

[sdetweil]

@ttt126 what was the issue? might help others in the same predicament

[ttt126]

@ttt126 said in MMM-Pir toggling:

config: {
triggers:[
{
trigger: “USER_PRESENCE”,
fires: [
{
exec: (payload) => {
return "python3 /homr/pi/neu1.py " + payload.option
}
},
],
},
]
}

The pathon3 comand was missing. I´m not quite firm with programming.
But a serce for executing a py script brought the answere!

[sdetweil]

@ttt126 ok… two things…

1. when posting config or logs info in the forum, please use the code-block wrapper

to use

paste the text you want to post, blank line above and below
select the text you just pasted
hit the </> button above the editor to add the wrapper

2. on linux, you can specify the program to launch to execute a ‘script/program’
   you do this by adding a special first line

#!/path_to_executable/programname

so in your case
from a terminal window do

which python3

the which pgm returns the full path to the 1st instance of the program specified as located along the path . on my desktop that is

which python3
/home/sam/anaconda3/bin/python3

then in you editor of your script, make this the 1st line

#!path_from_which

so it looks like this

#!/home/sam/anaconda3/bin/python3

the linux execution code does all this stuff under the covers, reads the 1st line and invokes that pgm with the arguments passed to the script
and of course, if no #! then the script USER has to specify it like you did