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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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How hot does your mirror run?

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    wered
    last edited by Mar 20, 2017, 4:00 PM

    Mine doesnt get quite that hot, I put a small vent openings on the back of mine to allow the heat to escape and i wrote a cron job to check the temperature and if it gets over 70c it will turn off the display which reduces the temperature quite a bit and it waits for it to get back to 55c before turning back on. I also set it to shut down the pi too and not come back on if it gets over 80c, Im currently in the process of adding a time control to the script so it will shut off durring certain hours of the day for power saving and if its in an area where you dont want any light at night such as in a bedroom. I will post it with installation instructions once it is finished and undergone a little testing. Here is how the inside of my box looks for comparison.

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      chieftainSupreme @wered
      last edited by Mar 20, 2017, 4:26 PM

      @wered would you mind sharing that script to turn it off at 70c and back on at 55c? Would solve some problems I’ve been having lately. Thanks!

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        wered @chieftainSupreme
        last edited by Mar 29, 2017, 8:51 PM

        @chieftainSupreme

        I Have finished the script, I have a link to the git repo for it here https://git.serverforge.org:8082/Wered/rpi-mm-tempcontrol and i have installation instructions/Config guide here https://wiki.serverforge.org/index.php/Tempcontrol

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          chieftainSupreme @wered
          last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 12:58 AM

          @wered awesome thanks man! I’ll give it a shot tonight

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            chieftainSupreme @wered
            last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 4:50 AM

            @wered I can’t install rpi-temp or tempcontrol, says it can’t locate the packages. Would you mind checking if there’s something wrong on your end?

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              lucallmon
              last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 9:19 AM

              Mine gets very hot. I think it’s because of my old monitor. I actually had the heat affect my HDMI cable and had to replace it as my monitor kept cutting out.

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                wered @chieftainSupreme
                last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 3:33 PM

                @chieftainSupreme What distro are you running on your pi?

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                  chieftainSupreme @wered
                  last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 4:39 PM

                  @wered running a multibootpi setup with retropie, raspbian and libreElec. Trying to install this on Raspbian, and i couldn’t get it done with either install method, apt-repo or manual. I’m pretty new so it may be an error on my part

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                    wered
                    last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 6:38 PM

                    Apt method will only work on ubuntu currently, the manual install should work if done correctly though, is it giving you an error when you try to run it?

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                      chieftainSupreme
                      last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 6:40 PM

                      I forget what the exact error was, I’ll check it out when I get home. Does this setup require a GPIO connection? My fan right now just has 5V power and ground wires

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