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      j.e.f.f Project Sponsor Module Developer @Natacha3
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      @Natacha3 I second @Mykle1 's suggestion to make a backup of your SD card, especially before you make any significant change. This way if you mess up the change, you can revert to your backup and try again. Furthermore, take another backup immediately after you are successful in implementing the new change. This way if you SD card becomes corrupt and unbootable (say due to a power outage, pulling the power cable without a proper shutdown, etc), you’ll have a fully up-to-date backup that you can restore in 30 minutes or so. This will save you many MANY tears.

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        Natacha3
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        So I’ve installed motion detector as Sean explained
        I’ve modified the config.JS file, restarted the mirror but no change!

        Is there something more to do to activate this function ?

        • @Mykle1 and @j-e-f-f => I’ve done as you said: back up done! Thank your for your kind advice and … yes! I sleep better and I expect no tears now ;-)
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          mongo116 Module Developer @Natacha3
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          @Natacha3 I had issues with Motion Detector, so ended up installing motion alongside Magic Mirror and using that - https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion

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            j.e.f.f Project Sponsor Module Developer @Natacha3
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            @Natacha3 it took me a while to get my motion detector to work too. I suggest making a simple script independent of MagicMirror to test that your PIR sensor is working and tuned correctly. Mine has two adjustment screws on it that I needed to play with before it behaved properly.

            More information here:
            https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/physical-computing-with-python/pir/

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              Natacha3 @j.e.f.f
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              @j.e.f.f Thank you again Jeff but … I use a Pi camera, not a PIR sensor ! ;-)

              I’ve checked that the camera was operating normally (sorry again, I’m not able to recover the link but … at least i’ve seen the picture !

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                Natacha3 @mongo116
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                @mongo116 Thank you for your advice but I’m a complete ignorant and I must admit that I’ve been affraid by reading https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/blob/master/motion_guide.html

                As a total noob, I guess it’s a bit out of reach for me. (maybe after 3 or 4 decades I will play the easy side with that ! ) ;-)

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                  Hawking @Natacha3
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                  @Natacha3
                  I also tested the motiondetector of alexyak, without success and therefore installed Motion, which works without problems. However, I understand, that the process to compile it for your self is not easy for a beginner.
                  Are you aware of https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/988/motion-detection-with-raspicam-non-module-version
                  The linked thread provides a precompiled version of Motion and some recommended settings.

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                    Natacha3 @Hawking
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                    @Hawking Thank you so much for your input !
                    It works as a charm !

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                      trividar
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                      Hello all,
                      I updated my raspberry to stretch and now my MM disable the Monitor and the Monitor start immediate without motion. I got this massage:

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                      Does someone know why this happen?
                      Thanks a lot!

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                        trividar
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                        No one an Idea?

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