Motion Detector

[cowboysdude]

@alexyak /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -s

I get this:
state 0x12000a [HDMI CEA (16) RGB lim 16:9], 1920x1080 @ 60.00Hz, progressive

That’s where I was running it from and I still get the above

[alexyak]

@cowboysdude so just to confirm, when you run the status command on the RPI you get this output, right?

[cowboysdude]

@alexyak Yes that is correct

[cowboysdude]

Is it logging anywhere that we may be able to see what it’s doing exactly?

[alexyak]

It’s logging in the terminal window that you use to start the mirror with npm start. You can also start the mirror with “npm start dev” with dev tools and there will be the output from the chromium.

[cowboysdude]

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[cowboysdude]

/home/pi$ /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o
Powering off HDMI
/home/pi$ /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -s
state 0x120002 [TV is off]

That is off
/opt/vc/bin/tvservice --preferred && sudo chvt 6 && sudo chvt 7
Turns it back on… no problem…this is the tvservice -s when it’s on…

state 0x12000a [HDMI CEA (16) RGB lim 16:9], 1920x1080 @ 60.00Hz, progressive

So somewhere it’s broken in the module itself… it does turn it off [even if you’re standing in front of it moving…which means to me it’s not taping into the camera looking for motion] but not back on… I know the camera is working I’ve taken pictures with it…

So what is getting lost after it turns off? And how or where can I look to see what it’s loggin? I can’t look at the terminal window when it’s off because to do that you’d have to turn it back on… and you can’t.

[strawberry 3.141]

@alexyak the logs from @trividar show only state hdmi on never hdmi off, so maybe the check for on off is not correct in the module, as an idea create a dev branch where you don’t check with tvservice -s, just set a variable hdmi true/false after you running a command and starting with true in the start method of the nodehelper and let them checkout this branch

[alexyak]

@strawberry-3.141 I have a feeling that the camera is not properly captured from the client side js code. I am going to create a dev branch with a lot more logging soon.

[trividar]

Thank you guys for having a look!!