Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
{HowTo} turn on/off your monitor (Time based, PIR/Button, App)
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Read the last few posts ;)
For example u want to use the pir from Sunday 22pm over the whole week until next Sunday 6am.
So on every Sunday from 6am to 22pm the monitor should stay on.So you just need two cronjobs. On Sunday, 6am u need to kill the pir.py and on Sunday, 22pm you need to start it again :)
Try it like this:
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nano killpir.sh -
Write this into file and save with CTRL+X and Yes
#!/bin/bash sudo pkill $(ps aux | grep python pir.py | awk '{ print $2 }') vcgencmd display_power 1-
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sudo nano /etc/crontab -
Write this into file and save with CTRL+X and Yes:
0 22 * * 7 /usr/bin/sh /home/pi/killpir.sh 0 6 * * 7 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pir.pySo for example your crontab looks like this:
# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields, # that none of the other crontabs do. SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly ) 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ) 0 22 * * 7 root /usr/bin/sh /home/pi/killpir.sh 0 6 * * 7 root /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pir.py # -
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You’re the king of cronjobs!
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I tried your script but unfortunately it doesn’t seems to work yet. Like @blebbens , my MM is on the floor and activated a little bit too easy.
Any other suggestion?
Regards,
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Well, for my solution it is totally necessary to NOT use the PIR-Module. You must use just my external script solution!
Tests i made working fine… :)Anyhow… You could try to use clear nail polish.
I used it to cover certain regions and it works :)
Just paint several layers of the polish over the area u want to cover.Or play with the sensitivity
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I actually use option 2.2 - external script and already set both sensitivity and time delay to minimal (all the way to left).
would you mind to send me your pir.py?
Regards,
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Sure, my pir.py is the same as shown on point 2.2 but with other GPIO used
#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import time import RPi.GPIO as io import subprocess import pigpio io.setmode(io.BCM) SHUTOFF_DELAY = 119 # seconds PIR_PIN = 25 # 22 on the board LED_PIN = 16 def main(): io.setup(PIR_PIN, io.IN) io.setup(LED_PIN, io.OUT) turned_off = False last_motion_time = time.time() while True: if io.input(PIR_PIN): last_motion_time = time.time() io.output(LED_PIN, io.LOW) print ".", sys.stdout.flush() if turned_off: turned_off = False turn_on() else: if not turned_off and time.time() > (last_motion_time + SHUTOFF_DELAY): turned_off = True turn_off() if not turned_off and time.time() > (last_motion_time + 1): io.output(LED_PIN, io.HIGH) time.sleep(.1) def turn_on(): subprocess.call("sh /home/pi/lights_on.sh", shell=True) def turn_off(): subprocess.call("sh /home/pi/lights_off.sh", shell=True) if __name__ == '__main__': try: main() except KeyboardInterrupt: io.cleanup()Because i use some LED Stripes which turn on when the pir detects movement my “monitor_on.sh” is called “lights_on.sh”
lights_on.sh:
vcgencmd display_power 1 pigs p 17 1 pigs p 22 1 pigs p 24 1 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 2 pigs p 22 2 pigs p 24 2 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 3 pigs p 22 3 pigs p 24 3 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 4 pigs p 22 4 pigs p 24 4 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 5 pigs p 22 5 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 6 pigs p 22 6 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 7 pigs p 22 7 pigs p 24 6 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 8 pigs p 22 8 pigs p 24 7 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 9 pigs p 22 9 pigs p 24 8 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 10 pigs p 22 10 pigs p 24 9 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 11 pigs p 22 11 pigs p 24 10 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 12 pigs p 22 12 pigs p 24 11lights_off.sh:
pigs p 17 12 pigs p 22 12 pigs p 24 11 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 11 pigs p 22 11 pigs p 24 10 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 10 pigs p 22 10 pigs p 24 9 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 9 pigs p 22 9 pigs p 24 8 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 8 pigs p 22 8 pigs p 24 7 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 7 pigs p 22 7 pigs p 24 6 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 6 pigs p 22 6 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 5 pigs p 22 5 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 4 pigs p 22 4 pigs p 24 4 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 4 pigs p 22 4 pigs p 24 4 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 3 pigs p 22 3 pigs p 24 3 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 2 pigs p 22 2 pigs p 24 2 vcgencmd display_power 0 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 1 pigs p 22 1 pigs p 24 1 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 0 pigs p 22 0 pigs p 24 0
But what exactly doesn’t work with my script? Maybe i can help :)
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Thanks @cruunnerr.
In my case, no LED involved hence should be simpler :)
I run PIR.PY externally (via PM2) to call monitor on/off shell script and everything seems to work fine i.e.: turn screen blank and back on does work. No error reported. Its just the adding your script does not seems to make any difference, the turn on still instant.
Here is my PIR.py file
#!/usr/bin/env python import sys import time import RPi.GPIO as io import subprocess io.setmode(io.BCM) SHUTOFF_DELAY = 15 # seconds delay to turn off PIR_PIN = 17 # Pin 11 on the board TURNON_DELAY = 10 # seconds delay to turn on def main(): io.setup(PIR_PIN, io.IN) turned_off = False last_motion_time = time.time() while True: if io.input(PIR_PIN): last_motion_time = time.time() sys.stdout.flush() if turned_off and time.time() > TURNON_DELAY: turned_off = False turn_on() else: if not turned_off and time.time() > (last_motion_time + SHUTOFF_DELAY): turned_off = True turn_off() time.sleep(.1) def turn_on(): subprocess.call("sh monitor_on.sh", shell=True) def turn_off(): subprocess.call("sh monitor_off.sh", shell=True) if __name__ == '__main__': try: main() except KeyboardInterrupt: io.cleanup()Here is the monitor_off.sh
#! /bin/bash export DISPLAY=:0 xset dpms force offAnd Monitor_on.sh
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Hey mate,
you are using this script.
As i wrote in my post, it was just brainstorming. I never tested this script. :(But i can imagine that this will not work… For a Turn_on delay u probably need a loop-function.
But when i read your posts i can’t find, that u need this :D
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Hello,
I‘m using the PIR python-script-method.
It is working fine… but, my mirror is installed in a floor, where people are crossing the mirror several times a day without looking at it.It would be a helpful solution, if the script switches on the monitor if a person is standing in front of the mirror for 6 seconds.
Is there a possibility for modifying the script ?
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This will not work with a simple motion detector. Because “standing” is not “motion”. ;)
Then u would need a light barrier or something like that.
Or u need to shake your body for 6 seconds in front of the mirror XD
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I wouldn’t know how to program it but you could try playing around with a photo resistor like this or this. But I think that will only work if you have constant light conditions. Maybe an IR light barrier with a reflector on the other side would work better.
No idea if what you want is possible but that would be an awesome project.
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Or use an ultrasonic sensor. You could let it measure the distance and if its under a specific value for a specific time it could turn on the monitor
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Would you mind sharing how you wired your LED to pin16 in step 2.2 Using PIR-Script for LED_PIN = 16?
are you using resistors or mosfets etc? im a noob and dont want to break anything. -
In my Case I am using a RGB 5050 Stripe. I am using three pins with mosfets and for the software part PIGPIOD.
Just like that: https://dordnung.de/raspberrypi-ledstrip/
Here are my scripts:
monitor on:
vcgencmd display_power 1 pigs p 17 1 pigs p 22 1 pigs p 24 1 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 2 pigs p 22 2 pigs p 24 2 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 3 pigs p 22 3 pigs p 24 3 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 4 pigs p 22 4 pigs p 24 4 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 5 pigs p 22 5 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 6 pigs p 22 6 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 7 pigs p 22 7 pigs p 24 6 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 8 pigs p 22 8 pigs p 24 7 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 9 pigs p 22 9 pigs p 24 8 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 10 pigs p 22 10 pigs p 24 9 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 11 pigs p 22 11 pigs p 24 10 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 12 pigs p 22 12 pigs p 24 11Monitor off:
pigs p 17 12 pigs p 22 12 pigs p 24 11 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 11 pigs p 22 11 pigs p 24 10 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 10 pigs p 22 10 pigs p 24 9 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 9 pigs p 22 9 pigs p 24 8 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 8 pigs p 22 8 pigs p 24 7 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 7 pigs p 22 7 pigs p 24 6 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 6 pigs p 22 6 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 5 pigs p 22 5 pigs p 24 5 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 4 pigs p 22 4 pigs p 24 4 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 4 pigs p 22 4 pigs p 24 4 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 3 pigs p 22 3 pigs p 24 3 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 2 pigs p 22 2 pigs p 24 2 vcgencmd display_power 0 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 1 pigs p 22 1 pigs p 24 1 sleep 0.06s pigs p 17 0 pigs p 22 0 pigs p 24 0 -
@cruunnerr Hey there great tutorial,
I want to use the cronjob to turn on and off the mirror at certain times of the day.
My monitor is a DVI monitor so it is connected digitally with a cable that on one end is HDMI that sticks in the Rpi and the other end is a DVI connector that goes in the monitor.
When i try the commands you have mentioned;sudo tvservice -o to turn off sudo tvservice -p to turn on vcgencmd display_power 0 to turn off vcgencmd display_power 1 to turn onBoth commands for OFF turn off the display however none of the ON commands work right …it does not come on fully!!!
Meaning that it is On just no picture… it says DVI = Active VGA - No Signal and the Rpi is working there is just no picture …and no there is no Power Saving feature, i don’t think, because the back light of the LCD i can see is on after the ON command.
I send the On and Off commands through Putty ssh but i am also logged in with VNC and the moment you click reboot from VNC (there is nothing on the screen just dark with On LCD back light) the picture comes immediately back on and reboot carries on as usual and the picture is back on!!
So i think the Rpi HDMI signal is at fault and not the monitor feature but i may be wrong …what do you think may man??Thank you in advance
Denisp.s I read all 11 pages of this thread form the begging to the end with the hopes of finding a solution before bothering you LOL :)
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@cruunnerr @Maros
Thanks to you guys I finally got it working although for me I needed to use crontab -e because if I edit the ect/ file it doenst work. Also I had to make the two changes @Maros had to make. I changed the pkill to kill and removed the /usr directory. I wish I understood more of what I was doing but it works now. Next question
I would also like to remove a specific module that I have called mmm facial recognition during certain hours. Would this be possible? -
@cruunnerr Hey there buddy i know everyone is busy with the holidays coming up and i don’t want to bother you much but in regard to my predicament 2 posts above do you think if i add a cron job to restart the pi at the time i want the screen to be on will be a solution?? And how would i go about adding a restart as a cron job everyday in the morning at 7:30 am for example?/
Thank you
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Hey dude,
sorry for not answering, but i am only rarely here :(
First i would try to edit the config file:
sudo nano /boot/config.txttry to uncomment “hdmi_force_hotplug=1” and try to uncomment “config_hdmi_boost=4”
maybe play around with some other settings.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/video.mdRebooting the pi once a day is not the best solution :/
But however, if necessary:
http://www.simsalabim-solutions.net/vademecum/raspberry_pi/setting_up_reboot_cron_job_on_pi -
@cruunnerr Thanks for the reply, apreciate it. I now have a 5050 LED strip wired up with the mosfets.
working with the pir script (removed the module as you advised others)what method did you use to run pigpiod deamon on startup. i added this in my crontab, guess that will do unless theres a better way.
@reboot /usr/local/bin/pigpiod -
If u followed the guide i posted, your PIGPIOD installation path should be “/usr/local/bin/pigpiod”
For autostart when booting u must edit the rc.local. Mine is like this:
pi@MagicMirror:~ $ cat /etc/rc.local #!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution # bits. # # By default this script does nothing. # Print the IP address _IP=$(hostname -I) || true if [ "$_IP" ]; then printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP" fi iwconfig wlan0 power off & sleep 5 & /usr/local/bin/pigpiod sleep 10 & /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pir.py & exit 0So enter this via ssh:
sudo nano /etc/rc.localand just put this into the file:
/usr/local/bin/pigpiod
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