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      cowboysdude Module Developer @cpramhofer
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      • paphkoP Offline
        paphko
        last edited by paphko

        Just as a side note, I have the same issue that my RasPi screen does not switch on again after a random time. But I am running v1 of the mirror (so not this motion detector module) and I use motion for motion detection. My guess is that this is an issue with the RasPi firmware because it was working fine several months ago (and I was frequently updating RasPi firmware)…

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        • cowboysdudeC Offline
          cowboysdude Module Developer
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          I just run a straight cron job with a file called pir.py that runs two other files…

          monitor_on.sh
          monitor_off.sh

          It’s not incorporated into the mirror it runs the entire pi and I’ve had great luck with it! :)

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            cpramhofer @cowboysdude
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            hi @cowboysdude ,

            could you please give me (and maybe others) the detailed instruction how these files look in detail and where those are located?

            thanks a lot in advance,
            Christoph

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              cpramhofer
              last edited by

              here is what i have done, actually it works - i will watch it a few days.

              switch to /bin/

              cd /
              cd bin

              open nano and create a shell script

              sudo nano monitor_on.sh

              write the “On” Command in it and save with Ctrl+x

              /opt/vc/bin/tvservice --preferred && sudo chvt 6 && sudo chat 7

              open nano and create another shell script

              sudo nano monitor_off.sh

              write the “Off” Command in it and save with Ctrl+x

              /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o

              make both shell scripts executable

              sudo chmod +x monitor_off.sh
              sudo chmod +x monitor_on.sh

              open the crontab and add the following at the end

              switches the monitor off and on every 15 minutes. this is for experimenting, i will look how it works and will set the

              time up as.

              15 * * * * sudo /bin/monitor_off.sh
              15 * * * * sudo /bin/monitor_on.sh
              @reboot sudo modprobe bcm2835-vl2

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              • cowboysdudeC Offline
                cowboysdude Module Developer
                last edited by cowboysdude

                Well hey Thanks for making that easy… was JUST working on that LOL I’m putting it on github with instructions and the files…

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                • cowboysdudeC Offline
                  cowboysdude Module Developer
                  last edited by

                  https://github.com/cowboysdude/Pir-Sensor

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                  • cowboysdudeC Offline
                    cowboysdude Module Developer
                    last edited by

                    Update:

                    https://github.com/cowboysdude/Pir-Sensor

                    Monitor was only partially coming back on this should fix that.

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                      chengstark
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                      my monitor won’t turn back on
                      when I run “npm start dev”, it shows “compare result=Infinity,Infinity;0,0” , seems like it can’t capture any movement
                      the camera module works outside MagicMirror
                      when I tried “sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2”, it says “modprobe: invalid option – ‘4’”
                      how can I fix this

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                        cpramhofer
                        last edited by

                        Hi @cowboysdude

                        thank you for your files and the explanation. what i don´t understand is how this all works together with the “Motion Detector” - i would prefere to use a camera instead of a PIR Sensor but as far as i see i have to install the pir.py file which is calling the on&off files and referring to the PIN with the connected PIR sensor.

                        is there a way to use the on&off files with the “Motion Detector” Module?

                        greets
                        Christoph

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