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    • C Offline
      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
              last edited by

              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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                  cpramhofer
                  last edited by

                  Hi guys

                  as it looks that it isn´t an MM problem but an Pi Problem…another try:

                  sudo nano /etc/kbd/config

                  change the values to zero

                  BLANK_TIME=0
                  POWERDOWN_TIME=0

                  good luck

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                  • cowboysdudeC Offline
                    cowboysdude Module Developer @cpramhofer
                    last edited by

                    @cpramhofer There is a module for camera control… cannot remember the name of it but look around here I KNOW there’s one here.

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                      cpramhofer
                      last edited by

                      hi @cowboysdude,

                      i´m sorry - i thought we are all speaking about the camera based motion detection by @alexyak
                      https://github.com/alexyak/motiondetector

                      have a nice sunday!

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                      • cowboysdudeC Offline
                        cowboysdude Module Developer @cpramhofer
                        last edited by

                        @cpramhofer No that’s ok… I think this thread is getting mixed between PIR sensor and camera… opps

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