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    PIR sensor to turn monitor off. Nothing works :(

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      elleclouds @wishmaster270
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      @wishmaster270 I’ll follow yours today and report back.

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        elleclouds @wishmaster270
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        @wishmaster270 got it working with your tutorial but once the monitor goes into sleep mode, after not receiving a signal, it doesn’t turn back on unless I unplug and plug it back in.

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          wishmaster270 Module Developer @elleclouds
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          @elleclouds Hi, do you see any output of the Gpio module in the log file?

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            satsatt @wishmaster270
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            @wishmaster270
            the cmdline.txt was already ok , i really had to install xscreensaver and disable screensaver to solve my problem.

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              cowboysdude Module Developer
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              It won’t get any easier then this…

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

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                elleclouds @wishmaster270
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                @wishmaster270 said in PIR sensor to turn monitor off. Nothing works :(:

                @elleclouds Hi, do you see any output of the Gpio module in the log file?

                So I got it working with your tutorial. My only issue now is when the monitor doesn’t have a signal it turns completely off and won’t turn back on unless its unplugged and plugged back in. Is there a way to keep the monitor on, just asleep so that the HDMI signal when signaled, activates the screen?

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                  wishmaster270 Module Developer
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                  Hi,
                  it depends on your monitor. Maybe there is an option in the monitor configuration menu.
                  If not you can configure the MMM-Screen-Powersave-Notification module to only hide all modules and show the black background instead of turning the hdmi off (hideInsteadShutoff option)

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                    elleclouds @wishmaster270
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                    @wishmaster270 Since the monitor would stay on… would that have any benefits? I can’t access the menu of the monitor due to taking it apart and not knowing where the button to access the menu is located. Thanks for all the assistance and advice, I appreciate it.

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                      wishmaster270 Module Developer @elleclouds
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                      @elleclouds Black causes the display to turn off the backlight which saves energy. But it is surely less effective than switching the display to standby mode.

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                        elleclouds @wishmaster270
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                        @wishmaster270 I’m using this in the config file but its coming back with an error. What am I doing wrong?

                        {
                                module: 'MMM-Screen-Powersave-Notification',
                                config: {
                                    delay: 60,
                                    hideInsteadShutoff:true,
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        
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