PIR sensor to turn monitor off. Nothing works :(

[elleclouds]

@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.

[wishmaster270]

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

[satsatt]

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

[cowboysdude]

It won’t get any easier then this…

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

[elleclouds]

@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?

[wishmaster270]

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)

[elleclouds]

@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.

[wishmaster270]

@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.

[elleclouds]

@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,
            }
        }
    }

[sdetweil]

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

What am I doing wrong?

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