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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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How do you switch on / off, wake up yours?

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  • A Offline
    arbeyukay
    last edited by arbeyukay Dec 12, 2016, 2:03 PM Dec 12, 2016, 2:03 PM

    I’m in the final stages of construction and happy with the basic installation of hardware and software. My Pi sits inside a frame with a monitor, and I can vnc in to it.
    What I’m interested in, is everyone’s methods for switching on / off and waking up etc.

    Do you leave it switched on all the time? (not my preferred choice as noone is in the house during the day and that seems a little wasteful)
    If not, how do you wake up your screen or Pi? PIR sensor, camera, some kind of switch, remote access?

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      yawns Moderator
      last edited by Dec 12, 2016, 2:10 PM

      I intend to use a PIR sensor “almost hidden” in the frame.

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        arbeyukay
        last edited by Dec 12, 2016, 3:55 PM

        Thanks yawns, which module will you be using - MMM-PIR-Sensor?
        Out of interest, do you know if it’s possible to set the time the hdmi stays live for, or is it purely based on whether there’s any movement detected?

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          lolobyte
          last edited by Dec 12, 2016, 9:13 PM

          I’m using a motion cam behind the mirror with mmal motion software running outside the mm2 as a surveillance cam!
          If there is a motion in the front of the mirror the cam turns the mm2 panel on.
          After some time without motion the sw will deactivate the panel.

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            Shockwave
            last edited by Dec 14, 2016, 5:10 AM

            I just use a cron job to put the screen to sleep at 11pm and turn it back on at 7am. My schedule is routine enough that this works well for me.

            crontab -e

            00 23 * * * /home/pi/monitor-off.sh >/dev/null # JOB_ID_1
            0 7 * * * /home/pi/monitor-on.sh >/dev/null # JOB_ID_2
            

            monitor-off.sh

            #!/bin/bash
            
            vcgencmd display_power 0
            
            # export DISPLAY=:0.0
            # xset dpms force off
            

            monitor-on.sh

            #!/bin/bash
            
            vcgencmd display_power 1
            
            # export DISPLAY=:0
            # xset dpms force on
            # xset s reset
            
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              schlachtkreuzer6 @lolobyte
              last edited by Dec 27, 2016, 3:39 PM

              @lolobyte a question :) is the cam on all the time? i´m interested to use the pi cam as a surveillance cam (something like an ip cam) und using a mm module for motion detection (wake up the screen etc.)

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                lolobyte @schlachtkreuzer6
                last edited by Dec 27, 2016, 6:31 PM

                @schlachtkreuzer6

                yea, all ways on.
                If the cam recognize some motion in the front, the monitor is starting.

                After a chosen delay time the monitor is switched off.

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                  FallandeGubbe @arbeyukay
                  last edited by Feb 9, 2017, 8:47 AM

                  @arbeyukay I combined the Magic mirror with this feature and have a USB cam to detect any motion in front of mirror, if no motion the monitor is shut down. Works just fine!
                  https://maxkorlaar.com/post/?i=43&lang=en

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                    cowboysdude Module Developer
                    last edited by Feb 9, 2017, 1:08 PM

                    MMM-ModuleScheduler

                    https://github.com/ianperrin/MMM-ModuleScheduler

                    It works awesome!!!

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                      AAPS
                      last edited by Feb 9, 2017, 2:00 PM

                      I personally use remote control to turn my display on. I also am thinking of using motion detection, but I probably need help. https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/52/pir-sensor-put-your-mirror-to-sleep-if-not-used/30

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