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  • MMM-MotionDetector image seems too dark

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    Hey Guys,
    i’m basically done with my first mirror (hooray!). I put a lot of work in it and now one important thing doesnt seem to work.
    I’m using the MMM-MotionDetector Module with a Rpi Cam to save some energy.
    Well when i assembled the tech stuff without a mirror my system seemed to work as i wanted to.
    Since i assembled it all together the Module doesnt seem to consider my images as relevant.
    I used

    raspistill -0

    to check if my camera isnt able to peek through the mirror.
    Turns out that i see the other side but i’d consider it dark. You can still see everything on the image tho.

    I turned off the red camera light, i thought this might dazzle the camera. But this doesnt help as well.

    I already tried to config my threshold=1 but this doesnt seem to help as well.
    When i use e.g. a flashlight and hold it right onto the camera the module gets a high score and the monitor is turning on again.

    Do you have any idea how i could get it to work properly?

    Sorry, this is my first post. If any Information is missing let me know.

    Thanks in advance!
    Kind regards from Germany.

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    @gismo2006 Hey, honestly if it wasn’t for the fact that you mentioned changing tvservice to vcgencmd I’d never have figured it out! Your brief commend put me on the right path to getting everything working, thank so you much!! If I run into any problems with vcgencmd in the future I’ll be sure to pm you :)