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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    Power-saving modes?

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      wfsaxton
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      How are people handling turning their screens on/off?

      I’m running my mirror on an RPi3. It disables the HDMI port after a timeout and I’m using a voice command to turn it back on. The problem is that it takes almost 10 seconds for this to happen and, in the mean time, I have no way of knowing if the voice command actually worked until it turns on.

      So, I’m looking for a better solution.

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        AxLed Module Developer
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        @wfsaxton
        I am using the module MMM-PIR-Sensor and a physical PIR-Sensor, which works great.

        AxLED

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          wfsaxton @AxLed
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          @AxLed Thanks. I used that module as a reference and ran the commands manually…it still takes a long time BUT at least using a sensor could help a user more easily activate it.

          Can I ask what sensor your are using?

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            wfsaxton
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            I went ahead and purchased this one (Adafruit was out of stock): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JOZTAC6/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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              AxLed Module Developer
              last edited by

              @wfsaxton
              I am using a HC-SR501.

              AxLED

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                motdog
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                I’m using a clapper to turn the monitor on & off. Old school meets new school

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                  thobach
                  last edited by

                  I developed https://github.com/thobach/MMM-Gestures for that purpose which takes care of both:

                  • power saving with an infrared distance sensor
                  • gesture control to toggle between MMM-pages, news, show news details and scroll through news page

                  It works with well for me, but needs some hardware: Arduino, gesture sensor, IR sensor.

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