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    Pir Sensor not shutting off screen.

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      tinsebayacc
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      Re: {HowTo} turn on/off your monitor (Time based

      I have followed this tutorial and its great thank you. i installed the pir module and everything works great. the only issue is my screen goes into a no signal screen with an annoying cube in the middle which i cannot disable. So, on a fresh install i tried the manual way and followed all steps to have my screen turn black instead of off when the pir detects motion but nothing happens. i have run my python pir.py and it detects my motions and gives me … everytime i move so i know its working ok. What have i missed? im new to the whole raspberry pi and programming world but im learning fast. I have a fully functional magic mirror with lots of 3rd party modules installed so im quite good with following instructions. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

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        tinsebayacc @tinsebayacc
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        @tinsebayacc
        This is the tutorial ive been following

        https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6291/howto-turn-on-off-your-monitor-time-based-pir-button-app

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          sdetweil @tinsebayacc
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          @tinsebayacc some devices do not have the ability to turn to back… (none of my TV’s do)…

          I wrote my MMM-SleepWake (on github) module to provide the ability to hide all modules to darken the screen…
          its not off, and at night it has a glow (the backlight)… but its better than nothing…

          i don’t care how you detect motion, camera, pir, wave, …

          when you do, call my provided script with ‘started’, and when the motion ends, call it again with ‘ended’
          see the readme.

          set the “mode” to “hide”
          I use a webcam for motion detection

          Sam

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            tinsebayacc @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil Thank you for your reply

            This would work for me. As I mentioned I am a beginner in all this. How would I configure your module to work with my pir sensor. Sorry if this seems a daft question, I’m still learning the ropes. Thanks

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              tinsebayacc @tinsebayacc
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              @tinsebayacc

              Modify you script *

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                sdetweil @tinsebayacc
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                @tinsebayacc

                I just added some code to my module to handle PIR_SENSOR sending notice of user around…
                so you shouldn’t have to change anything there… well, stop it from turning off the display

                Sam

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