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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    UPDATE: Replaced my PIR-Sensor with a Doppler Microwave Sensor.

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      bachoo786 @Fozi
      last edited by

      @Fozi ok will do thanks.

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        bachoo786 @Fozi
        last edited by

        @Fozi Hi

        I am on raspberry pi 4 and I think wiringPi does not work with it as the guy has stopped developing it any further. Is there any other way I could make this work?

        Thanks.

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          Fozi Project Sponsor @bachoo786
          last edited by

          @bachoo786 there exist alternative libs like piGPIO or GPIOzero, but I have no experience with them. Why not try MMM-PIR-Sensor? It is easy to install and to configure and works out of the box with the RCWL-0516.

          HowTo: Replace PIR Sensor with a RCWL-0516 Microwave Sensor

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            bachoo786 @Fozi
            last edited by

            @Fozi nope none of them worked for me very surprising.

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            • lavolp3L Offline
              lavolp3 Module Developer @bachoo786
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              @bachoo786 Same for me. Couldn’t get neither MMM-PIR nor MMM-PIR-Sensor to work, but on a Raspi3B+

              How to troubleshoot modules
              MMM-soccer v2, MMM-AVStock

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              • FoziF Offline
                Fozi Project Sponsor
                last edited by

                Hmmm…that’s strange.
                Here is my config for MMM-Pir-Sensor I use:

                //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                {
                        module: 'MMM-PIR-Sensor',
                        config: {
                        sensorPin: 4,
                        powerSavingDelay: 150, // (seconds) how long the monitor will be turned on
                        
                        }
                },
                //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                
                

                And this is the wiring of the sensor with the GPIO, which corresponds to the above config. ‘sensorPin: 4’ corresponds to GPIO_4 (brown cable)

                0_1578316205071_Bildschirmfoto 2020-01-06 um 14.08.17.png

                HowTo: Replace PIR Sensor with a RCWL-0516 Microwave Sensor

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                • lavolp3L Offline
                  lavolp3 Module Developer @Fozi
                  last edited by

                  @Fozi The odd thing is that I didn’t even get the module installed properly. However, just tried again and it seems to work now. Maybe because of MM v 2.10.0. I don’t know…

                  How to troubleshoot modules
                  MMM-soccer v2, MMM-AVStock

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                  • FoziF Offline
                    Fozi Project Sponsor @lavolp3
                    last edited by

                    @lavolp3 great!

                    HowTo: Replace PIR Sensor with a RCWL-0516 Microwave Sensor

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                      hedmik
                      last edited by

                      More or less the same problem for me…
                      I’m using a velleman VMA314 connected to GPIO pin 11 (BCM GPIO 17) and module MMM-PIR-Sensor.
                      I’ve updated wiringPi for Pi 4 (wiringPi updated to 2.52 for the Raspberry Pi 4B)
                      I see that state changes using “gpio readall” but nothing happens…or to start with, connected screen does not even turn off after time set in config:

                      		{
                      			module: 'MMM-PIR-Sensor',
                      			config: {
                      			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
                      				sensorPin: 17, // The pin (BCM numbering, NOT pin number itself) your PIR-sensor is connected to.
                      				powerSaving: true, // Should the monitor be turned off if no user is present? (via HDMI or relay)
                      				powerSavingDelay: 5, // Additional software side delay (in seconds) before the monitor will be turned off.
                      				powerSavingNotification: true, // To display a notification before to switch screen off
                      				powerSavingMessage: "Skärmen stängs av på grund av inaktivitet..." // Message notification to display before to switch screen off
                      				
                      			}
                      		},
                      
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                      • hedmikH Offline
                        hedmik @hedmik
                        last edited by

                        @hedmik sorry, my bad, i was editing config in another pi…
                        Now it’s working now as it should :-)

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