<![CDATA[How do you switch on / off, wake up yours?]]>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?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1172/how-do-you-switch-on-off-wake-up-yoursRSS for NodeFri, 17 Jul 2026 17:07:46 GMTMon, 12 Dec 2016 14:03:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:41:44 GMT]]>@shockwave said in How do you switch on / off, wake up yours?:

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

Great !
I will give it a try

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/42439https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/42439Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:41:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:52:46 GMT]]>I use MMM-ModuleScheduler for my mirror in the bathroom BUT my 32" Control Center I use:

https://github.com/fewieden/MMM-voice

Works like a charm ;)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14213https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14213Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:52:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:20:15 GMT]]>I used a similar method to schedule a cron job to control a transistor placed over the push button of my tv. This lets me power the TV on and off instead of using the HDMI CEC method used for computer monitors.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14212https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14212Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:20:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:20:15 GMT]]>I’m with cowboysdude,

MMM-ModuleScheduler combined with MMM-Remote-Control.

Scheduler sends MonitorOn and Off’s to Remote.

Works like a dream!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14092https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14092Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:20:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:16:01 GMT]]>@Shockwave
I use the same times but instead of changing the display power I use the built in tvservice app

0 23 * * * /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o
0 6 * * * /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14072https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14072Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:16:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:00:14 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14071https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14071Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:00:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:08:40 GMT]]>MMM-ModuleScheduler

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

It works awesome!!!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14065https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14065Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:08:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:47:28 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14041https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/14041Thu, 09 Feb 2017 08:47:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:31:42 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9916https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9916Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:39:25 GMT]]>@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.)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9900https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9900Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:39:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:10:56 GMT]]>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
]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9339https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9339Wed, 14 Dec 2016 05:10:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:13:48 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9253https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9253Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:13:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:55:10 GMT]]>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?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9237https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9237Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:55:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do you switch on / off, wake up yours? on Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:10:29 GMT]]>I intend to use a PIR sensor “almost hidden” in the frame.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9229https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/9229Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:10:29 GMT