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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    How do you switch on / off, wake up yours?

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    • A Offline
      arbeyukay
      last edited by arbeyukay

      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?

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      • yawnsY Offline
        yawns Moderator
        last edited by

        I intend to use a PIR sensor “almost hidden” in the frame.

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        • A Offline
          arbeyukay
          last edited by

          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?

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          • lolobyteL Offline
            lolobyte
            last edited by

            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.

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              Shockwave
              last edited by

              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
              
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              • schlachtkreuzer6S Offline
                schlachtkreuzer6 @lolobyte
                last edited by

                @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.)

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                • lolobyteL Offline
                  lolobyte @schlachtkreuzer6
                  last edited by

                  @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.

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                  • FallandeGubbeF Offline
                    FallandeGubbe @arbeyukay
                    last edited by

                    @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

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                    • cowboysdudeC Offline
                      cowboysdude Module Developer
                      last edited by

                      MMM-ModuleScheduler

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

                      It works awesome!!!

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                        AAPS
                        last edited by

                        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

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