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    PIR sensor to turn monitor off. Nothing works :(

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      elleclouds
      last edited by elleclouds

      I have followed every tutorial to no avail. I’m using the MMM PIR module and followed the instructions detailed. Can anyone please help me? Is there a way in terminal I can make sure the sensor isn’t a dud?

      The monitor will not turn off

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      • wishmaster270W Offline
        wishmaster270 Module Developer
        last edited by

        Hi,

        i recently wrote a tutorial of how to use two of my modules to turn on/off the display with an PIR sensor.

        English

        German

        I do not have much time to support at the moment but maybe it helps…

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          satsatt
          last edited by

          I have an opposite behavior after updating MM.
          After boot/reboot the mirror is on my HDMI Display but after awhile it disappears.
          The motion sensor only activates the backlight of the display but no content.
          In the webbrowser and with VNC viewer all is normal.
          If i send

          /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p; sudo /bin/chvt 6; sudo /bin/chvt 7
          

          it comes on again on HDMI but not stays.

          Is there something like a screensaver for HDMI display active?

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          • wishmaster270W Offline
            wishmaster270 Module Developer @satsatt
            last edited by

            @satsatt
            Hi,
            it might be a problem with screen blanking.
            If you edit your /boot/cmdline.txt like in this description it might solve the problem.

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              sdetweil @wishmaster270
              last edited by

              @wishmaster270 if you used the automated install script,m it will turn screen saver off for you if you reply yes…

              you can also run the screensaver off script part from the installation repo here
              https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

              it will figure out what system and set it off appropriately.

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                elleclouds @wishmaster270
                last edited by

                @wishmaster270 I’ll follow yours today and report back.

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                  elleclouds @wishmaster270
                  last edited by

                  @wishmaster270 got it working with your tutorial but once the monitor goes into sleep mode, after not receiving a signal, it doesn’t turn back on unless I unplug and plug it back in.

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                  • wishmaster270W Offline
                    wishmaster270 Module Developer @elleclouds
                    last edited by

                    @elleclouds Hi, do you see any output of the Gpio module in the log file?

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                      satsatt @wishmaster270
                      last edited by

                      @wishmaster270
                      the cmdline.txt was already ok , i really had to install xscreensaver and disable screensaver to solve my problem.

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                      • cowboysdudeC Offline
                        cowboysdude Module Developer
                        last edited by

                        It won’t get any easier then this…

                        https://github.com/cowboysdude/Pir-Sensor

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