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      MDLefevere
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      Hi everyone,

      I’ve recently started building a MagicMirror and so far i like it a lot.
      Yesterday i ordered a HC-SR501 PIR Sensor and tried to install it.

      This is were the problems started:

      I’ve tried some modules but couldn’t get it to work.
      I’ve connected my SR501 as followed:

      • PIN4 - 5V
      • PIN11 - Motion (GPIO17)
      • PIN6 - GRND

      Is there a 2021 tutorial that can direct me in the right direction?.

      Before anyone asks ;) . I’m trying for about 5 hours now and used the search box at the top :)

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        sdetweil @MDLefevere
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        @mdlefevere does it work outside mm?

        lots of internet articles with python code to read pir and say something

        the modules generally run some python code under the covers

        Sam

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          MDLefevere @sdetweil
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          @sdetweil

          I’m not yet that good with Python, so some parts are a bit hard to understand.
          I’ve seen a couple of modules/posts over here and gave them a shot.

          One was working half. Screen turns of but no way to get it back on.
          This was: MMM-Pir-Sensor

          Just found a dutch how-to: here so i will give this a shot.

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            sdetweil @MDLefevere
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            @mdlefevere said in PIR Sensor ??:

            One was working half. Screen turns of but no way to get it back on.
            This was: MMM-Pir-Sensor

            off is easy, PIR doesn’t report , so nobody there, by default, so turn off…

            make sure u have ssh enabled, so u can get in from your PC and turn display back on…

            put the sensor is not reporting, or the module config isn’t looking at the right GPIO pin .

            make it work outside MM… then it will be better

            Sam

            How to add modules

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              MDLefevere @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil

              Alright i got i working with this guide.

              The only thing i’m now facing is, and i can’t understand this, that i get the message “Cable not connected” on my display.

              When i was using it in crontab with “vcgencmd display_power 0” (timebased) it put the monitor in sleep mode and the led’s of the monitor turned off.
              Now when using it in a .sh command the monitor stays on with this message.

              Do you have any idea?

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                sdetweil @MDLefevere
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                @mdlefevere well, when u ran in cron, you ran as root

                in your script do you do

                sudo vcgencmd display_power 0
                

                Sam

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                  MDLefevere @sdetweil
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                  @sdetweil said in PIR Sensor ??:

                  sudo vcgencmd display_power 0

                  No i don’t
                  But i tried it already and didn’t make a difference.

                  Also if i sudo su and then use vcgencmd display_power 0 it’s not sleeping.

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                    sdetweil @MDLefevere
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                    @mdlefevere this is where I have trouble… all my displays behave as u describe…

                    turn off the hdml and then they holler about no input… , and 15 mins later power off (energy start complaince) …

                    Sam

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                      MDLefevere @sdetweil
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                      @sdetweil

                      Hmm alright.
                      So do you have a “workaround”?. How do you handle this?. I just want the screen to be not on all day long when i’m just home for a couple of hours

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                        sdetweil @MDLefevere
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                        @mdlefevere I use module hiding. never turn the display ‘off’

                        Sam

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