Alexyak/motiondetector... how to?

Centurion

https://github.com/alexyak/motiondetector

First let me start by saying that I know nothing about coding… I’m barely IT literate, so go n00b with the answers please! :)

I’ve managed to get MagicMirror installed and running on the rPi, I have the rPi camera which I would like to use as to detect when someone is in front of the mirror and come on for a minute or so.

The module linked above didn’t come with any documentation that I could find, so other than downloading the files into my MM modules directory on the rPi and adding this to my MM config file:

	{
		module: "motiondetector"
	},

I don’t know what to do. The screen just stays on indefinitely. Are there some settings I’m missing?

Also, I did verify that the camera is plugged in and working, the rPi had no trouble using it to take a picture.

I’ve been trying to find mm log files or something so that I could even see if the motiondetector module was working, but I don’t know where to look or how to access those either.

Thanks for any pointers or troubleshooting steps!

Centurion

Anyone have any advice???

Is there some way to check system logs or something?

Sultan91

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Sultan91

Hello! I guess waht module is doing it tells to other modules (via sensocketnotification method) kind of “hey I detected motion”. But first of all, after launching npm start keep looking at the console and check for module errors.

Centurion

@Sultan91

Ok, so what is npm and what’s the console? Sorry!

Centurion

I’ve been reading lots of other modules and they all have instructions that say to use the " npm install" command… Do I need to do that for this mod?

I’m sorry but there were NO instructions with this mod, and I’m NOT a technical person.

Sultan91

@Centurion I haven’t used that module though. But for what purposes do you wanna use motion sensor - just to trigger screen on/off in case human body detected? If so check out PIR-motion sensor from 3rd party modules on github.
I guess these module is still under development.
P.S: In RPi terminal - is your console (you opening Terminal (black window) and in order to launch MagicMirror software you type into Terminal - “npm start”)

Centurion

@Sultan91 Thanks, I ordered those parts on Amazon too since I haven’t gotten much response here.

Really hope that one’s easier to figure out.

I launch MM by typing “pm2 start mm”. How do people watch the console after they launch it? Someone said to check the logs…?

Sultan91

@Centurion To watch cromium console hit crt+shift+I, to check Terminal just push alt+Tab