PIR-Sensor - put your mirror to sleep if not used

shgmongohh

I have the same issue. Does anybody have a solution for this problem?

cpramhofer

I´m playing around with PIR and after reinstalling npm it seems to work.
the only problem is that my monitor is switching on and off every couple of seconds.
do you guys have a picture of how your sensor is setup (Poti, Trigger Jumper)?

thanks a lot!

DirkS

Hi,

i have some issue with the PIR Module. It worked for testing a couple of month but now under productive operation it doesn’t :(

The Screen is switched off and on correctly but after a unspecified time it doesn’t switch it on anymore, it stays black. Sometimes after an hour sometimes after a couple of minutes.

The PIR itself is working correctly as i discovered, i’m also getting it’s state under FHEM and there i can see the relaible functionality of it. I connected it to the GPIO 21.

As i can see on the screen it doesn’t get any video input anymore. Only rebooting the PI2 will fix it.

I’m not sure where to search :(

Some startup log entrie doesn’t show anything.

> magicmirror@2.0.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> electron js/electron.js

Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
Initializing new module helper ...
Initializing new module helper ...
No helper found for module: alert.
No helper found for module: clock.
Initializing new module helper ...
No helper found for module: compliments.
No helper found for module: currentweather.
No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
Initializing new module helper ...
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server op port 8080 ...
Server started ...
Connecting socket for: MMM-FHEM
Connecting socket for: MMM-PIR-Sensor
Connecting socket for: calendar
Starting node helper for: calendar
Connecting socket for: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Sockets connected & modules started ...
Launching application.

phrazelle

Thanks for the module - this is fantastic!

I have a PIR sensor attached and it works as desired, but when the HDMI signal is cut to the TV, I get a “No Signal” message on the screen from the TV itself because the RPi isn’t sending signal anymore.

I’m wondering what the best solution would be. My head goes to hiding all modules instead of turning the monitor off so MM is still on but a completely black screen, or somehow send the RPi into a sleep state but keep the HDMI active.

Has anyone else tackled this issue?

McSorley

@phrazelle The idea behind it is so that when the HDMI is disabled you would get the no signal. You then set up the TV/Monitor to go to sleep if no signal is found.
Check your TV manual for power saving settings.

phrazelle

@McSorley Thanks for the response!

Unfortunately my TV doesn’t have a sleep mode option. It automatically displays the No Signal message and turns off after a few minutes of no signal. To make that more difficult, if the TV is turned back on with the remote, it loses the resolution settings and blows everything up until the RPi is rebooted.

I’m not sure how to address this, but I think it would be ideal in my circumstance to have this module, but triggered by the PIR sensor. Idk if I can finagle that, but I suppose I can give it a shot.

nem1

Do we still have this problem with the node version? (v5 works, 6 not)

bibi

@phrazelle hi! did you find a way to disable this message? i have the same annoying one :)

phrazelle

@bibi Yes! Here is the post I submitted around the new module. Remember that you still need the MMM-PIR-Sensor module by paviro installed for this to work.

bibi

@phrazelle interesting! thx a lot will check this :)

AlessandroRa

Yay! I’ve finally solved my blank screen issue, now I’ve the same problem as @DirkS… After a while the screensaver activates, the screen becomes dark and even if I wave in front of the sensor the mirror doesn’t go on again…
@paviro any idea why?

AlessandroRa

Nevermind, I’m back on the white page problem… It keeps saying “Error: Module version mismatch. Expected 50, got 51”

I tried either: npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=1.4.0 --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --build-from-source
and: npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=1.4.5 --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --abi=50

but it doesn’t change…

yawns

@AlessandroRa
Please run npm list and check for your electron version. Then rerun the command you already tried with the right version number

AlessandroRa

@yawns thank you, that solved it! Now I need to understand why nothing happens even if I wave in front of the sensor…
I’m starting to think that the PIR sensor doesn’t work

Them Russians

Hey all,

I am a relative novice when it comes to the Pi, and have been trying to identify why I am unable to install the dependencies via “npm install”.

I cloned the repository into my “modules” folder via the “git clone…” command (Step 1).

I then navigated into the new “MMM-PIR-Sensor” folder and ran “npm install”.

However, I got an error during the install suggesting I have an issue with electron-rebuild. Is anyone familiar with what could cause this error to be thrown, and what I could do to resolve it?

Here is the error:

Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor@1.1.0 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor
electron-rebuild -e …/…/node_modules/electron-prebuilt
An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
Unable to find electron-prebuilt’s version number, either install it or specify an explicit version
Error: Unable to find electron-prebuilt’s version number, either install it or specify an explicit version
at _callee$ (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/cli.js:74:17)
at tryCatch (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:63:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:337:22)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:96:21)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.tryCatcher (/home/pi/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
at PromiseSpawn._promiseFulfilled (/home/pi/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/generators.js:97:49)
at /home/pi/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/generators.js:201:15
at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/cli.js:197:4)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
npm ERR! Linux 4.4.38-v7+
npm ERR! argv “/usr/bin/nodejs” “/usr/bin/npm” “install”
npm ERR! node v6.9.2
npm ERR! npm v3.10.9
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor@1.1.0 postinstall: electron-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron-prebuilt
npm ERR! Exit status 255
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor@1.1.0 postinstall script ‘electron-rebuild -e …/…/node_modules/electron-prebuilt’.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! electron-rebuild -e …/…/node_modules/electron-prebuilt
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor
npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/npm-debug.log

elmerito25

@cpramhofer Were you able to fix your problem?

Nususu

@jrleeman Hi I have the same issue that you do with the on signal only being put out for about a second after motion detection. Did you ever find a way to make the mirror stay awake for longer with the timer being reset by any motion signal?

Them Russians

@Nususu Did you have any issues with the npm install of this module? I am still unable to install the module :(

Jopyth

Please continue discussion about install issues here. There is already info on how it can be solved. For other problems with the PIR-Sensor Module please open a new thread in the troubleshooting section.