Motion Detector

Natacha3

Hello all,
I m totally new to Raspberry Pi and it’s an absolute miracle that I succeed to make it works and to add some modules .
So I feel sorry to ask and I beg your pardon if my request hurts some of you but can someone could explain me how to install this module ?
So far I’ve only installed the ones in the MichMich page (https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/MagicMirror²-Modules)
Sorry again to ask but I’m so affraid to “break” my magic mirror which works fine now !
if I disturb let me know I will delete my post.

Thanks for your help

Nat

A Former User

@Natacha3

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules 
git clone https://github.com/alexyak/motiondetector

In your config.js

{
  module: "motiondetector"
},

I think it would work, maybe…

Natacha3

Thank you so much Sean, I will try this at home tonight !
Thanks again for your patience and quick reply !
Nat

Mykle1

@Natacha3 said in Motion Detector:

I’m so affraid to “break” my magic mirror which works fine now !

Suggestion:

Make a backup image of your mirror’s SD card.

You’ll sleep better. :^)

j.e.f.f

@Natacha3 I second @Mykle1 's suggestion to make a backup of your SD card, especially before you make any significant change. This way if you mess up the change, you can revert to your backup and try again. Furthermore, take another backup immediately after you are successful in implementing the new change. This way if you SD card becomes corrupt and unbootable (say due to a power outage, pulling the power cable without a proper shutdown, etc), you’ll have a fully up-to-date backup that you can restore in 30 minutes or so. This will save you many MANY tears.

Natacha3

So I’ve installed motion detector as Sean explained
I’ve modified the config.JS file, restarted the mirror but no change!

Is there something more to do to activate this function ?

@Mykle1 and @j-e-f-f => I’ve done as you said: back up done! Thank your for your kind advice and … yes! I sleep better and I expect no tears now ;-)

mongo116

@Natacha3 I had issues with Motion Detector, so ended up installing motion alongside Magic Mirror and using that - https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion

j.e.f.f

@Natacha3 it took me a while to get my motion detector to work too. I suggest making a simple script independent of MagicMirror to test that your PIR sensor is working and tuned correctly. Mine has two adjustment screws on it that I needed to play with before it behaved properly.

More information here:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/physical-computing-with-python/pir/

Natacha3

@j.e.f.f Thank you again Jeff but … I use a Pi camera, not a PIR sensor ! ;-)

I’ve checked that the camera was operating normally (sorry again, I’m not able to recover the link but … at least i’ve seen the picture !

Natacha3

@mongo116 Thank you for your advice but I’m a complete ignorant and I must admit that I’ve been affraid by reading https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/blob/master/motion_guide.html

As a total noob, I guess it’s a bit out of reach for me. (maybe after 3 or 4 decades I will play the easy side with that ! ) ;-)