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    sdetweil @elleclouds
    last edited by sdetweil Feb 26, 2019, 1:27 PM Feb 26, 2019, 1:26 PM

    @elleclouds I didn’t want to learn all about cameras, or be on the hook for continuing configuration options for cameras… and I found this code that handles all that AND signals motion

    https://motion-project.github.io/

    on its configuration page its says

    Determine the type of camera
    v4l2 devices which are most webcams
    Composite capture cards
    Network or IP cameras
    The PI camera
    Static movie files.
    

    it documents using the Raspberry Pi camera

    Raspberry Pi cameras can be set up two different ways. If Motion is installed by using the apt packages (e.g. apt-get install motion), then the camera must be set up using the bcm2835-v4l2 module which creates a v4l2 device for the camera. Users will need to install this module using the command sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2. This will set up the camera as a normal v4l2 device and it can be accessed via a standard /dev/videoX device. If Motion is built from source or installed via the deb packages on the project release page, then an additional option is to set up the camera using the mmalcam_name parameter or using the bcm2835-v4l2 module. When Motion is installed via apt, the mmalcam option is not available.
    

    Motion project can also record images on motion, movies, etc,etc,etc,etc,

    Sam

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      elleclouds
      last edited by elleclouds Mar 11, 2019, 1:45 AM Mar 11, 2019, 1:40 AM

      I am a noobie, but I feel like I followed most of the instructions I’ve found online on how to get this to work, but I’m still having some issues of actually getting the mirror to turn of or on. I keep getting the error in terminal when I run motion : vid_v4lx_start: Failed to open video device /dev/video: No such file directory.

      I’d greatly appreciate a video or help with set up… A youtube video would save me time and troubleshooting something that may be simple.

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        sdetweil @elleclouds
        last edited by sdetweil Mar 11, 2019, 2:35 AM Mar 11, 2019, 2:28 AM

        @elleclouds ok…
        the motion module needs a video device…

        run these two commands

        sudo apt-get install v4l-utils
        v4l2-ctl --list-devices
        

        find the ‘camera’ device in the list
        mine shows

        odroid@odroid:~/MagicMirror$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
        s5p-mfc-dec (platform:11000000.codec):
                /dev/video10
                /dev/video11
        
        s5p-jpeg encoder (platform:11f50000.jpeg):
                /dev/video30
                /dev/video31
        
        s5p-jpeg encoder (platform:11f60000.jpeg):
                /dev/video32
                /dev/video33
        
        exynos-gsc gscaler (platform:13e00000.video-scaler):
                /dev/video20
        
        exynos-gsc gscaler (platform:13e10000.video-scaler):
                /dev/video21
        
        UVC Camera (046d:0825) (usb-xhci-hcd.3.auto-1.2):
                /dev/video0
        

        the last is the camera…

        so, in the motion.conf,

        set the line videodevice to the value returned for the camera, in my case /dev/video0

        # Videodevice to be used for capturing  (default /dev/video0)
        
        
        # for FreeBSD default is /dev/bktr0
        videodevice  /dev/video0
        

        after changing the config file
        either do

        ps -ef | grep motion
             get the process id (pid) use below
        kill -s SIGHUP pid
        

        mine is

        odroid@odroid:~/MagicMirror$ ps -ef | grep motion
        root      7756     1  0 Mar08 ?        00:14:21 motion
        

        pid = 7756

        or reboot

        Sam

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          mithatcak
          last edited by Aug 19, 2019, 11:16 PM

          this is exactly what I need. works perfect! just hiding modules and no more ugly “NO SIGNAL” message floating on my mirror. Thank you!

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            sdetweil @mithatcak
            last edited by Aug 20, 2019, 2:47 PM

            @mithatcak glad its working !.. i use it everyday on multiple mirrors…

            Sam

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              mithatcak
              last edited by Aug 21, 2019, 1:56 PM

              @sdetweil I noticed a weird issue. sometimes after several sleep&wake cycles, when it goes to sleep only the stock currentweather and weatherforecast modules stays on. there is no error in the motion.log or MM log.

              here is my config, I was using delay: 5 then switched to 0.2 so I can repeat the issue faster.

              {
              			module: "MMM-SleepWake",
              			config:{
              				delay:  0.2,               // default
              				source: "external",
              				mode:  "HIDE"
              			}
              			 // detectionDir: folder containing externally generated file when motion starts
              			 //               will be created if needed
              			 // detectionFile:  filename generated for motion start. default = 'detected'
              },
              

              0_1566395564247_Screen Shot 2019-08-21 at 1.27.52 AM.png

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                sdetweil @mithatcak
                last edited by Aug 21, 2019, 2:19 PM

                @mithatcak very interesting… I use those default modules too and I have never seen that behavior.
                like they didn’t handle the suspend request…

                i have 4 systems running this everyday for months… only see the updatenotification module output on one as it doesn’t handle hide/suspend…

                i will do some additional debugging

                Sam

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                  sdetweil @mithatcak
                  last edited by Aug 22, 2019, 12:36 PM

                  @mithatcak could you try something for me

                  i cannot reproduce this on any of my systems…

                  edit the MMM-SleepWake.js file

                  		case "SLEEP_HIDE":
                  			MM.getModules().enumerate((module) => {
                  				// if the module is already hidden
                  				if(module.hidden==true)
                  					// save it for wake up
                  					{v_self1.previously_hidden.push(module.identifier);}
                  				else
                  					// hide this module
                  					{module.hide(1000);}   // < --- change this line , remove the 1000 
                  ```
                  should look like this
                  ```
                  		case "SLEEP_HIDE":
                  			MM.getModules().enumerate((module) => {
                  				// if the module is already hidden
                  				if(module.hidden==true)
                  					// save it for wake up
                  					{v_self1.previously_hidden.push(module.identifier);}
                  				else
                  					// hide this module
                  					{module.hide();}
                  ```
                  
                  let me know

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    mithatcak @sdetweil
                    last edited by Aug 22, 2019, 10:24 PM

                    @sdetweil Unfortunately same result :/ I will try to replace currentweather and weatherforecast with weather module and see if it’s going to make any difference.

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                      mithatcak
                      last edited by Aug 24, 2019, 4:22 PM

                      @sdetweil Good news, switching to new weather module fixed the issue.

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