Independent display controller based on PIR sensor.

[Beh]

@bibi No, it’s more like having it added to the autostart (like on windows). Then it’s running as a service in the background, which can be controlled via systemd’s systemctl command.

[bibi]

hi @Beh ! unfortunately your module is not working for me :( could you please help me to figure out why? i have bought the same PIR sensor and plug it in the gpio 14 (physical pin 8) thx!

[bibi]

it’s solved ;-) thx anyway

[bibi]

@beh hi! i was wondering if there was an easy way to add a fading effect when the mirror goes to sleep and wake up? would be interesting in this as well? thx

[Beh]

Hi @bibi, I hope, I understand that right.

I don’t think that this is very easy. Because the script just turns the HDMI port of the RaspberryPi to on and off. So a fading effect wouldn’t be quite easy I think

[bibi]

@Beh i understand this. No problem and thx for reply! :)

[shashank]

@bibi hi can anyone help me with screenshots the file path where to enter the below commands to start it at boot time

cp ./pir_sensor.service /lib/systemd/system

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl start pir_sensor.service

[bibi]

@shashank hi! unfortunately you will not find the cmd line in the github to enable the service at boot time. As far as i have checked, the systemd should already run at boot but for strange reasons it was not the case for me. Therefore, i had to issue the command : sudo systemctl enable pir_sensor.service
good luck!

[Beh]

Ok, maybe I forgot that in the readme file, or it worked straghtaway on my Pi.
I’m going to add sudo systemctl enable pir_sensor.service to the readme file!

thanks for the hint :)

[McSorley]

Sounds more effective than mine. I set an infinite loop to check for motion every second and if no motion is detected for 600 seconds the display goes to sleep.