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[sdetweil]

@dazza120 its just one script… external_motion… you pass it a parm, started or ended
you need to configue both started and ended, else it can’t sleep thinking motion is still going on

note that because it is in the /etc folder tree, you must use sudo in front of your editor to get write permission

[dazza120]

@sdetweil motion.conf won’t let me edit it, or rather the pi won’t any way around this?

[sdetweil]

sudo nano /etc/motion/motion.conf

nano or whatever editor you choose…

[sdetweil]

also just noticed that the execute bit is not set on the script… SO

cd modules/MMM-SleepWake
chmod +x external_motion

[dazza120]

@sdetweil so is it just this part i need to put on_event_start /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion started

[sdetweil]

@dazza120 correct… and right below it the same with ended as the parm for the motion ended notice

[dazza120]

@sdetweil im leaving it with the ; in the command line?

[sdetweil]

@dazza120 the example doesn’t have ;

on_event_start /home/{userid}/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion started

[dazza120]

@sdetweil no it this is what its like i hope this is correct?

# Command to be executed when an event starts. (default: none)
# An event starts at first motion detected after a period of no motion defined $
; on_event_start /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion sta$

# Command to be executed when an event ends after a period of no motion
# (default: none). The period of no motion is defined by option event_gap.
; on_event_end value /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion$

[sdetweil]

ok, that ; is a comment in the motion conf file, just like #… have to remove it

note that the on event end has an extra token there that neds to be removed
on_event_end value

[dazza120]

@sdetweil yes it is do i have to remove the # aswell?

[sdetweil]

@dazza120 no, there is no # on those two lines

[dazza120]

@sdetweil no on the two lines above it

[sdetweil]

@dazza120 no, those are comments to explain what these lines do

[dazza120]

@sdetweil ok cool so this is how i have it now

# Command to be executed when an event starts. (default: none)
# An event starts at first motion detected after a period of no motion defined by event_gap
 on_event_start /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion started

# Command to be executed when an event ends after a period of no motion
# (default: none). The period of no motion is defined by option event_gap.
 on_event_end /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion ended

[sdetweil]

@dazza120 looks good

[dazza120]

@sdetweil thanks ive done this command chmod +x external_motion but i don’t see an outcome it just re turns to pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake

whole commandline below

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake $ chmod +x external_motion

[sdetweil]

@dazza120 right. That makes my script executable, so motion can execute it

Now u will see files appear in the MMM-SleepWake/motion folder

When the motion module detects motion, and when it ends.

My module uses those files

[sdetweil]

@sdetweil u start the motion tool with sudo motion &

And u can see it’s actions in /var/log/motion/motion.log

The tail command will show you the last few lines (default 20) of a file

[dazza120]

@sdetweil i’ll have a look tomorrow, thanks very much for your help much appreciated for your help