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    Motion Detection with RaspiCam, Non-Module version

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      jasonarends @dam4
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      @dam4 sounds like it might be working - especially based on these lines:

      [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] motion_detected: Motion detected - starting event 1
      display_power=1
      ...
      [1:ml1] [NTC] [ALL] mlp_actions: End of event 1
      display_power=0
      

      I found a couple other config options and I think I was able to disable all the “event_newfile: File of type 2 saved to: /run/shm/lastsnap.jpg” stuff. I wonder if that’s what was causing memory leaks for @bhepler I set the pre_capture and post_capture to 0

      You might need to play with some of the settings for threshold and event_gap to get it to behave like you want but it sounds like you’re almost there. I set mine up in pm2 like mentioned earlier in the thread and it’s been working fine for the last day for me.

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        dam4 @jasonarends
        last edited by

        @jasonarends
        How would I set it up in pm2? I’d like to try it.

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          dam4 @jasonarends
          last edited by yawns

          @jasonarends
          I feel I am so close I followed the instructions exactly and I have motion started in pm2. it still doesn’t work. As I checked the motion-error-2.log I am seeing the following;

          Error: Cannot find module '/home/pi/motion'
              at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)
              at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)
              at Object. (/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/ProcessContainerFork.js:73:21)
              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:383:7)
          

          This is displayed over and over. I have checked for the directory /home/pi/motion and it is there. What am I missing?

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            bhepler Module Developer @dam4
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              bhepler Module Developer @dam4
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              @dam4 Hmm. It sounds like a permissions issue. IIRC, you installed motion with sudo. It’s possible that the pm2 process doesn’t have rights to the motion folder.

              If you enter ls -ah /home/pi/motion, what does that return?

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                dam4 @bhepler
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                @bhepler
                This is what I get when I type that in.
                pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -ah /home/pi/motion
                . CONTRIBUTING.md mask1.png netcam_ftp.h rotate.o
                … COPYING md5.c netcam_ftp.o stream.c
                aclocal.m4 copyright md5.h netcam.h stream.h
                alg.c CREDITS md5.o netcam_http.c stream.o
                alg.h .depend mmalcam.c netcam_http.h test_builds.sh
                alg.o draw.c mmalcam.h netcam_http.o track.c
                autom4te.cache draw.o mmalcam.o netcam_jpeg.c track.h
                camera1-dist.conf event.c mmx.h netcam_jpeg.o track.o
                camera1-dist.conf.in event.h motion netcam.o .travis.yml
                camera2-dist.conf event.o motion.1 netcam_rtsp.c version.sh
                camera2-dist.conf.in FAQ motion.c netcam_rtsp.h video_bktr.c
                camera3-dist.conf ffmpeg.c motion-dist.conf netcam_rtsp.o video_bktr.h
                camera3-dist.conf.in ffmpeg.h motion-dist.conf.in netcam_wget.c video_bktr.o
                camera4-dist.conf ffmpeg.o motion_guide.html netcam_wget.h video_common.c
                camera4-dist.conf.in .git motion.h netcam_wget.o video_common.h
                CHANGELOG .gitignore motion.init-Debian normal.jpg video_common.o
                CODE_STANDARD INSTALL motion.init-Debian.in outputmotion1.jpg video_loopback.c
                conf.c ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md motion.init-FreeBSD.sh outputnormal1.jpg video_loopback.h
                conf.h jpegutils.c motion.init-FreeBSD.sh.in picture.c video_loopback.o
                config.h jpegutils.h motion.o picture.h video_v4l2.c
                config.h.in jpegutils.o motion.service picture.o video_v4l2.h
                config.log logger.c motion.service.in pwc-ioctl.h video_v4l2.o
                config.status logger.h motion.spec raspicam webhttpd.c
                configure logger.o motion.spec.in README.md webhttpd.h
                configure.ac Makefile netcam.c rotate.c webhttpd.o
                conf.o Makefile.in netcam_ftp.c rotate.h
                pi@raspberrypi:~ $

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                  dam4 @bhepler
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                  @bhepler The motion works only when MagicMirror isn’t running. I have it starting with pm2. When MagicMirror is running the motion doesn’t work. Any suggestions?

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                    bhepler Module Developer @dam4
                    last edited by

                    @dam4 What the hell… ls is the “list” command. It should only show you the listing for the file, including dates and permissions. But it’s… executing.

                    Just to be sure: pm2 shows two separate processes when you type pm2 status, correct?

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                      dam4 @bhepler
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                      @bhepler I copied and pasted exactly what you wrote for the command to make sure I didn’t mistype something.
                      Yes there are two processes running when I type pm2 status. One is MagicMirror and the other is motion.

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                        trividar
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                        Does anyone get it to work on stretch? I tried it but without success.

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