@desq No I don’t. Sorry I went in another direction… I have a pir.py and monitor_on, monitor_off.py… it works! If you’d like the setup I’d be happy to share…

You just start the pir.py using crontab -e then enter @reboot [point to where your pir.py is]…

That’s it… simple and it works!

@sunnysys @paviro

Thank you both!! My camera should be in today so I guess I’ll tinker with it this weekend.

I ordered the NOIR version …

@RedNax Well then I can still have a mirror that’s 2" bigger :)

Honestly I wasn’t sure it would either but what I can do is add an inch of wood to the bottom and insert them behind that so not to block either of them.

Thank you for the advice because that’ll just save me time!! :)

@paviro When I get the camera and rebuild the mirror I will do that!! Sounds like it may be easier…

I’ll update my picture as soon as it’s done… I ordered a real glass mirror but 2" longer so I can hide the PIR and Camera behind it… the new frame will be made out of mahogany… so once the mirror comes in I’ll build the new frame… next week I’m hoping…

@sunnysys OH shoot I just sat down to order some stuff for this and realized I didn’t ask you which camera did you get? Did you get the regular or NOIR version?

Do you mind sharing your py script that you used to make the pictures? Much appreciated!

Thanks!

@sunnysys Thank you!!! Sounds straight forward enough!!

Thank you again!!!

@sunnysys What equipment and software did you use?

@Mitchfarino Once you get started you’ll see it’s a piece of cake. I have no experience either but as you can see mine is up and running.

I do dabble in php and VERY little js so I’m going to attempt to port a joomla module I wrote over to this… I realize most here aren’t American but I’d really enjoy the NFL scores on mine as well… when I get time I’ll look at it…

I’m a contractor and right now I have no time for my own stuff LOL

@Mitchfarino I like that module but I’m thinking it doesn’t work well with node v6 you have to roll back to v5 to use it. I tried but all I got was a white screen and couldn’t get it going.

When it gets updated to support node v6 I’ll try it again because as @RedNax says it actually saves power on the pi… what you and I are using simply blank the screen…

PS @Mitchfarino @RedNax made a Weather module that rocks!!

@Mitchfarino said in Cowboysdude's Mirror:

ultrasonic sensors

I just got my PIR motion sensor and VIOLA it works… sleeps after so many seconds but once it detects movement it comes right back on! I run it through crontab…

if you want a copy of what I’m using for motion sensor I’ll share…I put them in the root and create a crontab to run pir.py and the rest is history… remember to chmod all three files… if you really wanted you could combine all three into one and instead of calling the off and on sh files you could just tell it to run the command from the py file… I will do that soon, just tired out today …work.

I have an Amazon Alexa sitting in my livingroom LOL BUT from what I’ve seen it’s a great option!

@Mitchfarino just browsed through it quickly and yes you’re right this guy did an awesome walk through! I like the idea of voice but would at this point rather have facial recognition :) But I don’t see why we can’t have both!

That is awesome! I love that idea!! What I’d really like to do is do facial recognition as well!! BUT I have tune in radio pro so I’d like to be able to make use of speakers… that’s a great idea!!! BUT being new to all this I have to pick one thing at a time LOL

I’d like to take a module I wrote for joomla and turn into a module for this… it’s an NFL Score board… but it has to be in js and that I don’t know but I do know a guy who does … soooo maybe he’ll help me out…

@zydecat74 Great! When you get it done take a picture and post it!

Thank you!
It’s a 24" monitor… I picked it up for 99.00 so I was very happy… small bezel… the picture is awesome!!!

@zydecat74 said in Calendar Config (bit of a noob):

Here is my complete config.js (with a few identifiers removed). Hoping something jumps out!

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 */

var config = {
	port: 8080,

	language: 'en',
	timeFormat: 24,

	modules: [
		{
			module: 'alert',
		},
		{
			module: 'clock',
			position: 'top_left'
		},
		{
			module: 'calendar',
			header: 'Calendar',
			position: 'top_left',
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
						url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/Australia-Holidays.ics'
					},
					{
						symbol: 'heart-o',
						url: 'webcal://p08-calendarws.icloud.com/ca/subscribe/1/xxxxxxxxx'
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: 'compliments',
			position: 'lower_third'
		},
		{
			module: 'currentweather',
			position: 'top_right',
			config: {
				location: 'Perth, AU',
				appid: 'xxxxxxxxx'
			}
		},
		{
			module: 'weatherforecast',
			position: 'top_right',
			header: 'Weather Forecast',
			config: {
	            location: 'Perth, AU',
				appid: 'xxxxxxx'
			}
		},
		{
			module: 'newsfeed',
			position: 'bottom_bar',
			config: {
				feedUrl: 'http://www.abc.net.au/news/feed/45910/rss.xml',
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {module.exports = config;}

This is what I did and it fixed mine…

{
			module: 'calendar',
			header: 'US Holidays',
			position: 'top_left',
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
						url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics'
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: 'calendar',
			header: 'My Schedule',
			position: 'top_left',
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
						url: 'https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=xxxxxxxxxgmail.com&ctz=America/New_York'
					}
				]
			}
		},''

I edited out my email address in the url for obvious reasons but that uses my google calendar to let me see my daily schedule… it works.

Note from Moderator: Please use Markdown on code snippets for easier reading.

Here’s a picture of mine. Needs to be painted but it’s working!

@cowboysdude OHHHHHHHHHH and how the heck do you really make the screen blank stop? I’ve tried EVERY method I could find online but the screen still blanks… :(

Even rolling back to node js V5 still results in a white screen. I realize people are saying that it’s a config issue but I’ve tried every combination there is and no go. I read the instructions and followed every letter and still no go.

I was using the monitor_on.sh and monitor_off.sh files from a different one but I cannot seem to get the pir.py file to work…

The problem with being new to all of this is that there is so much mis-information out there that you can literally spend hours doing the wrong things…

I was going to use the @reboot method to run the pir.py but have no way of knowing if it’s even loading because either I have a bad sensor or it’s just not working… it does show up in the crontab but not working…

On another note honestly I try not getting frustrated because this is fun for me to try and figure out…

BUT suggestions on how to get the pir.py to run on boot up?

Huge Thanks for ALL the hard work from everyone!! PS I’ve attached a copy of the pir.py and all files for anyone to take a look at and/or use…

This is the last thing I need to do to make this all work correctly and I can hang it :)0_1465667815133_PIR.zip

Thanks again!!!

@RedNax Thank you for the module. I did finally get a chance to install it and it works perfectly!!!

Huge Thanks!! Great job!