Hi,

From the doc here:

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi

Autohiding the Mouse Pointer
Install unclutter:

sudo apt-get install unclutter
You can create an .xinitrc script to run the tool.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unclutter

But a simpler option is to add a line to the end of the file:

$ nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
...
@unclutter -display :0 -idle 3 -root -noevents
This will add a 3 second delay, before the pointer disappears from the screen when not using it.

Hope this helps

Ejay

@motdog said in Total rookie, got it "running" but need help:

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it should be

timeFormat: 12,

Ejay

@somya HI,

You should give a try with the following command .

npm cache clean --force

Then I would delete the MMM-Asssitantmk2 and MMM-Hotword folders from the modules directory and give a new try.

Ejay

@MichMich Done, Your work definitely worth it !
Thanks for your work and given time.

Hi Members,

I want to share my experience here using MMM-AssistantMk2.
My objective was to be able to control my Mirror with voice command eg: “Set volume to 5” to have it at 50%

Looking at the MMM-Assistantmk2.js code I saw the transcription hook and decided to use that.
With the help of @Sean who has developed this module, I have implemented some additional lines in the mentioned file. ( all coding credit goes to Sean ) Else the same working code would have been ugly if it was by me :)

First in the section: transcription hook
add

"VOL_HOOK": {
  pattern: "set volume to ([0-9]+)",
  command: "VOL_COMMAND"
},

then lower in section command

"VOL_COMMAND": {
  shellExec: {
    exec: "amixer sset -M 'PCM'",
    options: (params, key) => {
      return (params[1] * 10) + "%" 
    }
  },
} 

This allows me now to say “Jarvis” … “set volume to 5” then my volume will be set to 50%.

Note that you will need to pull the last update from git to get this works as we found a bug in the code with the ‘param’ while I tried to implement that. Sean fixed that very quickly and it’s now available.

Hope that will be useful for the community and thanks again to Sean for this great module.

You can find the full discussion on this topic here https://github.com/eouia/MMM-AssistantMk2/issues/89

Ej

@broberg
Indeed you don’t save power but when placing the module “on sleep” you stop them for making them network request with API calls .

@thedk Hi ,
I finally manage to find a solution that works quite good.
I do not deserve the credit for the solutions, only for the implementation as it merges multiple sources.
First : PIR need a first trigger to work .
Workaround : Make the HDMI OFF when the mirror start ( so your screen doesn’t stay ON always until someone pass in front of the miror )

For this Edit :
in the MMM-PIR-SENSOR folder
node_helper.js
around line 139

this.started = true;
    self.deactivateMonitor();  // add this to turn off monitor at startup . 

Then to deactivate the idle / sleep mode of the modules due to MMM-Assistant

Still in the node_helper.js modify line 34 like :

exec(“/usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 1 && xdotool key ctrl+r”, null); // add here xdotool key ctrl+r

You need to install xdotool for this. That will allow to simulate the ctrl+r from keybaord that refresh the module therefore bring them back on screen .

I set in the config.js file the pir module to put the screen off after 15 mins

“powerSavingDelay”: “900”,

I applied the same setting in MMM-AssistantMk2.js

onIdle: {
timer: 10006015, // if you don’t want to use this feature, just set timer as 0 or command as “”
command: “HIDEMODULES”

Summary When I start my mirror the screen is off. The PIR detect my presence and turn it ON .
After 15 mins the screen goes off and the modules goes in sleep .

As soon as the user presence is detected again , the screen goes on and modules are refreshed and come back .

Hope this helps .

EJ

Hi @thedk ,

I think my post is related to that too.
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9792/blank-screen-issue-another-one-again-after-one-hour-or-so/7

It look like you figured out faster than me the lack of communication of the PIR modules to the other .

You will see in the post that I have open a git to the PIR dev to ask for some help .

Hopefully we will find a way to make it .

I’m not a dev at all but I understand coding .
I confident that playing with some code for a week or 2 will bring me to what I want.

If we don’t get consistent answer in the meantime I’ll ( If i’m able to make it) definitly share with the community my findings.

Cheers

Me again

I Would Say that you should mark the post as solved As We have root cause here.
I have created that git

https://github.com/paviro/MMM-PIR-Sensor/issues/73
To get some help from paviro and see if the ondetected function of MK2 assistant could be implemented in the PIR module so they could be kind of sync.

Thanks to @sdetweil for driving me in the right debug way for finding the root cause of the problem.

Ok Great ! That was the issue !
Placing the timer to 0 prevent the module to be suspended .

Now I would like to put this back in the code so the modules in suspended mode that is great as indeed I don’t need them update when the screen is Off but i’d like to resume with the onDetected when motion is detected by the PIR module ?

Is it possible to Sync the Idle and onDetected with the PIR Module ?

Thanks .