Hey everyone,

Found out about MagicMirror’s from the few viral posts thats I’ve seen on reddit and last month decided to give it a go.

I no longer used my dual monitor desktop so decided to take one apart and see how difficult making the mirror could be.

It was an HP 2011x 20inch Monitor and bought the a RaspberryPi 3 to attempt the programming.

I am an IT technician by profession so I am happy to get my hands in taking stuff apart and putting it back together again.

I bought the 2 way reflective plastic from
http://www.cutplasticsheeting.co.uk/mirrored-sheeting/two-way-acrylic-mirror
which has a really good service and works well for builders in the UK.

My dad is the handyman. Joiner for 40 years. He helped out with building the frame and casing for the mirror. Made out of mahogany and plywood for support.

There is the one issue because of the type of monitor the DVI connection is facing outwards rather than down. Anyone able to suggest an alternative circuit that would be compatible or a way that this could be mounted to a wall?

Not added much in terms of modules apart from the IP showing which is handy for remote connections.

Let me know what you all think! :D

Cheers,
McSorley

@Mitchfarino said in McSorley's Mirror:

@McSorley Did you completely gut the monitor?

I’ve taken the plastic frame off and left everything else, so it’s just all the metal exposed

Yep. Bare bones. Leave the metal frame on of course, you might bleed the monitor trying to remove it.

@KirAsh4 Siri! Lower the force field!

Tried giving the Google Assistant SDK a go. Didn’t work well for me due to my Scottish Accent. If I put on a bad American accent it works well but Alexa seems to be perfect with me.

I made an attempt at fixing it but I struggled to find many JavaScript/Node.js tutorials out there. I have however managed to compile a straight forward script in Python that I have set up to run with pm2. A workaround for those who are in high demand for the motion sensor to work and to give paviro some breathing space.

Sorry but I don’t know how to add this as code snippets. If a mod could help me out that that would be great.

Open Python 3. File > New. Paste this code in.

from gpiozero import MotionSensor
import os

pir = MotionSensor(4) #4 is the Pin?
while True:
    if pir.wait_for_motion(timeout=10*60): #10 * 60 Seconds
        os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
    else:
        os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o")

You can if you want edit
os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
to
print("Motion Detected")
to test if your PIR Sensor is working ok. After changing it, save it and press Ctrl + F5 to run the code. It will then spam up with motion detect or undetected depending on what you’ve changed.

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Well done Mich! And to all the contributors too!

It would be http://localhost:8080

I thought the same for a long time using the because I didnt have a breadboard. I went with the PIR Setup on the raspberry pi website. Managed to use this code to see that it works. You will need gpiozero to run it. Open Python 3. File > New. Paste this code in.

from gpiozero import MotionSensor
import os

pir = MotionSensor(4) #4 is the Pin?
while True:
  if pir.wait_for_motion(timeout=10*60): #10 * 60 Seconds
        os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
  else:
     os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o")

You can if you want edit
os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
to
print("Motion Detected")
to test if your PIR Sensor is working ok. After changing it, save it and press Ctrl + F5 to run the code. It will then spam up with motion detect or undetected depending on what you’ve changed.

Just given this a go and it looks great. :)

@cowboysdude Thanks for that, managed to get it installed.

Currently trying to get docker running, their guide on their site isn’t as simple as installing these modules xD