@sdetweil Oh… ok… thanks… I’ll do that.
Dennis

@sdetweil I typed it in straight from the keyboard… No copy and paste at all… Still the still the same error…
Dennis

@N6NG When I put the
exec (“/usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0”, null);
in the config.js I get an error. When I run npm run config:check it says that line has an Unexpected token
“/usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0”

Dennis

@sdetweil Ok Sam… thanks I’ll give it a try and see how it does… will let you know…

Dennis

@N6NG Do I modify it where it is or do I copy it into the config.js ? If I modify it where it is and change the sensor pin what would I put in the config.js?

@sdetweil Use the whole node_helper.js except as I modify it? The only thing I would modify would be the sensor pin number… All else would stay the same?
Thanks

I never saw an example of what the config.js would look like to have the vcgencmd be used to turn the screen on and off. Would someone post a part of a config.js with this in use so I can get a look at how it would be used? I would appreciate it.
Thanks all
Dennis

@shall_ Although it might help others if you don’t mind posting it here…
Thanks
Dennis

@shall_ Yes… I would like to look at it… If you would like not to post it to public, you can send it to my protected email
wg7dgxytg@relay.firefox.com
Thanks
Dennis

I saw the thread about running the script below to see if the screen would react to the vcgencmd.

/usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0; echo “Display should now be off”; sleep 20; /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 1; echo “And now it should be on again”

I did so and the screen did as advertised… My problem is I’m not sure how to incorporate this into the config.js to make my PIR work properly.

{
		module: "MMM-PIR-Sensor-Lite",
		position: "top_right",
		config: {
			sensorPin: 2, // GPIO pin
		        commandType:  "vcgencmd",  
                                }
} 

Can one of you smart people give me some ideas?
Thanks all…
Dennis

@Peter Hello Peter… I’m not sure I understand… I ran the following test on my mirror and it worked as it should.

/usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0; echo “Display should now be off”; sleep 20; /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 1; echo “And now it should be on again”

But now I need to incorporate it into my config.js for my MMM-PIR-Sensor-Lite. I see the command type and ‘vcgencmd’ but once I get that in the config how do I do the turn on and turn off?

Thanks for all the help and you also Sam.

Dennis

@sdetweil No. are they yours?.. I’ll take a look…
Dennis

@djlagaffe It’s the one module I’ve never been able to make work… I’ve tried everyone I can find, I’ve check to make sure I have the correct pin number and that the PIR itself worked but I still can’t find one that does the job… I’ve not even had any luck with the EXT-PIR on 4th party modules and not been able to make that one work. I wish you all the best and I’ll be watching and hope you find the problem. I’ve been watching for some answers but not yet…
Good Luck
Dennis N6NG

@Bungle68 I put a small power strip inside the frame and power the monitor, pi and anything else requiring 110v and have one power cord out to an outlet…
Dennis N6NG

I can’t figure out how to size the whole MMM-Weather image module. On one of my screens it fits perfectly on the other larger screen it overwrites the calendar times. How do I manage to reduce the overall size of the MMM-Weather module image?
Thanks all
N6NG Dennis

@wishmaster270 I ended up using MMM-EmbedURL and it worked fine for what I was trying to do. Thanks all for your help
N6NG
DENNIS

@wishmaster270 Is their any way to size the img?
Dennis

@sdetweil That makes sense… It works well now.

@wishmaster270 I couldn’t see how that would affect it but it sure did…
Thank you so much… works fine lasts a long time.
Dennis N6NG

@N6NG
I put this in my config.js and I get nothing in the bottom_right of my screen. The rest of my MM looks fine… but nothing shows up
from this module.

{
module: “MMM-MMM-EmbedURL”,
position: “bottom_right”,
header: “Embed-URL”,
config: {
updateInterval: 120,
embedElementType: “img”,
embed: [
“https://www.hamqsl.com/solarmuf.php”
]
},
},

Dennis