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    • RE: Configured PIR sensor but won't trigger

      What module are you using ?

      posted in Troubleshooting
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    • Modify clock module

      I’m using the default clock module. I was wondering if it was possible to edit the text color of the Date ( Top Line ) from gray to white. I’ve had a quick look through the clock.js config file but cant figure out how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.

      posted in Troubleshooting
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    • Pi keeps crashing

      I have a fresh installation of Raspbien ( from noobs) on my pi 3b+. I have installed MM with only default modules and installed Alexa also. everything has been updated. The pi will run for a few minutes, ask Alexa a few questions then it will crash, no response what so ever. Is this too much for the pi to handle? Temperature rises to 75c +

      posted in General Discussion
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    • Google assistant segmentation fault

      Has anyone found a fix for google assistant segmentation fault. I’ve set up the assistant and it works fine with
      googlesamples-assistant-pushtotalk

      When I try googlesamples-assistant-hotword it throws up a segmentation fault. Is there a work around for this

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: PIR Sensor

      Thank you, that got rid of that error. Still no joy with the PIR sensor though unfortunately.
      The strange thing is if i change my monitor_on and monitor_off sh files to

      vcgencmd display_power 0
      vcgencmd display_power 1

      the pir works fine and shuts off / turns on my monitor.

      these are my scrips

      #!/usr/bin/env python

      import sys
      import time
      import RPi.GPIO as io
      import subprocess

      io.setmode(io.BCM)
      SHUTOFF_DELAY = 30 # in seconds, how long the monitor will be on until next button press or PIR detection
      PIR_PIN = 22 # 15 on the board (this needn’t to be a PIR. Can be a button also)
      LED_PIN = 16 # optional, don’t use as Relay-PIN. It just shows detection time of the PIR without delay time

      def main():
      io.setup(PIR_PIN, io.IN)
      io.setup(LED_PIN, io.OUT)
      turned_off = False
      last_motion_time = time.time()

      while True:
          if io.input(PIR_PIN):
              last_motion_time = time.time()
              io.output(LED_PIN, io.LOW)
              print ".",
              sys.stdout.flush()
              if turned_off:
                  turned_off = False
                  turn_on()
          else:
              if not turned_off and time.time() > (last_motion_time + 
                                                   SHUTOFF_DELAY):
                  turned_off = True
                  turn_off()
              if not turned_off and time.time() > (last_motion_time + 1):
                  io.output(LED_PIN, io.HIGH)
          time.sleep(.1)
      

      def turn_on():
      subprocess.call(“sh /home/pi/monitor_on.sh”, shell=True)

      def turn_off():
      subprocess.call(“sh /home/pi/monitor_off.sh”, shell=True)

      if name == ‘main’:
      try:
      main()
      except KeyboardInterrupt:
      io.cleanup()

      monitor on script

      DISPLAY=:0 xscreensaver-command -deactivate

      monitor off script

      DISPLAY=:0 xscreensaver-command -activate

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: PIR Sensor

      Thanks again, i have just tried the following but nothing happens. If i run “xscreensaver-command -activate” from the terminal i get

      “xscreensaver-command: warning: $DISPLAY is not set: defaulting to “:0.0”.
      xscreensaver-command: activating”

      It then works and goes into a black screen, same thing for when i deactivate it. But nothing happens when i add it to my sh monitor on/off commands for my pir.py script.

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: PIR Sensor

      @broberg

      Thanks for your response. No I haven’t got that installed. My question is how would I add that into my pir script so that the screen saver came on after a set time and to go off when the pir is activated? Many thanks

      posted in General Discussion
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    • PIR Sensor

      Hi, i have recently started building a smart mirror. Its taken me a while (software side) but i am getting there. My only issue is the PIR sensor. I have followed a tutorial and have it working great. It switches off my tv and turns it back on again. The problem is the no signal back ground i have when it switches off. I have a lg tv and its got an annoying cube that bounces around the screen. My question is how do i turn my screen black and not off. I have read some articles but i have not found any that work for me. I am using a PIR.py script and two on/off shell scripts. The shell scripts are as follows

      monitor_on.sh
      vcgencmd display_power 1

      monitor_off.sh
      vcgencmd display_power 0

      This works perfectly for turning my tv/hdmi off and back on again.
      I have read that the following shell scripts should turn the screen black but ive had no luck so far

      export DISPLAY=:0
      xset dpms force on

      export DISPLAY=:0
      xset dpms force off

      Any help would be appreciated as im a beginner and have run out of ideas. Thanks

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: {HowTo} turn on/off your monitor (Time based, PIR/Button, App)

      Hi, i have followed the steps in 2.2, it works fine. The issue i have is i don’t want the screen turning off because of my silly lg tv screen saver which i cant disable. So i followed the steps for this in section 6. I created two new screen.sh files, made them executable and changed the relevant bits in the pir.py script. Now nothing happens. i have tried and checked again and again but nothing happens. I am fairly new to all of this and have probably missed something i just dont know what. Please could someone help me with this. Thank you very much

      posted in Tutorials
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    • RE: Pir Sensor not shutting off screen.

      @tinsebayacc

      Modify you script *

      posted in Tutorials
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