@Knox Yeah, thanks, my Fresnel lens isn’t even fixed to the PIR sensor and comes off right away if you don’t find some way of keeping it there ;-). But you’re right, didn’t think of that, it’s actually covered by this plastic dome. Maybe if I install the PIR sensor in the frame of the mirror and cover that section of the frame with acrylic glass, such as Plexiglas, it might work and look alright. Will try and test if my sensor detects IR behind a sheet of acrylic glass.
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RE: PIR sensor behind glass?
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RE: Weatherunderground - currently - hourly - daily - configurable
@RedNax That was quick :D. Nice!
I’m still toying around with my fork of your module but I’ve made so many minor and bigger adjustments that it will be hard to simply merge the two module versions, as I would have to make every adjustment customizable in the config file to submit a pull request you could easily merge, but I will keep you updated on my progress. -
RE: PIR sensor behind glass?
@strawberry-3.141 As of now, that would probably be the best option. I’m curious as to what other mirror builders may have done to hide the sensor.
I’ve tried to find other sensors, such as radar motion detectors, but haven’t yet found one that I could easily attach to my Pi.If someone has a radar motion detector or a different way of detecting motion (other than using a webcam) already implemented into their Pi setup, I’d be very interested in finding out more about it.
Can a PIR sensor be covered by anything at all or does any kind of material automatically block motion detection?
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RE: PIR sensor behind glass?
Thanks man, I am aware of that module, but I’m reluctant to install a webcam in my home that is connected to the internet.
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RE: Weatherunderground - currently - hourly - daily - configurable
@RedNax Excellent idea, I really like the new layout option. As soon as you have more than 4 days in the forecast table, though, you end up with a module that takes up a lot of your screen, I’d suggest adding a new table row every four days.
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PIR sensor behind glass?
Hey everyone, as I’d like my mirror to look as mirror-like and non-electronic as possible, I would like to hide the PIR sensor but after some initial tests it seems like putting it behind the mirror glass is not going to be an option. If you have managed to hide your PIR sensor, how did you go about it?
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RE: Screen Font is too big
@Menn80 What did you want to change specifically?
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RE: Weatherunderground - currently - hourly - daily - configurable
@plumcraft said in Weatherunderground - currently - hourly - daily - configurable:
Good job ! I’m also interested by your changes, let us know where we can find it.
Could be nice to add a module parameters like : “light_display : true/false” or something like that ?
Alright, I’ve forked the main repository and will try to submit a pull request after merging the two versions.
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RE: Building mirror without programing
Glad to see I could help you :). The community spirit is what I love about this place…
If you want to automate your setup so that the laptop boots to the mirror on startup, you would probably have to run a batch file at startup which both runs the “node serveronly” command as well as starts up a browser in fullscreen mode. Haven’t looked into it, but do share your setup, should you get that to work as well.
And make sure to showcase your mirror once it’s done ;)
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/category/12/show-your-mirrorHave fun piecing it together ^^
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RE: Building mirror without programing
Hi man. You can run the magic mirror on a Windows system if you install node.js, which is at the heart of the mirror:
https://nodejs.org/en/download/I’m running a version of the MM on my desktop PC to build my modules, as it is much faster than my Raspberry Pi 1.
What takes forever to load on my Pi is instantly shown on my desktop PC.I’m not sure if I can still remember how to set up the environment correctly, but try this:
- Download node.js - https://nodejs.org/en/download/
- Install it on your Windows 10 PC
- Go to https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror, click on “Clone or download”, then “Download ZIP”
- Extract the ZIP into a folder, e.g. D:\MagicMirror
- Go to the config folder on your PC and configure your mirror via the config.js file
- Open a Windows command prompt (Press WIN+R, type in “cmd”, hit ENTER)
- Navigate to your MagicMirror folder (In my example: cd “D:\MagicMirror”)
- Type “npm install” and hit ENTER
- Type “node serveronly” and hit ENTER
- Go to a browser of your choice (in W10 Edge is preinstalled and works) and in the address bar type in “localhost:8080” and hit ENTER
If you want to stop the mirror from running, either close the command prompt window (where you entered “node serveronly”) or press CTRL+C if the command prompt is your active window.