MonitorHelper

The repository shall function as a place to bundle every script to control the behavior of the MagicMirror other than adding a module for every task.

Prerequisites

• A RaspberryPi which runs MagicMirror2
• MMM-Remote-Control installed

Installation

cd AnyDirectoryYouWant

git clone https://github.com/ChrwagnerTHU/MM-MonitorHelper

To run the any script automatically add a cronjob

crontab -e

add the following line with the minute, hour, day, month, day-of-week you want to run the script Example:

01 07 * * * python3 /usr/home/dirToScript/MM-MonitorHelper/motiondetector.py

MotionDetector

The script motiondetector.py controls the screen depending on the signal of the connected motion detector

Prerequisites

• PIR Motion Detector connected to one of the RaspberryPis Pins

Config

Costomize the 'MOTION' section in the config.json file to control the behavor of the monitor

Option	Default	Description
PIR_PIN	18	The Pin the motion controller is attached
LED_PIN_1	23	The Pin the first LED stripe is attached
LED_PIN_2	24	The Pin the second LED stripe is attached
url_monitor_dim	'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/remote?action=BRIGHTNESS&value=1'	The URL to set the brightnes to 1
url_monitor_bright	'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/remote?action=BRIGHTNESS&value=100'	The URL to set the brightnes to 100
url_monitor_on	'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/remote?action=MONITORON'	The URL to turn on the monitor
url_monitor_off	'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/remote?action=MONITOROFF'	The URL to turn off the monitor
bright_interval	60	Time the monitor shall remain bright after motion detected (in s)
off_interval	900	Time the monitor shall ramin dimmed until turned off (in s)

Don't forget to change these values to the IP adress and port your MagicMirror runs on

The control of the times between which the monitor should be completely on and off is in the script. Adjust the following variables to change the behaviour

Option	Default	Description
time_monitor_off	datetime.time(23, 45, 0)	The when the monitor shall be completely turned off
time_monitor_on	datetime.time(7, 0, 0)	The when the monitor shall be turned on

ModuleUpdater

The script moduleupdater.py controls whether a module shall be displayed or not. In this case the MMM-SoccerLiveScore module shall be displayed when games take place on the current day.

Prerequisites

• Install MMM-SoccerLiveScore

Config

Costomize the 'MODULE' section in the config.json file to control the behavor of the monitor

Option	Default	Description
leagues	{}	The string of the league you want to base your control on. Have a look at https://www.flashscore.de/fussball/deutschland/xyz. xyz is the league identifier.
url_league_off	'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/remote?action=HIDE&module=MMM-SoccerLiveScore'	The URL to hide the league module
url_league_oN	http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx/remote?action=HIDE&module=MMM-SoccerLiveScore'	The URL to show the league module