Feature Request: Simple Motion Detection trigger to the external world

[BeerStein]

Thanks for sharing this great piece of SW.

Something that would be very helpful would be to be able to configure a GPIO output to be triggered when motion is detected. This will be useful for triggering a warning buzzer, turning on a light etc.

[martyouel]

You can just build a python script to do what you want...and then, configure motioneye to execute your script on motion (Motions notification / Run A Command

[BeerStein]

Thanks martyouel, that was obviously a NOOB question, which is what I am. I can log into MotionEyeOS from my PC using Putty which is probably the first step. Now to find a simple "Hello World" sample/tutorial of how it is done.

[BeerStein]

I am missing a something somewhere?

Based on the you-tube tutorial uploaded by Chris Dahms I created a simple my_blink.py in the data directory as per the Push Notifications instructions by MakerZone

The script is to turn an LED ON for half a second and then turn it OFF

# my_blink.py

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)      # use GPIO pin numbering

led_gpio_pin = 18
GPIO.setup(led_gpio_pin, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(led_gpio_pin, GPIO.HIGH)
time.sleep(0.5)
GPIO.output(led_gpio_pin, GPIO.LOW)

using the chmod command it was made executable.

If I do a python /data/my_blink.py the LED will turn on for 0.5 sec and turn of as expected.

I then entered the following into the MotioneyeOS Command window
/data/my_blink.py
and enabled the Run A Command.

Hit the Apply button

Moved my hand over the FOW to create an event, A Video clip of the motion event is saved but no blinking LED.

Also tried restarting the RaspberryPi with the above settings in place - no luck.

I am sure this is a NOOB mistake. Any pointers will be appreciated?

[ccrisan]

How about adding python in front of the command, as you did when you tested
it manually

On Oct 27, 2016 05:33, "BeerStein" notifications@github.com wrote:

I am missing a something somewhere?

Based on the you-tube tutorial uploaded by Chris Dahms I created a simple
my_blink.py in the data directory as per the Push Notifications
instructions by MakerZone

The script is to turn an LED ON for half a second and then turn it OFF

my_blink.py

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) # use GPIO pin numbering

led_gpio_pin = 18
GPIO.setup(led_gpio_pin, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(led_gpio_pin, GPIO.HIGH)
time.sleep(0.5)
GPIO.output(led_gpio_pin, GPIO.LOW)

using the chmod command it was made executable.

If I do a python /data/my_blink.py the LED will turn on for 0.5 sec and
turn of as expected.

I then entered the following into the MotioneyeOS Command window
/data/my_blink.py
and enabled the Run A Command.

Hit the Apply button

Moved my hand over the FOW to create an event, A Video clip of the motion
event is saved but no blinking LED.

Also tried restarting the RaspberryPi with the above settings in place -
no luck.

I am sure this is a NOOB mistake. Any pointers will be appreciated?

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[BeerStein]

Yup, that did it! Thanks!