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HOWTO PIR SENSOR

Anthony edited this page Mar 15, 2017 · 10 revisions

Pir sensor is a device that detect human presence.
A value is sent to arduino periodically.
Useful to wake up the robot or launch face detection/recognition. Or what you want.


ELECTRONIC


pir nervo board inmoov


SETUP


Open C_pir.config Inside services folder and setup like this :

[MAIN]
isPirActivated=1

;witch arduino control pir :
PirControlerArduino=right

[TWEAK]
;5 minutes after presence detected
HumanPresenceTimeout=300000

To check if pir worky, launch the program and check values Inside the black box

You can use analog oscope from webgui too


UTILISATION


By default "sleeping" action is sent after 5 minutes of humain inactivity
If the robot is sleeping and if human is detected, "wakeup" action is sent.

file C_pir.py :

if pins[pin].value>0:
if not RobotIsSleeping:
humanDetected()

if RobotIsSleeping:
sleepModeWakeUp()