Playing video with PIR motion sensor

Processing sketch working great, which i can play video from hdd and PIR motion sensor detect my motion but actually i want to trigger video or Processing sketch from with PIR motion sensor. I also tested motion sensor with Arduino led pins, it’s flashing when PIR sensor detect motion.

How can I connect this two sketch each other and i can play any video file with motion sensor in Processing.
Thank you!

ARDUINO

/*
   PIR sensor tester
*/
 
int ledPin = 13;                // choose the pin for the LED
int inputPin = 3;               // choose the input pin (for PIR sensor)
int pirState = LOW;             // we start, assuming no motion detected
int val = 0;                    // variable for reading the pin status
 
void setup() {
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);      // declare LED as output
  pinMode(inputPin, INPUT);     // declare sensor as input
 
  Serial.begin(9600);
}
 
void loop() {
  val = digitalRead(inputPin);  // read input value
  if (val == HIGH) {            // check if the input is HIGH
    digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);  // turn LED ON
    if (pirState == LOW) {
      // we have just turned on
      Serial.println("Motion detected!");
      // We only want to print on the output change, not state
      pirState = HIGH;
    }
  } else {
    digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn LED OFF
    if (pirState == HIGH) {
      // we have just turned of
      Serial.println("Motion ended!");
      // We only want to print on the output change, not state
      pirState = LOW;
    }
  }
}```

PROCESSING

/**
 * Efficient Serial Reading (v1.01)
 * GoToLoop (2016-Jan-19)
 *
 * forum.Processing.org/two/discussion/14534/
 * myport-available-always-0#Item_1
 *
 * forum.Processing.org/two/discussion/16618/
 * processing-with-arduino-void-serialevent#Item_5
 */
import processing.video.*;
import processing.serial.Serial;
 
static final int PORT_INDEX = 0, BAUDS = 9600;
String myString;
 
Movie video;
 
void setup() {
  size(640,480);
  video = new Movie(this,"render.mp4");
  video.loop();
  //noLoop();
  final String[] ports = Serial.list();
  printArray(ports);
  new Serial(this, ports[PORT_INDEX], BAUDS).bufferUntil(ENTER);
}
 
void draw() {
  background(0);
  image(video,0,0);
 
  println(myString);
}
 
void serialEvent(final Serial s) {
  myString = s.readString().trim();
  redraw = true;
  if (myString.equals("Motion detected!")) {
    video.stop();
  } 
}
 
void movieEvent(Movie video) {
  video.read();
}```
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-a- strings can not be compared with ==

-b- still they must be exactly same, esp about ending bytes… \l \n

-c- possibly something like substring compare might help

if ( val.indexOf(“detected”) > 0 )

but first pls
post in above your two codes again by using

</>

the code tag
now is not testable and difficult readable

and also pls show use the console print
with the incoming from arduino

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Thanks kll, i just edit my post.

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@kud7 – were you able to resolve your issue once you got string comparison working?

Yes Finally figured it out. It’s all working great except delay time. Processing takes about 5 second to start up the video. Now i am trying to minimize delay time. Any idea what might be cause that issue?

This might help, https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/8109/prepare-a-second-video-to-play-without-slowing-down-the-first-video#latest

Kf

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Thanks mate :slight_smile:

Actually I will reconsider not using stop(). I havent used the video lib lately. Is there a pause() function? The idea is that you load your resources in setup and they are loaded only once in your program. I am assuming you are only loading a single file.

If you are playing a single video, and if pause is not available, then what you could do is not show the image in draw() when you want to simulate a pause state/“no motion detected” case.

Also, avoid println() in draw(). It is good for debugging but nothing more. This could be useful as well: https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/25094/set-distance-value-with-ultrasonic-sensor#latest

Kf

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Yes only one video file, Unfortunately i haven’t had chance to play with the sketch. As you guess I am quite new with Processing and sorry if my questions doesn’t make sense.
Is there any tutorial or article about creating class in processing. I want to play Processing sketch instead of playing video file.

Check this site: https://happycoding.io/tutorials/ It has a great intro to Processing, Java and other technologies. You can also check the Processing foundation’s website as they have tutorials and examples. My favorite recommendation is to open the Processing IDE and dive right into the examples and find something that you like and try to understand it.

Kf

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You are amazing kfrajer, thank you! I will check it out.

@kud7 I am working on something similar but your code is a little confusing. Do you have an updated version you could post? Much appreciated if you are able to!