Simple request: built in camera to wake display?

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Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:30 pm
dlleon offline
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Simple request: built in camera to wake display?

I'm using Indigo on an old MacBook (circa 2008). The computer has a built in camera. I have the display set to go to sleep, as the computer is typically only accessed remotely. However, I would love to be able to have the display come out of sleep mode whenever the built in camera detects motion. This way, I can leave the thing on, and the computer display only "wakes up" whenever it detects me approaching.

Can Indigo do this?

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Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:52 pm
matt (support) offline
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Re: Simple request: built in camera to wake display?

I don't believe that is going to be possible. Programs like SecuritySpy can detect motion, but the Mac has to be very much awake for that processing to occur. If you are referring to just the display, then that might be more possible. You would want to create a SecuritySpy (not Indigo) based trigger on the motion that executes an AppleScript that wakes the display.

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