IR-CUT GPIO day/night

[sp00n_]

hello good people !

Purchased one of these IR-CUT camera https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raspberry-Pi ... 2749.l2649

sudo nano /boot/config.txt
and append:

disable_camera_led=1 / disable_camera_led=0

If i do the above with a reboot I can switch between day / night, hear the little mechanical click.

There is a pin for a GPIO im wondering if anyone could link me to a script where I can toggle day/night without a reboot if possible im using :-
raspberry pi zero w
IR-CUT night camera with only 1 LED attached for now ( concerned about the power draw as it will be outside on batteries eventually and 1 seems to work well)
rpi-cam-web-interface << really nice interface
rpi stretch

needs to be fairly simple ssh in perhaps run a script to enable night or day, allow it to carry on recording..


I have spent a few hours googling and looking over the forum I have come across 1 or 2 posts which seem to fit the bill however i think asking when in doubt might be better before i fry my rpi

[pcmanbob]

Hi.

I doubt there is a ready made program to do this for you as if there was it would be supplied by the camera supplier.

but form the linked page.

During the day you can toggle the mode to Normal Mode by setting a chosen GPIO pin High, this disables the IR filter removing colour distortion from the filter. During the night, simply toggle the GPIO pin Low and the IR filter is enabled

you could do it with the 2 simple programs below.

DAY

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import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setup(8, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(8, GPIO.HIGH)
print " Day mode"

NIGHT

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import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setup(8, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.output(8, GPIO.LOW)
print " Night mode"

you could even automate this using a simple LDR/ resistor circuit that has a set point for switching or even by timed execution using cron.