I did the DIY kit from EBrewsupply. Very happy with it. $350 for the box, have a friend wire it up. 220v though :(
Throw in a couple tilt hydrometers and a brewpi down the road for fun.
It looks like the code that I was using was using the TV service which completely shuts off the monitor, while the code you posted was blanking the screen with a screensaver. Here is what I was using:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pwd,os
import time
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
pir_pin = 7...
I have installed the PIR_RUN.PY script from post 1236, and it works great. But, it takes about 10 seconds for the display to turn back on. Is there any way to speed this up?