heart beat sensor

gudu

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Iam working on a heart beat sensor circuit shown below.When I place a finger there should be a pulse wave coming out of pin 7 but iam getting only a dc line. Can someone help me what is the problem.
 

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What is the voltage on pin 1?

I would try a 1M (1 meg) resistor between pins 3 and 8, and 220K between the "top" of R17 and 5V.

After that, try different sensors, different LEDs, (maybe even infrared).
 
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