Additional configuration tips can be found here: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi

@ianperrin Thanks a lot.

@Keromida The raspbian os is a linux derivative and includes cron which is used to schedule things. You can tell it to do things through your crontab. When you log on to your pi issue the crontab -e command. The first time it will ask you which editor to use… chose the default if you’re not sure. You’ll be greeted by something like this: # # To define the time you can provide concrete values for # minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon), # and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').# # Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system # daemon's notion of time and timezones. # # Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through # email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected). # # For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts # at 5 a.m every week with: # 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/ # # For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8) # # m h dom mon dow command 00 23 * * * /usr/bin/tvservice -o 00 06 * * * /usr/bin/tvservice -p You’ll have to add the two lines at the bottom which, in this example, will turn the mirror off at 2300 (11pm) and on again at 0600. Save the file, and when asked yes you’re sure, and exit the editor… all done!

@Merijeek Actually, reran yet again and (possibly) looking better. Once my card reader stops acting oddly I’ll probably do a reinstall and start again from scratch. Maybe figure out where I went wrong.

@alexyak thanks, everything is showing up again, except for the mm-hide-all module, and I don’t see any error on the console. But the button in the module just don’t show up.

@Keromida Do you mean the forecast? http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?q='Dusseldorf,DE'&lang=DE&units=metric&APPID=<APPID> You can also have a look here: http://openweathermap.org/api

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@TomasZmuda Great! Thank you so much! option 1 only cuts 12v to the inverter, not the main board so should have the same effect as option 2 but if I can drop the relay it’s one less thing to power so with your help I will go for option 2 for sure :) thanks again!

@MichMich Thanks. But shouldn’t it work by default? RSS feed is from a Dutch site (Tweakers) EDIT: Never mind. Fixed.

I have updated my config.js to load my own calendar hosted in iCloud. I’ve got the URL correct but on the mirror I Just see: Nigel Calendar Loading… Looking at the command line output using ‘node serverstart &’ I can see the following: Whoops! There was an uncaught exception… [Error: Invalid UNTIL value: 20160730T115959] Any suggestions on what I need to do to correct this? When I look in my calendar there is no entry for that date.

thank you very much :) so i have another try to use arch linux than :) just install lxde light and autostart it should fix my problems. thought the script will install/check if all requirements (like x11/lxde) are installed

For future reference, paste your code first on JSHint. It will tell you if you have any errors.

Do not install MagicMirror² as the root user. Bad idea. Root user should not be used for anything other than regular maintenance of the rpi itself, such as package and firmware updates. Please delete that entire folder '$ rm -rf /root/MagicMirror/', log in as the regular pi user and run the MagicMirror² installation script from that account. Running 'npm install ; npm start' also needs to happen from that pi user account, from with in the '/home/pi/MagicMirror' folder.

The calculations are correct for how a computer calculates it: Birthday A : august 10 - shows today Birthday B : august 11 - shows tomorrow Birthday C : august 12 - shows in 1 day? Show display "in 2 days" Birthday D : august 14 - shows in 3 days? Show display “in 4 days” Calculations are done starting at the next midnight. So: Birthday A : august 10 - shows today -- at the next midnight, it's day 0 Birthday B : august 11 - shows tomorrow -- at midnight, it will be day 0 + 1, so 'in 1 day' or 'tomorrow' Birthday C : august 12 - shows in 1 day? Show display "in 2 days" -- at midnight, it will be day 0 + 2, so 'in 2 days' Birthday D : august 14 - shows in 3 days? Show display “in 4 days” -- at midnight, it will be day 0 + 4, so 'in 4 days' The way the calculations are done isn’t perfect, but it’s how Moment.js returns those values, based on midnight.

@gndimitro awesome!

since it’s only visible on hdmi connection check if your screen have some sort of auto-contrast/brightness mode activated or something like that. Never experienced this behaviour. Check with another display to make sure?

Check this troubleshooting page on the Evan’s web site: http://docs.smart-mirror.io/docs/configure_the_pi.html

@Snoevit I did try it, but I probly made something wrong cause now it’s working. Thanks alot! :)

I did it for you. For future reference, you will have to set the topic as a question first, then you can change it later to solved. On the bottom right of the posts, there are three dots in a vertical line. Click on that to change the topic to a question (which will mark it 'Unsolved'), then when you’re ready to change it, click on the three dots again and you’ll have an option to set it to 'Solved'.