@coolie1101 do you have an error entry in the home assistant log?

@cowboysdude We had snow here yesterday, it’s suppose to be spring! Can you please fix the weather here as well, It’s not really working… 🙂

Great work, Looking great!

@oberfragger thank you for mentioning pihole it sounds really useful, I’ll add it to my project scope 😃

Thank you that really helps, it’s such an interesting project and I’m really interested to see what I can do with it.

Hi,
I struggled a little bit to rotate my IR-Frame to work with my mirror in portrait mode.
So, I wrote this little guide to help you out. This is a guide from a noob to noobs 😉

first if you want to rotate your screen, follow this instruction
How to rotate your screen

then open a command prompt on your raspberry

now you must create a new folder

mkdir ~/startup_scripts

before we create a script, we need some information. Type this in your command prompt

xinput -list

it will show you something like this

pic1.JPG

this shows you the name of the IR-Frame, in my case it is IrScreen cc (yours could be different)

open a 2nd command prompt, it is time to create our script

type the following command

nano ~/startup_scripts/portrait.sh

enter this code

xinput set-prop "THE NAME OF YOUR IF_FRAME" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

now youmust enter the exact name of your IR-Frame in the code. In my case the code would look like this

xinput set-prop “IrScreen cc” --type=float “Coordinate Transformation Matrix” 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

save and exit with Crtl+X and Y

next step, make the script executable type

sudo chmod +x ~/startup_scripts/portrait.sh

now we can test it type

bash ~/startup_scripts/portrait.sh

your IR-Frame should be set in the right orientation now,

in case it is inverted then your screen is in portrait mode (rotated 90 clockwise)
this will inverse the curser, open the portrait.sh file in the nano editor

nano ~/startup_scripts/portrait.sh

replace the numbers with the following
0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

and it should work for you

now we only have to add some line to this on every startup of you raspberry.

sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

and add this line

@lxterminal -e /home/pi/startup_scripts/portrait.sh

123.JPG
close and save it with Ctrl+X and Y

all done

if you like it, feel free for a up-vote or a comment

@rxldavid the code is open source so you can check it for malicious intent or security issues

@sdetweil
Thanks Sam. I would like to avoid bugging my own home, so sounds like I can do without these modules for now

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@pddh I forgot to mention- i have a double switch installed. One for the bathroom lights and the other for the mirror light. So i can use the mirror light easily for the MM.

Later on i will break thru the wall and make a socket behind the mirror. So i have constant 220v and the Alexa behind the mirror will have always power.

I power off the rpi and monitor fully over night for saving some energy and daily fresh reboot.

@jste84 same error? tell me more

arecord -l ( for list)
will tell you what recording devices u have

arecord test.wav
speak some words
ctrl-c to end recording
aplay test.wav

do you hear what u said

@MichMich
I think it would be a good idea to put a little more visibility on documentation in the forums so that we could get an idea what would be the most helpful for the community. I have some energy to work on this (sent a couple PRs earlier).

Would it be possible to get “Documentation” as category or subcategory? It could probably work as a thread but it seems like I don’t have any posting permissions in the categories where it’s relevant

@hango
That’s cool…
Was looking for such thing, too.
Is it possible to keep the text online for a certain time, i.e. from time x til time y?
Maybe with the fade option…?
Would like to use that for indicating the time of the day for an eldery person which sometimes confuses e.g. morning and evening etc.

E.g. something like that:

case (daytime >= 5 && daytime < 7): document.write("It's early morning..."); break; case (daytime >= 7 && daytime < 9): document.write("it's morning time... " ); break;

Regretfully I am not too capable in java or implementing such little script.

@gotchabeats said in Cant get to Rotate!:

@sdetweil said in Cant get to Rotate!:

@gotchabeats
see https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2017/11/how-to-rotate-the-raspberry-pi-display-output/

tried all of them before i posted this. They don’t do anything. Nothing!

Thanks, man that one worked!

@bert269 said in Help me choose my hardware:

Hi.
I also have a Dell(not sure the model) with DVI, VGA and DP outputs. Since I use the rPi 4 I got a converter cable from mini HDMI to DVI cheaper than HDMI to DP. So I went that route and it works fine.
I would be really interested to learn how you manage to setup Google Assistant, once you reach that point, as I am really a hard time to do it. The problem that I found is that Google keep changing their device registration websites and I cannot find any updated guides to step one through this -really annoying. In regards to the microphone, I am using a USB model from Amazon which works just fine: https://www.amazon.com/your-orders/pop?ref=ppx_yo2_mob_b_pop__np_5_pp&orderId=111-3131203-6936200&lineItemId=lpkisvksqpotsny&shipmentId=DkND6yTsW&packageId=1&asin=B0779PKLV9
I have not decided if I want to go camera yet or not. Also, I went with the mirror film and are pretty happy with it. It was my first attempt and although it did not come out 100% smooth, I am still very happy with the result.
I am very curious to see how you manage to get Google Assistant installed and to learn from you, please. Thanks.

Thanks @bert269 !

This is an update to my post detailing my experience with the WWW-RTSPStream module. My implementation of the module in my MM2 was working OK, but I still had some interruptions when the video stream I was displaying would go black. Things got worse when I introduced a new WiFi router to improve coverage in my home. I had been depending on my OEM Uverse modem/router. I disabled the modem’s WiFi and added a Netgear RAX70 router to handle the WiFi duties in my home. For reasons beyond my understanding, this caused my MMM-RTSPStream module to be less stable. So, I decided to try a new IP camera. I chose a Wansview 1080 outdoor wireless IP camera that emphasized its use of the RTSP protocol. It’s this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C4YXV51/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

At only $40 I wasn’t really expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. Their installation process was about as simple as it gets and the RTSP URLs they supply in their app were easy to copy/paste into the MMM-RTSPStream config.sys section of the MM2. I’ve had it up and running for 2 days now and haven’t had any down time. For the first time, I can actually depend on the MMM-RTSPStream module to show me a video stream that’s current. For what it’s worth, I’ve pasted my config.sys section for the MMM-RTSPStream below.

{ module: "MMM-RTSPStream", position: "bottom_right", config: { autoStart: true, rotateStreams: false, rotateStreamTimeout: 10, moduleWidth: 308, moduleHeight: 231, localPlayer: 'omxplayer', remotePlayer: 'vlc', showSnapWhenPaused: false, remoteSnaps: false, shutdownDelay: 12, omxRestart: 1, debug: true, stream1: { name: 'Garage', url: 'USE RTSP URL FROM WANSVIEW APP', frameRate: '30', hdUrl: 'USE RTSP URL FROM WANSVIEW APP', protocol: 'tcp', timeout: 20, snapshotType: 'url', snapshotRefresh: 10, width: 400, height: 350, absPosition:{ top: 700, right: 1910, bottom: 1050, left: 1310, }, }, } },

Hello all,
I’m new to Magic Mirror, and have been tinkering around with the configuration file for a few days now. I have the basic display the way I need it, but cannot seem to find any documentation of a few options that I want to change…

So, my questions are:
In the Alarm Module, I have a work schedule of three days, which I configured correctly. But, I don’t think there is a way to configure an option, for example, “every other Monday”. Is the Alarm module based on Cron? Is it possible to configure a “every other (day)”?

The other option I’m looking for is trying to turn the MMM Analog Clock to an all-blue interface. I did find options in the documentation for changing the color of the second hand, text, and even background colors and all that. I was successful in changing only the text, or the background of the interface. But, really what I’m after is a black background with a light blue analog clock interface. Is this even possible?

I did try a custom.css file… but for what ever reasons, it doesn’t seem to work. Now, that is most likely because I don’t have it called correctly in the config file, or perhaps I am calling something that doesn’t exist?

Thank you in advance for any help!

@burgi Thank you for this! I was dreading having to think about pulling my O365 calendar into Google. These directions worked perfectly, and it was simple to bring my calendar directly into MM. Thanks!

I’m using a camera for gesture recognition. The camera will be in motion while capturing. I tried reducing the exposure time but it didn’t work. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi there,

do you know if there is a possibility to highlight / colorize single calendar entries using the default calendar module?

I have a birthday calendar that contains only all day events and I turned on the config’s “absolute” date mode to prevent displaying information like “in 7 hours” or “since 13 hours” (“urgency” is set to 0).
I imagine something like “if calendar_date = today then highlight(calendar_date)” so that today’s birthdays of the list are accentuated. 🙂

Any hints appreciated. Thanks a lot.
May the code be with you
-kai

Hello
My name is Rick Robinson. I am retired and live in Virginia USA.
I have an idea for an educational tool based on two projects developed by Michael Teeuw.
It would combine parts of the Magic Mirror and parts of the MusicCubes project.

The basic plan would be develop a low cost system to aid pre-verbal children and children with learning challenges to learn letters, names and numbers.

Using the MusicCubes allows young children to use simple physical objects (the cubes) as the user interface to the Mirrored Display.

The mirror display would be partitioned into three areas. The right area would display the picture associated with each cube face, and speak the name of the object. Further a short video would also appear on the left partition. Ideally it would a video of the parent(s) of the child also speaking the name of the object while using a sign language to visually sign the name. The center of the display would remain blank so the child can see their reflection and their mouth as it forms words. Thus the device would aid children with both learning and hearing challenges.

I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this idea. I am new to this and have tried to learn to code but I am not making much progress. I don’t think most of the modules in the MagicMirror system would be needed.

So I am hoping this could become a subproject as it will not contribute directly to the MagicMirror as a module. I am seeking help to show me how to make this an Open Source project.

My grandson has both of these learning challenges and I am seeking a method to help him. It has the potential to use teach any language and more advanced topics such as counting and simple math.
Any recommendations would be most welcome.

Kind regards
Rick Robinson
Herndon, Virginia USA