@Vauxdvihl there are 2 different kinds of modules. The first is a normal Alexa on your Mirror (MMM-Awesome Alexa) The second kind of Alexa modules work as fake Wemo devices and is able to turn on of modules …(MMM-AlexaControl) but you need a echo device.

Working perfectly. Thanks really appreciated

Hi everybody :) I have an old Pi 2 lying around and I’m thinking of building some sort of smart display coupled with a media centre. I’ve read through the forum and got an idea of which modules I want and how the display could look like. However, as I’m new to MagicMirror, I’d like to hear your opinions and suggestion on my ideas to see if it’s possible. In an ideal world, the setup would be capable of following things: show MagicMirror on my TV as a default (automatically start in the morning (CEC available), display MM using remote control or smartphone, sleep automatically after X minutes) possibility to play music on speakers attached to the Pi from an external hd, controlled via smartphone (I don’t need Spotify or any other streaming source) possibility to play videos on my TV from an external hd or online (youtube, TedTalks, …). Integrated into MM or in an separate application. Controllable via TV remote and/or smartphone. There is no need to have these 3 thing run parallel. I won’t need MM when playing music or Kodi and vice versa. Currently this is my idea: have MagicMirror running on Raspian have a Mopidy music server running in the background (can be controlled via smartphone) install Kodi and switch to it when I want to watch videos (can be controlled via smartphone and TV remote) I am wondering if my Pi can handle all this or if I need a newer model? Is it possible to play music on the speakers (TV off) while have the videos & sound on the TV? How would I switch from MM to Kodi? Could I control Kodi and MM with the TV remote? Are there modules to handle this (I’m thinking of Alt-Tab application switching…)? Should I run MM in a server/kiosk mode (display in browser) or with a regular installation? Sorry for asking so many noob questions ;) Any help is greatly appreciated :) Cheers, asnaeb

@Kereknjek i would start slow… use my sample, send one request, get back content. you cannot put a whole page up unless u open an iframe… MM is called a Single Page Application… (SPA)… in this model, each ‘module’ contributes a little content (a div’s worth) and that little bit is injected into the running view of the web page (dom=document object model) again, you can see this layout on the developers window, elements tab u can do this on your Windows PC too with chrome, press ctrl-shift-i on any page (again to turn it off)

@Stoffbeuteluwe nobody an idea?

@daegon-jjiya sorry,I think we will have to wait for @Sean to help. He is the module author.

Hi guys! Any idea how this guy got his LEDs to light up differently when talking to Alexa? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3VVZA0e5Y I’m also looking to find out the differences between the Alexa modules, it seems awesome Alexa is the best? Thanks

@Lordy Ich weiß nicht recht. Meine config sieht so aus: { //disabled: true, module: 'MMM-Celebrations', position: 'top_left', header: "HEUTE IST:", config: { } }, Probiere die doch mal aus.

The best program to install magicmirror is Deepin 15.11 not even one issue to install magicmirror. Deepin is a lenux os and i used node 6.9 version and after i installed the node just install the npm install - g pm2 and start installing the MagicMirror this is great and sorry my english is not too good lololol but im happy with this project thanks to all of you

@broberg Great thanks man !!!

@BigMan said in Create another config.js file: even easier! put all your configs into the config folder then just set which on to use #!/bin/bash # set my config export MM_CONFIG_FILE=~/MagicMirror/config/config1.js # then call mm.sh exec ~/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh thanks @strawberry-3-141

I’m thinking about a solution for secure passwords in modules. Expl. default calendar module and 100 others also need password and I have to write it in plain text in config.js Is there a way to get this in a secure way?

Hello everybody, is there any way of displaying a server (Qnap) shared photo album url (public) on MagicMirror slideshow? Have already tried a few modules but without success. Which module would I need to integrate? Thank you very much

Hi all, Found MM and think it’s the bee’s knees… Have not been able to stopping thinking about how to use it :) Looked at some of the bin collections modules and they are brilliant but I didn’t want to use CSV files. So I came up with a way to reuse the calendar module. Create a bin collection calendar in Google Calendar and then adding recurring entries for collections, for me it’s every two weeks on a Monday: [image: 1572704305256-77e4f5f9-f5cf-4d2a-9905-5500b10178a3-image.png] Moved any individual dates that clashed with Public Holidays (Easter Monday) etc and then added a new entry in config.js { module: "calendar", header: "Bin Collection", position: "bottom_left", config: { maximumEntries: 3, // as I only have 3 bins fetchInterval: 3600000, // update every hour timeFormat: "dateheaders", // group by date maximumNumberOfDays: 14, // it's a two week cycle for me fade: false, // no fade please calendars: [ { symbol: "trash", // trash icon :) url: "webcal://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/..../basic.ics" // update this to point to your bin calendar } ] } }, and now the below is exactly what I need: [image: 1572703892596-6ef84419-dd2d-4640-83fe-7db759fc9a2b-image.png] Hope this is of use to someone :) Carl

@FruityBebbles the voice based modules have a heck of a time… lots of tricky dependencies (which keep changing out from under the module as time goes by)

@magicmirrorpi4 no… my script does all/any platforms I have test on pi0-i4, mac, ubuntu, windows ubuntu, jetson nano, odroid. it will replace the the current one in the product on next release. the current one doesn’t work much other than pi 2/3

That’s a good idea. Research commencing…

Nobody??

@Tomexx that looks ok… but your words above are confusing… What I couldn’t figure out is how to install MMM-WeatherForecast or MMM-Wallpaper. After installing both of them, they never appear, not even trying to load. they ARE in the modules folder, yes? standard rules, ALL modules get installed in the modules folder generally they come from github so the download process is cd MagicMirror/modules git clone ????? where ??? is the url provided by the github repo for the module. you find the module repo (google, or whatever), then push ‘clone or download’, and push the button (looks like clipboard with and arrow pointing to it) to get the proper clone url string, then paste that string after the words git clone, and hit enter then follow the instrucitons for the module to complete its installation and config some modules need you to run npm install to get other code they depend on installed. neither of these do

Hello all First post on here, apologies if it’s in the wrong place. I’ve been playing with MM for about a week now, got the basics up and running, but need some help with the long term goal/ideas. I already had a GassistPi running with the GoogleAIY V1 Hat, I also have a genuine Alexa. The GasisstPi had a large 20 x 4 LCD display attached to it and I initially had the thought that with the addition of an MCP23017 I2C multiplexer, I could add some buttons to call various scripts and the info could be displayed on the LCD. Examples of the scripts I needed were: Bus arrivals at 5 local bus stops. Arrivals at my local rail station. TfL Tube status. Webscraping of DHT sensors or similar running on a Nodemcu but still on the same network. Possible logging of these. A couple of Internet radio stations start/stop. Volume up/down Did make a cool laser cut case but didn’t get as far as doing anything with the buttons, have coded MCP23107’s before on Arduino, confident of being able to do it on the Pi and also willing. Bus scripts were done for all 5 stops, but it is in Python 2 which as you will know is near end of life. Train arrivals was done in Python 3, but only one way, not a major issue as I only really need to know what they’re doing in the morning. Tube status – didn’t look into it. DHT sensors – didn’t look into it. I then found a URL for train departures which loads super quick, just what I need in the morning: http://realtime.nationalrail.co.uk/ldbcis/departures.aspx?u=039B1CD1-14D4-4CB9-83B1-A84CC3AEDF83&crs=HHY&H=6000 changing the code HHY to other station codes will give info about that station. Brilliant! But obviously, this will be better on a screen rather than an LCD character display. Some kind person then gave me a 7” HDMI touchscreen. I then discovered MagicMirror. So I can load up the Tube status via a webpage (https://unop.uk/tube/) using the smart web display module and also the national rail link above, but I need them to go to the top of the page, not below the news feed which is at the top centre and still visible. Nor do I want the weather which is top right to be visible through the station departures web page. How can this be achieved please? Should at this point say, GassistPi and MagicMirror will be/are running on the same Pi Longer term, I’d like GassistPi, Alexa and the buttons to display an individual module only when requested and for about 30 seconds before they disappear and the screen turns off. Apart from the web radio which will be an on/off thing. An infra red remote control option doing the same thing would be handy too. Anyone have any thoughts on this? My boss then challenged me to build something “funky and Linuxy” for the office. We’ve got plenty of screens around, so MagicMirror is in the running, but it may not be a mirror, more like an info board. What would be needed for the office is a clock for most of the time, some news feed maybe, weather, Tube and National rail info at home time only and some photos, probably our company values. Plus all of this only visible when someone is there, so PIR module would be installed, that’s a minor issue. Again, with some buttons, each module is displayed for a period of time as someone may leave at some random point in the day and need to know when the next train is. I appreciate this is a long first post, but any help or pointers would be good. Thanks in advance