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  • S Offline
    schlachtkreuzer6 @jcorraliza
    last edited by Jan 9, 2017, 7:52 PM

    @jcorraliza haha I can not believe it!!! now it´s working. okay so here is what i did:

    so after ending with an error and resetting all the configs and .js files to default and my latest working config.js (post it above)
    i shut it down
    some hours later i boot it up again, and via putty ssh I copy and paste this code in the config.js:

    {
    	module: 'compliments',
    	position: 'lower_third',
    	config: {
    		remoteFile: 'compliments.json'
    	}
    },
    

    the comliments.js file is still located here: ~/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments
    then i restart the MM via pm2 restart mm
    now it´s working with the compliments from the readme:

    {
        "morning" : [
            "heyho"
        ],
        "afternoon" : [
            "home early?"
        ],
        "evening" : [
            "finally home"
        ],
            "fog" : [
                    "fog, oh no :("
            ]
    }
    
    

    but anyway, the MMM-Admin-Interface changed the config.json to this again ^^:

    {
      "module": "compliments",
      "position": "lower_third",
      "config": {
        "remoteFile": "compliments.json"
      }
    }
    

    many thanks for your help, and time!

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      A Former User
      last edited by Jan 9, 2017, 8:51 PM

      hey, sorry for being a bit silent. was travelling with no access to my raspberry. will give your solution a shot, too. why does it have to be a local file, though? my plan was to (in a 2nd step) place the compliments.json in my dropbox folder, so i can easily change the compliments remotely.

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        bhepler Module Developer @Guest
        last edited by Jan 10, 2017, 2:20 AM

        @skr Because I’m a crap coder in Javascript.

        Sorry for not helping earlier, folks. I was at a wedding and delivering my mirror as a gift. I’ll investigate and see if I can’t improve the mirror code.

        You should not ever have to modify the compliments.js file. You should be able to pull it off with just modifications to the config.js file.

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          DvdEnde
          last edited by Jan 10, 2017, 9:45 AM

          @schlachtkreuzer6
          Because it worked with you as it should be, so I changed my whole MM installation.
          I did manage to keep the compliments unchanged too.
          :D I am happy …

          @strawberry-3-141 @yawns thanks guys. Your info helped me too a lot!

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            DvdEnde @Guest
            last edited by Jan 10, 2017, 9:47 AM

            @skr I am working on that now.
            @strawberry-3-141 has some good information in this project:
            https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/240/soccer-standings

            I am struggling with the CORS at the moment but it is solvable…

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              schlachtkreuzer6 @DvdEnde
              last edited by Jan 10, 2017, 1:42 PM

              @DvdEnde Great :) did you manage to run the weather-dependent compliments? My goal is to add all weather conditions based compliments. The normal compliments work, just need some time to load after starting MM from 30 seconds to 3mins. But if a add all of them:

              day_sunny
              day_cloudy
              cloudy
              cloudy_windy
              showers
              rain
              thunderstorm
              snow
              fog
              night_clear
              night_cloudy
              night_showers
              night_rain
              night_thunderstorm
              night_snow
              night_alt_cloudy_wind
              

              in this format:

               ],
                      "fog" : [
                              "fog, oh no :("
               ],
              ......
              

              MM starts to show the default comliments. Any Idea?

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                jcorraliza @schlachtkreuzer6
                last edited by Jan 10, 2017, 2:54 PM

                @schlachtkreuzer6 said in remoteFile in compliments module:

                @DvdEnde Great :) did you manage to run the weather-dependent compliments? My goal is to add all weather conditions based compliments. The normal compliments work, just need some time to load after starting MM from 30 seconds to 3mins. But if a add all of them:

                day_sunny
                day_cloudy
                cloudy
                cloudy_windy
                showers
                rain
                thunderstorm
                snow
                fog
                night_clear
                night_cloudy
                night_showers
                night_rain
                night_thunderstorm
                night_snow
                night_alt_cloudy_wind
                

                in this format:

                 ],
                        "fog" : [
                                "fog, oh no :("
                 ],
                ......
                

                MM starts to show the default comliments. Any Idea?

                This is the exact problem I’m running into as well. I can get the remoteFile to work if I just use the default times of day, but if I try using the currentweather objects, it just goes back to the default compliments.

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                  schlachtkreuzer6 @jcorraliza
                  last edited by Jan 10, 2017, 4:30 PM

                  @jcorraliza yeah… the only reason why i would use the remote file is the weather stuff, and obviously this feature has a bug, or we are to weak in coding ^^

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                    bhepler Module Developer
                    last edited by bhepler Jan 15, 2017, 6:47 PM Jan 15, 2017, 6:43 PM

                    Okay, I have the weather integration working. I’ll spare you the process I went through to figure it out, but the short version is that I am a worse developer than I originally suspected. The remoteFile capability works by replacing the three compliment arrays (morning, afternoon & evening). The weather integration works (sensibly, IMHO) by adding weather-specific compliments to the existing arrays.

                    So in order to get them both working, you need to specify both the original arrays and the weather-specific arrays. You can delete any weather-specific arrays you wish, but you must have the morning, afternoon & evening arrays. Copy & paste this compliments.json file to your mirror and then modify accordingly.

                    {
                      "morning": ["Morning compliment"],
                      "afternoon": ["Afternoon compliment"],
                      "evening": ["Evening compliment"],
                      "day_sunny" : [
                        "Day Sunny Compliment 1",
                        "Day Sunny Compliment 2"
                      ],
                      "day_cloudy" : [
                        "Day Cloudy Compliment 1",
                        "Day Cloudy Compliment 2"
                      ],
                      "cloudy" : ["Cloud 1"],
                      "cloudy_windy" : ["Cloud windy"],
                      "showers" : ["Showers"],
                      "rain" : ["Rain"],
                      "thunderstorm" : ["Thunderstorm"],
                      "snow" : ["Snow"],
                      "fog" : ["Fog"],
                      "night_clear" : ["Night clear"],
                      "night_cloudy" : ["Night Cloudy"],
                      "night_showers" : ["Night showers"],
                      "night_rain" : ["Night Rain"],
                      "night_thunderstorm" : ["Night thunderstorm"],
                      "night_snow" : ["Night Snow"],
                      "night_alt_cloudy_wind": ["Night Cloudy Winds"]
                    }
                    

                    I’m going to work on this a bit and hopefully the next release of the MirrorMirror software will be a bit more friendly. As an aside, I’ve noticed that the weather integration technique continually adds to the arrays. So the memory usage will grow and grow at whatever frequency you set the compliment refresh. This isn’t terrible, as straight text doesn’t take a whole lot of memory. But it may have unintended effects if you leave your mirror running for months at a time or if you are expecting a true randomization of the compliments you enter.

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                      schlachtkreuzer6 @bhepler
                      last edited by schlachtkreuzer6 Jan 18, 2017, 1:11 PM Jan 18, 2017, 11:24 AM

                      @bhepler okay a bit weird^^ anyway thank you! It worked perfecly!
                      @Steff the config above :)

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