Magicmirror touchscreen tablet dashboard

[wfsaxton]

Nice job on this. I was also thinking of going the tablet route with MM. I never thought of the server approach, which seems to make it a lot easier. Although I’m guessing streaming video wouldn’t work out so well (if I wanted to implement that).

Question: How did you set up the client on the tablet? Is it just a full-screen web browser?

[CobraRL_]

@wfsaxton Yeah its just a fullscreen browser. I’ve tried doing google cast and a smart assistant on it but neither of them worked for me.

[frentemorao]

Your project is quite interesting.
I also have a pizero running MM on server mode and a tablet as a dashboard.

I would like to know how you manage to move between the different screens as it is a fullscreen browser.

Thanks in advance

[sdetweil]

@frentemorao he uses the MMM-Pages module which creates logical pages by showing and hiding modules in groups.

[frentemorao]

@sdetweil thanks for the explanation but I am afraid it’s not the answer I was waiting for…

I understood he touches the screen to move between pages. Am I right?

[sdetweil]

@frentemorao I doubt it, pages will cycle thru, mmm-carousel can too.
I haven’t seen a module that does touch screen swipe. I have seen swipe with additional sensors

here’s a talk about mouse gestures in browsers
https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-mouse-gestures-in-chrome-edge-safari-opera-f-1848790869

[wishmaster270]

Hi,
you can use MMM-Touch to react to swipes. I am not sure if it works with pages but it does with the MMM-ProfileControl.

[sdetweil]

@wishmaster270 very cool…

[frentemorao]

@wishmaster270 do you think this solution will work in a tablet considering the server is in an external rpi?

[wishmaster270]

@frentemorao Did not test that. I have it running on the same Pi in my case. But as MMM-Touch only sends notifications to other modules I do not see a reason why it shouldn’t.