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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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MM digital display hung like a picture

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    rmonkey @UncleRoger
    last edited by Nov 8, 2023, 8:20 PM

    @UncleRoger said in MM digital display hung like a picture:

    I would love to see a picture of the recessed outlet and hear more about how you did that.

    Also, is the monitor one of the portable monitors you can find on Amazon?

    Yes, the monitor was a $75 Vilva 15" portable monitor from Amazon.

    As for the outlet, this was very simple because there is an outlet directly below the spot. Because drywall is (usually) empty, I was able to simply tap the existing outlet. I cut the hole for the recessed old-work box and fished romex straight up to it. Pulled the romex into the box and installed the box. Then installed a recepticle with both USB-A and USB-C.

    The biggest hiccup is it didn’t work. Then I remembered I forgot to flip the circuit breaker back on. :face_with_rolling_eyes:

    Here’s a pic:

    PXL_20230723_224706092.MP.jpg

    Lastly, I hung the frame with picture wire which wasn’t optimal – it hung away from the wall and you could see the wires behind it. An inexpensive french cleat solved that.

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      UncleRoger @rmonkey
      last edited by Nov 9, 2023, 12:00 AM

      @rmonkey

      That’s awesome. Thanks for the additional info. I may try to do the same thing at some point, if I can get my wife to let me cut into the wall. 8^)

      I’m planning on using a french cleat for my board that I’m working on in the kitchen; it seems the best way to go all around.

      Great work and thanks!

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        rmonkey @UncleRoger
        last edited by rmonkey Nov 9, 2023, 12:50 AM Nov 9, 2023, 12:47 AM

        @UncleRoger said in MM digital display hung like a picture:

        I may try to do the same thing at some point, if I can get my wife to let me cut into the wall. 8^)

        If you don’t already know how to patch drywall wall, learn how. There are tons of great tutorials on YouTube and it’s inexpensive.

        That will take the trepidation out of cutting a hole in your wall! I’ve been reparing my own drywall for years and even I’ve never permanantly screwed things up.

        Oh, I have the amazon links for the box and receptacle if you decide to take the plunge:

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002W6ZOR4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZJC751K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

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          fulviolcabrera @rmonkey
          last edited by Nov 12, 2023, 12:11 PM

          @rmonkey nice mm display, would you mind sharing what modules you used?

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            rmonkey
            last edited by Nov 13, 2023, 10:40 PM

            MMM-ModuleScheduler
            MMM-BackgroundSlideshow
            clock
            MMM-OneTracker
            calendar
            MMM-DarkSkyForecast
            MMM-NFL
            MMM-WiFiPassword
            MMM-OnSpotify

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              MZ-BER
              last edited by Nov 14, 2023, 2:55 PM

              Nice, really like the clean and slim design. :thumbs_up: Are you planning to install a PIR sensor? Or is your display running 24/7?

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                rmonkey
                last edited by Nov 14, 2023, 6:31 PM

                I’m thinking about a PIR down the road.

                I like the idea of only having the background slideshow on and then info modules appear when you walk up to it.

                Right now it kills all modules around midnight and comes back on early morning.

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                  jbat66 @rmonkey
                  last edited by Dec 12, 2023, 9:57 PM

                  @rmonkey
                  I wrote a bash script that will take lat and lon, do an API call to Openweather, and get the sunset and sunrise times. then it will schedule a sunrise program and a sunset program to run via ‘at’. You can have +/- offsets for sunrise/sunset and you can just have a settime. So what I’m doing is doing api calls to MM at 10pm to turn off my background images, and then dim the screen via the remote api. then at 15 min after sunrise it puts it back to normal.

                  I have never published to github, but probably will at some point. Do you think this would be something folks would want? it is not a module. it does require jq and at to be installed on the linux system.

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                    rmonkey @jbat66
                    last edited by Dec 13, 2023, 10:58 PM

                    Wow, @jbat66 , that sounds amazing and waaayyy more sophisticated than what I’m doing (kill all modules at a set time and reboot in the morning).

                    Whether there are other people interested in that, I couldn’t say. My take is that I could see 5 people using it, 20 people learning from what you publish and maybe, maybe one person says thanks?

                    But, if it’s no big deal, share your stuff. I know I learned a lot from people here, although I’m at a much lower level than you!

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                      jbat66 @rmonkey
                      last edited by Dec 13, 2023, 11:16 PM

                      @rmonkey Thanks. I will get it published, don’t know when, but will get it published

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