Stuck at my Mirror currently....

[1a2a3a]

Hi all

just built a rpi3b+ on a monitor and am facing some issue here. appreciate some assistance.

1. how do i schedule monitor on off based on time? i tried tvservice and vcgencmd as cron job but both doesnt work. i installed remote control and module scheduler with the code below but the problem is i cant seem to simulate them instantly now. like for the code below, i saw in the log it says event notification will happen for the next day…?

 {
      module: 'MMM-Remote-Control'
      // uncomment the following line to show the URL of the remote control on the mirror
      // , position: 'bottom_left'
      // you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
    },

   {
        module: 'MMM-ModuleScheduler',
        config: {
            notification_schedule: [
                // TURN THE MONITOR/SCREEN ON At 10:00
                {notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule: '00 10 * * *', payload: {action: "MONITORON"}},
                // TURN THE MONITOR/SCREEN OFF At 00:00 
                {notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule: '00 00 * * *', payload: {action: "MONITOROFF"}}
            ]
        }
   }

2. i have mmm calendar ext3 installed. the mirror seems to be lagging quite badly. the text that is hovering from right to left in the calendar is not smooth but rather stuttering. not sure why?

3. cant install mmm googlephoto. my installation keep getting stuck at timing reifyNode:node_modules/moment Completed in 14044ms.

appreciate any advise please!

[MMRIZE]

@1a2a3a
For 2. “useMarquee:false”. It is too heavy to your device.

[1a2a3a]

@MMRIZE sorry I’m not very good at this… could you provide more context on where and how should I do this and why?

[MMRIZE]

@1a2a3a
Rpi3 is almost 8years ago introduced. It may have not enough power to handle modern tech like 4k video or heavy animation.

I added new feature to the module recently, because I don’t use RPI any more for MM, but still many ppl are using RPI legacy/low-profile models.

Anyway to turn off the marquee effects, add “useMarquee:false,” in the config of CX3 module in your config.js

https://github.com/MMRIZE/MMM-CalendarExt3#config-details

I will change it’s default value to “false” later at next update. I have done now.

[1a2a3a]

@MMRIZE thanks for the explanation. I will give this a shot. But does this mean if the text is too long it won’t move anymore? I kinda like the animation tho. Is this then a hardware limitation and I need to get something better?

[1a2a3a]

will a pi4 or pi5 fix the slowness issue?

[MMRIZE]

@1a2a3a
Right. MM itself is runnable on any device but more powered devices are usually more expensive or bigger than RPI.

[1a2a3a]

@MMRIZE if I change to rpi 4 or 5 will that helps?
I put in the calendar and google photo (yes managed to resolve installation issue) and it’s laggy like mad.

By any chance you have solution for point 1)?

[MMRIZE]

@1a2a3a
I have no device to test at this moment. So I cannot confirm you.
And I have no idea about MMM-ModuleScheduler.