Modifying the Config File

[sdetweil]

@jimb I’d also suggest trying my MMM-Config module, which presents a form for config.js including outside modules… all done with discovery of the installed modules and there parms…

some modules cause trouble… but there are ways around with some extra work… it may not be for you… another pile of work to learn, it it doesn’t work…

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config

it doesn’t help with module install, only configure

[jimb]

Sam,
OK progress on the network front. I spent some time yesterday on the phone with eero tech support. At rhe end they suggested connecting my PC wirelessly and seeing if I could ping the rasberry. It works. I can ping and SSH/Putty into the pi, but have an additional snag. It accepts the login and sends a password request. BUT, I can’t enter anything- the keyboard is dead at that point.

[sdetweil]

@jimb ok, sounds like the wifi network is a guest, not connected to the regular ethernet network…

don’t use putty

open a cmd.exe window

ssh user_name@machine_ip

add one of the tools

winscp or bitvise ssh clients

they will give you a filemanager view of the files and an ssh window ,
per system you connect to…

bitvise also provides a filemanager view of the pc filesystem , so you can drag/drop files in either direction… (you would only do that for logs to pc, of special bug fix file , to pi)

[jimb]

Sam, success! I have d/l’d the SSH gui program and here is my config.js file. I have deleted my apiKey

modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						fetchInterval: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "https://ics.calendarlabs.com/76/mm3137/US_Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "weather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
				apiVersion: "3.0",
				lat: 33.50872,
				lon: -96.612213,
				weatherEndpoint: "/onecall",
				type: "current",
				location: "Houston",
				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				apiKey: "8eca2aec"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weather",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
				apiVersion: "3.0",
				lat: 33.50872,
				lon: -96.612213,
				weatherEndpoint: "/onecall",
				type: "forecast",
				location: "Houston",
				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				apiKey: "8
"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",

[sdetweil]

@jimb missing some at the bottom

I assume the apikey with a new line inside is a removal edit problem

always wrap config.js content in code block

paste into editor
blank line above and below
select pasted text
hit button </>

[jimb]

Sam, here is a copy of the config.js (with the apiKey deleted)

let config = {
	address: "localhost",	// Address to listen on, can be:
							// - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
							// - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
							// - "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
							// Default, when address config is left out or empty, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	basePath: "/",			// The URL path where MagicMirror² is hosted. If you are using a Reverse proxy
					  		// you must set the sub path here. basePath must end with a /
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"],	// Set [] to allow all IP addresses
															// or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
															// ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
															// or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
															// ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	useHttps: false, 		// Support HTTPS or not, default "false" will use HTTP
	httpsPrivateKey: "", 	// HTTPS private key path, only require when useHttps is true
	httpsCertificate: "", 	// HTTPS Certificate path, only require when useHttps is true

	language: "en",
	locale: "en-US",
	logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR"], // Add "DEBUG" for even more logging
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: "imperial",

	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			timezone: "America/Chicago",
			showPeriodUpper: "true",
			showDate: "true",
			position: "top_left",
		},
	{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						fetchInterval: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "https://ics.calendarlabs.com/76/mm3137/US_Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{			
			module: "weather",
			units: "imperial",
			windUnits: "imperial",
			tempUnits: "imperial",
			showPeriodUpper: "true",
			appendLocationNameToHeader: "true",
			colored: "true",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				apiVersion:"3.0",
				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
				weatherEndpoint:"/onecall",
				lat: "33.50872",
				lon: "-96.612213",
				type: "current",
				location: "Houston",
				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				apiKey: "8acfbcab123ce212",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weather",
			units: "imperial",
			winUnits: "imperial",
			tempUnits: "imperial",
			showPeriodUpper: "true",
			appendLocationNaneToHeader: "true",
			colored: "true",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
 				apiVersion:"3.0",
 				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
				weatherEndpoint:"/onecall",
				lat: "33.50872",
 				lon:"-96.612213",	
 				type: "forecast",
     				location: "Houston",
				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
					apiKey: "8eca2acaacfbcab123ce212",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true
			}
		},
	]
};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

[jimb]

Sam, I tried to do the Ctrl-Shift_i keypress in the browser, but nothing happened. Do I need to do this at a certain point in time or from a certain place. The reason is because I’m still getting the 401-unauthorized messages if I perform the npm start dev process during application start.

[sdetweil]

@jimb weird… always works for me.

I meant to test w my apikeys today.

will get to it

[sdetweil]

@jimb well, I used your exact weather config, and used my openweather api key , and it worked perfectly

[sdetweil]

@jimb and you’ve got some stuff out of position

this is the more correct layout

                {                       
                        module: "weather",
                      position: "top_right",
                       config:{
                           units: "imperial",
                           windUnits: "imperial",
                           tempUnits: "imperial",
                           showPeriodUpper: "true",
                           appendLocationNameToHeader: "true",
                           colored: "true",
        //              position: "top_right",
        //              config: {
                                apiVersion:"3.0",
                                weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                                weatherEndpoint:"/onecall",
                                lat: "29.8155405", //"33.50872",
                                lon: "-96.0607878", //"-96.61",
                                type: "current",
                                //location: "Houston",
                                //locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and fi>
                                apiKey:""
                        }
                },
  GNU nano 6.2                                                       config/config.js                                                                
                {
                        module: "weather",
                        position:"top_right",
                        header: "Weather Forecast",
                        config:{
                            units: "imperial",
                           winUnits: "imperial",
                           tempUnits: "imperial",
                          showPeriodUpper: "true",
                          appendLocationNaneToHeader: "true",
                          colored: "true",
                        //position: "top_right",
                        //header: "Weather Forecast",
                        //config: {
                                apiVersion:"3.0",
                                weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                                weatherEndpoint:"/onecall",
                                lat: "33.50872",
                                lon:"-96.612213",       
                                type: "forecast",
                                //location: "Houston",
                                //locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and fi>
                                        apiKey:"// "
                        }
                },