Bridging the gap... LIRC -> Magic Mirror / Pages control using MMM-Remote-Control

sdetweil

@BKeyport what is LIRC?

also see this, maybe will help

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/124353

sdetweil

@BKeyport prior to this module there was no curl interface, you need a module to add that

BKeyport

@sdetweil LIRC = Linux Infered Remote Control. Basically, will issue commands on any remote control press as programmed into it. That part I have working, and will issue commands properly.

If I issue a Volume Up command from my remote, LIRC will respond and issue a curl -X GET http://magicmirrorip:8080/api/refresh - which will trigger MMM-remote-control to refresh the mirror.

but,
the problem I’m currently having, apparently, is that the methods of sending the notification in MMM-Remote-Control isn’t exactly clear to me, and I don’t know how to modify them to trigger MMM-Pages (Your version, BTW)

curl -X GET http://magicmirrorip:8080/api/notification/SHOW_HIDDEN_PAGE/blah is what I assume should work - if I issue the web command in the browser, MM responds with {"success":true,"notification":"SHOW_HIDDEN_PAGE","payload":"blah"} however, nothing is triggered in MM.

I’m gleaning info from: https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Remote-Control/blob/master/API/README.md

sdetweil

@BKeyport is “blah” the name of the hidden page you want shown?

hiddenPages is a collection of NAMED (case sensitive) hidden page definitions

hiddenPages:{
      "sample":["class1" ],
       "fribble":["class2"]
}

to show the collection of modules for hidden page sample the notification would be

“SHOW_HIDDEN_PAGE”, “sample”

right?

BKeyport

@sdetweil

hiddenPages: {
    "blah": ["Page4"],
},

sdetweil

@BKeyport so, install MMM-Notifications to see if it was really sent
also open the developers window, mmm-pages logs a message

BKeyport

@sdetweil MMM-Notification is not found, however, I did find MMM-ViewNotification, and it was sending as requested.

User Error. I did a typo.

Geez. 🙃🙃🙃🙃

sdetweil

@BKeyport dang computers are SO picky

yes ViewNotification