MMM-HomeAssistant

[sdetweil]

@adamambarus you edit this wiki page to add your module entry
https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-Party-Modules#module-creators

[adamambarus]

@sdetweil Hahh, of course how could I not see that button…

[sdetweil]

@adamambarus great… now, suddenly (been running for near 2 years) MY mqtt server cannot be reached from outside the docker host… SO much fun…

[Snille]

Awsome! This changes a lot in my “config”, my Mirror(s) are tightly integrated with Home Assistant.
Thank you for this module!!

I’m currently running 3 different mirrors, but two of them are “mixed” with each other in HA, the third (first one) are separate :). I’ll have to do some more investigating. Have you tested with multiple mirrors against one “HA-MQTT”?

Again, thank you for this! :)

Update: I did some cleaning in the MQTT-queue (with MQTT Explorer) and now it all works. I got to have had my config(s) mixed at some point during my testing. So, now it’s all good. :)

[adamambarus]

@Snille Wow, I am so glad to hear it. I made a test with my real MagicMirror, and a dummy one running on a linux laptop. At this point I added a real uniqueID for the HA device config jsons.

@Snille said in MMM-HomeAssistant:

Update: I did some cleaning in the MQTT-queue (with MQTT Explorer) and now it all works. I got to have had my config(s) mixed at some point during my testing. So, now it’s all good. :)

Hmm, alright!! I will try to think of a handling in case two MM instances want to connect with the same device name. That is the only attribute left on the user.

[schlomm]

I’m just here to say “Thank you” - installed the module yesterday and after some struggling with my MQTT Backend all is working :)

[UncleRoger]

Just to be clear, this is meant to allow you to control the MM from HA, not display HA info on the MM, right?

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger correct MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay
will display info from ha

[mirrorlover270]

Would you see a chance to include a “sensor” that shows whether an update for a module is available? Right now the sensor on updates can only “hide” the update message on the mirror.

With an update sensor, I could get a message on my phone and at least trigger the update remotely with the MMM-Remote module.

Thanks anyway for this great module.

[raymonvdm]

I found a display (touchscreen) to setup a family dashboard and i`m making babysteps to get it going again after a long time of trying out MagicMirror

I did get this module to work and most of the buttons in HomeAssistant work, but since i`m using a GigabyteBrix debian12 pc the screen off and on does not work.

This however is working to get the screen on/off

apt install vbetool

root@debian:~# sudo vbetool dpms off
root@debian:~# sudo vbetool dpms on

root@debian:~# cat /etc/sudoers.d/magicmirror
magicmirror ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vbetool

root@debian:~# 

So i changed the on off command to

/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/vbetool dpms off
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/vbetool dpms on

But it stops working as soon as i start the MagicMirror using PM2 and i`m not sure why.

Are there any other options?

[Lateadapter]

I was directed from [MagicMirror Forum] Digest for 1/11/2026 to that discussion and I can show you some kind of alternative regarding Home Assistant controlled MagicMirror. It is using TouchKIO as a mirror client.
Recently I did upgrade my many years existing setup and I did summarize it here:
https://github.com/Lateadapter/TouchKIO-as-Kiosk-Application-for-MagicMirror

[sdetweil]

@raymonvdm can you show the log?

I always recommend testing with manual start after you make a module change

pm2 stop all
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start 

if it comes up ok, ctrl-q, or alt-spacebar, c
then pm2 status
and pm2 start xxxx
where xxxx is the name or number on the row for your application

[raymonvdm]

@sdetweil

I found out that it stil asked for the user password when performing sudo. I had this statement in /etc/sudoers

magicmirror ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

And this in /etc/sudoers.d/magicmirror

magicmirror ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vbetool

For now i removed the line in /etc/sudoers