[Remote-Control] Shutdown, Configure and Update your MagicMirror

[pyrosmiley]

So, I’m having a really unexpected bug, where this module somehow negates my custom CSS for the header color of all modules. No idea how/why, but when the page first loads, it’s fine, but as the last of the modules (including this one) load and are activated, the color suddenly snaps back to the default #aaa.

I know for certain it’s this module, since disabling it in the config fixed the header issue. I think this was introduced in the newest update, but I’m not 100% for-sure positive. I do know it started right around the most recent release date though.

[pepebc]

@Jopyth
Hello, excellent module. I have built the translation file into Spanish: es.json
you want it?

[Jopyth]

@pepebc Sure. Can you make a PR?

@pyrosmiley Did you start using the brightness adjustment? That definitely overrides brightness of headers and text. Maybe reset to default? That should solve the problem.

[emlowe]

This module is great - a couple items related to support for the ‘official 7" pi touchscreen’
I can probably code this up and submit a PR if you want - the on/off is easy to do because that is already in the helper. Brightness would need to get moved to the helper away from the CSS tricks.

It is interesting that controlling the brightness of a monitor itself over HDMI is surprisingly non-existent, but the 7" touchscreen h/w rev: 1.1 does indeed support direct brightness manipulation:

You can control the brightness of the backlight itself by:

echo X > /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/brightness

where X is a value between 0 and 255

And you can turn off the backlight with

echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/bl_power

and turn it back on with:

echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/bl_power

Earle

[pyrosmiley]

@Jopyth I didn’t think I had (actually I don’t think I ever even noticed it!) but I guess I bumped into it just enough to change the value. All good now. Thanks!

[nobita]

@Jopyth What Happen , When Press menu “Edit config.js”,The Error show like this

How to solve it,Thnaks so much

[Jopyth]

@nobita It is not an error, just a warning. You can use it, but make sure to make a backup of your config.js file first.

Also new release with the long overdue french translation (which might need some improvements - I do not know, PRs are welcome if you spot anything):

[1.1.5] - 2018-05-14

Added

• French translation

Fixed

• Updated documentation to new MagicMirror version
• Fix error on updating MagicMirror

[nobita]

@jopyth Thank so much

[justjim1220]

very cool.
question… can you get this to work using touch screen?
like the buttons you show on the screen, control them using touch instead of mouse pointer or keyboard?

[Jopyth]

@justjim1220 This is intended to be used from a different device (i.e. not your MagicMirror), for example, your smartphone or tablet. Maybe you could get it to work on your MagicMirror with something like the IFrame module and a touchscreen?

[dmwilsonkc]

@jopyth I just want to thank you again for your work on this module! Your module rocks!

BTW - It doesn’t have to be a mobile/tablet, I wrote an AI skill for Mycroft that uses your MMM-Remote-Control module to pass verbal commands to the MagicMirror.

If you’d like, check out the 2 min. video here.

And here’s a link to the repo if anyone would like to check out the Python code that interacts with the MMM-Remote-Control module.

Thanks again!
Cheers!

[BluP]

@snille

Hi snille,

Have you ever found a solution? I want to do something similar, but was also not able to get a module to be hidden/shown during certain times using MMM-ModuleScheduler

I tried

{notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule:  '*/2 * * * MON-FRI', payload: {action: "SHOW&module=module_15_MMM-Traffic"}},
                                
{notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule:  '1-59/2 * * * MON-FRI', payload: {action: "HIDE&module=module_15_MMM-Traffic"}}

Does not make real sense, switching on a module every other minute, but would have been nice for testing…

If I use this as a GET request via HTTP,

http://My_MM_IP:8080/remote?action=HIDE&module=module_16_MMM-Traffic

it works like charm…also curl works using another Raspi sending this command to the MM

Any idea?

Thanks, Peter

[PaulB]

Dear MM-Builders,

does someone know how to solve attached problem?

Thanks in advace :-)

[Hein-Jan]

@paulb

Is your device listed in “whitelist”, in your config.js?

Please check forum on whitelist issues.

Hein-Jan

[m0111k]

@jopyth in light of topic resurrection, I’m looking into creating multiple functions for my pi’s. I’m using MMM-NetworkScanner and MMM-Remote-Control. The idea is like follows:

When I leave home, my mobile goes offline from home network. I’m looking for a command to enable camera (reboot y/n) to enable another project I’d like to combine with this. (Pi Camera Notifier: https://iotbreaks.com/build-a-camera-alert-application-with-raspberrypi-3-and-iosandroid-pushbullet-app/) turning it into a security cam. The commands available in the readme of MMM-RC didnt hand me a clue for further investigations

I’d love to see these work in conjunction that’d give it a whole new dimension :)

[robiv8]

Hallo, my remote control work.
but
When I pull the restart button the MagicMirror restarts fine but I become a Fehler (Fail)
What can this be?

My Log after push the button:

0|mm  | Shutting down server...
0|mm  | Stopping module helper: MMM-Page-Selector
0|mm  | Stopping module helper: MMM-Remote-Control
0|mm  | Stopping module helper: MMM-DWD-WarnWeather
0|mm  | Stopping module helper: MMM-PublicTransportHafas
0|mm  | Stopping module helper: newsfeed
0|mm  | Stopping module helper: MMM-Buttons
0|mm  | Use --update-env to update environment variables
0|mm  | [PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [mm](ids: 0)
0|mm  | { Error: Command failed: pm2 restart mm
0|mm  |     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:287:12)
0|mm  |     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
0|mm  |     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
0|mm  |     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
0|mm  |     at Socket.stream.socket.on (internal/child_process.js:346:11)
0|mm  |     at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
0|mm  |     at Socket.emit (events.js:211:7)
0|mm  |     at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:554:12)
0|mm  |   killed: false,
0|mm  |   code: null,
0|mm  |   signal: 'SIGINT',
0|mm  |   cmd: 'pm2 restart mm' }
0|mm  | > magicmirror@2.6.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
0|mm  | > sh run-start.sh
0|mm  | Starting MagicMirror: v2.6.0
0|mm  | Loading config ...

[swvalenti]

Same error as above but in English. Def restarts MM with no issue but MM RM displays error oddly?

[robiv8]

Nobody an idea?
Now the notification does not work anymore! Somehow I have the feeling that this block any other modules.
You can send but it does not matter! Also no error message.

[nobita]

@Jopyth What Happen? and how to solve it?

[robiv8]

I have the impression that Jopyth does not have time to maintain the module. Last answer here was 9 months ago.
Too bad, is an excellent module