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      emrhssla @sdetweil
      last edited by emrhssla

      @sdetweil
      in terminal, output is

      pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/MagicMirror $ npm start dev &
      [1] 1452
      pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/MagicMirror $
      
      magicmirror@2.7.1 start /home/pi/Desktop/MagicMirror
      sh run-start.sh “dev”
      
      Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.1
      Loading config …
      Loading module helpers …
      Initializing new module helper …
      Module helper loaded: updatenotification
      No helper found for module: helloworld.
      All module helpers loaded.
      Starting server on port 8080 …
      Server started …
      Connecting socket for: updatenotification
      Sockets connected & modules started …
      Launching application.
      

      after click,That’s all.
      There are no errors, and console.log() is not visible from the terminal window.

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        sdetweil @emrhssla
        last edited by

        @emrhssla i cut/pasted your code to create your module, added it to config.js
        and it performs as expected…

        i get in developers console

        hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~    MMM-Testpython.js:62
         Socket recevied : hello                                        MMM-Testpython.js:71
        

        and in terminal window

        notification : TEST
        

        config entry

        {
          module: "MMM-Testpython",
          disabled: false,
          position: "middle",
          config:{
            
          }
        },
        

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          sdetweil
          last edited by sdetweil

          after the npm start &

          press enter… you should get the prompt back, and can do any command

          add this to your node module start function

            start: function() {
              socketTestpython=this;
              console.log(this.name + " node_helper started")    // < ---- add this
          

          should see this in terminal window

          MMM-Testpython node_helper started
          

          i do

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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            emrhssla @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @sdetweil
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              sdetweil @emrhssla
              last edited by sdetweil

              @emrhssla that console output doesn’t make sense… cause u should have seen this line at least

              Module helper loaded: MMM-Testpython
              

              before the

              Launching application 
              

              show me your config.js

              Sam

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                emrhssla @sdetweil
                last edited by

                @sdetweil

                /* Magic Mirror Config Sample
                 *
                 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
                 * MIT Licensed.
                 *
                 * For more information how you can configurate this file
                 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
                 *
                 */
                
                var config = {
                	address: "0.0.0.0", // 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, is "localhost"
                	port: 8080,
                	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1","172.16.100.133", "::ffff:172.16.100.133", "::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"],
                
                	language: "en",
                	timeFormat: 24,
                	units: "metric",
                
                	modules: [
                		//0
                		{
                			module: 'MMM-iFrame',
                			position: "bottom_center",	// This can be any of the regions.
                			config: {
                				// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
                					url: ["https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/weekday.nhn"],  // as many URLs you want or you can just ["ENTER IN URL"] if single URL.
                					updateInterval: 0.5 * 60 * 1000, // rotate URLs every 30 seconds
                					width: "2000", // width of iframe
                					height: "1800", // height of iframe
                					frameWidth: "950", // width of embedded iframe, height is beeing calculated by aspect ratio of iframe
                				}
                		},
                		//1
                		{
                			module: "MMM-EmbedYoutube1", 
                			position: "bottom_bar",	
                			config: {
                				video_id: "w3jLJU7DT5E",
                				searchlist1: "쯔위",
                				loop: true
                			}
                		},
                		//2	
                        {
                            module: "MMM-Modulebar1",
                            position: "top_left", 
                            classes: "default everyone", 
                            config: {
                						
                                
                            }
                		},
                		//3
                		{
                            module: "MMM-Modulebar",
                            position: "top_left",
                            classes: "default everyone", 
                            config: {
                						
                
                            
                            }
                        },
                        
                        {
                            module: "MMM-Dynamic-Modules",
                        },
                		{
                			module: "alert",
                		},
                		{
                			module: "updatenotification",
                			position: "top_bar"
                		},
                		{
                			module: "clock",
                			position: "top_right"
                		},
                		
                		{
                			module: "newsfeed",
                			position: "bottom_bar",
                			config: {
                				feeds: [
                					{
                						title: "New York Times",
                						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                					}
                				],
                				showSourceTitle: true,
                				showPublishDate: true
                			}
                		},
                		{
                			  module: "MMM-Testpython",
                			  disabled: false,
                			  position: "middle",
                			  config:{
                			    
                			  }
                		},
                	]
                
                };
                
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                  sdetweil @emrhssla
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @emrhssla that doesn’t match with the terminal window output…

                  in terminal window only

                  Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.1
                  Loading config …
                  Loading module helpers …
                  Initializing new module helper …
                  Module helper loaded: updatenotification   < ----
                  No helper found for module: helloworld. < -----
                  All module helpers loaded.
                  Starting server on port 8080 …
                  Server started …
                  Connecting socket for: updatenotification   
                  Sockets connected & modules started …
                  Launching application.
                  

                  there are only two modules referenced…

                  never mind, two of mine don’t have position and work fine
                  delete ---------also, all modules require a position

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    this what I see on my startup in the terminal window, before the node_modules start outputing their text

                    Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.0-develop
                    Loading config ...
                    Loading module helpers ...
                    No helper found for module: alert.
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                    No helper found for module: clock.
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: calendar
                    handler helper in init
                    Module helper loaded: MMM-SleepWake
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: MMM-ImagesPhotos
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: newsfeed
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: MMM-AssistantMk2
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: MMM-Hotword
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: WaterLevels
                    Initializing new module helper ...
                    Module helper loaded: MMM-Testpython
                    All module helpers loaded.
                    Starting server on port 8086 ...
                    You're using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPs
                    Server started ...
                    Connecting socket for: updatenotification
                    Connecting socket for: calendar
                    Starting node helper for: calendar
                    Connecting socket for: MMM-SleepWake
                    handler helper in start
                    Connecting socket for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
                    Starting node helper for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
                    Connecting socket for: newsfeed
                    Starting module: newsfeed
                    Connecting socket for: MMM-AssistantMk2
                    Connecting socket for: MMM-Hotword
                    MMM-Hotword started
                    Connecting socket for: WaterLevels
                    Starting module: WaterLevels
                    Connecting socket for: MMM-Testpython
                    MMM-Testpythonnode_helper started
                    Sockets connected & modules started ...
                    Launching application.
                    

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      emrhssla @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil

                      /* Magic Mirror Config Sample
                       *
                       * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
                       * MIT Licensed.
                       *
                       * For more information how you can configurate this file
                       * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
                       *
                       */
                      
                      var config = {
                      	address: "0.0.0.0", // 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, is "localhost"
                      	port: 8080,
                      	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1","172.16.100.133", "::ffff:172.16.100.133", "::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"],
                      
                      	language: "en",
                      	timeFormat: 24,
                      	units: "metric",
                      
                      	modules: [
                      		//0
                      		{
                      			module: 'MMM-iFrame',
                      			position: "bottom_center",	// This can be any of the regions.
                      			config: {
                      				// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
                      					url: ["https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/weekday.nhn"],  // as many URLs you want or you can just ["ENTER IN URL"] if single URL.
                      					updateInterval: 0.5 * 60 * 1000, // rotate URLs every 30 seconds
                      					width: "2000", // width of iframe
                      					height: "1800", // height of iframe
                      					frameWidth: "950", // width of embedded iframe, height is beeing calculated by aspect ratio of iframe
                      				}
                      		},
                      		//1
                      		{
                      			module: "MMM-EmbedYoutube1", 
                      			position: "bottom_bar",	
                      			config: {
                      				video_id: "w3jLJU7DT5E",
                      				searchlist1: "쯔위",
                      				loop: true
                      			}
                      		},
                      		//2	
                              {
                                  module: "MMM-Modulebar1",
                                  position: "top_left", 
                                  classes: "default everyone", 
                                  config: {
                      						
                                      
                                  }
                      		},
                      		//3
                      		{
                                  module: "MMM-Modulebar",
                                  position: "top_left",
                                  classes: "default everyone", 
                                  config: {
                      						
                      
                                  
                                  }
                              },
                              
                      		{
                      			module: "updatenotification",
                      			position: "top_bar"
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "clock",
                      			position: "top_right"
                      		},
                      		
                      		{
                      			module: "newsfeed",
                      			position: "bottom_bar",
                      			config: {
                      				feeds: [
                      					{
                      						title: "New York Times",
                      						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                      					}
                      				],
                      				showSourceTitle: true,
                      				showPublishDate: true
                      			}
                      		},
                      		{
                      			  module: "MMM-Testpython",
                      			  disabled: false,
                      			  position: "middle",
                      			  config:{
                      			    
                      			  }
                      		}
                      	]
                      
                      };
                      

                      It’s the same. :(

                      pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror $ npm start &
                      [1] 3066
                      pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror $ 
                      > magicmirror@2.7.1 start /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror
                      > sh run-start.sh
                      
                      Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.1
                      Loading config ...
                      Loading module helpers ...
                      Initializing new module helper ...
                      Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                      No helper found for module: helloworld.
                      All module helpers loaded.
                      Starting server on port 8080 ... 
                      Server started ...
                      Connecting socket for: updatenotification
                      Sockets connected & modules started ...
                      Launching application.
                      
                      
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                        sdetweil @emrhssla
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @emrhssla show me output of

                        ls /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror/config -laF
                        

                        Sam

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                          emrhssla @sdetweil
                          last edited by

                          @sdetweil

                          pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror/config -laF
                          total 20
                          drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Apr 15 22:18 ./
                          drwxr-xr-x 17 pi pi 4096 Apr 15 22:16 …/
                          -rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 2960 Apr 15 2019 config.js
                          -rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 2623 Apr 15 22:11 config.js.sample
                          -rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 13 Apr 15 22:29 .gitignore

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                            sdetweil @emrhssla
                            last edited by

                            @emrhssla ok, trying to replicate… moved mine to desktop/MagicMirror and it worked ok,
                            working on installing that repo

                            Sam

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                              emrhssla @sdetweil
                              last edited by

                              @sdetweil I don’t see what the problem is.

                              After upgrading the npm and node to the latest version, I installed the Magic Mirror, and I wonder if that’s the problem.

                              And I did the npm install python3 and I don’t think this is the cause.

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                                sdetweil @emrhssla
                                last edited by

                                @emrhssla will advise once I see it myself

                                Sam

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                                  sdetweil @emrhssla
                                  last edited by sdetweil

                                  @emrhssla which MM are u working in?

                                  /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty (see its config/config.js
                                  or
                                  /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror one? (see ITS config/config.js

                                  they are different (u have MagicMirror installed INSIDE a MagicMirror folder)
                                  to fix this, in /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty do

                                  mv MagicMirror ..
                                  

                                  now you will have

                                  /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty
                                  and
                                  /home/pi/Desktop/MagicMirror
                                  

                                  Sam

                                  How to add modules

                                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                    emrhssla @sdetweil
                                    last edited by

                                    @sdetweil
                                    I first ran a magic mirror at /home/pi/Desktop/MagicMirror . But after failing, another one was installed. Running /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror gave the same result.

                                    In conclusion, there are two magic mirrors: /home/pi/Desktop/MagicMirror and /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror.

                                    I’ll try it tomorrow, but maybe it doesn’t matter.

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                                      sdetweil @emrhssla
                                      last edited by

                                      @emrhssla when the mirror app is running, can u access from another system at http://mirror_ip:mirror_port

                                      Sam

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                                        emrhssla @sdetweil
                                        last edited by

                                        @sdetweil said in node_helper.js does not work.:

                                        when the mirror app is running, can u access from another system at http://mirror_ip:mirror_port

                                        I solved it!!
                                        A month ago, /fi/MagicMirror was installed.
                                        /pi/Magicmirror puts the code above, so node_helper.js work well.

                                        But I don’t know why /pi/Desktop/Beauty/Magicmirror isn’t working. Is this because of /pi/Magicmirror?

                                        Thanks to you, I solved it. Thank you all the time.

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                                          sdetweil @emrhssla
                                          last edited by

                                          @emrhssla said in node_helper.js does not work.:

                                          But I don’t know why /pi/Desktop/Beauty/Magicmirror isn’t working. Is this because of /pi/Magicmirror?

                                          because its a mess with all that macOS level binaries installed…

                                          i had to

                                          rm -rf  ~/Desktop/Beauty/node_modules/electron 
                                          cp ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron ~/Desktop/Beauty/node_modules
                                          

                                          to get the UI to show on the pi…

                                          i tested before by executing Electron to show some page
                                          in a terminal window ON THE PI
                                          do

                                          ~/Desktop/Beauty/node_modules/electron/dist/electron http://cnn.com
                                          

                                          this should open electron to show some web page

                                          initially I got a frame, with empty insides

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