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    node_helper.js does not work.

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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

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        emrhssla @sdetweil
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        @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
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            @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

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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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                      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

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                                @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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                                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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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

                                      Sam

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