MMM-Navigate, Navigation inside MagicMirror with Rotary Encoder

[AxLed]

@Eisblume
I found the line in node_helper.js, its line 35

const C = new Gpio(self.config.GPIOPins[2], 'in', 'both',{debounceTimeout : 20 }); //BCM Pin 19

Here you can try to increase/reduce the debounceTimeout between 10 and 50 (in steps of 10) and see if there is a difference for your “pressed” problem.

AxLED

[Eisblume]

@AxLed
I tried every very with different press speed. It doesn’t work. No press Signal will be sent :-(

I don´t understand why cw and cww works fine, but not the press - Button?

Edit:
I test the Rotary with this: https://github.com/martinohanlon/KY040
Here the press button works fine.

pi@raspberrypi:~/EncoderTest/KY040/examples $ python python3.py
turned - 0
turned - 0
turned - 1
turned - 1
button pressed
button pressed
button pressed
button pressed
button pressed
button pressed

[AxLed]

@Eisblume
Please post your config and make sure your private keys are x-ed. So i can try to copy your setup to my test pi and maybe find out whats the reason. That your rotary encoder generally works is good to know.
AxLED

[Eisblume]

Ok, thanks @AxLed !!

config.js:

/* 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", "::ffff:192.168.1.1/120", "192.168.1.1/24"], // 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: "de",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-Navigate",
			header: "Navigation",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
					Alias: [
						'Seiten blättern',
						'News (mehr/weniger Details)',
						'Test notification',
						'News - mehr Details',
						'News - weniger Details',
						'Neustart MagicMirror (PM2)',
						'Neustart',
						'Herunterfahren'
					],
					Action: [
						[{notification:'PAGE_INCREMENT',payload:''},{notification:'PAGE_DECREMENT',payload:''}],//action array, first press locks menu, after this rotation CW/CCW executes, second press release lock mode
						[{notification:'ARTICLE_MORE_DETAILS',payload:''},{notification:'ARTICLE_LESS_DETAILS',payload:''}],
						{notification: "SHOW_ALERT", payload: {type:"notification",message:"Dies ist eine Testnachricht"}},//single action, execute on press
						{notification:'ARTICLE_MORE_DETAILS',payload:''},
						{notification:'ARTICLE_LESS_DETAILS',payload:''},
						{notification: "REMOTE_ACTION", payload: {action: "RESTART"}},
						{notification: "REMOTE_ACTION", payload: {action: "REBOOT"}},
						{notification: "REMOTE_ACTION", payload: {action: "SHUTDOWN"}}
					],
					GPIOPins: [26,20,19]//rotary cw, rotary ccw, rotary press (BCM Numbering)
					},
},
		{
    		module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
    		// uncomment the following line to show the URL of the remote control on the mirror
    		// , position: 'bottom_left'
    		// you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
    		config: {
        		customCommand: {},  // Optional, See "Using Custom Commands" below
        		customMenu: "custom_menu.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below
        		showModuleApiMenu: true, // Optional, Enable the Module Controls menu
        		apiKey: ""         // Optional, See API/README.md for details
    		}
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "Familie Reetz",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://pxxxxxxm/xxxxxxxKSw_tdQ8WGeTZVjgr6Vwn1HDxxxxxxx5OuupPnKOIExxxx"
					}
				]
			}
		},
//		{
//			module: "compliments",
//			position: "lower_third"
//		},
{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "xxxx",
				locationID: "xxx",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "xxxxx"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Wettervorhersage",
			config: {
				location: "xxxx",
				locationID: "xxxx",  //ID from https://openweathermap.org/city
				appid: "xxxxx"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "Tagesschau",
						url: "http://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2"
						//url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
		{
    		module: "MMM-Fuel",
    		position: "bottom_left",
    		config: {
        			api_key: "xxxxx",
        			lat: 123456,
        			lng: 654321,
        			types: ["diesel"],
        			radius: 15,
        			max: 3     			
    				}
		},
		{
	        module: 'MMM-Dreambox',
			header: 'Vu+ Ultimo4K powered by VTi',
			position: 'bottom_right',
			config: {
				apiBase: 'http://192.168.1.50:90',
				//omxargs: ' --vol -6000 --win 0,625,590,957 --live ',
				omxargs: ' --win 600,60,1490,940 -o both ',
				refreshInterval: 1000 * 30, //refresh every 30 seconds
				apibouquet: 0, //bouquet, if there is more than one under apiservices (/web/getallservices),
				apiRecordingsID: 0, //which recording folder should be listed
				listmax: 10,
				apiabout: '/web/about',
				apiservices: '/web/getallservices',
				apiepgnow: '/web/epgnow?bRef=',
				apizap: '/web/zap?sRef=',
				apiTimerlist: '/web/timerlist',
				apiServicelistplayable: '/web/servicelistplayable?sRef=',
				apiLocations: '/web/getlocations', //where are the recording folders listed
				apiMovielist: '/web/movielist?dirname=' //link for opening recording folder and list recordings
				}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

[AxLed]

@Eisblume
I tested wih modules of your config.

My testconfiguration:

• Raspberry Pi 1
• MagicMirror v2.7.1
• npm v6.8.0
• node v8.9.0
• no electron (as i dont run/installable on Pi 1), i run node serveronly
• display: Webbrowser

My rotary encoder works as follows:

• Seite blättern (press works and gives a red frame an a lock sign, cw an ccw dont work, as MMM-Pages isnt part of your config)
• News (mehr/weniger Details) (press works and gives a red frame an a lock sign, cw an ccw works)
• Test notification (press works, no cw or ccw functionality by design)
• News - mehr Details (press works, no cw or ccw functionality by design)
• News - weniger Details (press works, no cw or ccw functionality by design)
• Neustart MagicMirror (PM2) (dont work in my testconfiguration, as i dont use PM on RPI1)
• Neustart (press works, there is a pop up notification to press twice for reeboot, requires MMM-Remote-Control)
• Herunterfahren (press works, there is a pop up notification to press twice for shutdown, requires MMM-Remote-Control)

Two ideas:

• wrong cabeling, here are the 3 pins for CW, CW and PRESS of your config.js (GPIOPins: [26,20,19])
  
• messed up setup, try to save your config and reinstall raspian an MM

Greets

AxLED

[Eisblume]

Thank you so much for your help. But It still doesn’t work.

The cabeling is correct I checked it many times ;-)

The crazy thing is, when I remove ground, the press button works, but not the cw and cww.

I think, I will try a clean reinstall on my RPi3.

[Eisblume]

@AxLed
Also after clean install with nothing more, the default modules and MMM-Navigate and MMM-Remote-Controll it doesn’t work.

Here you can see: https://youtu.be/G2eRoPxRPjU

Only when I remove ground, the press action works. But then, the cw and cww doesn’t work…

[AxLed]

@Eisblume
Thanks for your reply, i tested at my pi with disconnected ground cable, but there is no press, cw or ccw working at all.
My last ideas:

• can you messure your 5 cables if maybe one is interrupted
• maybe there are two versions of KY-040 on the marked, i have this one Amazon
• is your second rotary encoder shows same symptoms?
• did you connect + of rotary encoder to 5V once (which would be wrong and maybe damaged your GPIO PINs/chip)?

AxLED

[Eisblume]

@AxLed
Do not think that I am lying ;-), but it works fine, when I start MagicMirror and after that I start the python - script from here https://github.com/martinohanlon/KY040.

cw, cww and press works absolutely fine.

It is very strange.

[Eisblume]

@AxLed
Ok, i fix it now for me.

I know, it is a dirty code, but don’t found another solution :dizzy_face:

I attached the KY040 python script in the node_helper.js. Then everything works fine.

//node_helper.js
/* Magic Mirror
 * Node Helper: {MMM-Navigate}
 *
 * By {AxLED}
 * {MIT} Licensed.
 */

 //Debugging
 //tail -f ~/.pm2/logs/mm-out-0.log
 //tail -f ~/.pm2/logs/mm-error-0.log 

const Gpio = require('onoff').Gpio;
...
const spawn = require("child_process").spawn;
//Variables
...
  start: function() {
		var self = this;
		this.loaded = false;
		var process = spawn("python", ["/home/pi/Downloads/KY040/examples/python3.py"]);
	},
	
...
});

[AxLed]

@Eisblume
No Problem, i am glad it works for you now, so you also did your first coding experiance.

AxLED

[Eisblume]

@AxLed
Yes very interesting experiences :-) !

Could you explain my how to start “Tagesschau in 100 Sekunden” in MMM-Navigate ??

[AxLed]

@Eisblume
You need two things:

• first: a modules which is able to stream 100Sec Tagesschau, i made a fork see MMM-Podcast2
• second: the right config (i posting only the relevant part)

....
{
			module: 'MMM-Podcast2',
			config: {
				// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
				omxargs: ' --win 0,0,1920,1080  -o both '
			}
		},
{
			module: "MMM-Navigate",
			header: "Navigation",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
					Alias: [
						'Tagesschau 100 Sekunden',
						'Herunterfahren'
					],
					Action: [
						{notification:'BUTTON_PRESSED',payload:''},
						{notification: "REMOTE_ACTION", payload: {action: "SHUTDOWN"}}
					],
					GPIOPins: [26,20,19]//rotary cw, rotary ccw, rotary press (BCM Numbering)
					},
		},
...

AxLED

[Eisblume]

@AxLed said in MMM-Navigate, Navigation inside MagicMirror with Rotary Encoder:

{notification:‘BUTTON_PRESSED’,payload:‘’},

Thanks. Works perfect !!!

[keineAhnung123]

Hello @AxLed ,

Two things:

First

I have the same issue like @Eisblume :

The click doesnt work.
When i then start a sample code to test the rotary encoder (from like here), the click works in the sample code.
If i start the Magic Mirror after that again, then the click works there too.

Maybe there is a missing initialization of the rotary encoder in your code?

Second

Is there a possibility to get more config possibilities?
Like starting the module hidden or shortening the time of the hiding process?

Thanks in advance :)

[AxLed]

@keineAhnung123,

to your first issue:

• is only click not working or is rotation also not working?
  Because rotation and click (Button press) uses the same library (onOff).
• on which pin is click connected, as the pi GPIO Pins have different features?
• what versions you are using (pi, OS, MM-Version)?

To your second issue.

• MMM-Navigate uses the MM notification system, so you can do almost everything you want. What are you trying to to, maybe i can give you a sample for your config.js
• for shortening time of hidding see MM Docs -> search for hide, there is a parameter for speed.

Regards

AxLED

[keineAhnung123]

Hello @AxLed , thanks for your reply

first

• rotation works fine but the button press does not
• i use your standard configuration so it seems to be BCM 19
• PI 3 B+, stretch, MM 2.14.0

I tried MMM-Buttons too. Same problem there. I first have to run a sample script with python and after that the button works in MM too. It uses the onoff library too.

I found a strange behaviour:
I start MM -> button click doesnt work
I start python test script and after that MM -> button click works
When i restart the Raspberry PI and start MM (without the python test script) -> button click works
When i shutdown the Raspberry PI and cut off the connection to an electricity source and restart the PI after that -> button click doesnt work

Thats strange isnt it?

second

I changed the hiding time from 10000 to 2000 cause i prefer a shorter time.
Is there a way to start the module hidden?
I tried following:

    // Define start sequence.

    start: function() {

        Log.info("Starting module: " + this.name);

        this.sendConfig();//pass config to node_helper.js

        this.hide();

    },

and this

    //Helper, to use module without Rotary Encoder and without GPIO Pins, like developing in Pixel VM

    notificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {

        if(notification === "CW" || notification === "CCW" || notification === "PRESSED"){

            this.naviaction({inputtype: ""+ notification +""});

        }

        if(notification === "SHELLCOMMAND"){

             this.sendSocketNotification(notification, payload);

        } 

        if(notification === "MODULE_DOM_CREATED"){

             this.hide();

        }

    },

but both didnt take effect :(

third

I found an reproducable error:
When i start MM and first rotate counterclockwise there is an error in the MM console:

[09.01.2021 09:11.07.337] [LOG]   MMM-Navigate, listen on GPIO PINs (BCM): 26,20,19

[09.01.2021 09:11.18.306] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
[09.01.2021 09:11.18.321] [ERROR] ReferenceError: lastdir is not defined
    at tick (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Navigate/node_helper.js:92:39)
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Navigate/node_helper.js:66:4
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Navigate/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:135:9
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at pollerEventHandler (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Navigate/node_modules/onoff/onoff.js:134:32)

It doesnt effect the functionality but just wanted to mention it… ;)

[AxLed]

@keineAhnung123,

thanks for feedback.
first:
Idea A:

• maybe the pin 19 is the problem, because it is not only a GPIO pin rather it has SPI features. Can you change to BCM16 (and change it in config.js as well) and try it?

Idea B:

• Do you use capacitors for debouncing? If not, you can change debouncing value of following line: https://github.com/Ax-LED/MMM-Navigate/blob/master/node_helper.js#L37

second:

• Which module should start hidden? MMM-Navigate?

third:
I tried to reproduce on my pi 3 and get no error, so i checked the code.
You can add following line as new line 19 in node_helper.js
var lastdir = '';

AxLED

[keineAhnung123]

@AxLed
I will try that later. Thanks
And yes, i want to start MMM-Navigate hidden. Is that possible?

[AxLed]

@keineAhnung123 ,

informations to your second issue:
Your request is not provided by MMM-Navigate, maybe it is possible with one of the following modules (untested):

• MMM-ModuleScheduler
• MMM-ModuleToggle

AxLED