Remote control

[hawkeye]

When i add this to my config my mirror stops working soon as i delete it starts again

if i put my ip addy in for the pi with ports 8080 into my phone i can see the mirror but no remote control options where am i going wrong please

{
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
}
},

Only thing i have working with my pi is kodi and thats on a spare i am a total NOOB and in need of a lot of help

[JohnBachini]

@hawkeye I dont use this module, but it looks like you have , position: ‘bottom_left’ You need to remove the comma at start of line.

[hawkeye]

i tried that still no joy

what i want to do is to be able to add and remove modules from my phone and having no luck

[sdetweil]

@hawkeye u need a comma at the end of each line… the one at the front is for the line before, but after has no ,

also, check the actual text in config.js, the quote marcks, both single and double are the wrong kind, they are the word processing app type… (as they lean)… u need the text kind, straight up and down

{
	module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
	position: 'bottom_left',
	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
	}
},

[concep86]

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[hawkeye]

@sdetweil said in Remote control:

{
module: ‘MMM-Remote-Control’,
position: ‘bottom_left’,
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
}
},

You rock that fixed that part now i just need to make it show modules so i can turn them off

[sdetweil]

@hawkeye there is a bug on 2.11 tgat stops remote control from working.

search the forum for the fix

[hawkeye]

@sdetweil yeah I’m no programmer

i need an idiots guide to things

[sdetweil]

@hawkeye you are replacing one file, no programming required

[hawkeye]

@sdetweil you have been a grate help so far and yes i know i am annoying but i cant find what i am to do

[sdetweil]

@hawkeye you are replacing the contents of ~/MagicMirror/js/socketclient.js

see this post for the (old) contents to put IN the file
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/12485/has-anyone-got-mmm-remote-control-working-on-mm-2-11/10?page=1

[hawkeye]

@sdetweil see your totally awesome that’s fixed now wahoo

with your help im sure you could help me get this working awsome

[sdetweil]

@hawkeye i just searched in the forum on 2.11 remote control, that was the top result

[hawkeye]

I deleted every thing in the socketclient.js file and replaced with the following now the remote works like a charm

var MMSocket = function(moduleName) {
var self = this;

if (typeof moduleName !== "string") {
	throw new Error("Please set the module name for the MMSocket.");
}

self.moduleName = moduleName;

// Private Methods
self.socket = io("/" + self.moduleName);
var notificationCallback = function() {};

var onevent = self.socket.onevent;
self.socket.onevent = function(packet) {
	var args = packet.data || [];
	onevent.call(this, packet);    // original call
	packet.data = ["*"].concat(args);
	onevent.call(this, packet);      // additional call to catch-all
};

// register catch all.
self.socket.on("*", function(notification, payload) {
	if (notification !== "*") {
		notificationCallback(notification, payload);
	}
});

// Public Methods
this.setNotificationCallback = function(callback) {
	notificationCallback = callback;
};

this.sendNotification = function(notification, payload) {
	if (typeof payload === "undefined") {
		payload = {};
	}
	self.socket.emit(notification, payload);
};

};

[shawnlane]

@hawkeye Thank you for posting. This corrected my problem! I have so much to learn. Off to my next issue with getting the Google Photos module to work.

[sdetweil]

@shawnlane said in Remote control:

I have so much to learn.

there was a bug in 2.11 for that file… fixes only come every 3 months… so the workaround it to put the old file back

[hawkeye]

its solved

[videogame95]

Hi l see your having a similar problem as when add the script into my config file it stops l also remove the //
To position it a the left bottom but it still didn’t work
I set the IP. 0.0.0.0 and closed brackets []
Set up any one on my IP address
But it still no working.

I know we should get a IP address on bottom of the mirror to type into our phone which open up app controller.

If any can help us both please reply.

[sdetweil]

@videogame95 show the config for his module and aove/below it

a module is

{
   module:"name",
   position:"something",
   config: {
      ....
      module specifc values
      ...
    }
},

note that whre u add this MAY reqire a trailing comma on the last line of the prior module, meaning, more coming

keep the braces and brackets aligned up and down,