Could use some assistance setting up MMM-Carousel w/ Navigation and understanding the architecture

banbutcher

hi,

while we are on the subject of carousel… ive just been playing with it and only having moderate success.

first here is my Module Code:

/*-------------------- MMM-Carousel Start-----------------*/

{

            module: 'MMM-Carousel',
//	    position: 'botton_bar',
            config: {
                transitionInterval: 10000,
		showPageIndicators: true,
		showPageControls: true, 
                ignoreModules: ['alert'],
                mode: 'slides',
                slides: [
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    ['MMM-google-route2'],
		    ['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats', 'MMM-NetworkScanner'],
                	],
                keyBindings: { 
                    enabled: true,
                    map: {
                        NextSlide: "ArrowRight", 
                        PrevSlide: "ArrowLeft", 
                        Slide0:    "Home"
                   	 },
                    mode: "DEFAULT" 
                } 
            }
        },

when i used barnabycolby/MMM-Carousel it works fine rotating tru the pages every 10 secs… but when i change the rotation time to 0 so i can manually pick with arrow keys, it kind of has a fit and cant decide what page to show. and cpu usage goes high also

then i found shbatm/MMM-Carousel tried it and when used in the config above its loads all modules and stacks them on the first and only page. Then i tried it withhh this code:

                slides: [
                    Default: ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    Work: ['MMM-google-route2'],
		    Traffic:['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    Home: ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    Info: ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats', 'MMM-NetworkScanner'],
                	],

and i get the “please create a config file” error

then i noticed the different type bracket after slide: changed the []'s to {}'s and again it tries to load all modules on first page. then taught to delete the Default: Work: etc and i was back with the “please create a config file” error.

also tried taking all the duplicate modules out and only have unique modules on each page with no luck, i think ive tried all the different ways covered in the post.

to say im stumped is a bit of an understatement! :/

hope all that made sense…hope someone can help :)

Thanks,

Richie

sdetweil

@banbutcher the words to the left of the [ needs to be in quotes, the page name/ id

sdetweil

@NicB72 said in Could use some assistance setting up MMM-Carousel w/ Navigation and understanding the architecture:

@sdetweil I don;'t understand. I am using the carouselID as described in the advanced config section of MMM-Carousel.

looks like the id is supposed to be a number, by putting it in quotes it is a string.

see this post
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6640/could-use-some-assistance-setting-up-mmm-carousel-w-navigation-and-understanding-the-architecture/15?page=2

also, make sure which mmm-carousel u are using

banbutcher

@sdetweil

                slides: {
                    "Default":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    "Work":['MMM-google-route2'],
		    "Traffic":['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    "Home":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    "Info":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats'],
                	},

like this? again all modules stacked on first and only page, also tried with numbers instead of words!

sdetweil

@banbutcher I am not near my computer so have to wait til I can try.

which module are you using, there are at least 3 different ones

banbutcher

@sdetweil

ive used both barnabycolby and shbatm versions.

banbutcher

@sdetweil

so i figured it out… using barnabycolby im not able to have the page rotation set to 0.
MMM-GoogleAssistant works as intended along with MMM-GABackground.

My config for barnabycolbys:

{
            module: 'MMM-Carousel',
            config: {
                transitionInterval: 10000,
		showPageIndicators: true,
		showPageControls: true,
                ignoreModules: ['alert'],
                mode: 'slides',
                slides: [
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    ['MMM-google-route'],
                    ['MMM-google-route2'],
		    ['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats'],
                	],
            }
        },

using shbatm i needed the position: 'bottom_bar' and now i can set the rotation time to 0 and control the slides with the arrow keys and MMM-KeyBindings, however it seems that when i use this version the MMM-GoogleAssistant does not display the correct background and therefore cannot use the new MMM-GABackground

my config for shbatm:

{
            module: 'MMM-Carousel',
	    position: 'bottom_bar',
            config: {
                transitionInterval: 0,
		showPageIndicators: true,
		showPageControls: true,
                ignoreModules: ['alert'],
                mode: 'slides',
                slides: {
                    "Default":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    "Work":['MMM-google-route'],
                    "Office":['MMM-google-route2'],
		    "Traffic":['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    "Home":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    "Info":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats'],
                	},
                keyBindings: { 
                    enabled: true,
                    map: {
                        NextSlide: "ArrowRight", 
                        PrevSlide: "ArrowLeft", 
                        Slide0:    "Home"
                   	 },
                    keyBindingsMode: "DEFAULT"
                }
            }
        },

hope this helps someone

@Bugsounet @shbatm any idea why GAB will work with one carousel module and not another?

sdetweil

@banbutcher so, there were two problems

0 cycle time
and carouselId

I had my brain screwed on crooked for carouselId.

suppose you had multiple instances of the same module name in config.js, showing different things on different slides.

when u define the slides, u use the module ‘name’, but in this case, name is not enough.

so, in the module definitions themselves u add another unique identifier, carouselId: somestring. the value can be anything.

in their config:{} section, that is where carousel module will look for ‘carouselId’

in the slide definition, when u come to that module to be displayed, instead of putting the name in quotes, you need a little structure

{ name: "module name", carouselId:"samevalue_added_to_module_config" } ,

that way the carousel module can tell which module instance should be shown