remotecompliments disappeared - please help

forjer

FWIW, I’m also running the default Compliments in the lower_third position. I’ve swapped positions between Compliements and RemoteCompliments and the result of that is Compliments works in both positions, RemoteCompliments doesn’t work in either position.

sdetweil

@forjer and the pm2 log?

forjer

@sdetweil

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs
[TAILING] Tailing last 15 lines for [all] processes (change the value with --lines option)
/home/pi/.pm2/pm2.log last 15 lines:
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:05: PM2 log: pid=22698 msg=process killed
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:05: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] starting in -fork mode-
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:05: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] online
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:50: PM2 log: Stopping app:MagicMirror id:0
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:51: PM2 log: pid=23236 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:51: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:51: PM2 log: pid=23236 msg=process killed
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:51: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] starting in -fork mode-
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:29:51: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] online
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:46:00: PM2 log: Stopping app:MagicMirror id:0
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:46:00: PM2 log: pid=23422 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:46:00: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:46:01: PM2 log: pid=23422 msg=process killed
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:46:01: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] starting in -fork mode-
PM2        | 2020-12-28T21:46:01: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] online

/home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-error.log last 15 lines:
/home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-out.log last 15 lines:
0|MagicMir | > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:04.542] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.13.0
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:04.557] [LOG]    Loading config ...
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:04.568] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:04.571] [LOG]    No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.600] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.601] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-RemoteCompliments
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.602] [LOG]    All module helpers loaded.
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.798] [LOG]    Starting server on port 8080 ... 
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.819] [LOG]    Server started ...
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.821] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-RemoteCompliments
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.825] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: MMM-RemoteCompliments
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.826] [LOG]    Sockets connected & modules started ...
0|MagicMir | [2020-12-28 21:46:07.960] [LOG]    Launching application.

sdetweil

@forjer sorry, I’ve run out of everything to look for. the error is gone now…

forjer

@sdetweil In my developer log it mentions “RemoteCompliments: ‘MODULE_DOM_CREATED’ received: null” and “module.js:199 MMM-RemoteCompliments is suspended.” Is that a clue? It just doesn’t make sense. I tested it yesterday morning by putting in a really long compliment just to see how it looked on the screen. I then reverted it back to a short compliment. Later in the morning I did a sudo apt-get update and a sudo apt-get upgradejust before setting up remote desktop, VNC and pitunnel. Those are the only other things that I can think of where I changed some stuff.

developers window

Load script: modules/MMM-RemoteCompliments//MMM-RemoteCompliments.js
module.js:513 Module registered: MMM-RemoteCompliments
loader.js:148 Bootstrapping module: MMM-RemoteCompliments
loader.js:176 Load script: modules/MMM-RemoteCompliments//scripts/jquery-3.3.1.min.js
loader.js:153 Scripts loaded for: MMM-RemoteCompliments
loader.js:155 Styles loaded for: MMM-RemoteCompliments
loader.js:157 Translations loaded for: MMM-RemoteCompliments
loader.js:195 Load stylesheet: css/custom.css
:8080/modules/default/clock//clock.js:46 Starting module: clock
main.js:508 All modules started!
:8080/modules/MMM-RemoteCompliments//MMM-RemoteCompliments.js:222 MMM-RemoteCompliments: 'MODULE_DOM_CREATED' received:  null
module.js:199 MMM-RemoteCompliments is suspended.

Are there any other (perhaps more stable) modules where I can display a custom message (compliment) depending on the time of day? I had about 10 compliments programmed to display at their specified time slots throughout the day. And I liked the ability to control / override them easily with my phone via Google Drive.

sdetweil

@forjer the code and comments

// Hide module on startup. 
			// If the module receives data, the module will reveal itself.
			self.hide(0);
			self.hidden = true;

which is reasonable, but it just reinforces no data.

sorry no idea on another module that does this other than the default compliments module with remotefile

forjer

@sdetweil Hmm…is there a simple way to hard code in a RemoteCompiment to force it to show? Just as a troubleshooting step to see it?

I guess I could consider the default compliments with remote file. Can I run a second default compliment module at the same time? Is it as simple as copying the folders and renaming them “compliments2” or something?

sdetweil

@forjer the default compliments module can be used multiple times without problem. you either pass the compliments as config parms or in a remotefile as config parm

forjer

@sdetweil So are you saying I can run two instances of compliments at the same time, shown in two different locations on the same display? And is this done by copying the compliments.js to make a “compliments2.js”?

sdetweil

@forjer yes, two instances, no need to copy the module