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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

Please create a config file

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  • J Offline
    jiminsav
    last edited by May 5, 2019, 5:09 PM

    what i am trying to express, is that Magic Mirror works fine out the box, but when i add the remote module, and edit the config.js file, the magic Mirror shows “please add a config file” when it starts. if i then use the backup and rename it to Config.js, the program works fine.
    i add the module info EXACTLY as it shows in the Github page for the remote control module, and it does not work. i copy and pasted a few examples from this forum, it still does not start Magic Mirror. at this point, it’s pretty worthless if i can’t remote access it.

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      bhepler Module Developer @jiminsav
      last edited by May 5, 2019, 5:13 PM

      @jiminsav - It sounds like there’s an error in the module configuration. So let’s solve that.

      Please copy & paste the module configuration here, using the markdown features. We’ll look it over and see if we can spot the problem.

      The other technique is to run the config checker that is included in the module. Change to your Magic Mirror folder and run npm run config:check

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        sdetweil @jiminsav
        last edited by May 5, 2019, 5:17 PM

        @jiminsav yes, the MMM-Remote-Control module text has an error…

        {
            module: 'MMM-Remote-Control'   // < ---- missing comma, add it
            // 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
            }
        },
        

        as @bhepler has added, there are ways to check out the config…

        Sam

        How to add modules

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          jiminsav
          last edited by May 5, 2019, 5:37 PM

          here is my config file. I don’t understand markdown feature. might not work with FireFox
          *

          • 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: [], // 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: [
          	{
          		module: "alert",
          	},
          	{
          		module: "updatenotification",
          		position: "top_bar"
          	},
          	{
          		module: "clock",
          		position: "top_left"
          	},
          	{
          		module: "calendar",
          		header: "US Holidays",
          		position: "top_left",
          		config: {
          			calendars: [
          				{
          					symbol: "calendar-check",
          					url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
          				}
          			]
          		}
          	},
          	{
          		module: "compliments",
          		position: "lower_third"
          	},
          	{
          		module: "currentweather",
          		position: "top_right",
          		config: {
          			location: "New York",
          			locationID: "",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
          			appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
          		}
          	},
          	{
          		module: "weatherforecast",
          		position: "top_right",
          		header: "Weather Forecast",
          		config: {
          			location: "New York",
          			locationID: "5128581",  //ID from https://openweathermap.org/city
          			appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
          		}
          	},
          	{
          		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-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
          			}
          		},
          	},
          ]
          

          };

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

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            justjim1220 Module Developer @jiminsav
            last edited by May 5, 2019, 5:50 PM

            @jiminsav said in Please create a config file:

            module: 'MMM-Remote-Control'

            missing comma after this line

            should be:
            module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',

            "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
            Jim Hallock - 1995

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              jiminsav
              last edited by May 5, 2019, 6:19 PM

              Folks. i figured it out. just commented out everything except the module name and it works. and i did add the comma. thanks

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