Frameless Bathroom Mirror - Part 1: Software and Preparations

bhepler

Is that Postmodern Jukebox in the video?

Meidlmarkus

@bhepler yes exactly :-)
It is “Life on Mars” - a terrific rendition, I find.

Meidlmarkus

@samson_82 did it work? Hat’s geklappt?

samson_82

Ja hats. Danke

Lx

@Meidlmarkus said in Glass on the way, but still eager to share my first try:

I’m a bit proud of the next module to be honest.

And you have every reason to be! That’s great. I can’t even get any map displayed on the mirror.

To have it appear in a matching style I used filter:greyscale 100% plus invert 100% within the js of the module. This way I managed a quite decent google display without the need of an API key.

Would you mind sharing the module’s code from your config file, as well as the modified MMM-iFrameReload.js ?

Meidlmarkus

@Lx said in Glass on the way, but still eager to share my first try:

Would you mind sharing the module’s code from your config file, as well as the modified MMM-iFrameReload.js ?

Absolutely no problem, glad if I can help :-)

Here is the MMM-iFrameReload configuration in config/config.js:

{
			module: 'MMM-iFrameReload',
			position: 'top_right',	// This can be any of the regions.
			config: {
				url: "https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m28!1m12!1m3!1d42533.999773346404!2d16.411988327113605!3d48.2186535328082!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e0!4m5!1s0x476d015a39ef4d09%3A0x9517276e2c623b28!2sGunertweg%204%2C%201220%20Wien%2C%20%C3%96sterreich!3m2!1d48.249941799999995!2d16.4780513!4m5!1s0x476d00ab0878e79f%3A0x27ed9084b744849a!2sErdbergstra%C3%9Fe%20236%2C%20Wien!3m2!1d48.1851841!2d16.4259021!5e0!3m2!1sde!2sat!4v1581209652324!5m2!1sde!2sat",	
				width: "100%", // Optional. Default: 400px
				height: "400px", // Optional. Default: 800px
				refreshInterval: 900  //Optional. Default: 3600 = 1 hour
			}
		},

So this shows the way from my home to my office. To show a route of your own liking, process as follows:

go to https://www.google.at/maps/
search your destination in the left-hand google maps search box
switch to navigation, enter your origin and let google calculate the route
this is the important part: get the iFrame url: click the menu button on the left, select ‘share or embed map’ and select embed map.
copy the iframe src into your clipboard, use the whole part between the double quotes including the https
paste it in the url: part of your MMM-iFrameReload config.js

Now you should see a colorful map after saving and restarting mm.
If you want to have the dark-grey appearance, go into the MMM-iFrameReload.js in ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-iFrameReload/
Find the line iframe.style = “border:0” and replace it with

iframe.style = "border:0;filter: grayscale(95%) invert(100%);"

Hope this helps, pls let me know if it worked!
Cheers
Markus

Lx

Hey @Meidlmarkus, thanks for the quick and kind reply. Actually, I’ve deleted the whole installation so there is no working environment right now. I’m just downloading the Raspbian 13 Feb build. Will give it a try soon and get back to you with the results!

linsenpago

Hi!

Did you already received your Spy Glass? If yes, how satisfied are you with the glass? I am thinking about to order this kind of spy glass from glass-star.de too.

Hast du deinen Spion Spiegel bereits bekommen? Falls ja, wie zufrieden bist du damit? Ich bin auch gerade am Smart Mirror planen und überlege mir ebenfalls so einen Spionspiegel von glass-star.de zu bestellen.

Grüße aus Wien!

Meidlmarkus

@linsenpago
Hi, no, unfortunately I’m still waiting… It’s been over a month now, and no news. I wrote a mail yesterday with no response yet :-(

Nein, leider immer noch nicht da. Habe gestern mail geschrieben, bis jetzt noch keine Reaktion. Werde morgen mal anrufen…

Grüße zurück aus Wien!

Edit: it is announced to arrive tomorrow! Die Spedition kommt morgen :-) Yeeeyy!

Meidlmarkus

@linsenpago The mirror has arrived like 2 weeks ago, and I have already finished the project, just preparing an update to my original post. Will describe everything there, how it worked, what I think about the glass etc (the glass is great by the way!)