Help for a Novice....

Mykle1

@sdetweil

True, but it IS the most common mistake for beginners, or I am much mistaken. :-)

j.ason

@Mykle1 - thanks for replying :-)

I do have a comma on my file like what you attached within this chat

J

Mykle1

@j-ason

Very well. Then I suggest you follow the suggestions that @sdetweil has posted above. I’m sure he will get you sorted, if he hasn’t already.

sdetweil

@j-ason ok. good…

then u still have a black screen when starting MM…right>

so, let start from the terminal window

pm2 stop 0
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start

wait for it to come up…
if working from PI screen do
alt-spacebar, n to minimize the MM screen

no errors reported?

then to get the MM screen displayed again
on MM do
alt (hold down)
press tab key
a list of windows will appear
tab to the MagicMirror screen view,
release alt key

open developers window
press ctrl-shift-i
select the tab labeled console
enter ‘bose’ (no quotes) in the filter field
are there any errors (usually red text), may have to scroll up

j.ason

Hi Sam,

I do have the MM working and no black screen :-)

I have weather, clock and calendar working and it boots up fine too…

Just wanted to figure out about this Bose module - partly because I have a Bose setup in my house and secondly the more of this I read and try to understand the more I hopefully will :crossed_fingers_light_skin_tone:

sdetweil

@j-ason ok, developers window may still help

use developers window instructions above

are there any errors (usually red text), may have to scroll up

j.ason

@sdetweil

BTW I have sent you an email with the screenshot

J

sdetweil

@j-ason ok, got screenshot, but doesn’t show any error… so, see instructions above

in your original post you said

I have entered the above lines into my config.js yet when I reboot my Pi I get nothing - not even the header?

that is what we call black screen “I get nothing”

u don’t have to reboot each time, just use

pm2 restart 0

if using pm2 to start at boot

j.ason

@sdetweil Apologies,

What I meant was I get nothing in relation to the Bose Module - no header no text and no music showing etc…

Having gone into Developers window I see no red errors relating to Bose. I did filter and let only warnings and errors show too.

sdetweil

@j-ason but u see messages related to bose module, in developers window, correct?