Not all Modules are displaying on the tv

lavolp3

@kusselin said in Not all Modules are displaying on the tv:

main.js:297 Will not show MMM-OpenmapWeather. LockStrings active: module_7_MMM-OpenmapWeather

Also, this is the problem why openmapweather does not show.
I do not yet understand lockstrings. If someone does, I’m happy for an explanantion. Looking at you @sdetweil :-)

lavolp3

@lavolp3 Same for MMM-Traffic:

main.js:297 Will not show MMM-Traffic. LockStrings active: module_15_MMM-pages

sdetweil

@kusselin MMM-Pages uses hiding to only show what you selected to be on each page. Mm only hides or shows modules.

Pages uses that to display just a few at a time. (Per page)

LockStrings are used to make sure that the module requesting show, is the same that requested hide. So u get consistent behavior. Else u might have things popping up all over. Remember, mm only does hide or show. It assumes all modules are showing all the time. AND all modules ARE running all the time.

lavolp3

@sdetweil But how do you set/change or address lockstrings?

sdetweil

@lavolp3 on the show/hide there is an optional additional parameter, the ‘string’ for the lockstring… its any text u want.

from
https://docs.magicmirror.builders/development/core-module-file.html#module-instance-methods

this.hide(speed, callback, options)
speed Number - Optional (Required when setting callback or options), The speed of the hide animation in milliseconds. callback Function - Optional, The callback after the hide animation is finished. options Function - Optional, Object with additional options for the hide action (see below). (Introduced in version: 2.1.0.)

To hide a module, you can call the hide(speed, callback) method. You can call the hide method on the module instance itself using this.hide(), but of course you can also hide another module using anOtherModule.hide().

Possible configurable options:

lockString - String - When setting lock string, the module can not be shown without passing the correct lockstring. This way (multiple) modules can prevent a module from showing. It's considered best practice to use your modules identifier as the locksString: this.identifier. See visibility locking below.

lavolp3

@sdetweil Thank you. It seems the hide and show calls in MMM-pages need to be amended by the (standard) lockstring to work properly.
The module is after all expected to overwrite any other hide/show functionality.
I had the same issue so I’ll try that out in the next days.

sdetweil

@lavolp3 Pages uses lockstring already

module.hide(
        self.config.animationTime / 2,
        { lockString: self.identifier }
      ));


module.show(
          self.config.animationTime / 2,
          { lockString: self.identifier }
        ));

uses the MMM-Pages module identifier as the string

sdetweil

@lavolp3 said in Not all Modules are displaying on the tv:

The module is after all expected to overwrite any other hide/show functionality.

it may need FORCE (it should check if the hide or show worked)

kusselin

OK. thank you for the detailed discussion. But what does that mean in plain language for everyone or for me as a not so html understanding?
What must or can I change in my config.js so that it works again?
Greeting

sdetweil

@kusselin if you use MMM-Pages, every module must be described on some page, or in the fixed list (fixed means every page)

kusselin

@sdetweil said in Not all Modules are displaying on the tv:

if you use MMM-Pages, every module must be described on some page, or in the fixed list (fixed means every page)

o.k. and how do i this with the describe?? Sorry, but can you give an example please with my config.js with MM-Traffic

mumblebaj

@kusselin This is an example of mine.

Modules are either on Page1 or Page 2 and then I have modules (fixed) that display on all pages.

kusselin

and this is mine:

{
    			module: "MMM-pages",
		disabled: false,
    			config: {
            				modules: 
			[[ "MMM-SoccerLiveScore" ],
			[ "MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify" ],
			[ "MMM-COVID19-AMPEL" , "MMM-Traffic" ],
			[ "MMM-Formula1" , "MMM-Spotify" ],
			[ "MMM-Globe" , "MMM-Spotify" ],
			[ "MMM-PublicTransportHafas" , "MMM-Spotify" ],
			[ "MMM-Worldclock" , "MMM-Spotify" ]],
			
				fixed: [ "clock" , "MMM-OpenmapWeather" , "weatherforecast" , "MMM-PublicTransportHafas" , "newsfeed" , "calendar" , "MMM-Fuel", "MMM-Tankerkoenig" , "MMM-ioBroker" ],
    				rotationTime: 60000,
			animationTime: 0,
			}
		},

but what is there wromg?

mumblebaj

@kusselin Have you tried running the module without the extra config? animationTime has default value of 0, disabled you probably don’t need to set and the rotationTime you probably don’t need to set for now.

kusselin

@mumblebaj said in Not all Modules are displaying on the tv:

Have you tried running the module without the extra config? animationTime has default value of 0, disabled you probably don’t need to set and the rotationTime you probably don’t need to set for now.

If I take out rotation time and duration time nothing happens either :-( traffic is not displayed although it is fixed … I don’t know what to do now … it’s strange …

've actually already stuck that with pages … fixed modules are always there and the others are then faded in!

mumblebaj

@kusselin You are rotating the pages every 60 seconds? Correct? From what I understand, ever time the pages rotate a call is done to get data which would be true in the case of mmm-traffic. It could be that by the time the module get it’s data that the rotation has happened and then it does not display? I may be wrong. I don’t use the module myself.

kusselin

I have now taken the code for my MMM-pages out of the config.js - strange then everything works! then traffic is displayed … so it is due to the MMM-pages module …

Question: Can the mmm-pages code be at the very end of the config.js or does it have to be at the beginning?

Question 2: the mmm-pages code from me is correct, right?

I have already set the time to 120,000, there too no traffic and current weather is displayed! :-( I’m with my Latain at the end :-(

sdetweil

@kusselin said in Not all Modules are displaying on the tv:

I have already set the time to 120,000

what is the time value increment, seconds or milliseconds? if milliseconds, that 120,000 is just 2 minutes

kusselin

exactly … milliseconds and two minutes should be long for a switch …

as I said, even if I take out the duration time it doesn’t work with traffic and the weather module :-(

I take the complete mmm-pages code out of the config, then everything works!

mumblebaj

@sdetweil I have had a look and I see the following:

Will not show MMM-Traffic. LockStrings active: module_7_MMM-pages

I assume this is why the MMM-Traffic is not showing when used in MMM-Pages? I have added the modules on my test machine and I can’t get the module to show either. I see that the above error comes from the main.js of MM. maybe you can shed more light on the issue for @kusselin