Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module

[SteakExpert]

@sdetweil Just emailed you the log! Thanks, Sam.

[sdetweil]

@SteakExpert there is more after that that I need…

[sdetweil]

@SteakExpert we are looking for content in the MagicMirror runtime messages (from npm start ) that might look like this (forced an error just to get the content)

 [LOG]   stdout: --------------------MMM-Config
module MMM-Carousel has an error in the construction of its defaults section
the error line is     transitionTimeout: somevalue,
please change it to the literal value of the referenced defaults variable
and restart MagicMirror
--------------------MMM-Config

the browser message is the last part setup of the error handler

[DarkV]

I am a noob at this, how do I set the port to use the browser and how do I show the QR code on my MM?

[sdetweil]

@DarkV the default port is 8080

you can edit in config.js and change the number, or change it in the form

and in the MMM-Config config set showQR to true
or change it in the form
the doc mentions how to open the form directly in a browser

note on the QR you MUST change config.js to support outside MagicMirror system access, per the doc

[DarkV]

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

config set showQR

So, should I add “showQR = True” to the configj.s?
As I said earlier, I do not have the skill of the format.

[DarkV]

@DarkV
I get this error

[sdetweil]

@DarkV the doc (README.md) says the url

[DarkV]

@sdetweil Apologies for my lack of knowledge, but I didn’t fully understand your response about the URL. Please keep in mind that I’m not very experienced with coding.

[sdetweil]

@DarkV it takes a little bit of info

a url contains
a protocol type secure(https) or not (http)
a server name or address
a port
a path
and optionally some parameters

for MMM-Config

just protocol, server, port and path

on your local network, we dont need to build our everything for secure encrypted communications

if the machine you are opening the browser on is the same machine as MagicMirror is running, then you can use localhost
otherwise you need to know the MagicMirror server ip address or network name

the port value comes from the MagicMirror config.js, default is 8080
(if you dont see a port specified in a url, then the browser uses the default for the protocol, 80 or 443 not/secure, as appropriate)

and then the path, for MMM-Config there are two :

for configuration
/configure
and for module installation
/installer

http://ip:port/configure

on the same machine, using defaults
http://localhost:8080/configure

[IamWayne]

Hello, Newbie here, how do you go about using this? What do I need to get started? Do I need Node.js? Have it installed, yet completely lost. How about a guide or video. Thanks

[sdetweil]

@IamWayne did you add the module to config.js?
and restart MagicMirror?

if so then the url from the doc

http://ip:mm_port/configure

but by default the MagicMirror config only allows apps from inside the same system to connect, so you would have to minimize MagicMirror then launch a browser to

http://localhost:8080/configure

or for the module installer

http://localhost:8080/installer

[IamWayne]

Oh I think that I understand now. I have to add this to the MM installer in the correct folder, correct?

[sdetweil]

@IamWayne this is an add on module, not part of the base

see the 1st link in my signature below for short topic about installing modules

[citizendevpi]

this module works very well , thanks for the hard work and time . makes this project simple and fun !!

[DarkV]

@sdetweil Still no joy, I am going to reinstall.I cannot display the QR code as I do not have any zones left and cannot load the web page

[sdetweil]

@DarkV you dont need the qr code

can you show the messages from npm start?
if using pm2 then

pm2 logs --lines=100

[DarkV]

@sdetweil How do I get logs? I am a noob regarding MM
I found this

[08.01.2025 00:49.42.199] [ERROR] Failed to retrieve repo info for MMM-Tools: Error: Command failed: cd /home/junior/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Tools && git fetch -n --dry-run
fatal: unable to access ‘https://github.com/bugsounet/MMM-Tools/’: Could not resolve host: github.com

[DarkV]

This post is deleted!

[sdetweil]

@DarkV way back further in the log, back 50 lines maybe

as using pm2 the good and error lines are separated into two lists

none of the bugsounet repos are online any more
so if you dont want to see those errors, you can exclude them from the updatenotification module scans