Profile switching API
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Note from admin: This was originally part of the
Facial Recognition Module thread, moved it because it had nothing to do with it.
@paviro can you please explain to me how you set up different profiles. I don’t (currently) plan on using your code cough too complicated cough but I had an idea for something potential awesome. P.S. could you trigger a profile switch via a ssh?
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PPS in layman terms also because I’m just trying to learn how to build a module (module development form) and my brain is already oozing out my ears.
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@00conman what do you mean by profile? This module does not switch any profiles it’s just activates and disables the monitor :D
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@paviro response to reading the whole message back
I was under the impression that you could sync up multiple different module configurations based on a face or “code.” For example Billy’s face code tracks the weather in London while Sally’s tracks New York’s.
Response I was too lazy to re-write and only wrote reading the first sentance
I had a stupid idea to make my mirror have 5 base profiles i.e. a weather, default, news, etc. And, I was going to base that profiling off of your code if possible. Also I was wondering if I could use a command from a terminal to change profile so that I could hook it up to a phone or tablet via something like tasker using a ssh. If possible I would love to attempt it but if not than I’ll move that idea to the trash.
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Furthermore, with some time browsing the forums I found this post
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10/multiple-layouts-configs
with you saying, “Different layouts based on facial recognition is already implemented here :slight_smile: It should be trivial to write something similar for the other use cases you just mentioned! Have a look at my code for an example.” While not outright saying it; it does sound something like different “profiles” that are able to be switched between.
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It is but this thread is not about that module! Please go to this topic for that.
Update: I moved your posts to the correct topic, please check next time :) will post an example how to switch profiles later.
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Okay sorry about that.
My first question is if I would be able to switch out layouts via a command in the Pi’s terminal or via an ssh. And, my second, if I can change layouts from a terminal, is how I would go about making the different layouts.
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@00conman sure you could. Would be the same thing like I do in my module but you probably would need to serve an API you could then trigger via a terminal :)
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@00conman it would be worth creating a module that has an API to switch “profiles”. It’s actually extremely doable. But I suggest you open a separate topic for this.
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Okay I’ll look into it.
