Any module I add turns to blank screen.

Socrates

@sdetweil Thanks i am gonna follow these steps and let you know.
I am literally installing one module at a time, but none of the 3rd party module works. Even if i try to edit the inbuilt module that MM came with for eg:- the calendar, i try to add my own google calendar, it wont work. (meaning my calendar wont show up).
Do u have recommendations of which modules i can initially start with so that all the basic pre-requisite libraries get installed?

sdetweil

@socrates the defaults ones work pretty reliably…

for mail, the url for the cal ics lnk should download the ics file when used in a browser…
that is what the cal modules uses

what modules have u been trying over than default?

Socrates

@sdetweil
I have tried todoist, the calander ext2 module, dynamic weather module, several others. I think i might have an installation issue… I will just reformat my card and re-install using your script.
So after i install rpi, do i run ur script in terminal, and follow the prompts?

sdetweil

@socrates said in Any module I add turns to blank screen.:

do i run ur script in terminal, and follow the prompts?

yes, just copy paste the one line for install in a terminal window

Socrates

@sdetweil
So i have installed mm using your script, and i am up and running, havent installed the modules yet, but that is because i am not able to shutdown mm using pm2 command, mm has been started using pm2 via your script.
None of these commands work
pm2 restart mm
pm2 stop mm

sdetweil

@socrates said in Any module I add turns to blank screen.:

pm2 stop mm

cause its not called mm…

pm2 status

will show u the name , you can also use the number

or all to stop everything

Socrates

@sdetweil Dear Sir, you are a genius, i finally got it working. Surely it was an install issue. Using your installation script, and in the past 2 hours i have already inculcated 4 third party modules, and all seems to be working. I might have a question or two later tomorrow when i make more progress, but for now, the main issue is resolved.

Socrates

So everything is working out great for me, i have added some great modules, and in the processing of adding more.
The only one thing i am not able to figure out is the measure of unit for the weather.
I am in the US, in texas, and even if i use the imperial unit it wont show it correctly and the weather is totally off.

                {
                        module: "MMM-Weather",
                        position: "top_right",
                        header: "Weather Forecast - Katy, TX",
                        configDeepMerge: true,
                        config: {
                        debug: false,
                        updateInterval: "15m", // 15 minutes
                        updateFadeSpeed: 500,
                        api: {
                          key: "98dbcccba012ef0fd49c86665a0df584",
                          latitude: "29.71490",
                          longitude: "95.83688",
                          units: "imperial"
                                },
                        display: {
                          CurrentConditions: true,
                          ExtraCurrentConditions: true,
                          Summary: true,
                          ForecastTableColumnHeaderIcons: true,
                          HourlyForecast: true,
                          DailyForecast: true,
                          Precipitation: true,
                          Wind: true,
                          InlineIcons: true,
                          Feels: true,
                          SunCondition: true,
                          Humidity: true,
                          UV: true,
                          Beaufort: true
                                },
                        personalize: {
                          hourlyForecastInterval: 3,
                          maxHourliesToShow: 3,
                          maxDailiesToShow: 3,
                          concise: false,
                          colored : true,
                          forecastLayout: "table",
                          forecastHeaderText: ""
                                },
                        labels: {
                        high: "H",
                        low: "L",
                        timeFormat: "kk[h]"
                        }
                        }
                },

Have a look a this code.. and the partial screenshot of my magic mirror through vnc viewer

Socrates

sdetweil

@socrates said in Any module I add turns to blank screen.:

                     longitude: "95.83688",

we are west of england, so longitude should be negative (right?)… I am in texas too,

so, if u fix that and leave units off, it will take from the top of config

Socrates

@sdetweil
Gosh, my parcel got delivered in Europe… :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

The dashboard is starting to take shape.
alt text

A few more important modules and i am set.

sdetweil

@socrates said in Any module I add turns to blank screen.:

, my parcel got delivered in Europe…

more like central China!

Socrates

@sdetweil
hahaha

sdetweil

@socrates easy, maps.google.com, get the map of your location, in the url, delete the minus sign on longitude, and press enter

it will map that location… zoom out til u figure out where that is

Socrates

Thank you for your help. I have successfully managed to add quite a bit of useful modules as per my requirements, and have added styling to the fonts etc.
However there are two things I am unable to get around.
First is the wallpaper module.
If i use the default bing option for the source, it wont show more than 10 wallpapers, i have tried to change the “maximumEntries” to 20 or more and it still wont show more than the original 10 wallpapers it loaded the first day (3 days back). Then i tried to change the source to Flickr groups, and it wont show anything now. Please have a look at my code snippet below.

                {
                        module: "MMM-Wallpaper",
                        position: "fullscreen_below",
                        config: { // See "Configuration options" for more information.
                        source: "flickr-group:113291043@N05",
                        maximumEntries: "20",
                        slideInterval: 60 * 1000 // Change slides every minute
                                }
                },

The second item is, i am not able to increase the calendar items, right now it only shows me 5 or 6 items, i am trying to increase it to 10 and it still show the default items.
see below.

                {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "Holidays & Reminders",
                        position: "top_left",
                        maximumEntries: "20",
                        config: {
                                calendars: [
                                        {
                                                symbol: "calendar-check",
                                                url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics",
                                                maximumEntries: 20,
                                        },
                                        {
                                                symbol: "calendar-check",
                                                url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/lxxxxxxxxx.ics",
                                                maximumEntries: 20
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                },

sdetweil

@socrates

maximumEntries

goes outside the calendars list

config: {
                               maximumEntries: 10,
                                calendars: [

Configuration options

is ALL calendars,. outside the calendars list

Calendar configuration options:

is per calendar

Socrates

@sdetweil
GOsh thanks that worked.
Any idea about the wallpaper part? I would like to inculcate flickr group, but the code snippet wont work.

sdetweil

@socrates said in Any module I add turns to blank screen.:

maximumEntries: “20”,

maybe,

numbers should never be in quotes