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    struggle with MMM-Remote-Control and MMM-Buttons

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    • M Offline
      matyldatait
      last edited by

      Hi there.

      Beginner here. I’m finding it a very steep learning curve. I just want a pushbutton (GPIO) to hide/show a module. I thought it would be simple.

      Trawling the forums led me to believe that I can use MMM-Buttons and MMM-Remote-Control. I dont need remote-control through a web interface,but it seemed like the module would still be useful for handling notifications.

      Sorry if this is a bit idiotic - like I said - steep learning curve

      So far I have installed both modules and have this is my config.js:

      {
          module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
          // uncomment the following line to show the URL of the remote control on the mirror
          position: 'bottom_left',
          // you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
          config: {
              customCommand: {},  // Optional, See "Using Custom Commands" below
              showModuleApiMenu: true, // Optional, Enable the Module Controls menu
              secureEndpoints: true, // Optional, See API/README.md
              // uncomment any of the lines below if you're gonna use it
              //customMenu: "custom_menu.example.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below
              // apiKey: "", // Optional, See API/README.md for details
              // classes: {} // Optional, See "Custom Classes" below
          }
      },
      
      {
          module: 'MMM-Buttons', //using GPIO numbers
          config: {
              buttons: [
                         {
                      pin: 25,
                      name: "compliments_visibility",
                      longPress: {
                          notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
                          payload: {action: "HIDE", module: "compliments"}
                      },
                      shortPress: {
                          notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
                          payload: {action: "SHOW", module: "compliments"}
                       }
                  },
       
                  {
                      pin: 7,
                      name: "monitor_control",
                      longPress: {
                          notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
                          payload: {action: "MONITOROFF"}
                      },
                      shortPress: {
                          notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
                          payload: {action: "MONITORON"}
                      }
                  },
                  {
                      pin: 24,
                      name: "power",
                      longPress: {
                          title: "Power off",
                          message: "Keep pressed for 3 seconds to shut down",
                          imageFA: "power-off",
                          notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
                          payload: {action: "SHUTDOWN"}
                      },
                      shortPress: undefined
                  }
              ]
          }
      },
      
      
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        sdetweil @matyldatait
        last edited by

        @matyldatait do the buttons trigger outside using MagicMirror?

        there are python scripts one could use to test

        Sam

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          matyldatait @sdetweil
          last edited by

          @sdetweil good idea as a first step debugging. This scrip suggested doing it with button connected between a GPIO pin and ground:

          http://razzpisampler.oreilly.com/ch07.html

          …and yes - that works

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            sdetweil @matyldatait
            last edited by

            @matyldatait and is the vpuo.pin numbering the same between the test tool you used and theagic mirror module? there are two different numbering schemes

            Sam

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              matyldatait @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil having established that the button is working as connected on pin18,I simplified the button module usage in my config to this:

                  module: 'MMM-Buttons', //use GPIO numbers
                  config: {
                      buttons: [
                                 {
                              pin: 18,
                              name: "test",
                              shortPress: {message: "button pressed"}
                                 },
                              ]
                          },
              

              Still nothing. No message in my terminal or on mirror screen.

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                matyldatait
                last edited by

                So, figured I could try reinstalling MMM-Buttons. I get this output on attempting to install. Gibberish tome :(

                matylda@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ cd MMM-Buttons/
                matylda@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/MMM-Buttons $ npm install
                npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
                npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
                npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
                npm WARN deprecated electron-rebuild@1.11.0: Please use @electron/rebuild moving forward. There is no API change, just a package name change

                Magic-Mirror-Module-Buttons@1.0.0 postinstall
                node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -e …/…/node_modules/electron

                An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
                Unable to find electron’s version number, either install it or specify an explicit version

                Error: Unable to find electron’s version number, either install it or specify an explicit version
                at /home/matylda/MagicMirror/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:87:19
                at Generator.next ()
                at fulfilled (/home/matylda/MagicMirror/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:6:58)
                npm ERR! code 255
                npm ERR! path /home/matylda/MagicMirror/MMM-Buttons
                npm ERR! command failed
                npm ERR! command sh -c – node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -e …/…/node_modules/electron

                npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                npm ERR! /home/matylda/.npm/_logs/2023-02-16T04_32_03_500Z-debug-0.log

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                  matyldatait @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil yes it is - I also tried both numbering schemes to be sure

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                    sdetweil @matyldatait
                    last edited by

                    @matyldatait install problem, yes
                    use my fork which contains a fix for that

                    https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Buttons

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      matyldatait @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil thanks very much Sam - I will try that

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