struggle with MMM-Remote-Control and MMM-Buttons

[matyldatait]

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
            }
        ]
    }
},

[sdetweil]

@matyldatait do the buttons trigger outside using MagicMirror?

there are python scripts one could use to test

[matyldatait]

@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

[sdetweil]

@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

[matyldatait]

@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.

[matyldatait]

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

[matyldatait]

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

[sdetweil]

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

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

[matyldatait]

@sdetweil thanks very much Sam - I will try that

[Divis]

Did you ever get this one figured out? I am having one hell of an issue trying to get the monitors to turn off. Pin 24 shuts the system down fine. I can change the payload to brightness instead and it works perfectly. But it seems that there’s a disconnect between the MMM-Buttons and the MMM-Remote-Control customCommand section through either running the command alone or in a script. When I run the script or command in terminal through SSH they work fine, but when envoked from MMM it’s ignored or goes no where.

			module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
			//https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Remote-Control
			disabled: false,
			//position: 'bottom_left', // Required to show URL/QR code on mirror
			// you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
			config: {
				customCommand: {
					//monitorOnCommand: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/mm-dispOn.sh',
					//monitorOffCommand: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/mm-dispOff.sh',
				    monitorStatusCommand: 'wlr-randr | grep -q "Enabled: yes" && echo "true" || echo "false"',
					monitorOnCommand: 'wlr-randr --output HDMI-A-1 --on',
					monitorOffCommand: 'wlr-randr --output HDMI-A-1 --off',
				},
				secureEndpoints: false, // Optional, See API/README.md
				// uncomment any of the lines below if you're gonna use it
				// customMenu: "custom_menu.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below
				// apiKey: "", // Optional, See API/README.md for details
				// classes: {}, // Optional, See "Custom Classes" below
				showModuleApiMenu: false, // Optional, disable the Module Controls menu
				// showNotificationMenu: false, // Optional, disable the Notification menu

				// QR Code options (new!)
				// showQRCode: true, // Optional, display QR code for easy mobile access (default: true)
				// qrCodeSize: 150, // Optional, size of QR code in pixels (default: 150)
				// qrCodePosition: "below" // Optional:
				//   "below" - Show URL above, QR code below (default)
				//   "above" - Show QR code above, URL below
				//   "replace" - Show only QR code, no URL text
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-Buttons",
			//https://github.com/KristjanESPERANTO/MMM-Buttons
			disabled: false,
			position: "bottom_right",
			config: {
			buttons: [
			  {
				pin: 25,
				name: "monitor_control",
				activeLow: true,
				longPress: [
				  {
					title: "Monitor off",
					message: "Keep pressed for 3 seconds to switch the monitor down",
					imageFA: "display",
					notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
					payload: {action: "monitorOffCommand"},
					//payload: { action: "BRIGHTNESS", value: 10 }
				  },
				],
				shortPress: [
				  {
					title: "Monitor on",
					message: "Short press for monitor on",
					imageFA: "display",
					notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
					payload: {action: "monitorOnCommand"},
					//payload: { action: "BRIGHTNESS", value: 100 }
				  },
				]
			  },
			  {
				pin: 24,
				name: "power",
				activeLow: true,
				longPress: [
				  {
					title: "Power off",
					message: "Keep pressed for 3 seconds to shut down",
					imageFA: "power-off",
					notification: "REMOTE_ACTION",
					payload: {action: "SHUTDOWN"},
				  },
				]
			  }
			]
			}
		},

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@Divis Looks like an action-name mismatch.

MMM-Buttons should send REMOTE_ACTION values such as MONITORON and MONITOROFF.
monitorOnCommand and monitorOffCommand are config keys in MMM-Remote-Control, not REMOTE_ACTION values.

So in MMM-Buttons, try:

• action: MONITORON
• action: MONITOROFF