Problem installing new module (beginner), CalendarEXT3 not displaying

[Manino]

Hello, i’m new to this. Tried to install a calendar module. Can anybody see what’s wrong with the code? The weather module went out well, the calendar not so much.

manino@raspberrypi:~ $ cd MagicMirror
manino@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm run config:check

magicmirror@2.24.0 config:check
node js/check_config.js

[19.09.2023 18:31.34.169] [INFO] Checking file… /home/manino/MagicMirror/config/config.js
[19.09.2023 18:31.34.290] [ERROR] Your configuration file contains syntax errors :(
[19.09.2023 18:31.34.292] [ERROR] Line 102 column 2: Parsing error: Unexpected token ;
manino@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

/* MagicMirror² Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw https://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information on how you can configure this file
 * see https://docs.magicmirror.builders/configuration/introduction.html
 * and https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/configuration.html
 *
 * You can use environment variables using a `config.js.template` file instead of `config.js`
 * which will be converted to `config.js` while starting. For more information
 * see https://docs.magicmirror.builders/configuration/introduction.html#enviromnent-variables
 */
let config = {
	address: "localhost",	// Address to listen on, can be:
							// - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
							// - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
							// - "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
							// Default, when address config is left out or empty, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	basePath: "/",			// The URL path where MagicMirror² is hosted. If you are using a Reverse proxy
					  		// you must set the sub path here. basePath must end with a /
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"],	// Set [] to allow all IP addresses
															// or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
															// ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.268.1.5"],
															// or IPv4 range of 192.268.3.0 --> 192.268.3.15 use CIDR format :
															// ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.268.3.0/28"],

	useHttps: false, 		// Support HTTPS or not, default "false" will use HTTP
	httpsPrivateKey: "", 	// HTTPS private key path, only require when useHttps is true
	httpsCertificate: "", 	// HTTPS Certificate path, only require when useHttps is true

	language: "sv",
	locale: "sv-US",
	logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR"], // Add "DEBUG" for even more logging
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						fetchInterval: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "https://ics.calendarlabs.com/76/mm3137/US_Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
       },
       {
  module: "MMM-CalendarExt3Timeline",
  position: "bottom_center",
  title: "",
  config: {
    locale: 'en-US',
    staticMode: false,
    beginHour: -3,
    hourLength: 24,
    useSymbol: true,
    displayLegend: true,
    calendarSet: ['us_holiday', 'Tottenham'],
       }
       },
          {           /* default/calendar module configuration */
             module: "calendar",
             position: "top_left",
             config: {
             broadcastPastEvents: true, // <= IMPORTANT to see past events
             calendars: [
          {
             url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics",
             name: "us_holiday", // <= RECOMMENDED to assign name
             color: "red" // <= RECOMMENDED to assign color
      },
	  {
		 module: "MMM-weatherforecast",
		 position: "bottom_bar",	// This can be any of the regions.
					// Best results in bottom_bar region due to horizontal default layout and icon sizes.
	   	config: {
			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
			location: "Stockholm, sverige",
			locationID: "xxxxxxx, //Location ID from http://openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
     		appid: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" //openweathermap.org API key.
		}
	 },
   ]
};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

[sdetweil]

@Manino said in Problem installing new module (beginner), CalendarEXT3 not displaying:

after that, I wrote npm install

after the git clone you do

cd MMM-CalendarExt3

to position prompt with proper current directory

then issue

npm install

then npm install runs and looks at package.json which has a postinstall step

    "postinstall": "git submodule update --init --recursive",

SO, IF you were in the correct folder, then this command would have been issued here …

same as you did manually… SO, that implies you did NOT use the cd command

I see the instructions also do not have that …

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/MMRIZE/MMM-CalendarExt3
cd MMM-CalendarExt3  # missing <-----------
npm install
git submodule update --init --recursive

so that explains it…

in general, if the module instructions say npm install
you MUST manually position the terminal window in the module folder first… regardless if the instructions tell you or not…

@MMRIZE u need to fix readme

[sdetweil]

@Manino well, there are two problems…

1. calendarext3 modules use the default calendar output data , they do not read the calendar directly …

2. you have a jumble of old cal and ext3

    calendarSet: ['us_holiday', 'Tottenham'],
       }   // <---  this is misplaced from somewhere
       },  // <-- same here 
          {           /* default/calendar module configuration */  // <- this is default cal, shouldn't be here 
             module: "calendar",
             position: "top_left",
             config: {
             broadcastPastEvents: true, // <= IMPORTANT to see past events
             calendars: [
          {
             url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics",
             name: "us_holiday", // <= RECOMMENDED to assign name
             color: "red" // <= RECOMMENDED to assign color
      },   //<-  all the way thru here  shouldn't be here

[BKeyport]

One of the most important things to do is to run npm config:check in the magicmirror directory to catch any errors in your config. Will help you follow through with some of the things Sam has mentioned here.

Once you get the things corrected to satisfy the config check, modules themselves will run at minimum (assuming all the dependencies are in place), and then you can figure out what’s wrong with your config items.

[sdetweil]

@BKeyport said in Problem installing new module (beginner):

One of the most important things to do is to run npm config:check in the magicmirror directory to catch any errors in your config. Will help you follow through with some of the things Sam has mentioned here.

he did that, the error is listed as line 102… which is just before the if at the bottom…

I pasted his config in my editor to see what is going on…

[Manino]

@sdetweil Thanks for trying to explain for me. I started over from the beginning instead. Couldn’t see what I had done, as you said it was a jumble.

Now im stuck at, where to put the code. I do not understand how to use both the default calendar and the calendarext3 at the same time.

It’s at the “config” im stuck. https://github.com/MMRIZE/MMM-CalendarExt3

[sdetweil]

@Manino to use the EXT3 modules you set up the default calendar to read the ICS data and it will broadcast that out to the other modules.the EXT3 modules, Read the broadcast info and put up a different presentation

So first thing to do, is the set of the default calendar so that it reads the right ICS file that means you have to add your calendar URL to the default calendar so that it’ll get the data later we can comment out the position setting and it won’t show on the screen but it’ll still present the data for the other modules.

and then you do the EXT 3 module by itself understanding that it’s going to present the data now you can add certain parameters to the default calendar so that it knows which URL you’re talking about if there are multiples like a name or a color or but that’s all in the EXT3 documentation about what you need to do

[Manino]

@sdetweil

Now I got this view! Almost fantastic. I want to see the calendar under the line as 2 or 3 weeks. I can see there is a lot of config details, how do I use them?

{
module: “calendar”,
position: “top_left”,
config: {
broadcastPastEvents: true, // <= IMPORTANT to see past events
calendars: [
{
url: “https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/xxxxxxxx”,
name: “us_holiday”, // <= RECOMMEND to assign name
color: “red” // <= RECOMMEND to assign color
}
]
}
},
{
module: “MMM-CalendarExt3”,
position: “bottom_bar”,
title: “”,
config: {
mode: “month”,
instanceId: “basicCalendar”,
locale: ‘sv-SE’,
maxEventLines: 5,
firstDayOfWeek: 1,
calendarSet: [‘us_holiday’, ‘abfall’, ‘mytest’],
}
},

[sdetweil]

@Manino said in Problem installing new module (beginner):

module: “MMM-CalendarExt3”,
position: “bottom_bar”,
title: “”,
config: {
mode: “month”,
instanceId: “basicCalendar”, //<-- this isn’t set on the default calendar, best to comment out first
locale: ‘sv-SE’,
maxEventLines: 5,
firstDayOfWeek: 1,
calendarSet: [‘us_holiday’, ‘abfall’, ‘mytest’],

[Manino]

@sdetweil What do you mean?

module: “MMM-CalendarExt3”,
position: “bottom_bar”,
title: “”,
config: {
mode: “month”,
/ instanceId: “basicCalendar”, /
locale: ‘sv-SE’,
maxEventLines: 5,
firstDayOfWeek: 1,
calendarSet: [‘us_holiday’, ‘abfall’, ‘mytest’],
}

[sdetweil]

@Manino that looks good, with the open/close brace for module, {}