node_helper.js is not working?

[sdetweil]

@vandy2424 we need to see the matching config.js please.

this run says only hello world and updatenotification are enabled

[MMRIZE]

@vandy2424
If websocket is closed, the path between module and node_helper might be broken. May that be the reason or clue. But very unusual thing. ATM I cannot guess what happened.

[sdetweil]

@vandy2424 said in node_helper.js is not working?:

To simplify this output, I am just enabling the default clock and weather module and MMM-DynamicWeather for these outputs

nothing matches that. please show the config.js and the logs from both backend and front end

[vandy2424]

@sdetweil Hi Sam, I am not sure what you mean by showing the logs from the backend and front end. I thought that is what I just showed you. (Terminal & dev console). You can see in the dev console, it loading clock, weather and MMM-DynamicWeather modules.

Please let me know what I am not understanding here and I will get you those logs. Thanks!

Here is the config.js file:

let config = {
  address: "0.0.0.0",	// default is "localhost",
  port: 8080,		// default,
  ipWhitelist: [], // default -- need to add your IP here,
  modules: [
    {
      module: "clock",
      position: "top_left",
      config: {
            timeFormat:12,
            timezone:"America/Chicago",
            displaySeconds:"true",
            showPeriod:"true",
            showDate:"true",
            displayType:"both",
        },
    },
    {
      module: "weather",
      position: "top_right",
      config: {
        type: "current",
        units: "imperial",
        tempUnits: "imperial",
        windUnits: "imperial",
        apiVersion: "3.0",
        weatherEndpoint: "/onecall",
        apiKey: "KEY",
        lat:"50.75",
        lon:"-88.16",
        showUVindex:"true",
      },
    },
    {
      module: "weather",
      position: "top_right",
      config: {
        type: "daily",
        units: "imperial",
        tempUnits: "imperial",
        windUnits: "imperial",
        apiVersion: "3.0",
        weatherEndpoint: "/onecall",
        apiKey: "KEY",
        lat:"50.75",
        lon:"-88.16",
      },
    },
    {
     module: 'MMM-DynamicWeather',
     position: 'fullscreen_above',
     config: { // See https://github.com/scottcl88/MMM-DynamicWeather for more information.
      api_key: "KEY",
      lat:"50",
      lon:"-88.16",
      },
    },
  ],
};

Again this is just with the DynamicWeather module. I can add others but this simplifies.

[sdetweil]

@vandy2424 backend , console output from npm start

front end, in the developers window

this config does not match the messages

[vandy2424]

@sdetweil Hi Sam,

I am unsure how else I am supposed to respond other than to say, this is the exact config that produced those backend/front end logs. If this is unusual, maybe something is broken here? I am not sure what “working” logs are supposed to look like, since it sounds like mine may be broken.

To show proof, here are screenshots as I am unsure how else to provide feedback here.
(I pulled up the dev window as far as I could while still exposing working default modules). This output is the same as listed above:

I also did a CTRL-ALT-DELETE to allow me to access my text editor and pull up the MagicMirror/config.js file live while the magic mirror is still running. This is the exact config I posted previously:

The front & backend logs remain completely the same as posted earlier. Hopefully I am not completely misunderstanding you here. Thanks for the help!

[MMRIZE]

@vandy2424
I think websocket issue would be the reason. Can you confirm whether other node_helper dependent module(e.g. default calendar module) works other than MMM-DynamicWeather?

Usually, websocket could be broken by firewall setting, port problem, network quality or by old library, oand many various reasons. Anyway when websocket is broken once, socketNotification will not work.

[sdetweil]

@vandy2424 can you please show the contents of the config folder

[vandy2424]

@MMRIZE Hey MMRize,

Yeah I went ahead and setup the calendar module. The first thing I tried was running this module with the default config:

    module: "calendar",
    position: "top_left", // This can be any of the regions. Best results in left or right regions.
    config: {
      // The config property is optional.
      // If no config is set, an example calendar is shown.
      // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
    },
  },

This returned loading… on the magic mirror. (I assumed based on the documentation it would at least show an example calendar).

I then tried to add a very basic calendar in the config.js just to see if the result would change:

module: "calendar",
      position: "top_left", // This can be any of the regions. Best results in left or right regions.
      config: {
        // The config property is optional.
        // If no config is set, an example calendar is shown.
        // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
        calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/39/Canada_Holidays.ics"									
          },
        ],
      },

And i still got the same result (Loading…).

[sdetweil]

@vandy2424

when you start mm,do

 npm start >somefile.txt 2>&1

that will capture all the backend output

the front end said it started the modules listed in that config.js