New module installer

[sdetweil]

@MDWEBB said in New module installer:

at /home/mdwebb/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/node_helper.js:271:26

I bet this is the remote-control error…

shouldn’t stop anything
but, if you want to try my fork, which captures that error

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Remote-Control

just remove the existing folder and git clone mine in its place
no functional code change or parms… just trapping this error

[MDWEBB]

@sdetweil Apologise for slow reply i was able to remove the node modules file and run the update for the module and now my calendar is working again.

[sdetweil]

@MDWEBB no apologies required

updated what module?

[MDWEBB]

@sdetweil update MMM-Remotecontrol.

I am getting update notifications for both the MMM-Config module and MMM-Remote-Control.
MMM-Config says its 3 commits behind the with_installer branch. Not sure whats happening with that
MMM-Remote-Control s 8 commits behind on the master branch i get the following error when trying to use the update script though

mdwebb@raspberrypi:~ $ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control # adapt directory if you are using a different one
git pull
npm install # install (new) dependencies
Updating 76c0859..5c39b06
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
	modules.json
	package-lock.json
	package.json
Please commit your changes or stash them before you merge.
Aborting

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[sdetweil]

@MDWEBB yes there are updates to mmm-config

are you using my remotecontrol repo?

i would disable the updatenotification module

[MDWEBB]

@sdetweil i am using your remote control module yes very handy, however having issues utilising the MMM-Module-Scheduler to to turn my monitor on and off via Remote-Control. i can see in the developer window its trying to send the notification however my monitor isn’t turning off. Am i missing something?

 {
        module: 'MMM-ModuleScheduler',
        config: {
            notification_schedule: [
                // TURN THE MONITOR/SCREEN ON AT 07:30 EVERY DAY
                {notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule: '30 7 * * *', payload: {action: "MONITORON"}},
                // TURN THE MONITOR/SCREEN OFF AT 22:30 EVERY DAY
                {notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule: '01 14 * * *', payload: {action: "MONITOROFF"}},
                // RESTART THE MAGICMIRROR PROCESS AT 2am EVERY SUNDAY
                {notification: 'REMOTE_ACTION', schedule: '0 2 * * SUN', payload: {action: "RESTART"}}
            ]
        }
    },

[sdetweil]

@MDWEBB issue on remotecontrol
is not MY remote control, I just fixed the error trap that was misleading
no other code change

https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Remote-Control/issues/303

which one of the 10 or 12 ways does it try to turn monitor off??

which OS is different
which window compositor is different x11/wayland/labwc is different

I know MMM-PIR has been working hard on making it woirk thru all the choices

did it work before and doesn’t now??

I don’t know the module internals…

[sdetweil]

@MDWEBB I just resynced my fork with his latest remote-control

he had most of my changes and seemed to catch that error… maybe

[sdetweil]

I just updated the code again, this time to provide opening the readme for the repo in both install and config

its on a different branch again

git pull
git checkout better_repo_url
npm install     # <--- required.. added another library and copies a template file

everything else is the same, except there is a button to open the module readme

an example from the installer page, exactly the same on the config page

still have some trouble with our own docs site, gitlab

the readme window will open at the button position

[sdetweil]

@sdetweil said in New module installer:

just posted another update for better handling of the repo readme (in most cases)
and handles readme’s for repo ADDs to the 3rd party list list, deletes worked ok before

and for the readme during config, use the file in the installed module folder, instead of trying to get the github repo version

same process

git pull
git checkout better_repo_url  # if already there not needed
npm install     # <--- required.. added another library and copies a template file

the copy fixes a bug in the readme list file

and if this is first time using, make sure to add
MMM-Config to your config.js

{
      module:"MMM-Config"
       position:"...", // only for qrcode if you use that
        config:{
        }
}