need help with config file

abdullah

Hi, i am a complete newbie to raspberry pi. I installed MagicMirror² and now i need to create a config file and i have no idea what to do.
Thanks for helping me out!

Mate3

open file manager, open magicmirror folder, open config folder, rename the file to config.js, save and reboot

abdullah

Thanks a lot man! Could you also tell me how to set weather? it says i “Please set the correct openweather appid in the config for module:current weather”

KirAsh4

You might want to read the README on the module:
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/master/modules/default/currentweather

Basically, you need to go get your own API key for that to work.

abdullah

Thanks! could you tell me how to fix the time? for some odd reason the time is different.

KirAsh4

Which time? What’s displayed above the weather portion isn’t the current time, it’s showing you when the sun sets or rises.

csdesign3

@Mate3 How about to edit the config.js file. I’ve tried to acess but i cant.

Mykle1

@csdesign3
I was just like you a few weeks ago. I didn’t know a thing about this, or coding. A complete noob, as they say. My suggestion, because it helped me, is, don’t do your editing in the terminal. Do it in the graphical user interface (GUI). Navigate your desktop as you would on a PC with Windows or a Mac’s Finder.

Click on File Manager (the folder at the top left of your desktop, usually)
Double click the MagicMirror folder
Double click the config folder
Right click the config.js.sample file - select Copy
Right click again somewhere else in that same window - select Paste
Rename the file to config.js and click the Rename button
The new config.js file that you just pasted is now your working config file for MagicMirror
Double click it and it should open in a text editor.

This is one of the places where you will customize your MM. It’s actually good enough to run your MM, although it will only show some of the modules but you’ll be encouraged by the fact that it is at least working. Every module folder has a ReadMe file that instructs you on what to add to your config.js file to get that module up and running.

I think that’s good for now. If you want to run MM right now to see how your new config.js is working you will have to go back to the terminal. Do this:

Open a new terminal
type cd MagicMirror
then type npm start

Sit back and watch the magic happen. When you calm down after a minute or two of watching your MM actually working and you want to quit MM, press the Option key on your keyboard. Select QUIT from File menu that appears, top left of your screen

csdesign3

@Mykle1 I there

From 2 days of exploring i’m feeling more confortable playing with config.js via SSH. Yesterday i feel very lost because my inexperience with comand line in linux, but reading some forums here and there and with some help from varius users.

Right now i have the Magic Mirror Running with any major problems. My concern is, i’ve doing something wrong, because PM2 doesn’t autorun at boot of raspberry, and i i have to have the graphical Debian running to MagicMirror showing of, but far from there it’s just acess SSH and pm2 start mm.sh and it runs without problem.

Right now i’m looking the best way to:

Know all possible locations of content in screen (Top_left, top, right, bottom… etc);
The best way to transfer files (jpg, txt, etc), usb flash drive is not a option, because in the future the display and raspberry will be placed in a wall without direct easy acess;
Find more modules to: slide show images or videos.

thanks again for the help :-)
best regards carlos

dmrowe84

@Mykle1 I’m trying to make a MM for my wife, I’ve got everything ok, except the weather module, it just doesn’t show up on the screen, I’ve input my aapid and location id, and still won’t show. I’m in the middle of wiping and reflashing it now, was wondering if I could contact you with any questions of it still doesn’t work after this reflash, or with you had any advice?

Mykle1

@dmrowe84 said in need help with config file:

I’m in the middle of wiping and reflashing it now,

Don’t wipe and reflash every time a module doesn’t work. Most likely you could have gotten help here on the forums. So, ask first before you take that step again. :-)

was wondering if I could contact you with any questions of it still doesn’t work after this reflash, or with you had any advice?

Sure, this is the place to ask your questions and get answers. If I can’t help you, there are many helpful people here that can, and will. :-)

dmrowe84

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Mykle1

@dmrowe84 said in need help with config file:

thank you for your help in advance!

I don’t use those modules but this should help you

location: requires state and country, or city and country, something like that
You have a URL in the appid: option. Just put in the long ID number, not the entire url.
Put your locationID in your currentweather also. I believe this overrides location anyway
Make sure your numbers are correct! Sample below:

location: "New York,America",
locationID: "12345", //Location ID from http://openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
appid: "abcde12345abcde12345abcde12345ab"

You can delete your last post that contains your ID’s. At the very bottom right of the post are three vertical dots. Click on that and choose delete

dmrowe84

@Mykle1 thanks to you I got it to work!

I put in the appid, city code, and [town, country]

I did a little snooping in the mod folder and found a line in the weather module folder that required an appid as well, I put it in there, not sure if that was useful or not.

However, now that I have the weather pulled up, I just need to figure out how to get the correct temps on there, they are about 40° off.

strawberry 3.141

@dmrowe84 check if you have set your units correct

Mykle1

@dmrowe84 said in need help with config file:

I did a little snooping in the mod folder and found a line in the weather module folder that required an appid as well, I put it in there, not sure if that was useful or not.

It wasn’t. The module defaults are overridden by the config.js settings. Think of it this way. You can change the behavior of the module all you want through the config.js file WITHOUT altering the module itself. Altering the module file itself is not recommended because you will lose any changes there when an update to the module is necessary. So, having your appid in the config.js is all that you need.

dmrowe84

@strawberry-3.141

That’s exactly what was wrong with it. I went back into the config folder, and at the top I saw the word metric laughing at me.