Skylight Calendar DIY Build

dmykins

Good Morning! First post!
I searched for skylight and didn’t find anything so figured I would ask.

I am looking to use a raspberry pi to create a DIY skylight calendar. For those unfamiliar, it sounds all calendars, displays photos from your chosen cloud photo provider, has a grocery list feature and a chore list for kids.

Is this something I can recreate using magic mirror?

Thank you!

sdetweil

@dmykins absolutely…

use the 3rd partyt module list linked above, and search using your words.

we provide a calendar viewer module, (as a list) it can show multiple calendars in ONE list,
or show multiple lists separately when using multiple instances of the module with different calendar source lists
there are other modules that take this same data and display it in various wall calendar type views.

display photos from cloud… yes, within limits… googlephotos has JUST changed its implementation model, and the module no longer works.
and you may need some indirect tools to to view other provides

grocery list,
maybe https://github.com/codetheweb/MMM-AnyList
I use ourGroceries and haven’t see a module for that

chore list ,
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19678/mmm-chores-manage-and-keep-track-of-your-household-chores

was just created, that sounds a lot like what you might want…

look at the Show Your Mirrror section for ideas from others…

the software will run just about anywhere, you don’t NEED a pi to start
window, linux, mac, all work. so you can build and test your ideas before you get any hardware…

sometimes, all this data display is too much at once, and using modules like MMM-Pages, MMM-Carousel, MMM-ModulesGroupsRotation (and others) you can group output to be displayed on logical pages… all household, shopping, kids, … etc…

dmykins

@sdetweil thank you for that!

I didn’t even think to try it out on my computer first and do a “mock” of what I want.

I will give that a go and see what I come up with!

sdetweil

@dmykins lots of talented folks here, i think they can answer any questions you might have

dmykins

@sdetweil

Currently working through install and received an error regarding my display - searched and found this from a forum but I cannot find the document with the full line of code - I believe you may have been one to respond to the post:

Do you know where this documentation may be? I looked at install docs and couldn’t find it…

Thank you!

sdetweil

@dmykins all our doc is linked in the forum header, you are looking at old stuff

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/installation.html#other-operating-systems

sdetweil

@dmykins the forum menu

dmykins

Thanks for that!

Seconds after I submitted this I got it figured it.
Looks like I have it up and running on my PC:

Just need to work through installing modules.

sdetweil

@dmykins see the 1st link in my signature below

dmykins

@sdetweil

Just wanted to say thank you for the help you have provided and your quick responses!

I added my first module today and now I am addicted!
Hardest part now is sifting through all of the modules to determine what I want.

Thanks again!