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    How to add modules. For absolute beginners.

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      sdetweil @TheSij
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      @TheSij yes, still timezone., that syntax says call a function named date_default_timezone_set

      but I don’t know where that would be.

      just comment out that one line. add // at the start of the line

      Sam

      How to add modules

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        TheSij @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil - thanks! Unfortunately, still no luck on adding // at the start of the line, or after ‘timezone:’. According to the module creator, the timezone is a required field. I went to the php website that the module creator refers to, but it just doesn’t make sense to me - the coding information on that website is vast and much too advanced for me. I may have to abandon my desire to add this particular module. :-(

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          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer
          last edited by Mykle1

          @TheSij said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

          I may have to abandon my desire to add this particular module.

          Don’t give up! I just installed this to test it for you. I can see why it was confusing for you but it does work. Here is my config entry. Use it as a template for yours, replacing your info for mine. The following screenshot shows it working.

          Screenshot from 2020-07-27 17-02-42.png

          {
          		module: 'MMM-PrayerTime',
          		position: 'top_center',	// This can be any of the regions. Best result is in the top_left/top_right.
          		config: {
          			apiVersion: '1.0', // please, leave unchanged. reserved for future use.
          			lat: myLat, // latitude of your position (city)
          			lon: myLong, // longitude of your position (city)
          			timezone: 'Europe/London', // please refer to http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
          //			timeFormat: 24,
          			method: 5,
          			playAdzan: ['fajr', 'dhuhr', 'asr', 'maghrib', 'isha'],
          			notDisplayed: ['midnight', 'sunset'],
          			useUpdateInterval: true,
          			updateInterval: 86400 * 1000, // How often do you want to fetch new praying time? (milliseconds)
          			animationSpeed: 2.5 * 1000, // Speed of the update animation. (milliseconds)
          	//		language: config.language,
          			showAdzanAlert: true,
          			showTomorrow: true,
          			vertical: true, // set false for horizontal view
          			alertTimer: 15000
          		}
          	},
          

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            sdetweil @Mykle1
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            @Mykle1 thx!

            so the original problem was the timezone wasn’t quoted.

            Sam

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              Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @sdetweil
              last edited by Mykle1

              @sdetweil said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

              so the original problem was the timezone wasn’t quoted.

              That and language: config.language, was causing an error. I simply commented it out and the module uses the config language by default. :-)

              Edit: Oh, and timeFormat: 24, in the module’s config entry, as well. Again, I commented it out as it was redundant.

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                sdetweil @Mykle1
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                @Mykle1 yep, didn’t see that right… because the javascript source code processor is in the process of reading the config object definition

                var config= {
                

                the config object is not yet defined. so config.language cannot exist (yet)

                but the timeFormat can be present AND redundant and not cause a startup error

                Sam

                How to add modules

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                  TheSij @Mykle1
                  last edited by

                  @Mykle1 thanks to you and @sdetweil for helping me with this. It’s much appreciated. Deep down I’m reluctant to give up, because I don’t like quitting. I’ve literally just copied your config entry, and simply adding my own lat/lon figures. But now the MagicMirror shows up as a blank black screen and the window is named ‘Electron’, rather than ‘MagicMirror2’.

                  I’m checking, double-checking and triple-checking and I can’t see where the discrepancy is compared to your entry. Could having too many modules be an issue? Can I also check - both of you have commented that the ‘timezone’ is causing an error, but your config entry doesn’t show that it’s commented out…?

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                    sdetweil @TheSij
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                    @TheSij how do you start MM? npm start, or pm2 start ?

                    if npm start, look at the messages shown in the terminal window after the npm start, or better yet, redirect the messages to a file, so you can look at them later
                    npm start >somefile 2>&1
                    (same as on windows)

                    if pm2, then pm2 logs --lines=100 should display the messages…

                    black screen,m typically means some library required by a module is not loaded, usually because of a missed install step for the module…
                    the area u read on github, is the same as the file README.md after the git clone, so you can look at the instructions

                    git clone
                    cd modulename
                    npm install

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

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                      TheSij @sdetweil
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                      @sdetweil - this is the log when I started MM just now…

                      0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                      1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'start' ]
                      2 info using npm@6.14.7
                      3 info using node@v10.19.0
                      4 verbose stack Error: missing script: start
                      4 verbose stack     at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/run-script.js:155:19)
                      4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/run-script.js:63:5
                      4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:116:5
                      4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:436:5
                      4 verbose stack     at checkBinReferences_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:391:45)
                      4 verbose stack     at final (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:434:3)
                      4 verbose stack     at then (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:161:5)
                      4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:382:12
                      4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:123:16
                      4 verbose stack     at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:53:3)
                      5 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-soccer
                      6 verbose Linux 4.19.118-v7l+
                      7 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
                      8 verbose node v10.19.0
                      9 verbose npm  v6.14.7
                      10 error missing script: start
                      11 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
                      
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                        sdetweil @TheSij
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @TheSij said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

                        tack Error: missing script: start
                        5 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-soccer

                        what did you type?

                        the command is

                        cd ~/MagicMirror
                        npm start
                        

                        to run MM, you must start from the MagicMirror folder… not a module folder, not the users home folder…

                        if you use pm2, it will issue the right commands from the right place

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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