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    • T Offline
      TaylorTech22
      last edited by

      I ran it through a syntax validator and everything checks out with that, but I’m still getting the Please create a config file error. I was modifying the MMM-iFrame module and hit a wrong key and the config closed. after bringing it back open i saved and reloaded and now nothing. I cant figure it out. Thanks for any help. Here’s my config file:

      var config = {
              port: 8080,
              ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
                                                                     // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
                                                                     // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
                                                                     // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
                                                                     // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],
      
              language: "en",
              timeFormat: 12,
              units: "imperial",
      
      
      
       modules: [
                      {
                              module: "alert",
                      },
                      {
                              module: "updatenotification",
                              position: "top_bar"
                      },
                      {
                              module: 'MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic',
                              position: 'middle_center',
                              config: {
                              key: 'AIzaSyAQ7aXDzoA9IPfkxFmsl-V2HAat_vU0LhE',
                              lat: 41.5670065,
                              lng: -87.160403,
                              height: '300px',
                              width: '500px'
                              }
                      },
                      {
                              module: "clock",
                              position: "top_center",
                              timezone: "America/Chicago"
                      },
                      {
                              module: 'MMM-iFrame',
                              position: 'bottom_bar',
                              config: {
                                      url: ["https://app.actiontiles.com/panel/a8583a72-680a-47ea-8f51-7264b23617df"],
                                      updateInterval: 0.5 * 60 * 1000,
                                      width: "100%",
                                      height: "510px"
                              }
                      },
       {
                              module: "calendar",
                              header: "US Holidays",
                              position: "top_left",
                              config: {
                                      calendars: [
                                              {
                                                      symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
                                                      url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
                                              }
                                      ]
                              }
                      },
                      {
                              module: "compliments",
                              position: "lower_third"
                      },
                      {
                              module: "currentweather",
                              position: "top_right",
                              config: {
                                      location: "Portage",
                                      locationID: "4925006",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                                      appid: "6666861a53a2f121c1e1f0f76accef00"
                              }
                      },
       {
                              module: "weatherforecast",
                              position: "top_right",
                              header: "Weather Forecast",
                              config: {
                                      location: "Portage, IN",
                                      locationID: "4925006",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                                      appid: "6666861a53a2f121c1e1f0f76accef00"
                              }
                      },
                      {
                              module: 'MMM-Nest',
                              position: 'top_right',
                              config: {
                                      token:"c.iaFlhM5fBxDothVhOjhmeYA4ETBv0wCk175fAjgyfGZlXTvFGjOTdbzRG1zF117wqzduags7XigHcP4Lxb4t18g6YkVxmm7z0IbaHGYvLNFoO5zFgxe3k0Z3oDhsGL9LhBglQVohNeEUYQOc",
                                      displayType: 'visual',
                                      displayMode: 'nest'
                              }
                      },
        {
                              module: "newsfeed",
                              position: "top_bar",
                              config: {
                                      feeds: [
                                              {
                                                      title: "New York Times",
                                                      url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                                              }
                                      ],
                                      showSourceTitle: true,
                                      showPublishDate: true
                              }
                      },
              ]
      
      };
      
      
      
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      • strawberry 3.141S Offline
        strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @TaylorTech22
        last edited by

        @TaylorTech22 do you have the following line at the bottom?

        /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
        if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}
        
        

        also is your config file named correctly

        Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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          TaylorTech22 @strawberry 3.141
          last edited by

          @strawberry-3.141 yes i do i just didnt include in the copy-paste

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            TaylorTech22 @strawberry 3.141
            last edited by

            @strawberry-3.141 config/config. js is what I enter

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            • I Offline
              iamoric
              last edited by iamoric

              @TaylorTech22 Did you to remove the modules one by one to see which one is going wrong ?

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              • cowboysdudeC Offline
                cowboysdude Module Developer
                last edited by

                My suggestion would be start over… use the standard config and add one thing at a time…see if it works then add the next until you get to what’s not working…

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                • cowboysdudeC Offline
                  cowboysdude Module Developer @TaylorTech22
                  last edited by

                  @TaylorTech22 said in config error somewhere, need help:

                  @strawberry-3.141 config/config. js is what I enter

                  What do you mean?

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                  • strawberry 3.141S Offline
                    strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer
                    last edited by

                    another thing I could spot from viewing your config is that the timezone for the clock module should go into a config: {}, but this will not help you out with the black screen.

                    Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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                      A Former User
                      last edited by

                      Somebody should make EASY configuration system, or… all module developers should provide DEFAULT ACTIVE SAMPLE CONFIGURATION.
                      Or, at least, neater JSlint parser should be supported.

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                      • strawberry 3.141S Offline
                        strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Guest
                        last edited by

                        @Sean all you mentioned exists ;)

                        Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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