What can YOUR mirror do?

[Mykle1]

Hey!

I was just messing around, trying to throw an extreme load at my next mirror. This will be my third. My first was with a Pi3 B. My second was with an old laptop. That became a vanity mirror. And this my third. I have some new ideas for this one. But, I digress . . .

I wanted to see if I could stress my hardware. I stopped trying after 10 simultaneous animations failed to produce any ill effects, lag, stuttering, etc… Nothing. Nada. Zippo. Zilch! Not too shabby for an 11 year old cpu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvjlR-q6umo&feature=youtu.be

Sorry about the noise. I was smoking a cigarette and I forgot to turn off the exhaust fan.

[barnosch]

i like the moving eye! (~30sec)
can i have that as a small module. please ;)
But i only have a Pi3.

[cowboysdude]

@barnosch He’ll share…he’s like that ;)

[Mykle1]

@barnosch said in What can YOUR mirror do?:

i like the moving eye! (~30sec)

Me too. It’s the reason I made this module in the first place.

can i have that as a small module. please ;)

You’re in luck. I made it a few months ago. You can choose from a nice assortment. The “eye” being number 1.

But i only have a Pi3.

Ok, here’s the thing. It runs just fine on a Pi3. However, if you have a lot of other modules running, especially those that are cpu intensive, you might see some loss of fluid animation. Many modules transitioning at the same time could have the same effect.

Two instances of the module in the config.js, both with the eye selected, will give you a pair of eyes. A little css management and you can get them relatively close together.

So, go here
https://github.com/mykle1?tab=repositories
and scroll down and click on MMM-EyeCandy. Feel free to browse the other modules, too.

[cowboysdude]

What is this K-Mart? LOL

[Mykle1]

@cowboysdude said in What can YOUR mirror do?:

What is this K-Mart? LOL

“We have a spill in Mykle1 repo, aisle six!”

[barnosch]

working likea charm.
Thanks a lot.

Let’s see what the WAF barometer will say.
Nothing good i guess.

At least mit little daughter is still to little to see the scary eye ;)

[cowboysdude]

@barnosch said in What can YOUR mirror do?:

working likea charm.
Thanks a lot.

Let’s see what the WAF barometer will say.
Nothing good i guess.

At least mit little daughter is still to little to see the scary eye ;)

Hahahhahaha

[orayoflighto]

@Mykle1

Mine is also hosting PiHole and also doing a cron job every hour to test ISP download speeds

I don’t have any processor intensive modules installed.

[Mykle1]

@orayoflighto said in What can YOUR mirror do?:

I don’t have any processor intensive modules installed.

Then give it a try!

Let me know how it works for you

[cowboysdude]

Well mine can whistle Dixie… LOL

[Bob]

I don’t have any processor intensive modules installed, but I do have ones that seem to use memory like no tomorrow. I have a dual monitor installation (write up and pics to follow within the next few weeks), and both have over 800Mb used

MM1

MM2

Is that normal, as when I started out using the mirrors I don’t recall either using that kind of memory ?

[Mykle1]

@Bob said in What can YOUR mirror do?:

Is that normal?

I really can’t say. There are so many different configurations being used (MM versions, OS versions, types of modules, etc) by users.

I do know that all these things make a difference in performance and requirements. Here is a screenshot of my Pi mirror’s system stats. It runs flawlessly with just 5% of Free Ram. However, this mirror is running very many modules so the Free Ram percentage is expected.

[barnosch]

crap.
that didn’t last very long.
My wife is scared of the eye ;)

[A Former User]

@Bob
That value is coming from free -h linux command.
This could be help : https://www.linuxatemyram.com/

[Mykle1]

@barnosch said in What can YOUR mirror do?:

My wife is scared of the eye ;)

And you’re scared of the wife? ;-)

[barnosch]

@Mykle1 of course!

[Mykle1]

Download:

[card:mykle1/MMM-EyeCandy]

Update

Rather than publish this in a new topic I’ll just report the update here. Evidently, I never made an announcement about this module in the beginning. Go figure.

I added a bunch of new animations.

[Mykle1]

This looks pretty slick. The recent additions to the module are mostly “space” based. It’s my thing.

[cowboysdude]

Well my mirror can dance…can yours?