Could use some assistance setting up MMM-Carousel w/ Navigation and understanding the architecture

mcneilp

Does anyone know if it is possible with this module to have the first slide show for a longer period of time…then rotate through the other slides. This way you mainly see the primary one, and secondary ones periodically rotate through.

NicB72

So I am having a problem with the carouselID item as well

In slides config I have this

                    slides: [
                            ["clock"],
                            [{name:"weather", carouselId:"1"}],
                            [{name:"weather", carouselId:"2"}],
                            ["newsfeed"],
                            ["calendar"]
                    ]

Then below I have the 2 modules.
I have the other modules as well!

Everything displays except these 2 weather slides where I get nothing,.

            {
                    module: "weather",
                    position: "middle_center",
                    config: {
                            carouselId: "1",
                            type: "current",
                            weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                            units: "imperial",
                            roundTemp: true,
                            onlyTemp: false,
                            location: "Concord",
                            locationID: "4933743",
                            apiKey: "cc448befd6aea28cbb05457253a9622b"
                            }
            },
            {
                    module: "weather",
                    position: "middle_center",
                    config: {
                            carouselId: "2",
                            type: "forecast",
                            weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                            units: "imperial",
                            location: "Concord",
                            locationID: "4933743",
                            apiKey: "cc448befd6aea28cbb05457253a9622b", 
                          }

},

sdetweil

@NicB72 the ID “1” is the name of the slide, not attribute carouselId

NicB72

@sdetweil I don;'t understand. I am using the carouselID as described in the advanced config section of MMM-Carousel.

banbutcher

hi,

while we are on the subject of carousel… ive just been playing with it and only having moderate success.

first here is my Module Code:

/*-------------------- MMM-Carousel Start-----------------*/

{

            module: 'MMM-Carousel',
//	    position: 'botton_bar',
            config: {
                transitionInterval: 10000,
		showPageIndicators: true,
		showPageControls: true, 
                ignoreModules: ['alert'],
                mode: 'slides',
                slides: [
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    ['MMM-google-route2'],
		    ['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats', 'MMM-NetworkScanner'],
                	],
                keyBindings: { 
                    enabled: true,
                    map: {
                        NextSlide: "ArrowRight", 
                        PrevSlide: "ArrowLeft", 
                        Slide0:    "Home"
                   	 },
                    mode: "DEFAULT" 
                } 
            }
        },

when i used barnabycolby/MMM-Carousel it works fine rotating tru the pages every 10 secs… but when i change the rotation time to 0 so i can manually pick with arrow keys, it kind of has a fit and cant decide what page to show. and cpu usage goes high also

then i found shbatm/MMM-Carousel tried it and when used in the config above its loads all modules and stacks them on the first and only page. Then i tried it withhh this code:

                slides: [
                    Default: ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    Work: ['MMM-google-route2'],
		    Traffic:['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    Home: ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    Info: ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats', 'MMM-NetworkScanner'],
                	],

and i get the “please create a config file” error

then i noticed the different type bracket after slide: changed the []'s to {}'s and again it tries to load all modules on first page. then taught to delete the Default: Work: etc and i was back with the “please create a config file” error.

also tried taking all the duplicate modules out and only have unique modules on each page with no luck, i think ive tried all the different ways covered in the post.

to say im stumped is a bit of an understatement! :/

hope all that made sense…hope someone can help :)

Thanks,

Richie

sdetweil

@banbutcher the words to the left of the [ needs to be in quotes, the page name/ id

sdetweil

@NicB72 said in Could use some assistance setting up MMM-Carousel w/ Navigation and understanding the architecture:

@sdetweil I don;'t understand. I am using the carouselID as described in the advanced config section of MMM-Carousel.

looks like the id is supposed to be a number, by putting it in quotes it is a string.

see this post
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6640/could-use-some-assistance-setting-up-mmm-carousel-w-navigation-and-understanding-the-architecture/15?page=2

also, make sure which mmm-carousel u are using

banbutcher

@sdetweil

                slides: {
                    "Default":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    "Work":['MMM-google-route2'],
		    "Traffic":['MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic'],	
                    "Home":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'calendar', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-MyCommute', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-COVID19-SPARKLINE', 'MMM-Spotify', 'MMM-GoogleFit', 'newsfeed'],
                    "Info":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast', 'MMM-YouTube', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats'],
                	},

like this? again all modules stacked on first and only page, also tried with numbers instead of words!

sdetweil

@banbutcher I am not near my computer so have to wait til I can try.

which module are you using, there are at least 3 different ones

banbutcher

@sdetweil

ive used both barnabycolby and shbatm versions.