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

[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.

[banbutcher]

@sdetweil

so i figured it out… using barnabycolby im not able to have the page rotation set to 0.
MMM-GoogleAssistant works as intended along with MMM-GABackground.

My config for barnabycolbys:

{
            module: 'MMM-Carousel',
            config: {
                transitionInterval: 10000,
		showPageIndicators: true,
		showPageControls: true,
                ignoreModules: ['alert'],
                mode: 'slides',
                slides: [
                    ['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    ['MMM-google-route'],
                    ['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-NetworkScanner', 
		    'MMM-NetworkConnection', 'deluge', 'MMM-SystemStats'],
                	],
            }
        },

using shbatm i needed the position: 'bottom_bar' and now i can set the rotation time to 0 and control the slides with the arrow keys and MMM-KeyBindings, however it seems that when i use this version the MMM-GoogleAssistant does not display the correct background and therefore cannot use the new MMM-GABackground

my config for shbatm:

{
            module: 'MMM-Carousel',
	    position: 'bottom_bar',
            config: {
                transitionInterval: 0,
		showPageIndicators: true,
		showPageControls: true,
                ignoreModules: ['alert'],
                mode: 'slides',
                slides: {
                    "Default":['clock', 'calendar_monthly', 'MMM-NetworkScanner', 'currentweather', 'weatherforecast'],
                    "Work":['MMM-google-route'],
                    "Office":['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'],
                	},
                keyBindings: { 
                    enabled: true,
                    map: {
                        NextSlide: "ArrowRight", 
                        PrevSlide: "ArrowLeft", 
                        Slide0:    "Home"
                   	 },
                    keyBindingsMode: "DEFAULT"
                }
            }
        },

hope this helps someone

@Bugsounet @shbatm any idea why GAB will work with one carousel module and not another?

[sdetweil]

@banbutcher so, there were two problems

0 cycle time
and carouselId

I had my brain screwed on crooked for carouselId.

suppose you had multiple instances of the same module name in config.js, showing different things on different slides.

when u define the slides, u use the module ‘name’, but in this case, name is not enough.

so, in the module definitions themselves u add another unique identifier, carouselId: somestring. the value can be anything.

in their config:{} section, that is where carousel module will look for ‘carouselId’

in the slide definition, when u come to that module to be displayed, instead of putting the name in quotes, you need a little structure

{ name: "module name", carouselId:"samevalue_added_to_module_config" } , 

that way the carousel module can tell which module instance should be shown