Magic mirror serving multiple clients

ninjabreadman

@zack949 I suggest you register mm1.sh, mm2.sh and mm3.sh with pm2 (per manual install guide). I would then also create a mm-start.sh that runs pm2 start mm1 && pm2 start mm2 && pm2 start mm3 and likewise for stop. You might even create an mm.sh that just sends the following command (e.g. mm.sh start) for all three MM instances managed by pm2, but that will require some bash scripting.

zack949

Is there currently any development to make a GUI for better visualizing config.js changes?

ninjabreadman

@zack949 Not of which I’m aware. Most dev effort is spent on the display/features end. It would also have to track the config options for dozens of regularly changing modules, which presents its own challenges.

I recommend using a syntax-highlighting code editor, like (the free) Atom. It will help with closing brackets/braces, and using the proper quotes. You can also run “Atom Beautify” in “Packages” regularly to keep formatting for legibility.

cowboysdude

@strawberry 3.141 didn’t you help someone accomplish this? I would LOVE to do this so my big mirror and bathroom mirror are both running the same thing… ;)

strawberry 3.141

@cowboysdude take a look at https://github.com/fewieden/MMM-syslog-slave thats the only thing were I connected multiple instances

E3V3A

This sound cool. But your need depends on how you want to interact with multiple instaces.

One master MM with multiple non-interactive slaves:
- Just open browser on new device and point to master MM IP, and expand to full-screen
One master MM with multiple, one-at-the-time interactive slaves:
1. Need some hardware hacking: try to find a way to connect several PIR, microphone to multiple monitors, could be over cable, wifi or bluetooth. (Seem hard and ugly to implement)
2. Implement some kind of HDMI switching mechanism
One master MM with multiple, all-independent interactive slaves:
- Do what’s described above with using mm1,mm2,mm3,.... This surely would eventually overload a RPi, as you add different and concurrent modules.

cowboysdude

@strawberry-3.141 Thank you! @zack949 there’s a way to run one as master and others as slave… look at the response from strawberry :)

serge cherpy

@cowboysdude

Bonjour avec mon Français je voudrait savoir si vous avez réussi a conclure le multiple clients sur un pi, peut on échanger des informations pour que je reproduise le mème serveur sur deux poste client Merci Serge

cowboysdude

@serge-cherpy the only way to do this would be to set up a pi as a master and the rest as slaves…ie

one pi running your main mirror at [for example] 192.168.1.2:8080 [master]
Then running another pi and opening up a browser to 192.168.1.2:8080 [slave]

Is one way to do it. I don’t do it that way because all my mirrors do different things and have different purposes.

Bathroom mirror is an actual mirror
alarm clock mirror is a 10" touch panel that functions as an alarm clock
32" inch mirror is a home automation mirror

But the above method master->slave would work providing you have them all on the same network… if you wanted to run master on one network and the slave on another that would take more work :)