MMM-Page-Selector: A page switcher that can set positions of modules

[Veldrovive]

One small thing before I actually get into the meat of the issue. It is not necessary to specify the number of pages for MMM-page-indicator since it is overridden by the page selector.

While I was developing the new page system, I forgot about the very important issue of capitalization. Basically what was happening is that it was trying to switch to pages that did not exist. If you pull the update, everything should work fine.

[Johans]

@veldrovive Wow, that was a quick. Works fantastic now. Great job!! Thanks.

[Banandze]

Hi @Veldrovive ! Can you help me to solve some problems with pages? The first is that it doesn’t swith sometimes. it works, but not the whole time. The second is rhat pages show modules while they don’t havw to. There are config file and examples. So the main page (главная) shows weather data but it doesn’t have to. The same situation with other pages (example - calendar “календарь”). While the weather page (with earth) doesn’t show these modules. Wrehe is the problem? Sorry for bad structure…

var config = {
	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	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: "ru",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
                {
			"module": "MMM-Page-Selector",
			"position": "top_center",
			"config": {
				"defaultPage": "главная",
				"displayTitle": true,
				"selectPageNotif": [],
				"incrementPageNotif": [],
				"decrementPageNotif": []
			}
		},
                {
                   module: 'MMM-page-indicator',
                   position: 'bottom_bar',
                   "pages": "all",
                   config: {
                   pages: 6,
                   activeBright: true,
                   inactiveHollow: true,
                   }
                },
		{
     			module: "alert",
                        "pages": "all",
		},
                {
		module: 'MMM-PIR-Sensor',
	        "pages": "all",
           	config: {
                         sensorPIN: 22,
                         powerSaving: true,
                         powerSavingDelay: 120,
                        // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
		}
          	},
                {
                module:     'MMM-3Day-Forecast',
                position:   'top_right',
                "pages": {"главная": "top_right"},
         	config: {
		api_key:    '2f91769xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
		lat:        54.61972,
		lon:        39.740002,
		units:      'M',
		lang:       'ru',
		interval:   900000,
          	}
                },
                {
		module: "currentweather",
		position: "top_right",
                animationSpeed: 500,                     	// This can be any of the regions.
		"pages": {"погода": "top_left"},							// Best results in left or right regions.
		config: {
			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
			location: "Рязань",
			locationID: "500096", //Location ID from http://openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
			appid: "ab3164xxxxxxxxxxxx" //openweathermap.org API key.
		}
            	},
                {
                module: "MMM-EARTH",
                position: "bottom_center",
                "pages": {"погода": "middle_center"},
                config: {
                mode: "Natural",
                rotateInterval: 5000,
                MaxWidth: "50%",
                MaxHeight: "50%",
                }
                },
                {
                module: "weatherforecast",
                position: "left",       // This can be any of the regions.
                colored: true,
                pages: {погода: "left"}, 
                config: {
                        // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
                        location: "Рязань",
                        locationID: "500096", //Location ID from http://openwea$
                        appid: "ab31646bxxxxxxxxxxxxx" //openweather
                }
                },
	        {
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar",
                        "pages": "all",
	       	},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left",
                        "pages":{"главная": "top_left", "погода": "top_left", "почта": "top_left", "новости": "top_left", "календарь": "top_left", "фото": "top_left" },
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
	                "pages": {"календарь": "upper-third"},	
                	config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
         				}
				]
			}
		},
		{
        		module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			"pages": {"главная": "bottom_bar", "новости": "bottom_bar"},
                        config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "Финансовые новости MFD",
						url: "http://mfd.ru/rss/news/handler.ashx"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}                      
            	},
                {
			"module": "MMM-Cursor",
		},
	]

};

[Veldrovive]

Hey @Banandze,
I have added a lockstring so that modules cannot show themselves which was causing the issue where the weather module showed itself. Pull the new changes to fix that issue.
The issue with the module not showing on the weather page I cannot replicate, but it is most likely due to the position being set to left which is not a valid position in Magic Mirror. Refer to this this for a list of positions.
I am also unable to replicate the problem where the page switching does not work. When it fails to switch, is there any output to the console?

[rudibarani]

Dear @Veldrovive,

thank you very much for this fantastic module! I am trying to use MMM-Remote-Control to control the currently shown page through notifications which are sent via HTTP from my home automation (FHEM), depending on who is in the bathroom.

These two calls work fine with MMM-Page-Selector: (I had to insert a space into the URL when pasting it here as “&n” is replaced with a newline character by this website")

http://192.0.0.60:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION& notification=PAGE_UP

http://192.0.0.60:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION& notification=PAGE_DOWN

But i am struggling to use SELECT_PAGE to go directly to a desired page.

http://192.0.0.60:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION& notification=SELECT_PAGE&payload={"test"}

This call returns {"status":"success"}, but does not show the page “test”. Do you have an idea, what I am doing wrong?

[Veldrovive]

Hey @rudibarani,
Yea, that was completely on me. The new version should fix the issue. There was a really obvious bug that was stopping the PAGE_SELECT system from working. If it still does not work, make sure that the payload that is being sent is actually just the string name of the page and not an object.

[rudibarani]

@veldrovive Thank you very much for the quick fix! Now everything works like magic :man_mage:

I am putting a working example here for others, if they want to use MMM-Remote-Control with MMM-Page-Selector as well:

http://192.0.0.60:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION& notification=SELECT_PAGE&payload="test"

[Veldrovive]

As an update, it is now possible to have your pages automatically rotate on a certain interval. Refer to usage and configuration in the Readme.

[Banandze]

@Veldrovive thank you for reply! I will check the changes on the weekend. What shall I use to make weather data more structure? I want one module upper than another. I put first one upper in config file and wrote “top_left” for both modules but they are shown in wrong way. And another question about not swithing, I didn’t understand your question exactly. I turn ii on and it works four times, then it doesn’t swith and my screen becomes slightly darker, then after few munites it works again fout times.

[Veldrovive]

@Banandze,
I’m going to address the issue with the switching only working four times before shutting down. First, are you using pm2 to manage you mirror? If that is the case, try just starting it from a terminal instance so it does not automatically restart if it crashes.
When I said “Is there any output to the console”, what I meant is, in the terminal window where you started magic mirror, is there any text that prints out when the issues start? Also, in your electron instance, in the top menu, when you click on view then toggle developer tools, it will bring up a window with a console in it. If there is anything in red there I would like to see it.
What I am assuming is happening is that magic mirror itself is running out of resources and causing the issues.

I am not quite certain what you mean by:
“I put first one upper in config file and wrote “top_left” for both modules but they are shown in wrong way”
Are you saying that you want one module to appear above another, but it is instead appearing below? If that is the case then I will need to see your config again to know exactly what you mean and attempt to fix the problem.