Adding Modules... Please Please advise

[A Former User]

Is it due to not pasting the code like this

modules: [
{
module: ‘MMM-WorldTides’,
position: ‘top-right’,
config: {
longitude: ‘’, //longitude and latitude need to be written with . instead of ,
latitude: ‘’,
appid: ‘’ //appid needs to be requested from worldtides.info
}
}

[yawns]

I need to check on my machine this evening, when I am at home

[A Former User]

Thanks, much appreciated :)

[A Former User]

var config = {
port: 8080,

language: 'en',
timeFormat: 12,
units: 'metric',

modules: [
	{
		module: 'alert',
	},
	{
		module: 'clock',
		position: 'top_left',
	},
	{
		module: 'calendar',
		header: 'British Holidays Bitch',
		position: 'top_left',
		config: {
			calendars: [
				{
					symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
					url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/UK-Holidays.ics'
				}
			]
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'compliments',
		position: 'lower_third',
	},
	{
		module: 'currentweather',
		position: 'top_right',
		config: {
			location: 'Phuket',
			locationID: '1151254',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
			appid: '297ccc98662ac6f508ac9e47c549a716'
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'weatherforecast',
		position: 'top_right',
		header: 'Weather huh!',
		config: {
            location: 'Phuket',
			locationID: '1151254',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
            appid: '297ccc98662ac6f508ac9e47c549a716'
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'newsfeed',
		position: 'bottom_bar',
		config: {
			feeds: [
				{
					title: "Bloomberg Baby!",
					url: "https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/podcasts/etf_report.xml"
				}
			],
			showSourceTitle: true,
			showPublishDate: true
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'MMM-WorldTides',
		position: 'top_right',
		config: {
		longitude: '7.880', //longitude and latitude need to be written with . instead of ,
		latitude: '98.392',
		appid: '5d3d65d6-f4a6-45d4-ab44-13e4eab4b421' //appid needs to be requested from worldtides.info
		}
	},	
]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== ‘undefined’) {module.exports = config;}

[Alvinger]

I think the error is that the line

		module: 'alert',

has a trailing comma, it should read

		module: 'alert'

[A Former User]

Thanks will check now.

[A Former User]

Strange these modules have not been pre- code checked before uploading to GH…?

I’ve updated my script as been adding other modules, and getting errors or just “loading”…

have added /// pre module lines to highlight the ones that i am having issues with …

var config = {
port: 8080,

language: 'en',
timeFormat: 12,
units: 'metric',

modules: [
	{
		module: 'alert'
	},
	{
		module: 'clock',
		position: 'top_left',
	},
	{
		module: 'calendar',
		header: 'British Holidays',
		position: 'top_left',
		config: {
			calendars: [
				{
					symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
					url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/UK-Holidays.ics'
				}
			]
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'compliments',
		position: 'lower_third',
	},
	{
		module: 'currentweather',
		position: 'top_right',
		config: {
			location: 'Phuket',
			locationID: '1151254',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
			appid: '297ccc98662ac6f508ac9e47c549a716'
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'weatherforecast',
		position: 'top_right',
		header: 'Weather huh!',
		config: {
            location: 'Phuket',
			locationID: '1151254',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
            appid: '297ccc98662ac6f508ac9e47c549a716'
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'newsfeed',
		position: 'bottom_bar',
		config: {
			feeds: [
				{
					title: "Bloomberg",
					url: "https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/podcasts/etf_report.xml"
				}
			],
			showSourceTitle: true,
			showPublishDate: true
		}
	},
			{
		module: 'newsfeed',
		position: 'bottom_bar',
		config: {
			feeds: [
				{
					tittle: "BBC Sci-Tech",
					url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/technology/rss.xml?edition=uk"
				}
			],
			showSourceTitle: true,
			showPublishDate: true
		}
	},
	{
		module: 'MMM-Instagram',
		position: 'top_right',
		config: {
    	access_token: 'e897699215d0464f9aac278e4fdc25ba',
    	count: 20,  
    	min_timestamp: 0,
    	animationSpeed: 2500,
    	updateInterval: 12500
    	}
    },

/// {
/// module: ‘MMM-Carousel’,
/// config: {
/// // See below for configurable options
/// }
/// },
/// {
/// module: ‘camera’,
/// position: ‘top_center’,
/// config: selfieInterval: 3, // Time interval in seconds before the photo will be taken.
/// emailConfig: {
/// service: ‘gmail’, // Email provider to use to send email with a photo.
/// auth: {
/// user: ‘xxxx@xxx.com’, // Your email account
/// pass: ‘’ // Your password for email account
/// }
/// },
/// {
/// module: ‘voicecontrol’,
/// position: ‘bottom_left’,
/// config: {
/// models: [
/// {
/// keyword: “Show Camera”,
/// description: “Say ‘Show Camera’ to display camera”,
/// file: “showCamera.pmdl”,
/// message: “SHOW_CAMERA”
/// },
/// {
/// keyword: “Hide Camera”,
/// description: “Say ‘Hide Camera’ to hide camera”,
/// file: “hideCamera.pmdl”,
/// message: “HIDE_CAMERA”
/// },
/// {
/// keyword: “Selfie”,
/// description: “Say ‘Selfie’ when camera is visible”,
/// file: “selfie.pmdl”,
/// message: “SELFIE”
/// }
/// },
]
};
/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== ‘undefined’) {module.exports = config;}

[strawberry 3.141]

@wjdw87 you’re missing curly braces for config in the camera module

[A Former User]

Curley braces where sorry?

[KirAsh4]

Guys, use proper formatting for your code! (edited to add: when posting on the forums - not in your config files)

Block code is done with ```on a line by itself, then your code, and closed with another ``` on a line by itself again. This is not the same as an apostrophe! It’s called a 'back tick' or 'accent grave' and can be found to the left of the numerical number 1 at the top on a US keyboard. Please use it! It makes reading your config files a lot easier.

On non-US keyboards, um, its location will vary. You can also press and hold your ALT key, and using the numerical pad, enter 9 followed by 6, then let go of the ALT key. Repeat that three times and you get the three back ticks necessary.

[A Former User]

link text My config

[A Former User]

/// as used instead of ``` as they crash my system (the modules) just blank screen, will be removed when the issue is resolved.

[bhepler]

@wjdw87 Why do you have the newsfeed module specified twice? You have:

{
	module: 'newsfeed',
	position: 'bottom_bar',
	config: {
		feeds: [
			{
				title: "Bloomberg Baby!",
				url: "https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/podcasts/etf_report.xml"
			}
		],
		showSourceTitle: true,
		showPublishDate: true
	}
},
{
	module: 'newsfeed',
	position: 'bottom_bar',
	config: {
		feeds: [
			{
				tittle: "BBC Sci-Tech",
				url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/technology/rss.xml?edition=uk"
			}
		],
		showSourceTitle: true,
		showPublishDate: true
	}
},

Would it not make more sense to just put both feeds in the feed array?

{
    module: 'newsfeed',
    position: 'bottom_bar',
    config: {
        feeds: [
            {
                title: "Bloomberg Baby!",
                url: "https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/podcasts/etf_report.xml"
            },
            {
                title: "BBC Sci-Tech",
		url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/technology/rss.xml?edition=uk"
            }
        ],
        showSourceTitle: true,
        showPublishDate: true
    }
}

(Also, you misspelled “title” in your second newsfeed. You have an extra “t”.)

[A Former User]

@bhepler said in Adding Modules... Please Please advise:

@wjdw87 Why do you have the newsfeed module specified twice? You have:

{
	module: 'newsfeed',
	position: 'bottom_bar',
	config: {
		feeds: [
			{
				title: "Bloomberg Baby!",
				url: "https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/podcasts/etf_report.xml"
			}
		],
		showSourceTitle: true,
		showPublishDate: true
	}
},
{
	module: 'newsfeed',
	position: 'bottom_bar',
	config: {
		feeds: [
			{
				tittle: "BBC Sci-Tech",
				url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/technology/rss.xml?edition=uk"
			}
		],
		showSourceTitle: true,
		showPublishDate: true
	}
},

Would it not make more sense to just put both feeds in the feed array?

{
    module: 'newsfeed',
    position: 'bottom_bar',
    config: {
        feeds: [
            {
                title: "Bloomberg Baby!",
                url: "https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/podcasts/etf_report.xml"
            },
            {
                title: "BBC Sci-Tech",
		url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/technology/rss.xml?edition=uk"
            }
        ],
        showSourceTitle: true,
        showPublishDate: true
    }
}

(Also, you misspelled “title” in your second newsfeed. You have an extra “t”.)

you can add them to the same array?

[bhepler]

@wjdw87 Indeed, you can. The documentation for the newsfeed module gives a simple example.

[A Former User]

Ah cool, updated that, but still have issues around the modules i’ve /// out

much appreciated though!

[bhepler]

@wjdw87 Okay, I finally had some time so I looked at the file you linked.

As @strawberry-3-141 said, you have an issue on line 100, part of the configuration of the camera module. You have: config: selfieInterval: 3, // Time interval in seconds before the photo will be taken.

You need to follow the config key with a JSON object, designated by curly braces. So the camera module section should look like so:

{
	module: 'camera',
	position: 'top_center',
	config: {
		selfieInterval: 3    
		emailConfig: {
			service: 'gmail', 
			auth: {
				user: '<xxx@xxx.com>',
				pass: '<xxx>' 
				},
			},
		}
	},

It doesn’t help that the config section is wrong in the README.MD in the camera module. I’ll see if I can’t get a PR to fix that.

[bhepler]

Additionally, you are missing a closed square bracket in your configuration for the VoiceControl module. After you define your keywords, you need to close the array. The second to last line of your voicecontrol configuration is where it needs to go. Like so:

{
	module: 'voicecontrol',
	position: 'bottom_left',
	config: {
	models: [
		{
			keyword: "Show Camera",
			description: "Say 'Show Camera' to display camera",
			file: "showCamera.pmdl",
			message: "SHOW_CAMERA"
		},
		{
			keyword: "Hide Camera",
			description: "Say 'Hide Camera' to hide camera",
			file: "hideCamera.pmdl",
			message: "HIDE_CAMERA"
		},
		{
			keyword: "Selfie",
			description: "Say 'Selfie' when camera is visible",
			file: "selfie.pmdl",
			message: "SELFIE"
		}
	]  // **HERE**
},

[A Former User]

@bhepler said in Adding Modules... Please Please advise:

@wjdw87 Okay, I finally had some time so I looked at the file you linked.

As @strawberry-3-141 said, you have an issue on line 100, part of the configuration of the camera module. You have: config: selfieInterval: 3, // Time interval in seconds before the photo will be taken.

You need to follow the config key with a JSON object, designated by curly braces. So the camera module section should look like so:

{
	module: 'camera',
	position: 'top_center',
	config: {
		selfieInterval: 3    
		emailConfig: {
			service: 'gmail', 
			auth: {
				user: '<xxx@xxx.com>',
				pass: '<xxx>' 
				},
			},
		}
	},

It doesn’t help that the config section is wrong in the README.MD in the camera module. I’ll see if I can’t get a PR to fix that.

@bhepler said in Adding Modules... Please Please advise:

Additionally, you are missing a closed square bracket in your configuration for the VoiceControl module. After you define your keywords, you need to close the array. The second to last line of your voicecontrol configuration is where it needs to go. Like so:

{
	module: 'voicecontrol',
	position: 'bottom_left',
	config: {
	models: [
		{
			keyword: "Show Camera",
			description: "Say 'Show Camera' to display camera",
			file: "showCamera.pmdl",
			message: "SHOW_CAMERA"
		},
		{
			keyword: "Hide Camera",
			description: "Say 'Hide Camera' to hide camera",
			file: "hideCamera.pmdl",
			message: "HIDE_CAMERA"
		},
		{
			keyword: "Selfie",
			description: "Say 'Selfie' when camera is visible",
			file: "selfie.pmdl",
			message: "SELFIE"
		}
	]  // **HERE**
},

Many thanks