How to start MM with a module as default hidden

[Mykle1]

@thestigh said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

Anybody know how to start MM with a module default state as hidden?

All of them? Some of them? One of them? Then how will you “show” the module(s)? Easiest solution would be MMM-RemoteControl I guess. Or, there are several voice modules that can do that for you.

[THeStigh]

I want to start a specific module as hidden, and show it by issuing a voice command.

Show/Hide is not the issue, this works fine, but I want the module to start hidden as default when starting MM.

[dazza120]

@thestigh not sure why @Mykle1 hasn’t recommend Lucy it seems the best one for what you want to achieve

[THeStigh]

@dazza120 I’m using Hotword together with AssistantMk2…

Does Lucy support specifying “start [module] as hidden” ?

[dazza120]

@thestigh Lucy hides all modules and you tell it what ones you want it to display

[Mykle1]

@dazza120 said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

not sure why @Mykle1 hasn’t recommend Lucy it seems the best one for what you want to achieve

I don’t want to “sell” Hello-Lucy to anyone and there are other voice modules that he may want to consider so that’s why I worded my answer that way. Lucy does exactly what I want “her” to do but it may be more complicated for some users

[mdhenriksen]

@thestigh You could combine MMM-pages and MMM-voice and just setup a page with the module and without it. However, this will probably only work if you are talking about 1 module. If you want several to be turned on and off, Lucy is the way to go. I belive Mykle1 has a video with it working as well.

[Mykle1]

@mdhenriksen said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

I belive Mykle1 has a video with it working as well.

This was the first incarnation of Lucy with pages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHEXPzVb2A

[THeStigh]

I used sendNotification to resolve this :)

[F17MC]

@thestigh said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

I used sendNotification to resolve this :)

Could you show me how?? I’m using MMM-AssistantMk2 and I can hide and show modules with voice. But I want set another modules hidden by default, and show it by voice.
If I set the modules hidden by MMM-remote-control I can’t show it by mmm-assistantmk2.

[A Former User]

@f17mc
You can show modules hidden by others by force with MMM-AssistantMk2.
modify your command(using moduleExec) like this.

exec: (module, params, key) => { 
        module.show(1000, {"force":true})
 }

[THeStigh]

@f17mc

Hi, solution from @Sean is the ‘cleanest’ :) option (haven’t tested but trust Sean if he says so)

[F17MC]

@sean said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

@f17mc
You can show modules hidden by others by force with MMM-AssistantMk2.
modify your command(using moduleExec) like this.

exec: (module, params, key) => { 
        module.hide(1000, {"force":true})
 }

it works perfect! Thanks a both!

[justjim1220]

@mykle1 said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

I don’t want to “sell” Hello-Lucy

You should ‘sell’ Hello-Lucy! it’s the most awesome-est voice module I’ve used (in Ubuntu)
AND, it was the ‘easiest’ for me to understand how to set up.
Mainly because it was explained very well! :winking_face:

[Mykle1]

@justjim1220

Thanks, I do appreciate your kind words. However, as @THeStigh mentioned, @Sean uses a cleaner (re: better) way of doing things. This better way of doing things just might inspire me to redo Lucy. :-)