MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM

AgP42

first please remove all your apikey on your post before :winking_face:

I see that you also use the MMM-PIR-sensor module, with a delay of 100s, this is probably the root cause of the strange behavior that you saw.

Let me explains you my analysis :

Here is how this sensor work (Source) :
PIR

The delay of detection or non-detection as to be set directly on the sensor !

So your sensor will sent to the module “MMM-PIR-Sensor” 2 possible states “HIGH” (presence) or “LOW” (no presence).

Each time the MMM-PIR-Sensor will receive a modification of the sensor status, it will sent immediately (to everyone, so to MMM-SmartWebDisplay too) a notification saying “USER_PRESENCE=true” or false.

Developer Notes (MMM-PIR-Sensor)

This module broadcasts a USER_PRESENCE notification with the payload beeing true or false you can use it to pause or disable your module.

The “powerSavingDelay” is applied after this notification is sent to everyone.

And my module “MMM-SmartWebDisplay” use this notification to stop and restart the update timer.

So by setting 100s of delay on the MMM-PIR-Sensor module, it probably totally mix up all the update timer management of my module. :loudly_crying_face:

A small example :

Nobody in front of the mirror for long time, so Mirror is off
you arrives close to the Mirror, that activate the PIR sensor, the Mirror wakes up and MMM-SmartWebDisplay also wakes up, update the html page to display and set a new refresh in 1 min (because you configure it with 1min)
your sensor doesn’t detects you anymore : during 100s, so 1min40s your Mirror will stay ON without any notification (because you desactivate “powerSavingNotification”), but MMM-SmartWebDisplay (and all other modules) received the notification “USER_PRESENCE=false”, so MMM-SmartWebDisplay stops the update of the html page.
if your sensor detects you again during this 100s, then you should see the update of the html (directly when the sensor will send the info to the Mirror) --> Do you confirm this ?

So for me your problem is on the adjustment of your PIR sensor and the value you set for this module configuration. You can follow this very good page to adjust correctly your sensor : PIR sensor

Personally I adjust the detection delay on the sensor itself and I just set 10s of “powerSavingDelay” after a notification (powerSavingNotification: true).

I hope my explaination was clear enough !

Good luck and let me know if you still face issues,

Bye
AgP42

BD0G

@brotherbrown831
Sure. What one does is create an actiontiles panel that they want displayed. Then copy the URL that points directly at the panel. This URL must use the http:// prefix in the address and cannot start with just panel.actiontiles.com/
Then turn the refresh setting within the config.js settings to 0
(for no refresh)
The first time that MMM-SmartWebDisplay loads the page/actiontiles panel one will be prompted to log on. Use your credentials to log on. They will be saved by the browser that is running your MagicMirror instance.

Then in the future MMM-SmartWebDisplay will just display the panel itself without the need to log on each time. So there is no need to pass the username and password “within” the URL address. There is a caveat. If you panel contains camera feeds (live Video or Still Image) your camera tile within the panel “may” need logon details like username and password to display. These will not work as username and password cannot be “passed” within the
URL string and be processed.
Just create a panel without the camera streams to be displayed.

ttarzan

Hello everyone, I have 2 instances of the module MMM-SmartWebDisplay running. This works well.

I also use MMM-Pages to rotate contents of the screen. I would also like to rotate one instance of the module MMM-SmartWebDisplay against one with another module. But how do I address it if I have 2 instances? Both instances have the same module name and are only different in size, position and content.

chassain 0

hello,

Rename the folder MMM-SmartWebDisplay2…then the MMM-SmartWebDisplay2.js and inside Module.register(“MMM-SmartWebDisplay2” like this

and call MMM-SmartWebDisplay on page 1 and MMM-SmartWebDisplay2 on page 2

sdetweil

@Alain in the future, please use the markup wrapper for config or code entries…

paste the text, select it, and hit the </> button

ttarzan

@chassain-0 Thanks, that works. You have to change the name of the module in the js file to “MMM-SmartWebDisplay2”. But I noticed that after each change of the modules the URL is reloaded, although I set updateInterval to 0. So the background is briefly white, which I don’t like. So I leave that with the rotation. Thanks for the help anyway.

Serge

@AgP42 said in MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM:

Hi @Alain,

first please remove all your apikey on your post before :winking_face:

I see that you also use the MMM-PIR-sensor module, with a delay of 100s, this is probably the root cause of the strange behavior that you saw.

Let me explains you my analysis :

Good luck and let me know if you still face issues,

Bye
AgP42

Exactly the same behavior that my mirror shows.
I have a PIR sensor and i am using https://github.com/paviro/MMM-PIR-Sensor
I have 60 sec powersaving delay for display turning-off, but user presence is translated as soon as the is detected by sensor. This cause some inconsistencies.
Is it possible to add time delay in config.js file in order to make more easier integration of PIR modules and SWD module?
Also, it would be good to have the ability to switch-off the Presence notification dependency.
Sometime I just want to run youtube (say classic music) even when the display is turned off (as a background music)
Such command/config will let do that.

Serge

Also, as an idea for the function “continuous play”. Function will allow module to pause current video when the screen turned off by PIR and continue to play it again when screen turned on by PIR.
Now video starts from the beginning each time the module getting an user presence notification.

AgP42

Hello everyone and happy new year !

@Serge said in MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM:

Is it possible to add time delay in config.js file in order to make more easier integration of PIR modules and SWD module?
Also, it would be good to have the ability to switch-off the Presence notification dependency.
Sometime I just want to run youtube (say classic music) even when the display is turned off (as a background music)
Such command/config will let do that.

It would have been better to change the behavior of the PIR module, but it is also possible to change it on the SWD module and yes it also can be possible to totally deactivate it to let the youtube music run in background.
I will try to find some time this week to add those modifications.

@Serge said in MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM:

Also, as an idea for the function “continuous play”. Function will allow module to pause current video when the screen turned off by PIR and continue to play it again when screen turned on by PIR.
Now video starts from the beginning each time the module getting an user presence notification.

I already answer this several time and it is even written on the documentation, the module itself don’t have access to the video, so it is not possible to play/pause the video itself. To do so I should have implemented the youtube API (and all other video api !). The play/pause function is about the url rotation and not about the video playing itself. And this is something I unfortunately cannot change… sorry !

Serge

@AgP42 said in MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM:

it is also possible to change it on the SWD module

I have made some work to make this happen.
See my pull request https://github.com/AgP42/MMM-SmartWebDisplay/pull/11/commits/38684b4349f073041983bd11bcfcbe151063fc6a

AgP42

@Serge
Thank you for your work, I just review it on Github and merge your code. It is now available for everyone !

BeatIdo

Hi,
Has anyone tried to use MMM-SmartWebDisplay module configured in fullscreen-above region ?
I’ve made several tests and each time I try to use a fullscreen region it displays nothing.
I’ll be glad to run some test or other configuration if you’ve got any idea 🙂
Regards.

CutiePatootie

Hey AgP42, awesome job on this. Is there any way to remove or block an element from the url referenced?

Edit: Nevermind. I don’t think it’s possible and just as easy to download the site, host it on the pi itself, then reference the site in the module.

pdawg17

I am trying to use this module but no matter what URL I use, nothing shows up on my MM and when looking at it from my browser it says the URL “refused to connect”. Any ideas?

sdetweil

@pdawg17 said in MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM:

when looking at it from my browser it says the URL “refused to connect”

what is ‘it’?? MM or the URL U are trying to view?

pdawg17

@sdetweil ‘It’ would be the MM setup from my browser: MM_IPaddress:8080. Thanks!

sdetweil

@pdawg17 in your config.js, more than likely u have

address: 'localhost',
ipwhiteList:[.......]

this means that ONLY apps INSIDE the mirror machine can access the mirror app (usually a mirror hangs on the wall and no-one accesses it (or should) )…

u need to allow outside access

address="0.0.0.0",
ipWhiteList:[],

allow anyone to access on any network interface (wifi or lan if both enabled)

pdawg17

@sdetweil said in MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM:

@pdawg17 in your config.js, more than likely u have
address: 'localhost',
ipwhiteList:[.......]
this means that ONLY apps INSIDE the mirror machine can access the mirror app (usually a mirror hangs on the wall and no-one accesses it (or should) )…

u need to allow outside access
address="0.0.0.0",
ipWhiteList:[],
allow anyone to access on any network interface (wifi or lan if both enabled)

Unfortunately, your solution is what I have already :(

sdetweil

@pdawg17 that doesn’t sound right…

MM_IPaddress:8080

that should bring up the MM interface

refused to connect”

could also mean wrong ip address

pdawg17

@sdetweil said in MMM-SmartWebDisplay : display web contents (including YouTube) on your MM:

@pdawg17 that doesn’t sound right…

MM_IPaddress:8080

that should bring up the MM interface

refused to connect”

could also mean wrong ip address

I’m sorry. What I mean is the MMM-SmartWebDisplay part of the Mirror gives that error. I can access the mirror from a browser just fine.