Same as everyone here, I have took on the awesome project of building my own Smart/Magic Mirror. I’ll spare the details unless someone inquires but I did build my own frame. I utilized an old 20" monitor I had and put it at the top of my 20"x48" mirror. Using a Pi3 to run the server I have attached a PIR Sensor to trigger it on and off. I am really only using the default modules along with the Remote Module. Truly the best part was me putting in the Background Module and scaring family and friends with it!

OK, UPDATE: I have continued to program on the Magic Mirror and although it doesn’t look like it, the last few weeks of programming have paid off. I have added Module Schedules and Timers. At night (from 6pm till 4am) it will display Moon Phases. I also added a network scanner that tells me when my kids Xbox or Tablets are online. I caught them once playing in the middle of the night LoL.

I have also built an Android app that lets me control the mirror using the MMM-Remote-Control. I can turn Modules on and off, turn the mirror on and off, update the modules and reboot the whole system. Pretty handy when I am showing it off.

Lastly, to get in the Halloween Spirit I added some scary backgrounds that fade in and out at random. True story, I got good and drunk the night I decided to add these wallpapers. During the middle of the night I get up to go to the bathroom and Scared The Hell out of Myself when I walked past my mirror and saw the Nun!

YET ANOTHER UPDATE: I have gone through and added a few more modules to include MMM_AssistantMK2, MMM_AlexaOnOff and MMM-Screencast. Having the embedded Google assistant in the mirror helps get additional information when I see something about weather or my calendar. Having AlexaOnOff helps when I want to vocally turn the mirror on/off or even reboot or update. I use the screen cast occasionally to play fitness videos while correcting my form. I even added a much larger list of compliments including ones specific to weather that everyone tends to enjoy.

Lastly, I added the WatchDog module which has really helped stabilize the mirror. I recommend anyone running this on a Pi to have this module.

OK, UPDATE: I have continued to program on the Magic Mirror and although it doesn’t look like it, the last few weeks of programming have paid off. I have added Module Schedules and Timers. At night (from 6pm till 4am) it will display Moon Phases. I also added a network scanner that tells me when my kids Xbox or Tablets are online. I caught them once playing in the middle of the night LoL.

I have also built an Android app that lets me control the mirror using the MMM-Remote-Control. I can turn Modules on and off, turn the mirror on and off, update the modules and reboot the whole system. Pretty handy when I am showing it off.

Lastly, to get in the Halloween Spirit I added some scary backgrounds that fade in and out at random. True story, I got good and drunk the night I decided to add these wallpapers. During the middle of the night I get up to go to the bathroom and Scared The Hell out of Myself when I walked past my mirror and saw the Nun!

I use MMM-BackgroundSlideshow. Here is list of my modules:

Update: MMM-BackgroundSlideshow stopped working for me so I switched to MMM-EasyBack.

@dazza120 I never determined why but my mirror would “hide all modules” regularly. I would constantly wake up or notice that the screen was on but not displaying anything. A restart of MM would resolve but since running WatchDog this hasn’t been the case. It’s like services stopped working and WatchDog is supposed to restart any services that stop. I installed WatchDog at the same time I updated to the latest MM build so it could be coincidental.

@dazza120 I have had my image tightly packed onto an 8gb SD Image and then run it on a 16gb image for more space. Overtime Cache and whatever else was maxing out my 8gb. I haven’t had any issues since rebuilding the image with newer MM and Modules. Running WatchDog and having it all on a 16gb image seems to have really helped.

@dazza120 Correct, nothing in the config.js but the defaults.

@azscram
No, that was my Echo Dot. The PIR is somewhat visible in the second picture. There is a small ribbon cable going from the Pi to the PIR. It’s on the right side so anytime I want it on I just wave my hand on right of the mirror. It’s incredibly sensitive so I never have a problem waking it up.

I am in process of adding a PS3 Eye cam and using MMM-Hotword and MMM-AssistantMk2. Might even go as far as training facial recognition.

@sdetweil I did find this line commented out near the top of the MMM-Remote-Control.js which may be where they are working to resolve this.

// Log.log(this.name + " received a module notification: " + notification + " from sender: " + sender.name);

@sdetweil Correct. There were 2 instances in the MMM-Remote-Control.js where I changed console.log to Log.log and this did resolve my issue. I was more curious to know if this was an issue with AlexaOnOff not having an update or if it was due to Remote-Control updating to a newer build.

@sdetweil Is this something that happened because I updated MMM-Remote-Control and MMM-AlexaOnOff does not have an update? If so, would it be better to update AlexaOnOff to have console.log instead of log.log? That being said, I could not find Log.log in AlexaOnOff.js anyways.

Are there other modules that will stop working if I change MMM_Remote_Control to Log.log? I saw it in there a couple of times and changed it. This did resolve the issue but I need to see if there are other Modules throwing red flags now.

Thank you for the Help! Hopefully MMM-AlexaOnOff gets an update to help everyone else with 3rd Gen Alexa devices get discovered.

@dazza120 Correct, nothing in the config.js but the defaults.

So IF I understand this log correctly, my mirror is receiving the Notification from my Alexa Device but the AlexaOnOff module is not operating correctly. Any suggestions?

module.js:154 MMM-WatchDog received a module notification: REMOTE_ACTION from sender: MMM-AlexaOnOff
module.js:154 MMM-Screencast received a module notification: REMOTE_ACTION from sender: MMM-AlexaOnOff
module.js:154 MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic received a module notification: REMOTE_ACTION from sender: MMM-AlexaOnOff
MMM-Remote-Control.js:43 Uncaught TypeError: console.log is not a function
    at Class.notificationReceived (MMM-Remote-Control.js:43)
    at sendNotification (main.js:95)
    at Object.sendNotification (main.js:502)
    at Class.sendNotification (module.js:368)
    at config.devices.forEach.d (MMM-AlexaOnOff.js:47)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Class.socketNotificationReceived (MMM-AlexaOnOff.js:37)
    at module.js:246
    at r.<anonymous> (socketclient.js:25)
    at r.emit (index.js:83)

@dazza120 I have had my image tightly packed onto an 8gb SD Image and then run it on a 16gb image for more space. Overtime Cache and whatever else was maxing out my 8gb. I haven’t had any issues since rebuilding the image with newer MM and Modules. Running WatchDog and having it all on a 16gb image seems to have really helped.

@Stoffbeuteluwe Yeah, I have been reading that the 3rd Gen Alexa devices are not locating the modules. You might try discovery through the app or web browser http://alexa.amazon.com.

@dazza120 I never determined why but my mirror would “hide all modules” regularly. I would constantly wake up or notice that the screen was on but not displaying anything. A restart of MM would resolve but since running WatchDog this hasn’t been the case. It’s like services stopped working and WatchDog is supposed to restart any services that stop. I installed WatchDog at the same time I updated to the latest MM build so it could be coincidental.

YET ANOTHER UPDATE: I have gone through and added a few more modules to include MMM_AssistantMK2, MMM_AlexaOnOff and MMM-Screencast. Having the embedded Google assistant in the mirror helps get additional information when I see something about weather or my calendar. Having AlexaOnOff helps when I want to vocally turn the mirror on/off or even reboot or update. I use the screen cast occasionally to play fitness videos while correcting my form. I even added a much larger list of compliments including ones specific to weather that everyone tends to enjoy.

Lastly, I added the WatchDog module which has really helped stabilize the mirror. I recommend anyone running this on a Pi to have this module. This has been at times challenging but remains on of my favorite projects and gets used daily. I hope everyone enjoys theirs as much as I enjoy mine.

If the REMOTE_ACTION of MONITOROFF works from the remote UI then the notifications are sent and received and executed properly. Does anyone have any recommendations as to how I can test if the Notifications sent from my Alexa device to the module is received? Just trying to hash through this one. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.