@bdream Another option is to use a tool that will let you remotely log into her mirror from your house. Then when she says that it is displaying the available update, you can remotely perform the steps.There are a few services out there that allow you one or two remote access for free and then you pay for any others beyond that.

But @sdetweil is correct: the mirror itself is very stable so just disable the update notification. If something breaks, she’ll let you know.

Please use the Markdown features to post code and console output. It makes it so much easier to read.

@EphraimB - Sounds like a useful modification. I’m working on it now. It doesn’t seem terribly difficult to add.

Edit: Okay, done. It should accept notifications from the MMM-OpenWeatherForecast app. Update the module, change the source parameter to “MMM-OpenWeatherForecast” and it should pick up the notifications.

@martinbaker2727 - Yes, you can. My suggestion would be to follow these steps:

• Turn off your target PC. Shut down, power off, the works.
• Unplug the least important device with a SATA connection at the motherboard. Start with the DVD drive, if available. If the only thing available are hard drives, pick one that is used for video backup or game storage. You do not want to unplug the drive that contains the operating system.
• Plug your hard disk into the freed up slot.
• Boot the target computer. It should recognize the presence of a new drive and automatically mount it.
• Transfer your data.
• Shut down your computer. Power off, the works.
• Unplug your hard disk and reconnect the device that you removed in step #2.

@karsten13 - I don’t know which map framework you’re running, but I’ve been using Leaflet and it gives me a lot of flexibility in maps. Several free tile sources and many more that just require an API key. You can see a simple example at my MMM-Birdnet module. Specifically, check out the map options.

@jade said in Config.js file Syntax:

now I have a working mirror that sporadically gives me game of thrones quotes! My office at work is now much brighter!

Well, you do until he kills off another Stark child.

That has to be the cleanest, most organized back of a magic mirror here. Looks great.

I was digging through my hard drive and found this picture I took of the 83" mirror that I ordered from TwoWayMirrors.com. I’m sure not every mirror is packaged quite like this… but if they need to, they’ll make it work.

Greetings! My first mirror project is destined to be a wedding present for a friend of my wife. It’s been a steep learning curve, but I’m happy with the result. However, this situation presents a challenge for me, the Linux novice.

I would like to be able to get the mirror to update without VPN access to the mirror itself. I’m not sure of their wireless network, but I don’t think I can reliably find its IP address and it’s unknown whether or not their home network will allow VPN connections anyway. So my thought was I could create a Git repository that would represent the installation of the mirror on their RPI. As I push code to master, I would like the Pi to update itself and install new modules, upgrade code and so forth.

I think this will do the trick, but Git and I have a mutually hostile relationship. If I fork Mich’s code to my own account, I can update it without interfering with the rest of you guys. If I then fork every module that I wish to install and clone from these forks, I can update any module in my repository. I am just now investigating submodules in Git and this may be the way to go. But I’m not sure.

Keeping the modules updated would be a simple cron job that I would run at 2 AM every day. It would do a pull from my forks and update to new code whenever I pushed to my fork.

Am I missing anything? Is there an easier solution? Is this actually a solution? Can anyone explain submodules to me in a way that 1) I can understand, and 2) I can implement?

Thanks!

For what it’s worth:

Hardware: BCM2835
Revision: a02082

And I do not have the problem.