@steed - You should not be modifying the compliments.js file. Any compliments you wish to insert into the module should be specified in the config.js file. In your case, you want to modify the config.js file to point to your large compliments JSON file.

Roughly:

{
	module: "compliments",
	position: "lower_third",	
	config: {
		remoteFile:'/home/pi/bookCompliments.json'
	}
}

Thank you for the inspiration. At the moment, this is a work in progress.

It’s a very basic implementation of planetary.js. But it seems to be a mature framework.

@shazglass All right, we’ll get you through it.

pm2 runs on Pi startup and will start your mirror process for you. There should be only one listing. If you ran the installation script and said “yes” to using pm2, there should be only one process called MagicMirror in pm2.

To remove the mm process from pm2, enter the following:

cd ~
pm2 stop all
pm2 delete mm
pm2 save
rm mm.sh
pm2 flush
pm2 start MagicMirror

At this point, your Magic Mirror interface should appear after a minute or so. You can press ctrl-q to exit the Magic Mirror interface, but pm2 should bring it back up in short order.

@dhruvgami1989 - I wonder if the globe image is pushing the upper three regions higher? I have a couple things to try, but I don’t have a solution really.

• Turn off the compliments temporarily and put the globe module in lower_third.
• Reduce your globe image size and see if the weather forecast reappears
• Move the globe to full_screen below, which should remove it from the shuffling that comes with the module positions.

I hope one of these works for you.

Yet another gift, this one for family. Lots of improvements in the basic wood craftsmanship, yet a few basic errors that I’m still kicking myself over. Most notably, the glass and the monitor aren’t the same size and it really affects how it turned out. The monitor isn’t the same quality as the previous ones and it shows if you’re looking for it. Ah, well.

The next one will be better.

That said, the miters on this one came out really well. A couple good passes with a router bit to get the multi-level effect:


The Pi camera is attached to the construction paper. I had a devil of a time getting it flush, so I mounted it to the plastic case of a microSD->SD card adapter.

I use a travel charger. It has an AC outlet for the monitor and a hefty USB socket for the Pi. Plus, you can plug other things into the USB sockets (such as LED lights).

@3DPrintedWaffles It looks like you’re off to a good start. I do have a couple thoughts:

• If your monitor is going to be smaller than your glass, you’ll want black construction paper or felt to cover the area of the glass that are not covered by the monitor. This includes the edges of your internal framework.
• I would recommend wood screws for the internal framework. They don’t need to be large. 1.5" would probably do just fine.
• I don’t know about the Liquid Nails part. I’m not familiar with it enough to say whether or not it will keep your glass attached to monitor and/or framework. I would consult your local hardware store.
• Give a thought to power. Are you routing the power through the wall? Through a hole in your internal framework? Consider that at the moment, you have to power the Pi and the monitor, so that’s two cords.

IIRC, the people who apply window film a lot recommend using a spray bottle with water or windex on the glass and then applying the film over top. The liquid will let you slide the film a bit while you get it positioned properly. Once the liquid evaporates, the film should remain in position.

Bezel-free is certainly possible. It just requires slightly better construction skills and a bit more planning than your standard magic mirror. Normally, the bezel on the frame is what holds the glass up against the monitor face (and the monitor is usually the same size as the glass). Without that bezel, you’ll have to rely on the liquid adhesive. So long as you trust the Liquid Nails product, you should be good to go.

Problem resolved. I did two things:

1. Moved to the real OpenGL driver, not the fake one.
2. Changed the resolution of the Pi to “Monitor Default” instead of hard-coding to my monitor resolution.

I don’t know which of these two did it, but I haven’t experienced the graphical problem since.

@singhharry12 - That’s exactly what I did. Add this line to your configuration: osmMapUrl: "https://cartodb-basemaps-{s}.global.ssl.fastly.net/dark_all/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"

Looks great (actual rain on rain map today!)

Yeah, I don’t know how I keep missing notifications for this thread. The globe is just a video clip that the company purchased through the marketing department. It’s all of 60 seconds long and is playing through VLC. The Magic Mirror software isn’t running on the center and right displays.

I worked out the command to play the video on a loop and with a borderless configuration and used a cron job to play it after boot.