A couple of weeks ago I found this link where several mirrors had been tested (German). The pros and cons are listet in detail and the test results seems to be comprehensible to me: https://glancr.de/development/test-spionspiegel-fuer-smart-mirrors/
Maybe that helps if somebody is in doubt in the right mirror material.
I have just installed the MMM-Swipe module and wired up the sensors to the Raspberry for tests. Right now I still do not understand how this modul communicates with the other Magic Mirror modules. How do I have to config e.g. the calender module or the clock module to swipe left or right? Or does it just work with special modules?
That´s the only information I found on Github:
This module will use the sendNotification(notification, payload) to send:
notification = ‘MOVEMENT’
payload = ‘Swipe Left’, ‘Swipe Right’, or ‘Press’
Please use as appropriate in your module using notificationReceived(notification, payload, sender)
A bright screen could be a solution. I must say that I did not test the mirrors of Myspiegel.de since I found a good solution in a local shop here in Stuttgart.
I did not make the experience that it is difficult to get a mirror in Stuttgart. But the prices the local glazier would have charged me for a 50 x 50cm mirror were around 150€! I found out that most glazier here do have the same sub supplier, called a glas shop (Google: Search for Glasgroßhandel + city). So I organized the address of the sub supplier (for Stuttgart: http://fluess-glas.de/), gave them a call and asked them, whether it is o.k. if I purchase the mirror directly from them. It ended up that I payed 80 € for the mirror, and it works excellent!
Steff: If worse comes to worst there is a glas shop 100km away from Munich in my home town in Ulm: http://www.glastroesch.de/glas/540-spionspiegel.html
That´s the EMail I received from Myspiegel.de. I have also added a screenshot of the datasheet of their mirrors they have sent me. Hope that helps.
Frank
Guten Tag Herr xyz,
vielen Dank für Ihre Anfrage und das damit verbundene Interesse an unseren Produkten.
Lt. Erfahrungswerten von unseren Kunden, hat unser Spionspiegel eine zu starke Tönung.
Im Anhang finden Sie auch noch einmal unser Datenblatt von unserem Spionspiegel.
Für alle weiteren Fragen stehen wir Ihnen gerne zwischen 9.00 und 18:30 Uhr
per E-Mail und unter den unten angegebenen Kontaktmöglichkeiten zur Verfügung.
Wir wünschen Ihnen einen schönen Tag.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Kassel.
Ihr SPIEGEL-SHOP-TEAM
Nadine Rölke
@yawns
I have already contacted myspiegel a couple of weeks ago and they told me that their mirrors are not suitable for this project. According to them the glas materials is too dark. I think they received a lot of calls the last couple of months since this project was described on german television (“Galileo”).
The only supplier I found in Stuttgart was Glass Flüss: http://fluess-glas.de/
Guess I paid ~ 80€ for 50 x 50 cm. Hope that helps a bit.
@KirAsh4
I finally got it running. It turned out that the sync.- problem is well known since May 2016.
–> https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=149221
sudo systemctl stop ntp
sudo ntpdate-debian
sudo systemctl start ntp
sudo ntpq -p
Now I´m happy!!
Of course I did. I tried the automatic and manual install with a formated SD card several times.
That´s the setup I´m using:
Raspberry Pi: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01CEFWQFA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
SD- Card: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B013UDL5V6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=
Keyboard: https://www.amazon.de/Logitech-Keyboard-QWERTZ-deutsches-Tastaturlayout/dp/B003PAMIA2/ref=sr_1_1?s=ce-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1474639200&sr=1-1 keywords=logitech+K120
Power Source: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01DBYGV04/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
OS: 2016-05-27 raspbian jessie
Right now MM runs fine with the above mentioned commands. The only problem that remains is that the system clock of the Raspberry still doesn´t synchronize with the Internet. After using “sudo date -s “20 SEP 2016 20:37:00”” the system clock remains on the 20th of September, 22:26h. Hope I can fix that this weekend. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks.
I tried that several times and it didn´t work! My Raspberry is probably some sort of unique…
@Mr.Meeseeks said in Complete Setup tutorial: npm command not found / unable to install dependencies:
Oh I know, check that your system date and time is correct.
If there is internet connection available follow the steps to set the date:
- sudo raspi-config
- Internationalization options
- Change Time Zone
- Select geographical area
- Select city or region.
- Reboot your pi.
Maybe:
sudo date -s “19 SEP 2016 20:37:00”
Excellent! For some reason I wasn´t able to set the correct time and date via raspi-config. Using sudo date -s “19 SEP 2016 20:37:00” solved the problem. After that I was able to run curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh. The install script curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash went through just like a charm!
Although I still do not understand the connection between the wrong set time and date and the installation I´m very happy to run MM now. Now I have to configure the modules.
–> A WORLD OF THANKS TO YOU!!
@Mr.Meeseeks said in Complete Setup tutorial: npm command not found / unable to install dependencies:
I had same problem so I ran this:
curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh
Thanks a lot. But when I run this I get the message that the certificate is not yet valid and if I´d like to turn off the curl´s verification of the certificate I have to use the -k option. Any hints about that?