@Kecko @j-e-f-f

Each To->From request costs 1 transaction query. In my case, I have 3 copies of the module, with 3, 2, and 1 lookup respectively, giving me 6 queries every time the module refreshes (which is every 10 minutes).

Note that Google gives $200 free credits per month for the Developer API’s. See this link for more details

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/usage-and-billing

If I’m reading it right, then based on the above you’d need to have 20,000 queries per month to exceed the free credits. Based on my usage, I’ll have around 26,000 per month (36 queries per hour * 24 hours * 30 days), so I’ll probably reduce the number of queries to get under the limit.

Awesome, v2.4.1 fixed it

Thanks @MichMich :)

I’m having the same issue as @Canterrain

Snipp from Clock and Weather modules are below

 // Clock
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_center",
			config: {
				displayType: "digital",
				displaySeconds: false,
				showPeriod: true,
				showPeriodUpper: false,
				clockBold: false,
				showDate: true,
				showWeek: false,
				dateFormat : "dddd, MMMM Do YYYY",
			},
		},

// Calendar// Weather - ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_left",
			header: "7 Day Forecast for ",
			config: {
				fade: false,
				maxNumberOfDays: 7,
				showRainAmount: true,
				colored: true,
				locationID: "2655603",
				appid: "xxx"
			},
		},

Issue only occurred once I did an update to the MM system to v.2.4.0

@Mephiston2K We did check before final installation which way round they were supposed to go, because being 50/50 transmission it wasn’t obvious. We spoke to the supplier who assured us we had it mounted correctly.

@rak It’s run by two Pi’s, one for each monitor, although we used split power supplies so only needed 2 sockets for the Pi’s & monitors.

Intro
I’ve been messing around with the MagicMirror concept for about 6 months and had previously set up a single monitor on a wall in the living room as a proof of concept. My wife and I liked the idea of an intelligent display, and had seen some excellent examples of Mirrors on here, but there was little to no chance of me being able to build any of them. I’m what you might call more a technology geek than a DIY expert :)

So the monitor just sat there on the wall until about a year ago when my wife and I decided to have some renovation work done. The layout of our open plan apartment meant there was some “dead” space off the dining room area which we figured we could turn into a reasonable sized storage area / utility room without making the dining area too small. We’d contracted a builder to do the work for us (not a DIY person, remember!) and that was when we discussed the Magic Mirror idea. As the builder was going to have to put up a new wall for us, why not get them to create a space in the wall and have the mirror built into the wall itself ? Access to the back of the mirror could be from inside the new utility room but from the outside it would look like a mirror sitting flush with the dining room wall.

Given this was going to be something that would be embedded in the wall, and I couldn’t just change it at will, I decided to buy most of the equipment I needed as “new”. At that point I then had free reign to shop around for the ideal size monitor and glass. Once I’d established the size of the mirror I wanted, by diligently checking monitor sizes, I realised could get 2 x 24" monitors into a frame, and it not look out of place.

The builder and I discussed various mounting options, and eventually decided on a very unusual approach. Instead of putting the glass in the frame, we decided to sandwich the glass between the plasterboard and the stud wall, then mount the frame housing all the components partly inside the partition wall. Whilst that meant the construction would be slightly more difficult, it would mean an ultra-minimalist look from the mirror side.

Because the glass and frame would already be on the wall, to avoid having to build anything in-situ, I constructed a lightweight chassis to hold the monitors together then mounted the Pi’s on the monitor VESA brackets. This kept the back relatively tidy and meant the actual install would only require lifting the completed “Magic” part of the mirror into the frame, levelling it up, and securing it in place.

Finally, because I’m using consumer grade monitors, I knew that having them on permanently would likely shorten their useful life, so I wanted a way to have the mirror turn on and off easily. Initially I’d thought about having some form of motion sensors, however PIR’s wouldn’t work due to the glass, and my testing of various Microwave sensors gave very mixed results. I eventually settled on using a smart plug (controllable by any mobile device), and coupled with an Amazon Echo Dot so it can be voice controlled as well.

Modules and layout

Modules used
Top screen
• 3 x MMM-MyCommute (One each for mine/my wife’s commute plus one additional for tram times from closest tram stop)
• 2 x MMM-UKNationalRail (for the two major rail stations near where we live)
• 2 x Default calendar (one for my wife, and one for me)
• 7 (and counting) MMM-Doomsday modules for countdowns to important dates

Bottom screen
• 1 x Default Clock module
• 7 x Default Weather module (for us, and the locations of all our family members)
• 1 x Default News feed module
• 1 x DailyXKCD
• 1 x MMM-Wunderlist
• 1 x Default calendar (for my mother’s diary, as she likes us to know what she’s up to :) )

Other random bits of info
VNC installed for remote access
Bind IP to MAC via router to ensure static IP’s for the Pi’s (makes using VNC much easier)
Echo Dot and Smart plug configured on a separate isolated wireless VLAN (because I’m paranoid :) )
Modified custom.css for colours and layout
Added Cron job to restart MM process at midnight in case of a module crash

Hardware Components
• 50/50 mirrored glass (6mm x 660mm x 860mm)
• “Reused” 600mm x 800mm Ikea kitchen cupboard and door (for internal frame)
• 2.4m x 15mm aluminium shower corner edging (for external frame)
• 2 x Raspberry Pi3’s with 16Gb Toshiba SD cards
• 2 x AOC 24” LED monitors
• 2 x 1ft Flat HDMI cables
• 2 x ‘VESA-Pi+’ cases to mount Pi’s to the monitor
• 2 x 13Amp sockets for power
• 1 x C5/C5 Y-cable (to power monitors)
• 1 x Anker 2 port 24W USB charger, with 3ft and 1ft USB cables (to power Pi’s)
• 1 x Meross MSS210 smart plug (to control Anker PSU)
• 1 x Amazon Echo Dot for voice control
• Sheet of A1 300gsm black card (for masking the mirror)
• Miscellaneous nuts, bolts, jumper wire, heatshrink, cable ties, a steel L-bracket, and the always essential Gorilla tape :D

Construction Pictures
The new stud wall being constructed

Plasterboarding going up

Plasterboard all on, time to cut out the hole for the mirror

The reused Ikea kitchen cupboard, cut down to form the frame

Glass sandwiched in the wall, frame on, waiting for the glue to dry

Minimalistic look from the front

AOC monitors before I took them apart

Frames removed, and waiting to have the custom chassis measured

The monitor masking laid out, with a fairly small amount of wasted space

Pi connected up, mounted on the new chassis in the VESA case (GPIO cable is where I was testing the PIR’s)

Anker plug for the Pi’s, Smart plug and Y cable for the monitors

Side mounts to hold the monitors in place

Base mounts for the monitors to rest on

Completed mirror from the back

All closed up and concealed from prying eyes.

Well, I couldn’t get it to work, so I just did a rebuild of the 2 mirrors. I keep a base build of the MM image anyway, so it only took an hour to recreate them both from scratch.

Not sure what I’ve done but when I run a git pull I now have a message that says I need to run “git commit -a” to fix the issues.

What would happen if I did that ? Would it overwrite the main branch, or just create my own version of that branch ? I don’t have a git account, so would that cause issues as well ?

Just tried to update today to v2.3.1 and got the following error when running “git pull” in the ~/MagicMirror directory

Removing tests/unit/translations/same_keys.js
Removing tests/unit/functions/class_spec.js
Auto-merging modules/default/currentweather/README.md
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in modules/default/currentweather/README.md
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.

Anyone got any ideas as to what I may be doing wrong ? (I’m running 2 mirrors, and both have the same error)

I’m no developer (but I do love debbugging stuff :), so here are a list of dumb things I have needed to fix at various points

• Check for missing commas at ends of line (I always add a comma, even if technically the code doesn’t need it)
• Check for wrong types of Quotation marks. ie, " (double quotes) is not the same as ‘’ (two single quotes) but they look identical in some editors
• Check for added spaces (and missing spaces)
• Check CASE (Upper, lower, mixed) - Some modules are case sensitive, some less so.
• Check your brackets/braces are completed

@cowboysdude - Sounds like you’re trying to build a homebrew version of something like a Crestron system ?

Have you thought about using OpenHAB ? It would seem to fit what you’re trying to do, but it’s not an MM system, it’s designed more as a standalone solution.

The issue I’ve found with IoT devices is finding companies that will release the API to “non commercial” people (ie, if you’re a company, they’ll let you access the API, if a home user, no chance). I’ve had this with my heating system who’ve told me in no uncertain terms I can’t have access to the API for their product. Given I already queried the quantity of data they’re shipping back to their servers (in the name of providing a “seamless and responsive user experience”), I don’t think they want me having a peek inside their system.