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@cowboysdude
@Mykle1

Sorry but I never noticed these replies or would have replied earlier, I managed by following @Mykle1 guide. and it worked as expected. Been so busy with setyting up full Alexa home automation in my home that I manage on here for quick visits only, but now automation is complete, I can come back to MM and continue with it, and hopefully incorporate MM in some way, although I already have alexa power up/down the monitor.

Many thanks for putting back on the ‘New notifications/recent topics’ bar… I missed that a lot.

@cowboysdude

I’m getting there in baby steps, but it’s like trying to learn russian by reading a chinese book :-)

@cowboysdude said in stronger Raspberry Pi 3 Alternatives:

@Damian I am using a laptop power supply :)

thank you. i could not see a link to it in the first post so just wondered what one you chose. looking forward to your pictures of the setup of your itx when you get time

@Mykle1

thank you

@Mykle1 said in Cheap as chips.....:

After all that, I’m thinking, you will NOT have a problem with MM. :^)

:-D If only linux/JS were that easy for me, it is worlds apart from what I am used to ;-)

@strawberry-3.141 said in stronger Raspberry Pi 3 Alternatives:

@Damian You got windows already and magicmirror works also on windows

I never thought about that. :-(

I just went back over posts here and seen one from @Mykle1 about setting up on his windows PC

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7

I just thought that MM would run better on a linux distro system partition, more than on a full Win system? If there is a difference that is?

Thanks for that, as this will save some time, and thanks to @Mykle1 for his guide.

Hello,

I have been here quite a few months now and on the whole I have been helped several times, so thanks very much to those who have helped me, it is very much appreciated, but mostly I just lurk and pick up various help off other posts.

But on reading through a few posts here, there seems to be some sort of Alzheimer’s disease within many posts… and by that I mean being answered by people who have clearly forgot what this forum is all about, and that they too came to this forum as green as grass knowing nothing, and asked more or less the exact same questions that are being asked today.

If these people were treated/spoken to, in the way they now treat/speak to people, then this forum may never have lasted?

These people should simply not post anything if the only thing they have to offer is a sarcastic, or arrogant comment, that is not helpfull to the person asking the question. In my humble opinion, the only dumb question is the question not asked !

Guys, we know there is a search function here, but sometimes the results do not procure the specific answer to their specific question, with their specific set up, and therefore asks on the forum for help… so if a newbie is asking a question that annoys you since it has been asked several times in the past, and quite possibly buried so deep in an unrelated post it is hard to find, then simply do not answer… its not hard to ignore eh?

Forums only last if people find it a pleasant, happy, helpfull place, where they do not have to worry themselves about being barked at because someone is sick seeing a similar question being asked several times… It’s nice to be nice guys.

Im also on another forum, and this notice is pinned right at the very top for everyone to see, and I see the very same questions being asked over, and over, and over… and not one of its members, old and new, have ever barked at the poster and told where the search box is, or to expand their knowledge by sourcing out the answer(s) themselves.
This is, in my humble opinion, why its members are on the rise, and why they all come back time and time again to help out and also just to openly share hints and tips they have found, and also to pick up on the newer adds and updates… and it is really a nice friendly place to be in, and return to several times a day, even if I have nothing to ask about.

!!!!!!PLEASE READ!!!!!!!

The reason we started this group, was that i saw lack of respect for new members on other groups, and also people asking questions that have been asked before and told to use the search to questions that had been asked before. On here you can ask questions even if some one else has asked the same question before, help is always at hand if you need it.
As with all groups we have to have a few rules with all that has happened recently, so its pretty easy, please read the pinned post picture and also there are some great links for you as well

Now, if you take a deep breath, count to 10, and re-read this post one more time before letting off steam, you will see this is an observation, my observation and my opinion… this is not a rant, or debate, or getting at anyone in particular, just my own observation for veteren members to reflect upon, and maybe, just maybe, take on board the sentiments of that pinned post above, and keep this forum going, with vibrance, as well as enthusiastic compassion, and above all, to think back to the first day you came here knowing absolutely nothing about this project, JS, Linux, CSS, et al, and relied on the experts to guide you, not to push you away to the side to search out the answers yourself… as if that was the case then why are you here? why not just have one page with one title “SEARCH HERE FOR YOUR ANSWERS” ? … Sounds silly eh? But is it? Is’nt that what happens - often?

Crude analogy — Checking into a hotel, having key thrown on counter and told to search out location of your room yourself, and carry your own luggage upstairs, and told where the kitchen is so you can make your own meals… Would you be keen to return to that hotel again?

I love the MM concept, and know it has so much more future possibilites, and not just “This years new fad” that will soon be forgot about like a Windows phone… and where better than the only MM forum there is, to promote it to its best, buy encouraging its members to treat it as a club, and to come back to, time and time again, with enthusiasim, and to share ideas, and develop more and more and more?

I took my time out to post my observations, through my compassion for MM, so please do not read into this for something that it’s not.

Thanks.

The ball is now in your court guys.

@Mykle1 said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7:

@Damian

Notepadd++ is a free download and makes life a whole lot easier if you’re going to be coding or making many edits.

I will download that now as Notepad seems to just make an unworkable continuous line in every MM file, and seeing as I will be adding more modules, and editing them, your suggestion might work better?

Oh no! You trashed the entire installation??? But it was working. That was NOT in my Complete Walkthrough.

:^)

Yeah, your guide did indeed work, I just overlooked the obvious that I’m back on a PC, with a fresh win7 install, and need to allocate what opens what first. I was just way too excited to see MM through a PC, my brain was far too much on the end game :-(

Thanks again for your help.

Edit:
Notepad++
Brilliant, just brilliant. :-)

Hello.
*** Disclaimer"“” I have used the search as I do know this has been asked about many times before, but return results do not fit my problem… but concede I may be using several wrong terms in my search…

Anyways, Monitor is on smart switch to turn on/off… Pi left on 24/7.
When I turn on monitor after 2 days, I see that MM has frozen, so have to manually switch Pi off/on, and everything boots up and works as should.

Can someone please point me to what I should be looking at to stop the freezing? Not as if it is running anything intensive - stock modules and 2 small Gifs.

Thanks

http://www.mirrorsandglass.co.uk/shop/

This is where I purchased my 50/50 Pilkington.

----- I know I entered again at the very end ---- 'pip install --upgrade pip’ — using quotes, this was a C&P error, but it still wont work even without those mistaken quotes.

Hello… is there any python experts that could point me towards getting 18.1 installed… it’s on Linux Mint 18.3 - my daughters pc that I put linux on a while back, and not played with for a while.

I followed a guide to install through terminal, and I will post the results for you to see if you can see what I have possibly done wrong, and what I need to enter in order to get the proper updated version.

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@zdenek said in MMM-TPLink:

great. I’ve few of TP-Link HS110 and HS100, but only in local net (home, work, parentshouse…). I use KASA app on my iPhone to control them, see the actual power - is it possible to “somehow” modify your module to see at least the status of plugs?

thanks, Zdeněk

I am using several TP-Links too, and found a lot of helpfull info about home automation based stuff from these guys… http://100.37.129.161:443/

You may want to pop over there and ask about their set up’s, and I’m positive you will get a great deal of ideas you probbably never thought about?

Personaly, I have 90% of my house automated ( using Alexa and Broadlink pro, and RM Mini ) , and, when time permits, use MM as a part Automation Display… showing/controlling every HA item, and it’s state.

@mykle1 said in Thanks...:

@damian

I second that (e)motion. :-)

I actually sang that instead of reading it :-D

Many thanks for putting back on the ‘New notifications/recent topics’ bar… I missed that a lot.

Hello

Has there been an update to the forum, or any change in settings that I must re-select?

There used to be a notification bar along the top to let people know of the latest new postings, but this has gone now.

Thanks

@asimhsidd

Just thinking aloud here about this…

Portable HD… with some kind of powered switch/usb hub… smart socket/inline switch that can be voice activated by either the mirror itself through voice module, or by Alexa/Google Home to Turn on/off HD.

Leave HD in place behind mirror to save having a USB extention lead dangling to insert/unplug USB Stick.

Share that HD on the Pi, so you can add/change your MP3’s from another Source on your network?

@slametps

Nice… have quite a few TP Links, so will defo have this.

Thanks.