Hi all,

Having started lock-down in the UK working from home and trying to home school my kids, this project has been a welcome distraction. I’ve finally managed to complete my mirror and have spent hours going through the various threads to get things working so I thought I’d share my final product. I was keen to use a PIR sensor to turn off the mirror when no one was there, and I have to admit it’s working perfectly.

These are the modules that I’m using:

MMM-PIR-Sensor
MMM-WeatherOrNot
currentweather
weatherforecast
MMM-MyCalendar - this includes our family Google calendar and UK Bank Holidays
MMM-Spotify
MMM-GoogleFit
MMM-TFL
MMM-LondonTransitStatus
newsfeed - BBC News and the Financial Times at the top and M25 (motorway) feed at the bottom
MMM-Strava

I did setup MMM-GoogleAssistant and MMM-Assistant2Display which worked well when I was testing the but I couldn’t find a good way to mount a microphone and speakers so decided to exclude them.

I got the frame built by a local carpenter and added a plug socket behind the unit, I wasn’t keen having a wire hanging down in case my kids yanked it! They’re still only small.

I received three different samples for the two-way mirror:

Pilkington MirroView 75/20 Generation Two (glass)
Pilkington MirroView 50/50 Generation Two (glass)
A generic acrylic two-way mirror

As I’m using a 27" monitor I was told an acrylic sheet will have imperfections/distortion with reflections and I definitely found that when I compared the three samples. If I was creating a smaller mirror it would be an option. I spent a long time deliberating between the MirroView 75/20 and 50/50 glass. In the end I went for the 75/20 as it’s more reflective in my hallway (and just a little bit darker). I was keen to get a good reflection even when the monitor is in place as my wife used the previous mirror just before she leaves the house. I didn’t want any complaints from head office!

Anyway…I hope you like it. Since returning to work I’ve found the MMM-TFL module really useful as it shows you which Underground lines have issues and the Google Fit step count is a good motivator to get up and going.

Thanks again to everyone who contributes to the forums, I found it extremely useful and would be lost with out it.

Cheers

@cluelesscarter Sorry for the delayed response, things seem to be hectic at work as people are returning to the office! I’m going to keep hold of the samples as I might need a different glass depending on the size/lighting conditions of my next mirror.

On a positive note I purchased them from https://www.mirrorsandglass.co.uk/ who will refund the same costs if you purchase your glass afterwards. That’s what I did and the customer service was excellent. I really wouldn’t bother with acrylic. Give mirror and glass a try, the refund policy for samples is really straight forward.

I hope that helps.

Hi @sdetweil ,

I finally managed to use PM2 and here what I see in the error log when my mirror crashes.

[1554:1214/202715.173231:FATAL:memory_linux.cc(42)] Out of memory.

It’s strange as I never had this issue before and I haven’t been using any new modules. Any suggestions?

Thanks Sam, I currently don’t use PM2 to start my mirror. I manually run “npm start”.

I was hoping there are some log files to see why it freezes.

Re: MMM-PIR-Sensor Guide with Edits and Updates

Hi all,

Recently my mirror seems to lock in sleep mode even if I’m infront of my PIR sensor. This seems to happen randomly as the PIR sensor has been working fine. The only way to resolve it is to power off my raspberry pi and turn it back on.

Has anyone else experienced this? And do you know where I can find log files to investigate the issue?

Thanks

Dav

@cluelesscarter Sorry for the delayed response, things seem to be hectic at work as people are returning to the office! I’m going to keep hold of the samples as I might need a different glass depending on the size/lighting conditions of my next mirror.

On a positive note I purchased them from https://www.mirrorsandglass.co.uk/ who will refund the same costs if you purchase your glass afterwards. That’s what I did and the customer service was excellent. I really wouldn’t bother with acrylic. Give mirror and glass a try, the refund policy for samples is really straight forward.

I hope that helps.

Hi all,

Having started lock-down in the UK working from home and trying to home school my kids, this project has been a welcome distraction. I’ve finally managed to complete my mirror and have spent hours going through the various threads to get things working so I thought I’d share my final product. I was keen to use a PIR sensor to turn off the mirror when no one was there, and I have to admit it’s working perfectly.

These are the modules that I’m using:

MMM-PIR-Sensor
MMM-WeatherOrNot
currentweather
weatherforecast
MMM-MyCalendar - this includes our family Google calendar and UK Bank Holidays
MMM-Spotify
MMM-GoogleFit
MMM-TFL
MMM-LondonTransitStatus
newsfeed - BBC News and the Financial Times at the top and M25 (motorway) feed at the bottom
MMM-Strava

I did setup MMM-GoogleAssistant and MMM-Assistant2Display which worked well when I was testing the but I couldn’t find a good way to mount a microphone and speakers so decided to exclude them.

I got the frame built by a local carpenter and added a plug socket behind the unit, I wasn’t keen having a wire hanging down in case my kids yanked it! They’re still only small.

I received three different samples for the two-way mirror:

Pilkington MirroView 75/20 Generation Two (glass)
Pilkington MirroView 50/50 Generation Two (glass)
A generic acrylic two-way mirror

As I’m using a 27" monitor I was told an acrylic sheet will have imperfections/distortion with reflections and I definitely found that when I compared the three samples. If I was creating a smaller mirror it would be an option. I spent a long time deliberating between the MirroView 75/20 and 50/50 glass. In the end I went for the 75/20 as it’s more reflective in my hallway (and just a little bit darker). I was keen to get a good reflection even when the monitor is in place as my wife used the previous mirror just before she leaves the house. I didn’t want any complaints from head office!

Anyway…I hope you like it. Since returning to work I’ve found the MMM-TFL module really useful as it shows you which Underground lines have issues and the Google Fit step count is a good motivator to get up and going.

Thanks again to everyone who contributes to the forums, I found it extremely useful and would be lost with out it.

Cheers

Thanks guys, sorry for the late response! It’s the summer holidays so I’ve been doing daddy day care. I’ll try removing the module and reinstalling it. I’ll keep you posted.

@Fozi thank you for coming back to me. Here are the error messages I’m getting…apologies if it’s quite long! I unfortunately wasn’t able to upload the log file.

pi@pi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor $ git pull
Updating be81cf0…d4831f2
Fast-forward
README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
node_helper.js | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++±
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
pi@pi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor $ npm install

Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor@1.1.0 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor
electron-rebuild -e …/…/node_modules/electron

â Rebuild Failed

An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
make: Entering directory ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/wiring-pi-2019/build’
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/wiringPi/src/addon.o
In file included from /home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8-internal.h:14,
from /home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:25,
from …/src/addon.h:4,
from …/src/addon.cc:1:
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8config.h:326:49: warning: ‘MicrotasksCompletedCallback’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
declarator attribute((deprecated(message)))
^
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:8205:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘V8_DEPRECATE_SOON’
V8_DEPRECATE_SOON(“Use *WithData version.”,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8config.h:326:49: warning: ‘MicrotasksCompletedCallback’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
declarator attribute((deprecated(message)))
^
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:8214:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘V8_DEPRECATE_SOON’
V8_DEPRECATE_SOON(“Use *WithData version.”,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from …/src/addon.cc:1:
…/src/addon.h:12:28: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:12:44: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:12:46: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:13:28: error: redefinition of ‘bool node::Buffer::HasInstance’
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:12:12: note: ‘bool node::Buffer::HasInstance’ previously defined here
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:13:28: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:13:45: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:13:47: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:14:22: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:14:38: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:14:40: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:15:22: error: redefinition of ‘char* node::Buffer::Data’
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:14:13: note: ‘char* node::Buffer::Data’ previously defined here
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~
…/src/addon.h:15:22: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:15:39: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:15:41: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:16:25: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:16:41: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:16:43: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:17:25: error: redefinition of ‘size_t node::Buffer::Length’
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:16:14: note: ‘size_t node::Buffer::Length’ previously defined here
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:17:25: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:17:42: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:17:44: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.cc: In function ‘void throw_error(v8::Isolate*, const char*, …)’:
…/src/addon.cc:35:90: error: no matching function for call to ‘v8::Exception::Error(v8::MaybeLocal)’
isolate->ThrowException(v8::Exception::Error(v8::String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, buffer)));
^
In file included from …/src/addon.h:4,
from …/src/addon.cc:1:
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:6538:23: note: candidate: ‘static v8::Local v8::Exception::Error(v8::Local)’
static Local Error(Local message);
^~~~~
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:6538:23: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘v8::MaybeLocal’ to ‘v8::Local’
make: *** [wiringPi.target.mk:147: Release/obj.target/wiringPi/src/addon.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/wiring-pi-2019/build’
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: make failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.118-v7l+
gyp ERR! command “/usr/bin/node” “/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp” “rebuild” “–target=6.1.7” “–arch=arm” “–dist-url=https://www.electronjs.org/headers” “–build-from-source”
gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/wiring-pi-2019
gyp ERR! node -v v10.21.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v6.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok

Failed with exit code: 1

Error: make: Entering directory ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/wiring-pi-2019/build’
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/wiringPi/src/addon.o
In file included from /home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8-internal.h:14,
from /home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:25,
from …/src/addon.h:4,
from …/src/addon.cc:1:
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8config.h:326:49: warning: ‘MicrotasksCompletedCallback’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
declarator attribute((deprecated(message)))
^
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:8205:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘V8_DEPRECATE_SOON’
V8_DEPRECATE_SOON(“Use *WithData version.”,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8config.h:326:49: warning: ‘MicrotasksCompletedCallback’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
declarator attribute((deprecated(message)))
^
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:8214:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘V8_DEPRECATE_SOON’
V8_DEPRECATE_SOON(“Use *WithData version.”,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from …/src/addon.cc:1:
…/src/addon.h:12:28: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:12:44: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:12:46: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:13:28: error: redefinition of ‘bool node::Buffer::HasInstance’
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:12:12: note: ‘bool node::Buffer::HasInstance’ previously defined here
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:13:28: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:13:45: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:13:47: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
bool HasInstance(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:14:22: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:14:38: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:14:40: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:15:22: error: redefinition of ‘char* node::Buffer::Data’
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:14:13: note: ‘char* node::Buffer::Data’ previously defined here
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~
…/src/addon.h:15:22: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:15:39: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:15:41: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
char* Data(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:16:25: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:16:41: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:16:43: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.h:17:25: error: redefinition of ‘size_t node::Buffer::Length’
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:16:14: note: ‘size_t node::Buffer::Length’ previously defined here
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:17:25: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~~~~
…/src/addon.h:17:42: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^
…/src/addon.h:17:44: error: ‘val’ was not declared in this scope
size_t Length(v8::Handle val);
^~~
…/src/addon.cc: In function ‘void throw_error(v8::Isolate*, const char*, …)’:
…/src/addon.cc:35:90: error: no matching function for call to ‘v8::Exception::Error(v8::MaybeLocal)’
isolate->ThrowException(v8::Exception::Error(v8::String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, buffer)));
^
In file included from …/src/addon.h:4,
from …/src/addon.cc:1:
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:6538:23: note: candidate: ‘static v8::Local v8::Exception::Error(v8::Local)’
static Local Error(Local message);
^~~~~
/home/pi/.electron-gyp/6.1.7/include/node/v8.h:6538:23: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘v8::MaybeLocal’ to ‘v8::Local’
make: *** [wiringPi.target.mk:147: Release/obj.target/wiringPi/src/addon.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/wiring-pi-2019/build’
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: make failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.118-v7l+
gyp ERR! command “/usr/bin/node” “/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp” “rebuild” “–target=6.1.7” “–arch=arm” “–dist-url=https://www.electronjs.org/headers” “–build-from-source”
gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/wiring-pi-2019
gyp ERR! node -v v10.21.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v6.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok

Failed with exit code: 1
at SafeSubscriber._error (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/spawn-rx/lib/src/index.js:267:84)
at SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:205:16)
at SafeSubscriber.error (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:156:26)
at Subscriber._error (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:92:26)
at Subscriber.error (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:72:18)
at MapSubscriber.Subscriber._error (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:92:26)
at MapSubscriber.Subscriber.error (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:72:18)
at SafeSubscriber._next (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/spawn-rx/lib/src/index.js:242:65)
at SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:205:16)
at SafeSubscriber.next (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/rxjs/internal/Subscriber.js:143:22)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 255
npm ERR! Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor@1.1.0 postinstall: electron-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron
npm ERR! Exit status 255
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the Magic-Mirror-Module-PIR-Sensor@1.1.0 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-07-16T09_45_07_608Z-debug.log
[0_1595277021862_PIR-Sensor Error logs.txt](Uploading 100%)

Hi all, unfortunately I’m not too familiar with coding but had this module failed to update today having followed the steps above which worked fine with the previous version.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks

Re: MMM-LondonTransitStatus

Hello, I new to MagicMirror and was hoping you can help me with your module. Your transit alert screenshots look very night with a black background. When I run this my background is the colour of the line which is having an issue. I’ve added an example of the Hammersmith & City Line where the background in Pink and the text spreads across the whole screen. In your screen shot the background is back which I prefer and seems neater.

Do you know how I can amend the backgrounds of the alerts? And also resize the alerts?

Many thanks in advance!