@j.e.f.f Apologies, I may have confused you. The monitor does NOT have glass in front of the screen, only the two samples that I placed directly on top of the monitor. So I’m not really sure why the reflection is present. So just to confirm there is no glass on glass. So i’m not really sure why the reflection is present. Any ideas Jeff?

@j.e.f.f Yeah it’s sitting right on the glass. I’m hoping it’s the glass and not the monitor. I’m not sure why the effect is happening though. Any ideas? I may have to try the standard two way glass and see how this compares. If not, I’ll have to go for the acrylic.

@j.e.f.f hi Jeff I have another question. I ordered a sample of both the 3mm acrylic and 6mm mirrorview glass. I’ve taken a photo of the monitor to show an example:

Acrylic on left. Glass on right.

(https://imgur.com/a/C3kiM)

Now it seems like the glass looks much better HOWEVER. if I’m being picky if you look closely at the clouds by 16:00, 19:00 etc there seems to be another feint reflection of the cloud if this makes sense. I’m wondering if this is completely normal or will this cause annoyances in the future.

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

@j.e.f.f Okay thanks for the information mate! The website suggests the 6mm two way MirrorView glass for use with TVs/monitors so I guess I’ll go for that one!

@Mykle1 Brilliant work and testing mate :)

@j.e.f.f Thanks for the info. Will it matter that the glass is 6mm and the acrylic is 3mm?

As weight is not an issue I’ll probably go for the glass!

@j.e.f.f Thanks for the reply! I have found another mirror supplier which does mirrors designed for in-front of TV and monitor screens:

http://www.mirrorsandglass.co.uk/shop/made-to-measure-mirroview-cut-to-size

It’s not that much of a price difference compared to the acrylic! My mirror will be 32cmx50cm. Should I just go for the glass mirror over the acrylic one?

Thanks in advance for the info!

Hi all,

Has anyone here used a 3mm two-way acrylic mirror and had good results? The reason I ask is because I am from the UK and have found this site that sells them at a pretty good price:

http://www.cutplasticsheeting.co.uk/mirrored-sheeting/two-way-acrylic-mirror

I’ve read that you can get two-way glass too, would this be a significant improvement over the acrylic? If so, does anyone know a UK website that supplies custom ones?

Also another question if I may, the monitor has a really small bezel around it (about 2mm/0.2cm). Would I need to remove this for the best results? Would it even matter if there is a tiny gap between the glass and mirror?

What would be the pros and cons of removing/not removing this small bezel.

Thank you to anyone that reads this.

@Mykle1 We learn something new everyday! :) I’ve only started my magic mirror this week and I find this forum is so engaged and passionate about the mirror and all of its amazing stuff I love it.

I think my plan of action now will be: if at some point there is an update to fix this issue with the newest version I’ll just buy another SD card and keep this one as a backup.

@Mykle1 Thank you for the quick reply!

For the custom modules I used the git commands however, for the magic mirror module I just downloaded it and unzipped it, as I wasn’t sure if I could use a git command to request a specific version of magic mirror. Is there a way of using git to call MM 2.1.0? Just out of pure curiosity!

@strawberry-3.141 thank you for the quick reply. Just to confirm: where am I entering @types/node. Sorry for being a noob at this. Thanks for your help!

EDIT: I got the node/type to work by updating using sudo npm install npm@latest -g

Now when I run sudo npm install in the magic mirror folder I get an error code LIFECYCLE. errno 1. “electron@1.7.6” postinstall ‘node install.js’.

‘failed at the electron@1.7.6 postinstall script’.

Any ideas?

EDIT2: used sudo npm install -g electron --unsafe-perm=true.

This seemed to work. I will monitor performance and let you all know.

EDIT3:

Been monitoring it for an hour or so now. CPU temp has not gone over 50. While before it was around a constant 60 - 65.
Compliments and Newsfeed animations are SUPER SMOOTH.

I can confirm that using MM 2.1.0 with Electron 1.4.15 has insanely improved performance! Thanks to everyone in this thread and to @Mykle1 for pointing this thread out for me.

I just have ONE final question guys. I used my custom.css file from my newer build and all was fine after I removed the ‘everyday’ segment of the code from the compliments module. HOWEVER…I notice in the background (If i tab to terminal) This message pops up:

“Fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git”

However, it does not seem to affect the mirror? Or not in any way I can see? Is there any way I can pinpoint how this message is being generated? Like I said, it does not appear to affect any of my modules.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers all!

Just a quick post in an attempt to re-create the above steps. I get to the part where I have to type “npm install && npm start” and I get an error 404 ‘Not Found’. ‘types/node’ is not in the npm registry. ‘It was specified as a dependency of ‘electron’’

Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks.

@Mykle1 thank you I shall do! Another quick question. Can I keep my config.js file I have for the newest install? I have it backed up and saved. Can I just use that for when I downgrade? It will save me having to re-add all the modules and custom compliments etc.

Thanks @Sean and @Mykle1 for your replies! I really appreciate it.

I think my problem DOES relate to what has been discussed in that thread, so I am going to try the fresh install with the lower MM version and electrum version 1.4.15. I will post my results in that thread.

A quick noob question sorry, how do I install an older specific MM version, like the one state din the other topic?

Thanks!

Hi all,

I have some small questions in regards to my Raspberry Pi 3. I have nearly finished setup and am waiting for the 2 way mirror to arrive so I’ve done some tests with the Pi 3 running Magic Mirror.

What I noticed is that the CPU temp idles around 45 then when I run the MM it seems to stay around 57 - 65 degrees C. But the system load is always around 2 - 2.7 when running the MM.

I don’t have THAT many modules running, my question is: is this normal for a Pi3 to have a system load that high and a constant temperature of around 60 when the MM is running? It’s not even in the frame or anything yet either. I am going to purchase a heatsink and fan just incase.

For a fan, I was considering this one, would this do the trick?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/GorillaPi-Black-Raspberry-Case-Model/dp/B01JUW9O64/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505048272&sr=8-1&keywords=raspberry+pi+3+fan

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

@MichMich cheers for the update Mich, you’re a legend :)

@glenntsharkey Hey mate, just giving you a piece of mind, you are not alone! I think in the most recent MM version there is a problem with both weather modules. But not to worry!

I switched to this module 3 days ago:
https://github.com/RedNax67/MMM-WunderGround

I can confirm for you it’s working and it’s bloody fantastic. Let me know if you want any info or help or changing the config file.