https://github.com/Fifteen15Studios/MMM-PreciousMetals
This is my first module that I wrote from scratch. It displays the price of various precious metals - like Gold, Silver, and Platinum - using a free API from https://api.metals.live/
You can select which prices you would like to see, and how often you would like them to update.
https://github.com/Fifteen15Studios/MMM-AutoDimmer
I made this module because my MM is in my living room, and at night it’s really bright. I found a module that would dim at sunset and brighten at sunrise, but I wanted more control than that. So I forked it and started modifying it.
With MMM-AutoDimmer, you can set schedules with a time to dim, a time to brighten, and how much to dim. You can have multiple schedules so that, for example, it dims at night and it also dims while you’re at work.
The latest version also can react to notifications. I use this in conjunction with a module for HomeAssistant. In my case, I have a schedule that is active 24/7, but only when it receives a notification that my phone is not connected to my home wi-fi. HomeAssistant knows when my phone is connected to my home wi-fi and sends a notification stating whether or not I’m connected. If I’m not connected, the schedule enables and it dims fully (essentially turning off the monitor) to save energy while I’m not home. When I reconnect to wi-fi, that schedule is disabled and it is bright again.
The Home Assistant module can be found here: https://github.com/Fifteen15Studios/MMM-homeassistant-sensors
(It’s also linked on the GitHub page for MMM-AutoDimmer)
I recently had to re-do my entire setup. I re-installed Raspbian and MM. When all is said and done, MM loads properly, all modules work, but pressing the Alt key doesn’t seem to do anything. I posted on Reddit but the only person to respond says that they experienced the same thing. Just like me, the Alt key worked fine until a fresh install. Any idea why this is happening or how to fix it?
If it matters, it’s running on a Pi 3B, using pm2 to start MM. I also tried using the sample config file, and it did the same thing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicMirror/comments/12k0jj5/alt_key_doesnt_work/
https://github.com/Fifteen15Studios/MMM-PreciousMetals
If you were using MMM-PreciousMetals in the past, you may have noticed that it stopped working. That’s because the API that I was using seems to have been discontinued. It just kinda disappeared one day.
Well, the module has been updated to use a new API. The good news is that it’s back to a working state, and the new API also supports exchange rates. That means you can have your metal prices and exchange rates in the same MM module, if you choose to do so.
The bad news is that the new API doesn’t support quite as many precious metals. for example, I was tracking the price of rhodium with the old API, but rhodium is not available with the new one.
If there is a metal, like rhodium, that you were tracking that is no longer supported, you can either remove it from your list of metals or just leave it there. If you leave it there it will just be ignored when the price of that metal is not returned. But if the API adds that metal to their list at some point, it will be added to the output of the module without you having to make any changes.
Also, you will have to sign up for an API key. API keys are free for up to 250 calls per month, and the default update frequency of the module is set to not exceed that number (unless you restart your MM often.) They also allow you to exceed that number by 10% before stopping you, so you can theoretically have up to 275 calls per month before it stops working and without paying a dime.
All instructions are in the Github readme.
It looks like nobody has posted a solution, but I posted a similar post months ago. Someone in there gave me the answer.
In MagicMirror/js/electron.js, change the line
electronOptionsDefaults.frame = false;
to
electronOptionsDefaults.frame = true;
Then add
electronOptionsDefaults.autoHideMenuBar = true;
If you’re using PM2 to load your mirror, you’ll have to stop and start PM2
@Como is it brightening early on just Saturday, or both Saturday and Sunday?
My guess is that the Friday schedule is going from Friday night to Saturday morning, which means it would brighten early on Saturday. Then the Saturday and Sunday schedules go into Sunday morning and Monday morning. So you may want to change the days on the schedules to go from Sunday - Thursday, and Friday - Saturday and see if that helps.
@lif It looks like you have the default schedule as well as your own schedule. That means that it’s going to dim from 8pm-7am (20:00-07:00) every day (which is the default schedule) and your schedule is setting it to also dim from 11:30pm-7:30am (23:30-7:30) Mon-Fri.
Since these schedules overlap, it’s going to be dim from 8pm-7:30am (20:00-07:30) Mon-Fri and 8pm-7am (20:00-7:00) Sat and Sun
If you only want your schedule, simply remove this line:
{}, // default schedule - 8pm to 7am daily
I’m the one who wrote this functionality for this module, and I didn’t exactly design it to be able to send a notification for every state change. I designed it to look for a specific state and send a notification when the state matches something you’re looking for.
For example, if you want something to happen when your smart lock is in the unlocked state.
That being said, I just looked at the code again, and I don’t think it would be too difficult to modify it to notify on every state change if stateVal is empty.
Give me some time and I’ll see what I can do to make this happen for you.
I assume you would want the notification to return the current state of the sensor?
https://github.com/Fifteen15Studios/MMM-PreciousMetals
If you were using MMM-PreciousMetals in the past, you may have noticed that it stopped working. That’s because the API that I was using seems to have been discontinued. It just kinda disappeared one day.
Well, the module has been updated to use a new API. The good news is that it’s back to a working state, and the new API also supports exchange rates. That means you can have your metal prices and exchange rates in the same MM module, if you choose to do so.
The bad news is that the new API doesn’t support quite as many precious metals. for example, I was tracking the price of rhodium with the old API, but rhodium is not available with the new one.
If there is a metal, like rhodium, that you were tracking that is no longer supported, you can either remove it from your list of metals or just leave it there. If you leave it there it will just be ignored when the price of that metal is not returned. But if the API adds that metal to their list at some point, it will be added to the output of the module without you having to make any changes.
Also, you will have to sign up for an API key. API keys are free for up to 250 calls per month, and the default update frequency of the module is set to not exceed that number (unless you restart your MM often.) They also allow you to exceed that number by 10% before stopping you, so you can theoretically have up to 275 calls per month before it stops working and without paying a dime.
All instructions are in the Github readme.
@ankonaskiff17 If you read the thread, this has nothing to do with the hardware. It’s a change that was made to the software. The price of the pi has nothing to do with this thread.
https://github.com/Fifteen15Studios/MMM-PreciousMetals
This is my first module that I wrote from scratch. It displays the price of various precious metals - like Gold, Silver, and Platinum - using a free API from https://api.metals.live/
You can select which prices you would like to see, and how often you would like them to update.
@sdetweil It only seemed to happen with a fresh install. I had an older version installed that I just continuously updated for months and never had this issue. But with a fresh install, behavior is different. Maybe there’s something that changed in the install script that causes it?
@sdetweil It used to pop down the browser’s menu. With a File, Tools, etc. I could get it to show developer mode from that menu, and more.
