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)

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.

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.

https://github.com/Fifteen15Studios/MMM-PreciousMetals