On the android side I’ve seen a number of people just view a webpage from the device. That’s probably the easiest way to go on the iPhone side – just use Safari to browse to server hosted elsewhere.
If you’re looking at having an iPhone host the server, that sounds like ugly development work to me.
So I’m wiring up my PIR sensor via some jumper cables.
Like these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00RMBC5I0/ref=psd_mlt_nbc_B00KOL5BCC_ri
They work, but I have two complaints. First is, these cables are pretty short. I’d like to do something much longer. I’d like something a foot long if possible. (This also makes adding a ferrite coil easier)
The other complaint is that they pull off rather easily. I know that’s good for development, but for a final install project how do you keep these things in securely?
Anyone have recommendations?
@cowboysdude haven’t heard of that one. Do you have a link to a YouTube video or something to demonstrate it?
Be honest guys, when looking into magic mirrors there was, for each of us, one particular feature that really blew our mind as super cool.
What module or feature left you saying “now that is awesome!” ?
I’ll start: MMM-Globe : Live, real time, satellite view of earth. We truly are living in the future!
MMM-PIR-Sensor: this is what makes the mirror magic to me. A dumb mirror knows when it’s owner is nearby, and comes alive.
@Jopyth OK, I’m game. Can you share how that would work?
I just saw a module to play a sound on events- maybe I could also add a cool sound when the monitor wakes/sleeps. Either a Disney-style magic sound, or a StarTrek computer sound…
I don’t yet have my PIR sensor (soon!), but had a question.
When the mirror is unused, with the monitor off, it doesn’t make sense to do frequent updates on all of the modules. I could tune those way back, if I could force a refresh on all modules when the PIR triggers a monitor wake-up.
Is there an easy way to trigger a refresh of some/all modules when the PIR module senses a wake-up event?
This took me a while, so I thought I’d share. Here’s how to add color to the weather icons on for MMM-forecast.io (darksky) module. The same concept applies to other weather modules- just change the module names below:
Edit the file ~/MagicMirror/css/custom.css
and add the following to the bottom:
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-sunrise {
color: #ffd700;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-sunset {
color: #ffa500;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-day-sunny {
color: #ffff00;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-degrees {
color: #415;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-rain {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-alt-cloudy-windy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-day-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-cloudy-windy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-thunderstorm {
color: #ff00ff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-snow {
color: #fff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-fog {
color: #999;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-clear {
color: #fff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-rain {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-thunderstorm {
color: #ff00ff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-snow {
color: #fff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-sunrise {
color: #ffd700;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-sunset {
color: #ffa500;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-day-sunny {
color: #ffff00;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-degrees {
color: #415;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-rain {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-alt-cloudy-windy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-day-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-cloudy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-cloudy-windy {
color: #aaa;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-showers {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-thunderstorm {
color: #ff00ff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-snow {
color: #fff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-fog {
color: #999;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-clear {
color: #fff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-rain {
color: #55acee;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-thunderstorm {
color: #ff00ff;
}
.MMM-forecast-io .wi-night-snow {
color: #fff;
}
Now that I look closer, it’s the clock module that I’m looking at. I’ve looked through the read me for that model, and I don’t think this is implemented yet
How about an option on the calendar module to have abbreviations for the day of week and month?
For example:
“Thu, Feb 23rd, 2017”
Instead of
“Thursday, February 23rd, 2017”