@yawns thanks. The date says a day out I.e the 5th for today (the 6th). I wasn’t aware of only a daily update, so it must be working OK. Thanks

@bibi there’s a lot of info webwise on the raspberry GPIO pins - I’d search on the web rather than here, but it’s true that you can use the two 5V pins - but be aware that the GPIO pins are at 3.3v - so you do need to step the voltage down on a lot of things that you would connect to. There are quite a few though that do work around 3.3v - like the PIR and sonic sensors for example.

Here is the page where I learnt all I needed to know about GPIO which could be a good start:

https://www.modmypi.com/blog/raspberry-pi-gpio-sensing-motion-detection

@valid8r Isn’t the rainbow cube down to the power supply? Are you changing the PSU as well as the monitor? The raspberry pi 3 does draw a lot more power than the zero.

Make sure the PSU is at least 3A (I tend to use 4A for overkill :) )

I’m not totally sure what your issue is, but it may be permissions when editing the config.js file.

try:

sudo nano ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js

make the change and save it with ctrl-o, ctrl–z

@darrene Funny, but I had to change the config to remove the square brackets and replace them with curly brackets around the config parameters to get the config.js file to be accepted:

{
    module: 'MMM-fitbit',
    position: 'top_center',
    **config: {**
        credentials: {
            client_id: <client_id>,
            client_secret: <client_secret>,
        },
        resources: [
            'steps',
            'floors',
            'caloriesOut',
            'distance',
            'activeMinutes',
            'sleep',
            'heart'
        ],
        update_interval: 60
    **}**
},

@yawns Hi,

How often does this refresh? I’m getting no changes on my mirror even though I’m restarting it.

Actually, found it via the excellent MMM-Remote-Control by Jopyth.

Thanks for all your help lol and cowboy

@fabrang looks like it is looking for the config folder in the root folder - not /home/pi/MagicMirror.

What exactly is the command you are running when you get this error?

@cowboysdude maybe, but I want to keep on topic. General privacy issues should be in the discussion section. I’m looking for some advice and help.

now the children have gone to bed, can anyone help with this?

Not really a particular issue with a module, but I wonder if anyone knows how I can send a JSON message to a module - so I can send messages between modules.

Reason I’m wanting this is because I can then connect an Amazon Echo via HABridge to the MagicMirror - saves having a microphone, USB sound card etc.etc…