@plainbroke – Thanks. I have used FEH in the past. I used it as a dedicated picture display on a Raspberry Pi, but had issues with it being stable. I am now using Magic Mirror running a single module now for the same purpose. It stopps displaying pictures every few days, so I suspect I have too many pictures loaded on the USB mounted there. I may give FEH a try again…
Thanks again
@plainbroke – Just out of curiosity, what picture display program do you use?
@MikeTheYeti – Yes, I recall having the same or similar issues way back when…
I liked the idea of special effects for holidays, birthdays, scheduled vacation trips, etc - but couldn’t get it to work properly.
I eventually just gave up.
@Exndfan – Interesting!
Query: The original question was in regards to seeing data collected by a PiAware receiver. It looks like Plane Finder and PiAware both run dump1090, but beyond that I don’t know how they work, or how the data gets passed.
Will this module also display data received by a PiAware?
@sdetweil
AHA - I see. It looks like that module is/was quite involved! I’m not sure I can add much to answer the original question, but i did note that the OP described the data as being/like JSON, but the module difers:
Bugs and Warnings
ℹ️ The data provided by the flightradar24-client, is not JSON, even if it resembles it.
It is actually an Array of JavaScript objects.
For an example of the raw data, look at the demo.json file.
Maybe the best way to move this forward is to tell us what module you are referring to when you say something used to work but went dark some time ago.
If we can see or reference what you are talking about, you have a better chance of getting help.
@UncleRoger – +1 on having a separate Magic Mirror instance for development (“dev instance”)! I have a small virtual machine running Magic Mirror where I can try out changes or new modules without disturbing my main instance. I don’t bother with a monitor, just display it on my desktop.
@BKeyport – Sorry to hear that, but thanks for the module while you maintained it.
And a big thanks for directing us to another module, and not just leaving it hanging out there!
@PierreGode – OK, thanks. I was just wondering what it is estimating, and what it is supposed to do with the estimates.
@sdetweil – That’s what I thought. Just did that and it’s working now…
Thanks, as always!
@BKeyport, @ulrichwisser and all: Please let me know if the following questions would be better served under a new topic, but since my issues originated with this older module, and the new module shares the same name I thought it appropriate to post under this topic…
Issue: the old module is no longer supported by the developer, who suggests using a newer module which uses the same module name. After cloning the new module, the instructions call for doing an ‘npm ci’ command, which fails due to a lack of an existing package-lock,json file.
Question: Is there something different I should be doing, o si this something the developer needs to fix?
Old module: https://github.com/BKeyport/MMM-Worldclock
New module: https://github.com/ulrichwisser/MMM-Worldclock
Error Message:
pi@mirror1:~/MagicMirror/modules $ cd MMM-Worldclock
pi@mirror1:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Worldclock $ npm ci
npm ERR! code EUSAGE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The `npm ci` command can only install with an existing package-lock.json or
npm ERR! npm-shrinkwrap.json with lockfileVersion >= 1. Run an install with npm@5 or
npm ERR! later to generate a package-lock.json file, then try again.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Clean install a project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Usage:
npm ERR! npm ci
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Options:
npm ERR! [--install-strategy <hoisted|nested|shallow|linked>] [--legacy-bundling]
npm ERR! [--global-style] [--omit <dev|optional|peer> [--omit <dev|optional|peer> ...]]
npm ERR! [--strict-peer-deps] [--foreground-scripts] [--ignore-scripts] [--no-audit]
npm ERR! [--no-bin-links] [--no-fund] [--dry-run]
npm ERR! [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> ...]]
npm ERR! [-ws|--workspaces] [--include-workspace-root] [--install-links]
npm ERR!
npm ERR! aliases: clean-install, ic, install-clean, isntall-clean
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Run "npm help ci" for more info
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2025-08-05T17_16_59_150Z-debug-0.log
pi@mirror1:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Worldclock $
@PierreGode – What does the ‘Chores per Week Estimate’ do?
What is it estimating, and what does it do with the estimate?
@mischag – Are you using the port described in the documentation [5003]?
See:
Admin Interface
Go to http://yourmirrorIP:5003/ #page will be reachable within same network.
Caution
DO NOT expose application with portforward
@PierreGode – OK, good to know. Thanks for the quick response.
@PierreGode – Thanks for the update on the data being available to AI. Since I don’t want my data available, I will just delete the module folder and remove it from the config file.
Can you confirm that data is NOT stored anywhere outside the module folder? Thanks in advance.
@PierreGode – Can you clarify your comment above comment above [quoted below]? If I read this correctly, the module is exposing the data it has to be scraped by AI engines.
" … everything is still stored in data.json file and AI can use that as information "
@PierreGode – Great! I went in and did a ‘git pull’, and indeed that functionality now works.
@redbeardedninja – Agreed! If the developer can make it work as you described it will be much more useable. Probably more intuitive to use, too.
@redbeardedninja – Are you trying to clear the item(s) on the display screen? I tried that too, but found it can only be marked done from the admin panel.