For me the whole thing is integration. How to get devices integrated into the current ecology without needing additional ‘anything’ to be added. So I didn’t have to install npm nor electron on my work station, I already had all the necessary tools. And why work on separate copies of the software in different locations, that causes confusion later. I keep it all in one location, and use it from there.

And with the addition of Git, even if I horribly break something, I can always revert the code to an earlier state simply by going to Git and checking out an earlier commit state. Instant backup and revision control.

My setup at the office is similar, except instead of the rpi, I have it running as a serveronly on one of my large servers (replace the Raspberry Pi for a server in the layout above). But that’s really the only difference. Everything else is the same.

Got a reply on there at least. I don’t want the user to think we’re ignoring it.

Sometimes it’s the simple things that are the most frustrating. I get calls, almost daily, from coworkers who can’t log in … I ask, ‘is your CAPS key on’ … you can guess the response.

My only guess here is that there wasn’t enough ventilation along the back side. Those backlit LEDs do get hot, and having it flush up against something, specially something that doesn’t conduct heat well, will cause them to overheat. Always leave some breathing space behind the panel, and as others suggested, a quiet fan to help move air doesn’t hurt.

macOS is the edge case. :)

Hey @acdacd2, please use proper Markdown when posting code. It really isn’t that hard to do and it makes it so much easier and pleasant for others to read, and possibly find errors quicker. Specifically you need to use back ticks before and after your code:

     ```
     like so. Note that a back tick is not the same as the normal apostrophe, ` versus ' .
     ```

As he said, there is no mechanism to do that. However, using the carousel module, you can trigger all of the current modules to turn off and a different set to be displayed, effectively giving you a ‘2nd page’.

If you are talking about having something totally different, non-MagicMirror, on a ‘2nd page’, there is no way to do that.

@cowboysdude, evil, just pure evil.

Unsuspecting friend visits, friend goes to bathroom, you whip out phone and “text” the mirror … friend comes running out screaming.

@Phate said in Its may a problem with node_helper:

Are you a miner also?

I used to be … but there’s no competing with China (yes, the country), the biggest miner in the world.

@shavesophere said in npm start dev:

@KirAsh4 sorry - i stand corrected! but that being said when i first started getting npm ERRS i tried this and it still did not work… anyway, moving forward now!

Well yeah, that’s different. If npm is giving you errors, no matter how you attempt to start it, the errors won’t magically go away. That’s like saying, the car won’t start if I’m sitting on the left side, maybe if I sit on the right side it might, but in reality there’s no gas in it. Switching seats isn’t going to fill the gas tank. :)