@C13INTZ said in Just installed magic mirror, now how do I change some things?:

Hello, I just finished the installation of my magic mirror using this guide: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial, but I want to change a few things. I’m extremely new to raspberry pi and I’m having trouble finding what I need.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Raspberry Pi, and MagicMirror.

I was wondering:

1. How do I set up the weather module with my location?

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/master/modules/default/currentweather

2. How do I adjust the clock from a 24 to 12 hour format?

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/master/modules/default/clock

3. I want to get rid of the news feed and move the compliment module to the bottom of the screen. I assume to get rid of the news feed I just delete it, but how do I move down the compliment module?

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/#configuration - specifically the 'position' value.

either links to tutorials on how to do this or full explanations would work great, thanks.

Hope those links help.

I can keep stalling on this all I want … it’s not going to help. If there are bugs, what better way to squash them than to put it out there. So without further ado:

http://github.com/KirAsh4/calendar_monthly/ - Please read the installation instructions!

For questions/troubleshooting, please create a new thread in the Troubleshooting section.

(Sorry, I couldn’t come up with a better name.)

Small note which probably doesn’t apply to the majority here … if anyone at all … other than me that is: my secondary rpi runs IPv6 exclusively (it’s a test platform), so your module would not work as it is specifically looking for the IPv4 field.

Just something to think about …

Over yonder …

@nuckinfutz said in Complete noob here:

@yawns Some instructions are better than others LOL.

“Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing”

“Hey [NAME], you did not wash your hands.”

“Turn the damn fan on!”

Break them up:

				feeds: [
					{
						title: "Spiegel",
						url: "http://www.spiegel.de/schlagzeilen/tops/index.rss",
					},
					{
						title: "Sueddeutsche",
						url: "http://rss.sueddeutsche.de/rss/Topthemen",
					},
					{
						title: "Tagesschau",
						url: "http://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2"
					}
				],

@MichMich, but … you are! :)

Hey @MichMich, you’re certain it’s the rPi B+ (512Mb) that has the curl issue, not the rPi-2 B (1Gb)? Perhaps this is one of those times where telling folks to upgrade their hardware is a better/easier solution considering a) how cheap they are, and b) hardware-wise, we’re several iterations ahead already. There’s a point where supporting older hardware (running older and unsupported base software) just becomes a pain.

@cowboysdude said in Locked/Unlocked icon on screen:

I know mine would be 'Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh opps, sorry" LOL

Don’t you mean: ‘UHHHHHHHHHHHHH OPPS, SORRY’ ?

Yep, gone. But … how does this translate to chemistry? School work first! :)

I’m actually working on my own WUnderground module as well. I like them also for finding a closest station, but also because for some dumb reason, OpenWeatherMap is often REALLY wrong when it comes to the current conditions. The forecast is fairly accurate, but many times it would say it’s 20-30 degrees cooler than it actually is in the current conditions. It’s the same thing when I look on their web site too, so I know it’s not the module messing up. It’s whatever they are using for data collecting, it’s horribly wrong.

While new to the project, I have been following it for a while. I just recently decided to build my own. It’s still sitting on my desk at home because I’m also doing a lot of remodeling in the house, so I haven’t quite decided where it’s going to go yet, nor have I gotten the two-way mirror for it yet. Having to decide on a final size is a bit of a challenge when you’re still moving things around and clearing walls only to put something on them, etc., etc. But, that doesn’t mean I’m not having fun working on it and contributing to the code when/where I can.

I’m nearing 45, an IT Director by trade, and a maker as hobby. I work a lot with micro controllers and custom build mainly LED based electronics. When I’m not doing that I’m either doing CAD drawings that end up on my 3D printer, or to be cut on my laser cutter and assembled. And when I’m not doing ANY of those (really, what’s wrong with me?), I’m out hiking and enjoying nature.

I’ll have to remember to come back and post the final product when I’m finally done with it.

Look in your ~pi/.electron folder. There should be old(er) versions downloaded there. Mine lists two:

pi@magicmirror:~/.electron $ ls -al
total 67944
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi     4096 May 24 23:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x 24 pi pi     4096 Oct 10 02:09 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi 34490964 May  2 20:52 electron-v0.37.8-linux-arm.zip
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi 35072121 May 24 23:54 electron-v1.1.2-linux-arm.zip

As of right now, my mirror is running v1.1.2 - I haven’t updated in about a week. How you go about (re)installing that one however … I’ll leave that as an exercise for the user. :) Mainly because right now I don’t have the time to figure it out. One possible place to start is also looking in the .npm folder for the older stuff:

pi@magicmirror:~ $ ls -l .npm/electron-prebuilt
.npm/electron-prebuilt:
total 32
drwxr-xr-x   4 pi pi  4096 May 24 23:50 ./
drwxr-xr-x 509 pi pi 20480 Jul  1 02:40 ../
drwxr-xr-x   3 pi pi  4096 May  2 20:50 0.37.8/
drwxr-xr-x   3 pi pi  4096 May 24 23:50 1.1.2/

Hand gestures anyone? :)

I forgot who asked me to release my code, it may have been @paviro, but I honestly don’t remember. One of the very first modules I wanted was something that displays a random quote, so I modified the supplied ‘Compliments’ one to my needs. I used the popular http://www.brainyquote.com web site to fetch quotes, however they don’t provide an API. And looking around the web, all of the random quotes web sites that I found with an API only allows you one random quote per day. If you want a random one each time you send a request, then you need to subscribe and pay them. So, in keeping the ‘free’ nature of the module, I decided to hard code a few categories and quotes from each from BrainyQuote. If you want to edit the quotes, you’ll have to do that in the module’s js file.

http://github.com/KirAsh4/random_quotes/

Oh no, he’s back. Quick lock up your mirrors, change your passwords. Lock the doors!

Great idea. Go for it, and submit the module when you’re done!

@MichMich

Yes voice commands would be fine too, I was thinking more in terms of ‘in addition to voice commands …’ Imagine being able to ‘wave’ things away from the screen.

I thought of that last night while working on the Calendar module. One thing that came to mind was, what if it displays a notification when an event is about to happen (say at 60, 30, 15 minutes prior to the event), much like the Google Calendar will send you reminders (if set).

At present state, there is no easy way for the user to dismiss that notification, it’s all done in the config with a semi-fixed timer. So I can display a popup and hide it after x-time. But what if the user could do that … one way is to integrate a button the user could press to acknowledge the popup … then I thought, what if they can simply ‘wave it away’ … hence hand gestures. :)

Possible enhancement: allow a configurable date range on a feed. The reason I mention this is for sites that keep older posts on their feeds. For example, CNN’s feeds will have posts that are months old at the bottom of the feed. I’m thinking possibly a config option that limits that to items that are within a certain range, for example you can tell it to only show you items that are within the last 2 weeks, and ignore everything else after that.

It would probably have to be configurable per feed …