@Mykle1
@justjim1220
Thanks!
I’ve always used SSH, but for that case I’ll connect a keyboard.
Thinking about working on the mirror alltogether.
If someone knows a shortcut to open the terminal in the front I’d also appreciate it!

Re: Restarting MM² when config.js file changes

Currently I am trying a lot of things with the modules on my MagicMirror. Every time I change something in the config.js or in the custom.css I do a

pm2 restart mm

Unfortunately on a Pi3 this takes some time. I would say about half a minute until everything is reloaded again.
Isn’t there a faster way to do this. I mean, this is running in electron, isn’t there a way to only “refresh” the page in electron, or reloading modules, or is all this not sufficient?

Would interest me as well.
Also, your mirror seems very cheap! (and that in SWITZERLAND :-))

Great news!

Thanks, I’m looking forward to it!
A website agnostic module may not be worth the work. I was only looking for DailyDilbert, dailyxkcd already exists.

Moers, Germany

@Mykle1 I wouldn’t delete the mm.sh. Why?

I’d say it’s best to first check if two instances are running with

pm2 list

Then stop one of these or both and you’re good.

@okg21 said in Magic Mirror Does Not Close:

if I close it, it launches back in seconds.

How do you close it?

@mclaren said in How to run python module (+change size/C to F) newbie:

I want my local buses to be displayed 2/3 down the mirror, however the script is python.
I think I have put the folder in the correct place. /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/bus however everything else is in /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default so not sure if I should place it in /default so it’s /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/bus or leave it outside of the default folder.

Hi mclaren,
this is a bit difficult to understand. First of all, the directory is the right one. The default directory is used for the default modules that are included in the original MM install. All the additional modules are put into /modules
But just putting a python script there is of course not enough (if I got that right from your post). You need 1) a folder containing specific files and 2) the “call-off” of your module, which is usually written in JS, in the config file.

If you don’t know what I mean, it may be because I’m not native english or because you need to understand the infrastructure of the mirror. In the latter case you should read a bit more about how the MM works and what is needed for a module to work.

FYI, I think there are very good modules around you can use for your local buses. I dont remember the names at the moment.

Great!
Will try it out asap.
To our German friends: This also works in Germany not too far from the border.

Thanks Mykle1 for this great tutorial. You are the man!
Working great on Win 10 Pro 64 bit

@jorgeg73 said in New to MM:

You’re using Raspbian Stretch!?
A lot of people here have had problems with stretch, though I don’t know if they are the same
It’s still advisable to use Raspbian Jessie instead of the newer Raspbian Stretch

@MagicMaik said in Deutsche Anleitung MagicMirror auf RaspberryPi 3:

DISPLAY=:0

HI MagicMaik.
Worauf läuft dein MagicMirror? HDMI-Display oder eines das über GPIO angeschlossen wurde?
DISPLAY=:0 lässt die Anzeige auf dem ersten angebundenen Display anzeigen. Der Befehl ist bei einem System mit einem HDMI Monitor eigentlich unnötig.

Versuch mal das DISPLAY=:0 wegzulassen.

I know there is a dailyxkcd module which of course works great in the mirror since it is b/w by nature.

Would there also be a possibility to build a Daily Dilbert.
Here in Germany I’d also be interested in a Daily Nichtlustig.

Was thinking about catching the daily picture somehow and including it into an iframe. But I’m not good at this and someone surely knows a more elegant way :-)

Looking forward to your ideas!

Update: I have received my MiraCast from Brigla about a week after order. Positively surprised by the reflection so far, but it’s not installed yet.
Unfortunately I have some defects in the mirroring plane. Two lines of small spots that don’t reflect. Could only be seen by looking closely, but of course, still a defect.

I have claimed the defects and will get a new mirror soon without any costs!
I can keep the old one :-)

Great work Paul!
Good idea building it with a ribba and passepartout!

2 questions:

• How does it look from the side / how is it mounted.
• And where is your PIR sensor?

@Albinolan I had the same idea a few months ago and I’m still thinking about realizing this. There is, after all a module here that can show pictures in the background. There is also one guy using MM without a mirror on his fridge.

Lots of cool ideas

Regarding this: The smart mirror idea has been getting some push in recent months/years and some people try to make money out of it. There’s a lot open source to build upon I guess.

@Stacy No.
I thought you had changed the config/config.js file. This is the central MM config file. If there is one synthax error in this file, the mirror won’t load. Post the content of that here without personal info (like API keys or passwords) OR go into the magicmirror folder and do “npm run config:check”, which will tell you where the error is.

@Stacy save it as the same file. But please do not use windows programs like word or wordpad to edit it. They will break the file. In windows you should use e.g. notepad or notepad++. On debian/raspbian you can use whatever you like