Hey everyone,

Found out about MagicMirror’s from the few viral posts thats I’ve seen on reddit and last month decided to give it a go.

I no longer used my dual monitor desktop so decided to take one apart and see how difficult making the mirror could be.

It was an HP 2011x 20inch Monitor and bought the a RaspberryPi 3 to attempt the programming.

I am an IT technician by profession so I am happy to get my hands in taking stuff apart and putting it back together again.

I bought the 2 way reflective plastic from
http://www.cutplasticsheeting.co.uk/mirrored-sheeting/two-way-acrylic-mirror
which has a really good service and works well for builders in the UK.

My dad is the handyman. Joiner for 40 years. He helped out with building the frame and casing for the mirror. Made out of mahogany and plywood for support.

There is the one issue because of the type of monitor the DVI connection is facing outwards rather than down. Anyone able to suggest an alternative circuit that would be compatible or a way that this could be mounted to a wall?

Not added much in terms of modules apart from the IP showing which is handy for remote connections.

Let me know what you all think!

Cheers,
McSorley

@Mitchfarino said in McSorley’s Mirror:

@McSorley Did you completely gut the monitor?

I’ve taken the plastic frame off and left everything else, so it’s just all the metal exposed

Yep. Bare bones. Leave the metal frame on of course, you might bleed the monitor trying to remove it.

@KirAsh4 Siri! Lower the force field!

Tried giving the Google Assistant SDK a go. Didn’t work well for me due to my Scottish Accent. If I put on a bad American accent it works well but Alexa seems to be perfect with me.

I made an attempt at fixing it but I struggled to find many JavaScript/Node.js tutorials out there. I have however managed to compile a straight forward script in Python that I have set up to run with pm2. A workaround for those who are in high demand for the motion sensor to work and to give paviro some breathing space.

Sorry but I don’t know how to add this as code snippets. If a mod could help me out that that would be great.

Open Python 3. File > New. Paste this code in.

from gpiozero import MotionSensor
import os

pir = MotionSensor(4) #4 is the Pin?
while True:
    if pir.wait_for_motion(timeout=10*60): #10 * 60 Seconds
        os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
    else:
        os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o")

You can if you want edit
os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
to
print("Motion Detected")
to test if your PIR Sensor is working ok. After changing it, save it and press Ctrl + F5 to run the code. It will then spam up with motion detect or undetected depending on what you’ve changed.

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Well done Mich! And to all the contributors too!

It would be http://localhost:8080

I thought the same for a long time using the because I didnt have a breadboard. I went with the PIR Setup on the raspberry pi website. Managed to use this code to see that it works. You will need gpiozero to run it. Open Python 3. File > New. Paste this code in.

from gpiozero import MotionSensor
import os

pir = MotionSensor(4) #4 is the Pin?
while True:
  if pir.wait_for_motion(timeout=10*60): #10 * 60 Seconds
        os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
  else:
     os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -o")

You can if you want edit
os.system("/opt/vc/bin/tvservice -p")
to
print("Motion Detected")
to test if your PIR Sensor is working ok. After changing it, save it and press Ctrl + F5 to run the code. It will then spam up with motion detect or undetected depending on what you’ve changed.

Just given this a go and it looks great.

@cowboysdude Thanks for that, managed to get it installed.

Currently trying to get docker running, their guide on their site isn’t as simple as installing these modules xD

@ceddirr Yes. Packaging was great. Was a good while ago now since I ordered it though.

I’d be careful if you want to cut it though. Make sure you order the right sizes.

From my attempts at learning, I think JavaScript and Node.JS are different. Even though node is created with JS it would be worthwhile learning Node.js to get an understanding of how it all runs.

It would be http://localhost:8080

It may be best to let us know what errors you are getting or problems are you are encountering. Are you able to run servermode or are you not getting that far?

Where does it pull the fixtures from? There is currently a new draw for Europa and Champions League Qualifiers. Europa games are today.

Tried giving the Google Assistant SDK a go. Didn’t work well for me due to my Scottish Accent. If I put on a bad American accent it works well but Alexa seems to be perfect with me.

Are you using pm2? That reopens it if you close it. pm2 stop mm in terminal would close only if you are using pm2.

Otherwise in the terminal that you type in DISPLAY=:0 npm start, press CTRL + C

Exciting stuff!

@Kimzer said in Monthly Calendar:

@McSorley said in Monthly Calendar:

Great module. Thank you.

I am looking for some help with the css. I am looking to change the entire table to a maximum width rather than the 100% of the “top_left” that I have it at just now. I am also looking for the weekends to have a background color of #606060

Any help would be appreciated.

Did you figure this out? Also interested in it

Being working on getting MMM-voice working recently. I’ll certainly come back to it though and let you know.

@Kimzer I have been working on the custom.css for the monthly_calendar but it wasn’t a success. I used MMM-remote to hide what I had in the same position (top_left) and once they were hidden the calendar went down to a size that I was comfortable with. When I show it again, the size increases again. This is specific to showing the the default calendar because adding the timer has an ok width.

Looks like its going to be changing the source CSS rather the custom CSS for monthly_calendar. The work continues…

Hey,

I am looking for the update to the default calendar. I really like the current setup I have

What I would like to do however is add in the location as a “child” to the event like this

If I have a feature like this, I think it would then be great to send a notification to MMM-MyCommute to pull the next location in your calendar and show the commute depending on the time of the event.

Would be grateful if anyone where to give it a go.
I checked the iCal and they do pull a LOCATION but I have no idea how to present it within the calendar.

Thanks,
McSorley