Cheers. I’ll have a muck about. Using a full environment will probably be the road i go down as server wont be good for the touchscreen for what i want it for and client is of no use whatsoever. I’ll put together what i’m looking for along with the appropriate modules and take it from there.
Thanks
Michael
@sdetweil ok, fair enough. I assumed that the touchscreen to communicate via a server would be a tough stretch. I’ll run it all through it’s own dedicated PI 4 then. I have a 2gb and a 4gb lying around not doing anything so i’ll use one of those instead.
Will i be better using the MM OS or using rasbian and build MM on top of it?
Thanks
Michael
@sdetweil OK, thanks for that. I’ll do some more digging in the Web side of it and see where I can go from there. My programming skills are not great but I’ll have a crack at it.
Cheers
Michael
Hi all,
Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section.
I’m starting my mirror project again after a few years but I’ve decided to not use a mirror but instead try just a big interactive photo display using MM.
Anyway i was looking to run MM as part of my home server and use a rpi zero 2 to display like in a kiosk function. I was looking to add a camera for facial recognition and an ir touchframe to the display. Is there a way for the zero 2 w to communicate with the server so it knows who’s looking at the camera and to know which module is being touched or which page is being requested through scrolling?
Cheers
Michael
Hi,
Yeah i tried it with Accuweather and still had the same. I’ll try it with openweather when i get home and see what happens.
Thanks
Michael
Hi Guys,
following the downfall of another weather module i was using - “MMM-MyWeather” i am trying to install MMM-NOAA3.
When i run MM i get the below error,
[2020-10-27 21:19:39.201] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started ...
[2020-10-27 21:19:39.287] [LOG] Launching application.
[2020-10-27 21:19:43.002] [LOG] wu
[2020-10-27 21:19:43.006] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
[2020-10-27 21:19:43.007] [ERROR] Error: Cannot find module './providers/wu.js'
Require stack:
- /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NOAA3/node_helper.js
- /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
- /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
- /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/mai n.js
-
at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:627:15)
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/elect ron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:41:16)
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/modul e-alias/index.js:49:29)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:531:27)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:685:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
at Class.getProviderFromConfig (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NOAA3/node_ helper.js:128:16)
at Class.socketNotificationReceived (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NOAA3/ node_helper.js:38:34)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/node_helper.js:112:11)
at Socket.emit (events.js:200:13)
at /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:528:12
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:82:9)
{
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: [
'/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NOAA3/node_helper.js',
'/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js',
'/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js',
'/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/ main.js',
undefined
]
}
[2020-10-27 21:19:43.015] [ERROR] MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
[2020-10-27 21:19:43.016] [ERROR] If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
Below is my config minus api keys
{
module: 'MMM-NOAA3',
position: 'top_right',
config: {
provider: "weatherunlocked",
apiKey: "MY API KEY",
appID: "MY APP ID",
airKey: "MY API KEY",
css: "NOAA4", // THIS MUST CONTAIN A CSS STYLE NAME
userlat: "55.861790", //MUST HAVE BOTH
userlon: "-3.827600", //MUST HAVE BOTH
}
},
I am at a complete loss with this one any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Michael
Hi Hec,
This is what i am looking to do also, i figure that if you use the PIR and a button module to trigger a button press when the the PIR is activated. I think i saw on the raspberry pi forum that the power to the USB ports can be turned on and off this way however this only works with all usb ports and cant be done individually.
If you come across a better method please let me know.
Hi Everyone,
Just an update on how this project of mine is going. Its been a slow process due to work, trying to get a house buy out the way but i’m making baby steps. i’ve got modules in and i have the system set up to play my playlists using nfc tags. I’m going to countersink 3.5inch marine speakers into the frame, that way the speakers wont be muffled being behind the frame and glass and also they are waterproof which being in the bathroom would be good for condensation i think. I;ve also purchased the doppler sensor in place of the PIR. i’m going to put a LED strip behind the frame as mentioned in other posts and going to figure out if i can have this turn on/off with the screen using the sensor. my programming skills are mostly non exisitent so this will be a challenge in itself.
Anyway i’ll post some pictures when i finally get it all together.
Cheers
Michael
@Bugsounet - Yeah would be but i think that will be another project for another day. I haven’t constructed the physical mirror yet so i’, just trying to set up some modules and stuff using my laptop as a display through vnc first. When doing the construction i’ll be adding a USB mic, radar sensor etc so this will give me some extra things to play with :)
Hi Guys,
Getting somewhere with my new MM. Solved some of my issues with the help of you all so thanks very much…However the next issue i have is when loading a youtube vide onto the iFrame-Ping module it doesn’t autoplay. i checked the electron.js file and everything seems in order there. The youtube video i am trying to link is https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Auq9mYxFEE
Cheers
Michael
Sorry in the MM-Remote-Control git page you have the option of doing either an auto installation or a manual installation. I dont know if the issue i have is something to do with PM2?
i also tried the automatic install and manual install too
Hi,
i used sudo git clone to install
Michael
Hi Guys,
i have installed the module and updated my config.js file and i am able to connect to the remote.
However i am getting the below message when i run npm run start on MagicMirror
[2020-08-06 21:40:58.178] [ERROR] MODULE LIST ERROR: modules.json updating fail
:EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/modules.json'
[2020-08-06 21:40:58.179] [ERROR] ERROR_UPDATING
[2020-08-06 21:40:59.566] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-Remote-Control
[2020-08-06 21:40:59.645] [ERROR] error: cannot open .git/FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied
Also whenever i make any changes with the remote i get the below error also:
[2020-08-06 21:48:57.332] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
[2020-08-06 21:48:57.333] [ERROR] [Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/settings.json'] {
errno: -13,
code: 'EACCES',
syscall: 'open',
path: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Remote-Control/settings.json'
}
[2020-08-06 21:48:57.341] [ERROR] MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
[2020-08-06 21:48:57.342] [ERROR] If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
I’m quite new to all this so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Michael
@Serge Sounds cool, definatly going to put power outlets inside the frame instead. I like the idea of having the LEDs and also the buttons too. What did you use for these?
Thanks
Michael
Thanks for the suggestion guys, never though about putting a power bar in the frame.
Cheers
Michael
Hi Everybody,
I am in the process of going to create my very first magic mirror. I plan on locating it in our bathroom and i will be using an hp 23" monitor (E233 Elite display). I plan on powering my pi using the usb sockets in the monitor thus hopefully only having one cable comes out of the mirror itself. I am going to add a speaker at the base to allow music to be played through it to avoid having to put separate speaker systems in my bathroom and maybe add a microphone to allow voice activation. One feature i was interested in and not too sure if this would work would be to integrate an NFC reader into the frame. The idea being is that either myself or the Mrs. taps our phone against the reader and it will play our own playlists. The thing is though she uses apple music and i use amazon music so i’m going to have to find a way to integrate this into it.
That’s the idea anyway, i’ll try to keep you all updated with its progress and of course any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Michael
thanks sam,
Think i might move away from magicmirror os seems a bit to complicated compared to running it on raspbian for a newbie like me.
Cheers
Michael
Hi Sam,
not sure, since i am using the magicmirror OS i dont have a desktop interface to check it with. However whenever i change the timezones in config to any region it does not update the Mirror at all.
Michael