@mykle1 When the time comes I will do that!
First I want the “normal” modules I want to be added to my mirror config and have them working.

I just have added Lucy to my “modules to add” list!:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
I’ll try to figure it out myself first (that’s the most fun) If not… @Mykle1 Is it okay to send you a message?

Hi there,

I’m currently working on my MM. I have a 37" full HD tv that I will be using with the Pi 3B+.
And I have added some modules to the standard mirror config.
But I have found some modules that I can interact with. Like multpiple pages.
This allows me/us to put modules on different pages much like on a smartphone.
Standard it’s been set to rotate with a certain interval. but it can also be set to take a mouse click to take it to the next page.

But I don’t want to put a small keyboard with trackpad next to the mirror.
I’m looking for some idea’s!
So… tell me: how do you interact with your Magic Mirror?

@sdetweil I know… :pensive_face: :crying_face:

@bhepler I’m actualy part of a group formed here at the company by the company we call “Hackthon team”. It’s purpose being to create tools for coworkers to make work faster, better and to reduce stress. As a 3D modeller (structural modeller) I’m a Autodesk Dynamo “expert”.
Dynamo is program for a visual scripting and has it’s own “nodes” but it can also read Python.

And that’s why I bought Arduino boards and now Raspberry pi (nano W, 2B and 3B+)
Me being a person that need the hands-on learning curve (instead of reading a book and I can create a program in Python) would like to build something and start making a add-on for that something to get to know Python (or some other for of programming).

Because now and then I have to wait for data and would like to use that time to learn.
And having a Pi running in a virtual enviroment would be awesome.
I know what I develop here doesn’t belong to me, but when I learn during the down time at work and create something on my real Pi at home does! :smiling_face_with_halo:

@sdetweil I have setup SSH on my Pi to, but I don’t work at home. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:
And I know that the wifi network here at work is setup not to allow other hardware other then those that have company certificates.
So at work I can’t use SSH and would need to work directly on my Pi.
So a small portable screen would work for me.

Or…I could install ALL the modules from the list and change the config.js file on my windows laptop and test it when I come home! :face_with_tears_of_joy: :face_with_tears_of_joy: :face_with_tears_of_joy:

:confounded_face: :confounded_face: That’s going to take like…forever! :dizzy_face: :dizzy_face: :dizzy_face:
:face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:

Thanks for the reply’s. Reading your posts I think I’ll buy a 11 inch HDMI screen from aliexpress and take my Pi 3B+ with me to work after all.
I’m just starting with a Raspberry Pi (and Linux) and I don’t want to screw-up this laptop. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

I thought … I hoped it would be easy to do, but the risk is bigger then taking my Pi with me every day. Who knows… I could even build a sort of “laptop” like contraption with a screen from Aliexpress, a bluetooth keyboard and a Pi.
Thanks anyway for your help and tips! :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:

@sdetweil Thanks for replying.
A few question:

• do I need both VMWare player and Ubuntu? Or just VMWare player and load the latest Raspbian image in it?
• I have admin rights on this laptop. :smiling_face:

Hi all,

I have a question and perhaps I’m asking in at the wrong forum but here goes:
I would like to know if there is a way to have Rasbian installed somehow under Windows so I can run MM2 and install and test modules I would like to ad to my MagicMirror. Sometimes during the day I have some spare time and would like to work on my MM but I can’t bring my Pi and work on it directly.
So some sort of simulation program would be ideaal.
This should run on a company laptop so network changes are a no-go.

Hope some of you are doing what I’m looking for already and can help me with it.

Thanks in advance!
With kind regards,
Mike

I have the same problem.
Was searching for this on the forum.
Will try Sean’s solution tonight.

Hi @sean,

Thanks for your explanation! This helps alot!
And no… :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: I’n not building my own module… I’m to inexperienced for that. Maybe one day…

For now I’m just setting up a nice MagicMirror for in my livingroom for me and my family. And I found so many great modules here that they can’t fit all on one page.

But okay… I must check my config.js were I went wrong because the pages aren’t switching.
At the issue page of Edward someone issues a problem and put his config.js code there. I’ll check his motition there hoping I can spot the differance. :winking_face:

Thanks again for your help!

With kind regards,
Mike
(from the Netherlands)

@cowboysdude Hi there.

I know it’s a bit of blind help, but as a newbie I hoped someone here used this module and could help me out.
But if someone els could help me that’s fine to.:smiling_face_with_halo:

And posting the code is just the problem.
This is a module that allow me to put other modules on a different “page” and exclude modules so they show up on all the pages. The link to the github place is this: MMM-pages.

I need to add the following to the config.je file like we do for all other modules:
modules: [
{
module: ‘MMM-pages’,
config: {
modules:
[[ “weatherforecast”, “newsfeed”],
[ “calendar”, “compliments” ]],
excludes: [“clock”, “currentweather”, “MMM-page-indicator”],
}
}
]

But in order for this to work (judging from the discribtion) I must add: “this.sendNotification(“PAGE_CHANGED”, 2);”
to “my code”…
What code is he talking about???
Is that the code of all the modules I want to be on a specific page? Is it the code of everymodule listed in the config.js file?

Can you see my problem (as a newbie to this)? :worried_face: :worried_face:
I know what I must add and what number to change for it to work…I just don’t know were this piece of code must be added.

I’m not asking for someone to write me the code so I can just copy and paste it and I’m done…I’ll learn nothing that way (and were is the fun in that??)!
I’m hoping someone can reply to this and say: “this.sendNotification(“PAGE_CHANGED”, 2); should be added to…” and I can take it up from there. :winking_face:

Hi all,

I need yet again some help with modules.
I would like to add the pages and page indicator modules from Edward Shen to my mirror project but I don’t get the part were these modules should get a notification from the other modules. Well … I do get that for instance the clock module should be adjusted in some way… but I don’t get what file I should alter.
In his discription it’s stated:

"
Regarding notifications

This module responds to the notification PAGE_CHANGED. The payload should be an integer. Note that this has strict error checking, so “3” will not work, while 3 will. Also do note that to switch to page 1, you need to send 0 to the module. This uses a zero-based numbering system.

Let’s say that you want to change the indicator to page 3. In your code, you would write:

this.sendNotification(“PAGE_CHANGED”, 2);
"

So I get I must add that last line to a file but I have no idea to what file.
Can someone help me out?

Kind regards,
Mike

@yep_DD the MagicMirror is running almost 4 hours strait on end now.
I would call that: screensaver disabled!:winking_face:

I feel like a complete newbie right now!:nerd_face: :nerd_face: :nerd_face:
It was in the wrong folder indeed!!:confounded_face: :confounded_face:
Works fine now! Learned to check the folder first! :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

@cyberphox
YESSSSSS! That’s what I need!
Thank you for helping me my friend!
:smiling_face_with_open_mouth: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:

Hi everybody,

I’m more and more understanding how this works. However the locations of the module are still a bit of a mistery for me. I see locations like “left-top” and “right-onethirt” (out of my head) But both modules show in the top of the screen!
Is there somewere a list of the possible entry’s? So I can pick one?

@Mykle1 It is written right on the module page:
“Navigate into your MagicMirror’s modules folder and execute ‘git clone https://github.com/73cirdan/MMM-rainfc’”
So I guess human error is the guilty one here! :confounded_face: :confounded_face: :confounded_face: :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:

@yep_DD I don’t know what the values were before I changed it but the values are currently NOT “yes” but “0” and “no”. And I didn’t let the MagicMirror just sit there doing nothing yesterday…
I was installing modules and testing them. :smiling_face_with_halo: :smiling_face_with_halo:
But I need to solve a module error tonight so I’ll start the MagicMirror as soon as I get home so it can stay like that for about an hour. If it’s still on then it’s okay! :thumbs_up:
I’ll let you know!

@mykle1 It could be like Lavolp3 suggested: I do recall typing: cd MagicMirror
instead of “cd MagicMirror/Module”
So I’ll check that tonight hoping I just copied the module to the wrong folder…:face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:
Sorry…newbie mistake! :smiling_face_with_halo: