@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.