@justjim1220 said in Magic Mirror on Windows 8.1 tablet?:
@roxx I use the MMM-Mail module for my email. Works a lot better! :winking_face:
I tried with gmail but it always says no new email… Could you share with me part of your config.js without private information?? I will check and try on my Rpi…
Final Update!!
I had borrowed the tablet for few days and wished to buy if everything with MM went well… but i returned it back as i had problems with email module… and after adding all the modules i wanted, 8" screen felt much smaller and it didnt seemed that good, bigger screen is good i think… so i gave up… now i am working with Rpi 3B+ to set up MM… thanks friends for helping me out…!
A new problem now, with Email module!!
it always says loading and MM shuts down after few mins…
I installed email module:https://github.com/ronny3050/email-mirror
I want MM to show my Gmail… please tell me whats wrong…
Here is my config…
module: 'email',
position: 'bottom_left',
header: 'Email',
config: {
accounts: [
{
user: 'roxx.kkkkk@gmail.com',
password: 'qwertyzzz',
host: 'imap.gmail.com',
port: 993,
tls: true,
authTimeout: 10000,
numberOfEmails: 8,
}
],
fade: true,
maxCharacters: 30
}
},
The first time I did, I received email about sign in blocked… so I clicked (it was me) in that email… but still my emails doesn’t load and MM shuts down after about 3-5mins…
lets see if this works
I have this back tick on my Android and not in my windows tablet.. so i will need to post code from this mobile!!!
@bhepler
Thanks, but i dont have my laptop currently… well so i will need to do it just with the tablet for now…
I have still lot to do & learn with modules and config.js… Still need to merge my google Calendar with my events and default google Calendar with public holidays…
Now, 8" screen is small to fit all these modules: clock, weather current, weather forecast, calendar, news.
Thats it… and ya, Magic Mirror loads, runs only when wifi is connected… else i get an error when i input npm start command without wifi connection… that doesn’t seem a big problem anyway…
I added google news feed but does anyone know how to make the fonts bigger?? The news lines looks small to read…
@bhepler said in Magic Mirror on Windows 8.1 tablet?:
@roxx - Try installing the MMM-RemoteControl module and the associated mobile phone app. It should let you change/install all sorts of things from your phone.
I don’t think Win8.1 enables RDP, so I think you would have to install either a VNC or SSH host on your tablet. That would let you have access to the file system from your regular computer to change your
config.js. You can just hit your tablet from the web browser on your desktop/laptop in order to evaluate the config. Once you make a change, just refresh your browser.
… oh okay. Thanks, will try it…
Hello…!!
Is it possible to run MM and also edit the config.js?? So that we could see the changes instantly… or atleast something like that…
i cant access any thing on my touchscreen tablet once MM is started… i have to kill its process then i could come back to open windows, explorer, IE, notepad, etc… Because i have to start and kill MM hundred times after each time i edit the config.js file… Many times i make mistakes in the code, modules, typing and it doesn’t work…
@bhepler
Thanks!! I guess it good that i could zoom so we could read if something comes up too small!! 😃
Hello everyone!!
Friends, i am able to pinch and zoom in and zoom out in MM… is this normal??🤔🤔 … on my touchscreen windows tablet, while MM is running, i could zoom in & out, like we do with our pictures on our android mobile, gallery app, same thing…
Havent read anywhere about zooming in/out so i feel its not normal…
Video:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KuSX0BZgdn48rbHTTupZ3Bmt-ZI7YZTc/view?usp=drivesdk
I got the tablet for 2days to verify MM works… And it does… but i am still stuck with config and modules…
@bhepler said in Magic Mirror on Windows 8.1 tablet?:
@roxx - This probably will not work. The touchscreen will be unlikely to register any touches through the mirror surface.
You can still use it as a source for a Magic Mirror, but you will be losing the touch interface unless you rig up an additional system. That said, most mirrors do not have touch capability and they’re still a lot of fun.
Hi bhepler… what do you mean by rig an additional system, i didn’t understand what you mean… I really want my MM to be touchscreen…
Check this pic
https://imgur.com/a/FBJuD8z
my tablet has a thin layer of glass on the screen, about 1mm thick… here in india mostly everyone gets this tempered glass for their mobiles & tablets, it keeps the display/screen safe, an additional protection if the device falls… the touch does work still after the layer of this glass, i guess could i use 2mm 2way acrylic or glass or film?? This tempered glass is easy to stick and remove… . what do you think??
@justjim1220 said in Magic Mirror on Windows 8.1 tablet?:
I tried to install MM2 on an older Windows Surface which was also Windows 8.1. But the OS would not let me install it as per the @ Mykle1’s walkthrough.
If by some chance you do figure it out, I would be very interested in how you did it.
@justjim1220 … yep, i installed MM on my tablet as per the @ Mykle1s walkthrough.
While i typed npm install in terminal, i tried installing npm install, but it gave an error… without doing anything further, i searched the net and then installed node & npm together from https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm
Then MagicMirror worked… also check the version of node and npm as it says on that webpage…
Here are few images
http://imgur.com/a/SdaIhfj
now i am working with config file and modules… another problem i came across is that fonts and everything looks big on my 8 inch tablet… clock weather and news, it all touches eachother… i need to make it smaller… theres no space between the modules… it happened before, reinstalled windows & everything and its fine but i guess adding modules will again create this problem…
Yet another problem is the screen goes off after few minutes and comes up with windows user screen… need to disable it somehow…
Moreover, once MM is started by npm start, i cant access anything, i have to bring up the charms bar, search for task manager and kill electron app…
Try it, hope you could too install MM on your windows… And ya, the screen rotates as i rotate the tablet… i mean MM rotates, the orientation… I don’t need to add extra lines in config file for portrait or landscape as i read somewhere on the forum…
Thanks…
@mdhenriksen … thanks bro, this is helpful to me. this could be cheap but for me its $29+shipping to india, but glass and acrylic here seems even more costly… i have to show the videos to the glass makers and other sellers to make them understand what this 2way mirror is and does… Finally i am thinking to order this from amazon and try it… currently i am working to setup MM on my 8" touchscreen windows tablet and my 50" TV 😃 and ya your pictures are really great… Thanks again.
Hi friends, i am getting a windows tablet for small price, its its Dell Venue 8 Pro. Should i buy it?🤔 It is just like new & unused but now the product is old in the market. Tablet details are here https://www.91mobiles.com/dell-venue-8-pro-price-in-india?ty=specs
I have two doubts:
it has 8" touchscreen… will it sense the touches on the screen after i build MM using this tablet? The mirrored acrylic sheet isnt available in my area… i will need to buy online… if possible please provide me amazon link to buy one.
i will be installing MM as per this walkthrough… https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10 … i hope this goes well…
Thanks friends…
Hi all, i am Roxx aka Nelson, aged 26 from Ahmedabad, india. I came to know about magic mirror from YouTube. Its so exciting to have one so i started building one for myself a week ago…
I haven’t learned any programming or anything complicated, i am just 10 grade pass, havent studied further… i am very much interested in computers, hardware & software, robotics, motorcycles, exploring… all that i know, i have learnt from internet and by practically breaking, disassembling, re-assembling gadgets, pc, tv, ac, home appliances, etc… i always want to open it, study how it works, how could i make it better and close it!! … i make simple stuff at home, diy, modify PC’s & Motorcycles, handyman job, etc.
Previously, i had bought arduino to make a clock but before i could make anything i lost it and dont remember where i kept it…
Now i am working to make touchscreen magic mirror since 1st jan 2019, i ordered raspberry 3b+, hdmi cable, sd card, power adaptor,… i got these minimum components and started… I have a 50inch tv at home so for now i am trying to get MM fully functional, then i will buy touchscreen and two way mirror and build Touchscreen Magic Mirror…
I collected all my old pc & laptop hardware to use for MM like ac-dc adaptors, wires, cooling fans, led’s, switches, etc. i wish to setup multiple cooling fans for the Rpi and the wooden frame, etc…
currently, i am having problems with modules in MM, hardest part for me is the programming language, editing the config file, modules, etc…
After coming to this website i noticed, its raspberry and not rasberry!
Thanks!