@Jopyth Hey so i was going through your MMM-Remote-Control API and i had some questions.
So i am trying to make a python script that detects a swiping motion to then change pages, but since this is a seperatte python script (not in a module), the MMM-pages module cant accept the notifications given to it.
So the creater of MMM-pages, told me if i had a look at your API i could possible achieve this. but after giving it a thorough read, i was having difficulty figuring it out.

So essentially i wanted something like this

def swiper():
  #code here to detect swipe
  if leftSwipe:
    #send a notification to pages to go left
  if rightSwipe:
    #send a notification to pages to go right

@bhepler cool i will have a look through, for MMM-Globe do you know which style they used to get this ?

@bhepler Yea i have a raspberry 2 b+ so i dont think it can handle the ecnom globe module, so could you tell me the one that is like MMM-Globe but for the moon and any other modules that will look really nice and that my raspberry pi will probably be able to handle?

@bhepler Yea i am mainly looking for things that would impress, i like the MMM-Globe module and other suggestions that would look really cool on a mirror and that would impress

This was meant to be an open topic but i see your point,
So basically i wanted a mirror which could display time and the weather but after finding out theres a whole community on this i wanted to take a step further. But i dont know where to start. This mirror will be going in my room and most of the time i will be the only one looking at the mirror.

currently i am working on getting ultrasonic sensors to work with pages so i can do a sliding motion and switch pages.

If there are other questions to help me out please post on this forum

Thanks

Hey guys,
So i during these times, i am locked inside my house because the situation going on. So i am wondering if you guys have any suggestions as to what i could add to my magic mirror software wise(since i dont have my build done yet). Anything from adding new cool modules to anything else.

Thanks

@sdetweil oh ok oh well then

@sdetweil so is this problem solvable or should i find another module?

@sdetweil after reasearching a bit i dont think this modules works anymore with the new updates of pi and MMM a ssaid here
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/205/mmm-swipe-hand-gestures/32

@sdetweil so i had a look and apparently this was missing || hardware === 'BCM2835' from else if (hardware === 'BCM2709' || hardware === 'BCM2835') but when i added that now its giving a different error

[14:05:10.212] [ERROR]  Error: EACCES, Permission denied
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-gpio/lib/gpio.js:30:18
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:299:7)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:430:11)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (net.js:658:12) {
  errno: 13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'init'
}
[14:05:10.252] [LOG]    MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
[14:05:10.254] [LOG]    If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
[14:05:10.276] [LOG]    Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
[14:05:10.278] [ERROR]  Error: EACCES, Permission denied
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-usonic/lib/usonic.js:32:20
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:299:7)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:430:11)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (net.js:658:12) {
  errno: 13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'init'
}

@sdetweil But it is the same as the one in the readMe

readme:

	{
		module: 'MMM-Swipe',
		position: 'bottom_left',	// Doesn't matter after it's setup.  It should be blank.
									// Best results in one of the side regions like: bottom_left
		config: {
			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
			echoLeftPin: 24, 		//Left Sensor's BCM Numbered Echo pin - REQUIRED
			triggerLeftPin: 23, 	//Left Sensor's BCM Numbered trigger pin - REQUIRED
			echoRightPin: 26, 		//Right Sensor's BCM Numbered Echo pin - REQUIRED
			triggerRightPin: 25, 	//Right Sensor's BCM Numbered trigger pin - REQUIRED
			useAsButton: false,		//Enable a GPIO output when you "press".
			buttonPin: 8,
			verbose: false,		
			calibrate: false	
		}
	}

My config:

	{
		module: 'MMM-Swipe',
		position: 'bottom_left',	// Doesn't matter after it's setup.  It should be blank.
									// Best results in one of the side regions like: bottom_left
		config: {
			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
			echoLeftPin: 27, 		//Left Sensor's BCM Numbered Echo pin - REQUIRED
			triggerLeftPin: 24, 	//Left Sensor's BCM Numbered trigger pin - REQUIRED
			echoRightPin: 23, 		//Right Sensor's BCM Numbered Echo pin - REQUIRED
			triggerRightPin: 22, 	//Right Sensor's BCM Numbered trigger pin - REQUIRED
			useAsButton: false,		//Enable a GPIO output when you "press".
			buttonPin: 8,
			verbose: true,		
			calibrate: true	
		}
	},

@sdetweil Oh ok i was just following the instruction, so i used npm start and now it has another error

[13:13:56.836] [LOG]    Error: unknown hardware: "BCM2835"
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-gpio/lib/gpio.js:34:29
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:299:7)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:430:11)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (net.js:658:12)
[13:13:56.862] [LOG]    Error: unknown hardware: "BCM2835"
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-usonic/lib/usonic.js:34:29
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:299:7)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:430:11)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (net.js:658:12)

Any Ideas?

@sdetweil I am pretty sure i updated the electron yesterday using npm install --save-dev electron@latest

@sdetweil So the install worked properly but then when i ran sudo npm start it gave this error

[1580:0329/130746.224199:FATAL:electron_main_delegate.cc(211)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180.

Any idea what that means?

@sdetweil
Any ideas?

@sdetweil
So i tried redownloading the module andi get this error when i npm install

> electron-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron-prebuilt


An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
Unable to find electron's version number, either install it or specify an explicit version

Error: Unable to find electron's version number, either install it or specify an explicit version
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:86:19
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:6:58)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 255
npm ERR! MMM-Swipe@1.1.1 postinstall: `electron-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron-prebuilt`
npm ERR! Exit status 255
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the MMM-Swipe@1.1.1 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

it says it cant find the electron version number, but idk how to fix it

@sdetweil
so rn i did the install in the /home/pi/node_modules and i put this in my MMM-Swipe node_helper.js file. (var usonic = require('mmm-usonic'); )

So then when i run the MagicMirror using npm start these errors show up

home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: symbol lookup error: /home/pi/node_modules/mmm-usonic/build/Release/usonic.node: undefined symbol: _ZN2v816FunctionTemplate3NewEPNS_7IsolateEPFvRKNS_20FunctionCallbackInfoINS_5ValueEEEENS_5LocalIS4_EENSA_INS_9SignatureEEEiNS_19ConstructorBehaviorENS_14SideEffectTypeE
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.10.1 start: `./run-start.sh`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.10.1 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-03-28T03_18_41_984Z-debug.log

Hey guys,

So i am trying to get my ultrasonic sensors to work and i found this module and i was wondering if anyone has had luck trying to get this module to work
https://github.com/mochman/mmm-usonic @mochman
Because after following the steps i run the MagicMirror and bunch of errors show up. So if you got this too work please let me know

Thanks

Thanks that sounds like a good idea but the reason i wanted to use an old phone was so that i didnt have to buy things, even if its only a dollar or two, so if you have other ideas please let me know

Hey guys,

So i wanted to add voice control on my mirror and i was looking for a mic. Then i found this old phone i had, it looks like this
https://www.bell.ca/Styles/RSX/shop/img/home-phone-set-large.jpg
And i am wondering if its possible to take the mic out of the phone and use it on the mirror?
And if anyone has done this before please let me know

Thanks