@_V_ said in The typical beginner question:

a last question though: Ive read a lot about screens which need to have some ports ( hdmi or something ) located on special place or direction - you dont got a recommendation for a screen 17" to 20" which meets those conditions?

I just used a monitor I had lying about. iirc, I used a 90° right-angle m-f hdmi adapter to get the cable going in the right direction. I also played around with a few different cables to find ones with small enough connectors. But that’s something to worry about once you go from getting modules set up and all to the point of actually figuring out how you’re going to mount it.

@sdetweil said in MMM-AddressBook - Display a list of people/addresses:

I would put those behind QR codes so someone could scan them and save
thus ability to use the text or numbers quickly
vs take a picture and have to rekey it all…

That’s not a bad idea! I’m not sure EMTs are set up to be able to do that, but I’ll look into it. Apparently, QR codes can hold 4600 alphanumeric characters so pretty much any reasonable list could be put into a QR code.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Description:

One of the main reasons I wanted to build a MagicMirror was to have an easily accessible list of family members, doctors, and medicines in case of an emergency. I saw how much time it took for EMTs to try and gather that info for my mother-in-law and even then we weren’t 100% certain that the info was correct. So I built a module to display an address book.

In addition to family contact info, medical providers, and medicines we take, I use it to list travel memberships (mileage numbers and such), subscriptions and login info (Netflix, Spotify, etc.), and Utilities with account numbers and contact info. I’ve also added an instance listing our political representatives and important government contact info as we fight to slow the descent into totalitarianism.

It’s pretty flexible, I think, so hopefully others can put it to use.

Screenshots:

A single-column instance

A two-column (the default) instance showing family contact info. (Until recently, we had two kids away at college, so a lot of different addresses)

Download:

Github for MMM-AddressBook

@sdetweil

An interesting idea but I think I’ve got too many pages as it is – I’ve got three currently and going to switch to six soon – but it’s not enough of an issue to really put much thought into. Thanks though!

Description:

I initially wanted to create a legend for MMM-CalendarExt3 to show which calendar is what color (I show 11 calendars of the 15+ I maintain) so I created this module to put a little table below the calendar.

I’ve since added another instance to list a chart of who’s supposed to set the dinner table on which night.

I’ve tried to make it flexible enough in terms of formatting but I’m certainly no javascript programmer. Nor am I well versed in the ways of CSS.

It’s useful to me; I hope it’s useful to others as well.

Screenshots:

A legend for CalendarExt3 calendars:

A table of who’s supposed to set the table (half the time I end up doing it):

Download:

[card:Unclearogre/MMM-CustomTable]

I’m not sure how that card is supposed to work so here’s a link:

Github for MMM-CustomTable

@_V_

I’ve got mine running on a RPi 4 with (iirc) 4gb of memory which seems to be enough. I’ve got a lot of modules divvied up into 3 pages that are selected via a wee macropad (three buttons & a knob) attached below the screen. (My dev version has 6 pages and I’m waiting on a new 6-key macropad so I van put that on the main system.)

I don’t have it behind a mirror; it’s just in a wooden frame.

I (and my family) add stuff to our calendars on our computers/phones; the MM is only for display. If I didn’t have to waste 8+ hours a day at the stupid job thing, and if I had more money (college in the US is outrageously expensive), I would try to get touch working so as to be able to go to the next/previous month on the calendar (MMM-CalendarExt3) but I’m happy with it as is.

I don’t worry about profiles – mostly everyone looks at the dinner menu (I have a google calendar just to say what I’m cooking for the next week or two) or the main calendar. Those are on the first page.

So, based on what you said, I would suggest getting yourself a basic RPi – I think the Pi Zero 2 is a little underpowered, but it’s doable – and an old monitor and start playing with it. Worry about installation and all that once you have it showing what you want and working the way you’d like it to.

I’m fortunate in that I have an extra Pi so I have a copy running on it that I can play around with without breaking the one in the kitchen that everyone looks at.

Just to be clear, this is meant to allow you to control the MM from HA, not display HA info on the MM, right?

@sdetweil

Ugh. My apologies. I did the stop/start and rebooted and did it again and now it’s showing up on the screen. Must have been a temporary glitch or something.

Sorry to have wasted your time.

Roger

@james1787
That’s pretty nice! I like the classic look.

I’m a pretty heavy user of Google Calendars (16 different calendars between me, the wife, and the kids) and I definitely recommend MMM-CalendarExt3.

@sdetweil

Looks like there are some definite errors, perhaps due to it being a 1024x600 monitor?

ezra@ezrapi:~/MagicMirror $ pm2 logs --lines=50
[TAILING] Tailing last 50 lines for [all] processes (change the value with --lines option)
/home/ezra/.pm2/pm2.log last 50 lines:
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:31: PM2 error: Error caught while calling pidusage
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:32: PM2 error: Error: ESRCH: no such process, read
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:32: PM2 log: [Watch] Stop watching MagicMirror
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:32: PM2 log: Stopping app:MagicMirror id:0
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:32: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:32: PM2 log: pid=2159 msg=process killed
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:32: PM2 log: PM2 successfully stopped
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: ===============================================================================
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: --- New PM2 Daemon started ----------------------------------------------------
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: Time                 : Mon Jul 08 2024 15:07:56 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: PM2 version          : 5.4.1
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: Node.js version      : 20.8.0
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: Current arch         : arm64
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: PM2 home             : /home/ezra/.pm2
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: PM2 PID file         : /home/ezra/.pm2/pm2.pid
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: RPC socket file      : /home/ezra/.pm2/rpc.sock
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: BUS socket file      : /home/ezra/.pm2/pub.sock
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: Application log path : /home/ezra/.pm2/logs
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: Worker Interval      : 30000
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: Process dump file    : /home/ezra/.pm2/dump.pm2
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: Concurrent actions   : 2
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: SIGTERM timeout      : 1600
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:07:56: PM2 log: ===============================================================================
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:08:01: PM2 log: [Watch] Start watching MagicMirror
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:08:01: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] starting in -fork mode-
PM2        | 2024-07-08T15:08:01: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] online
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:14: PM2 log: [Watch] Stop watching MagicMirror
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:14: PM2 log: Stopping app:MagicMirror id:0
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:15: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:15: PM2 log: pid=863 msg=process killed
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:15: PM2 log: PM2 successfully stopped
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: ===============================================================================
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: --- New PM2 Daemon started ----------------------------------------------------
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: Time                 : Mon Jul 08 2024 16:07:32 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: PM2 version          : 5.4.1
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: Node.js version      : 20.8.0
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: Current arch         : arm64
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: PM2 home             : /home/ezra/.pm2
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: PM2 PID file         : /home/ezra/.pm2/pm2.pid
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: RPC socket file      : /home/ezra/.pm2/rpc.sock
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: BUS socket file      : /home/ezra/.pm2/pub.sock
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: Application log path : /home/ezra/.pm2/logs
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: Worker Interval      : 30000
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: Process dump file    : /home/ezra/.pm2/dump.pm2
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: Concurrent actions   : 2
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: SIGTERM timeout      : 1600
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: ===============================================================================
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: [Watch] Start watching MagicMirror
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] starting in -fork mode-
PM2        | 2024-07-08T16:07:32: PM2 log: App [MagicMirror:0] online

/home/ezra/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-out.log last 50 lines:
0|MagicMir | ### OTHER:    timeZone: America/Los_Angeles; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined
0|MagicMir |
0|MagicMir | > magicmirror@2.27.0 start
0|MagicMir | > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir |
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:41.260] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.27.0
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:44.626] [LOG]   Loading config ...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:44.661] [LOG]   config template file not exists, no envsubst
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:44.681] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:44.690] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:47.131] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:47.133] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:47.633] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-SimpleText.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:48.272] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-WeeklySchedule.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:48.312] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:49.063] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:49.064] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:49.064] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:49.109] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:55.246] [LOG]   Server started ...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:55.248] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:55.398] [LOG]   Starting module helper: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:55.400] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:55.401] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:08:55.444] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:09:55.204] [LOG]   Launching application.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:22.840] [INFO]  System information:
0|MagicMir | ### SYSTEM:   manufacturer: ; model: ; raspberry: undefined; virtual: false
0|MagicMir | ### OS:       platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.6.31+rpt-rpi-v8
0|MagicMir | ### VERSIONS: electron: 29.4.2; used node: 20.9.0; installed node: 20.8.0; npm: 10.1.0; pm2: 5.4.1
0|MagicMir | ### OTHER:    timeZone: America/Los_Angeles; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:25.501] [LOG]   Create new calendarfetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics - Interval: 3600000
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:26.566] [INFO]  updatenotification: Updater Class Loaded!
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:26.586] [INFO]  updatenotification: Checking PM2 using...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:26.657] [INFO]  Checking git for module: MMM-SimpleText
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:29.608] [INFO]  Checking git for module: MMM-WeeklySchedule
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:29.687] [INFO]  Checking git for module: MagicMirror
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:30.370] [INFO]  updatenotification: [PM2] You are not using pm2
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:40.444] [LOG]   Use existing calendarfetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:40.449] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 0 events from https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:40.742] [INFO]  updatenotification: Updater Class Loaded!
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:40.750] [INFO]  updatenotification: Checking PM2 using...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:44.053] [INFO]  updatenotification: [PM2] You are not using pm2
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:47.166] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 348 events from https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:11:41.348] [LOG]   Use existing calendarfetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:11:41.349] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 348 events from https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:11:41.830] [INFO]  updatenotification: Updater Class Loaded!
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:11:41.831] [INFO]  updatenotification: Checking PM2 using...
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:11:44.452] [INFO]  updatenotification: [PM2] You are not using pm2
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:11:47.748] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 348 events from https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics.

/home/ezra/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-error.log last 50 lines:
0|MagicMir | [51524:0618/115916.631592:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [51524:0618/120003.166408:ERROR:network_service_instance_impl.cc(599)] Network service crashed, restarting service.
0|MagicMir | [1711:0618/120935.764914:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [2023:0618/123653.369959:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(278)] Gdk: gdk_monitor_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GDK_IS_MONITOR (monitor)' failed
0|MagicMir | [2023:0618/123655.373390:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(278)] Gdk: gdk_monitor_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GDK_IS_MONITOR (monitor)' failed
0|MagicMir | [2383:0618/124525.371887:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(278)] Gdk: gdk_monitor_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GDK_IS_MONITOR (monitor)' failed
0|MagicMir | [2383:0618/124527.520381:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(278)] Gdk: gdk_monitor_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GDK_IS_MONITOR (monitor)' failed
0|MagicMir | [2521:0618/132817.601311:ERROR:connection.cc(61)] X connection error received.
0|MagicMir | [2521:0618/132817.601311:ERROR:connection.cc(61)] X connection error received.
0|MagicMir | [1755:0624/150346.949128:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [2007:0624/150435.137445:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [1750:0624/151509.039126:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [1867:0624/164648.650496:ERROR:connection.cc(61)] X connection error received.
0|MagicMir | [1867:0624/164648.650780:ERROR:connection.cc(61)] X connection error received.
0|MagicMir | [1822:0708/145756.969124:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(244)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
0|MagicMir | [1822:0708/145757.582931:ERROR:env.cc(257)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
0|MagicMir | [1061:0708/150021.079201:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [1061:0708/150209.256345:ERROR:network_service_instance_impl.cc(599)] Network service crashed, restarting service.
0|MagicMir | [1047:0708/160301.297526:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [1631:0708/160702.876827:ERROR:connection.cc(61)] X connection error received.
0|MagicMir | [1631:0708/160702.876827:ERROR:connection.cc(61)] X connection error received.
0|MagicMir | [1059:0708/160917.377715:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
0|MagicMir | [2024-07-08 16:10:29.422] [ERROR] Calendar Error. Could not fetch calendar:  https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/tdnq84q029jan4hbnl1ej1pkqs%40group.calendar.google.com/private-cc1ca126b77d7708f2a3c623ef7f89be/basic.ics TypeError: fetch failed
0|MagicMir |     at Object.fetch (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:12293:11)
0|MagicMir |     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
0|MagicMir |   cause: AggregateError
0|MagicMir |       at internalConnectMultiple (node:net:1114:18)
0|MagicMir |       at internalConnectMultiple (node:net:1177:5)
0|MagicMir |       at Timeout.internalConnectMultipleTimeout (node:net:1687:3)
0|MagicMir |       at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:575:11)
0|MagicMir |       at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:514:7) {
0|MagicMir |     code: 'ETIMEDOUT',
0|MagicMir |     [errors]: [ [Error], [Error] ]
0|MagicMir |   }
0|MagicMir | }
0|MagicMir | [1059:0708/161104.480729:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(278)] Gdk: gdk_monitor_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GDK_IS_MONITOR (monitor)' failed
0|MagicMir | [1059:0708/162501.844574:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(278)] Gdk: gdk_monitor_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GDK_IS_MONITOR (monitor)' failed
0|MagicMir | [1059:0708/162502.923529:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(278)] Gdk: gdk_monitor_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GDK_IS_MONITOR (monitor)' failed