smartmirror

Initial Setup

0. Get Raspberry pi
1. Follow installation instructions on Install for Magic Mirror
2. cd MagicMirror/
3. To Start the mirror npm run start

Configure so accessible from your network

• Locate file nano config.js
• Change "localhost" to "0.0.0.0" this exposes your local network
• Change the ipwhitelist to ["127.0.0.1", "<YOURPRIVATERANGE>"]
• Open up firewall on rasppi for that port to your local network sudo ufw allow from <YOURIPRANGE> to any port 8080 proto tcp
• Test it by going to web browser from different device and http://:8080

Add World Clock

• Cool world clock with flags module

Configure weather

• Create a free account and grab your api key at Openweathermap
• config.js
• Look your city id from weathmap
• Replace <apikey> with your key and add in units: "imperial", in config.js Full list of Weather Fields

Calendar Config

• Custom Calendar
• Gcal to ical to mirror

Sport Team Widget

• Jeff Clarke great custom sport widget

Commute Time Widget

• Directions from Jeff Github
• Tips for the Google API: create billing account, link billing account to project, ENABLE and restrict following APIs:

Wifi QR Code

• Directions for QR code from TeraTech

Custom Background

• navigate to cd MagicMirror/css/main.css and add to the body background-image: url("name.jpeg");

Steps putting on mirror

1. Tutorial in picture frame
2. :8080 in Chromium Browser on raspberrypi and cast to Chromecast. This allows you to have multiple mirrors or displays

Resources

1. Magic Mirrors
2. Install for Magic Mirror
3. Tutorial in picture frame
4. Configurations
5. Jeff Custom Moduels for Mirror
6. Custom Weather
7. Module Positions
8. Cast alternative: raspicast
9. TRICK: F11 toggles the full screen on the pi
10. Setup SSH to your by raspiconfig enable via interface. sudo ufw allow from <YOURLOCALIPRANGE>/24 to any port 22 proto tcp to open up firewall to your local network
11. How to VNC from remmina into your pi:

• sudo ufw allow from <yourlocaliprange>/24 to any port 5900 proto tcp and sudo raspi-config interfaces and enable VNC server.
• Open the /root/.vnc/config.d/vncserver-x11 config file.
• Replace Authentication=SystemAuth with Authentication=VncAuth and save the file.
• In the command line, run sudo vncpasswd -service. This will prompt you to set a password, and will insert it for you in the right config file for VNC Server running in Service Mode.
• Restart VNC Server.
• ONLY first 8 characters of password work in REMMINA the ip field is: <yourpiip>:5900

12. Profile Switcher repo