• the Device at Pi-Shop.ch
• Waveshare Wiki for installation
• Update NodeJS
• SmartBuilds.io MagicMirror with Touchscreen

Install the Base System via RaspberryPiInstaller

Download latest MM Package from GitHUB MagicMirrorPage in my case it was Version 2.20.0.

git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
cd MagicMirror/
npm install --only=prod --omit=dev

cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js

start it with npm run start

To make sure you have all dependencies, issue a

npm install ping
npm install sudo

as those both were missing in my case. And of corse you should have installed the package arp-scan. sudo apt install arp-scan.

https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Remote-Control

https://github.com/Snille/MMM-Modulebar/

List of additional Modules: 3rd-party-modules

• SwissCommute Swiss Timetable via Sear.ch
• MagicMover
• WeatherGraph
• SwissLakeTemperature (Zürisee, Greifensee, Genfersee)
• smartTouch
• FlightRadarTracker
• Flights with Map
• News-QR
• OpeningHours-GooglePlaces
• Reddit Ticker
• CyberSecurity News
• WatchDog
• Touch rsp. Touch Wiki

• Schweizer Feiertage

• OnScreenMenü
• SmartTouch
• FlightRadarTracker
• CyberSecurityNews

Because the Raspi inside the Waveshare MM is very weak in Terms of Performance, I would try to run it in Server and Client mode.

So we copy over the whole Code to an other Raspi and run it there in Server Mode. This Way the Raspi in the Waveshare MM only needs to display the "Browser" Window.

Start the Server part with npm run server and the Client with node clientonly –address 192.168.1.5 –port 8080

During Install, I see, we need NodeJS Version 14 or newer. On my Raspi there were NodeJS in Version 12, so we have to upgrade NodeJS… No! I did it, and afterwards I was not able to get FlightRadar running. The Client was rejected and

In order to be able to change the Brightness and Backlight of the Monitor you need to tweak a few things. Idea taken from MagicMirror Forum Post by aprilmaccydee

Edit nano /boot/config.txt
Add: dtparam=i2c2_iknowwhatimdoing
and then reboot the Raspberry

Then sudo apt install ddcutil
Run sudo ddcutil detect

You should see an output like:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo ddcutil detect
Display 1
   I2C bus:             /dev/i2c-2
   EDID synopsis:
      Mfg id:           RTK
      Model:            RTK FHD
      Serial number:    [redacted]
      Manufacture year: 2011
      EDID version:     1.3
   VCP version:         2.2

If you do, you can then run:
sudo ddcutil getvcp 10 to get the brightness

sudo ddcutil setvcp 10 [1-100]
to set the brightness, where 1-100 is the desired value of the brightness

mit ddcutil getvcp all werden alle verfügbaren VCPs angezeigt.

Weitere Infos auf der DDCUtil Seite