New module: Weather effects

[sdetweil]

@uros76 weather is done all in browser, so no messages would appear in the pm2 log

you could install MMM-Notifications which has a window showing those events

[cgillinger]

I dont think PM2 shows module-specific broadcasts unless explicitly logged, but Im no expert. Maybe @sdetweil knows?

To test it I just bascially found locations with rain or snow, and set that in config.js.

[sdetweil]

@cgillinger correct. notifications are not logged

1 they are in browser
2 if the sending or receiving module does not console.log() a message there is nothing to see

you can install MMM-Logging which will capture the browser console and merge it with the npm start output

or install MMM-Notifications which will display them in a window on the MagicMirror screen

[mmmallday]

@cgillinger Very cool well done

[uros76]

@cgillinger duh, why didn’t I think of setting to a city where it rains LOL. I picked a random rainy city and presto, it works! Tnx again for this module.

@sdetweil thanks. I installed the MMM-Logging and checked the npm start console for any hint of notifications coming through but I can’t see anything related to notifications being broadcasted. I am probably missing something obvious again :(
And I can’t seem to find the MMM-Notifications location. Do you perhaps have a link to it?
I did thind this one but it doesn’t show anything https://github.com/glitch452/MMM-ViewNotifications

[sdetweil]

@uros76 yes, it was https://github.com/glitch452/MMM-ViewNotifications

it shows for me

[cgillinger]

And I just want to add here that I’m running it on a Raspberry Pi with a 7-inch screen, so there’s not much screen space to work with. I don’t have room for the weather module with the ‘current’ option as well. However, after testing, it seems to work perfectly fine to keep the module ‘hidden’ by simply omitting a location in the config.js file

I’m considering making the rain direction controlled by the wind direction from the Weather module. If it’s possible, it would look pretty neat.

[sdetweil]

@cgillinger yes, commenting out the psosition still allows the module to work in the background…
also do this for calendar with Ext3 family of modules

[sdetweil]

@uros76 said in New module: Weather effects:

I installed the MMM-Logging and checked the npm start console for any hint of notifications coming through

yes, if they don’t print a console message then its not in the the log for logging to forward…

[uros76]

@sdetweil said in New module: Weather effects:

@uros76 yes, it was https://github.com/glitch452/MMM-ViewNotifications

it shows for me

Well that’s interesting. I will keep trying to get this one to work. Not sure why it’s refusing to workfor me

[uros76]

On my test MM install the weather effects work. This confirms the module is getting the notification broadcast from wethaer after all.

But the viewnotifications module doesn’t come up. I will keep it running for a bit longer to see if notifications show up. Even the newsfeed notifications should come up I think…
It’s not the end of the world, I am just digging into why I can’t see notifications :)

[sdetweil]

@uros76 said in New module: Weather effects:

But the viewnotifications module doesn’t come up. I will keep it running for a bit longer to see if notifications show up

what position is it in?

[uros76]

@sdetweil top_left. It should show up under the clock.

[sdetweil]

@uros76 did you use the default config?

 {
            module: 'MMM-ViewNotifications',
            position: "top_left",
            header: "Notifications",
            classes:"page1",  // for MMM-pages
            config: {
                // See below for Configuration Options
            }
},

[uros76]

@sdetweil yes I used the default config. I also added timeout: 0 to see if I perhaps missed them. Default is 8sec timeout before notifications disappear.

[sdetweil]

@uros76 ok… did the header appear?

[uros76]

@sdetweil nope, cant even see the header of the notifications module. I am running this test enviroment as a server mode and on a windows 10 PC. If that makes any difference.

[sdetweil]

@uros76 its only in browser, so thats all that matters…

notifications list can’t last forever as its crazy busy sometimes…

open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i, select the elements tab, and expand the top bar, top left section
(mine is in bottom left)

[uros76]

@sdetweil I changed it to top_center location to see if that could help. No difference.
Inspecting the developers window I can’t see anything in top_center region.

This is the config I am using

[sdetweil]

@uros76 I changed mine to timeout:0… and they show and stay

what is that stuff on body? I don’t have that
nano ~/MagicMirror/index.html

that is the page definition
unless some other modules is hacking the dom…