MMM-UKNationalRail - Rail departure info for specific UK Railway stations

nwootton

New version release - better layout, more display options and ability to run multiple station configs.

Please provide feedback either here, or by opening an issue on GitHub here.

Thanks.

randomnoise

@nwootton This is brilliant, cheers for making this. I was trying to make my own module using this API by attempting to modify existing modules but I never got it running properly & then I moved on to another project. Saw someone on Reddit with a mirror build with UK train data today so I came back to see you’ve completed all the hard work :)

nwootton

@randomnoise Thanks for that, glad you like it. There’s a bus version as well if you want it!

Can you stick a link to the Reddit post up here if you get a chance, would be nice to see one in the wild so to speak!

randomnoise

@nwootton this is the post in DIY https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/6fo4fg/i_too_made_a_magic_mirror/

I’ll check out the bus one as well once my PI finishes downloading updates (shamefully its been sitting on my desk doing nothing for over 6 months while I fiddled about elsewhere).

McSorley

Those kind of reddit posts make me wish I took photos when I built mine. Looks great.

noelandrews

Hi,
apologies, sure i’m doing something obvious but my module isn’t showing up.

I’ve done to install it, git clone… then cd to the folder and npm install

then add to the config.js file (my addition below).

I changed the ’ to " in case that was causing the issue. Still no joy, no errors on the screen it simply doesn’t show up.

Any help would be massively appreciated.
Thanks
Noel

{
                module:                 "MMM-UKNationalRail",
                position:               "bottom_left",
                header:                 "Departures",           //Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
                config: {
                        stationCode:            "LNB",          // CRS code for station
                        app_id:                         "49d8e014",             // TransportAPI App ID
                        app_key:                        "1a3d4XXXXXXXXXXXceac3d9f14be",             // TransportAPI App Key
                        maxResults:             5,              //Optional - Maximum results to display.
                        showOrigin:             false           //Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
                }
        },

nwootton

@noelandrews said in MMM-UKNationalRail - Rail departure info for specific UK Railway stations:

I have to say - changing the " to ’ made it work for me.

    {
        module: 'MMM-UKNationalRail',
        position: 'bottom_left',
        header: 'Departures', //Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
        config: {
            stationCode: 'LNB', // CRS code for station
            app_id: '49XXX014', // TransportAPI App ID
            app_key: '1a3d4XXXXXXXXXXXceac3d9f14be', // TransportAPI App Key
            maxResults: 5, //Optional - Maximum results to display.
            showOrigin: false //Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
        }
    },

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Also using the API_ID, API_Key and Station code in the actual TransportAPI also worked. Could it be the rest of JSON config that has issues? Have you tried pasting the whole file into something like jsonlint.com to validate it’s right.

I’d STRONGLY advise you remove your API keys from the JSON. Hate for other people to mis-use your account BTW

yawns

@nwootton said in MMM-UKNationalRail - Rail departure info for specific UK Railway stations:

I’d STRONGLY advise you remove your API keys from the JSON. Hate for other people to mis-use your account BTW

Good advise. That’s why I edited his post and replaced several characters with X :)

noelandrews

Thanks for the advice and the edits! Didn’t think about that :)

nwootton

@yawns Explains why my email had the key and the post was XXXXXX.

Thought I was losing it!

funk0id

Absolutely love this plugin, just wish it was still being improved :(

dawookie1979

Hello, i have the module working, i just cant get it to display the title.

{
module: ‘MMM-UKNationalRail’,
position: ‘bottom_left’,
header: ‘Whittlesford Parkway’, //Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
config: {
stationCode: ‘WLF’, // CRS code for station
app_id: ‘xxxxxxxx’, // TransportAPI App ID
app_key: ‘xxxxxxxxxx’, // TransportAPI App Key
maxResults: 5, //Optional - Maximum results to display.
showOrigin: false //Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
}

any ideas?

sdetweil

@dawookie1979 u mean the header?

dawookie1979

yes the header is not showing

tenpinmark

Hello,

Does anyone have a multi-station configuration working? I also do not get any headers showing - anyone managed to solve that one?

Thanks in advance

Bob

Headers have been broken for a while now. Happened after MM version update. Not sure if @nwootton is still working on this or not though.

Also not been able to get multi-station working. The fix I used was just to have 2 modules listed one after each other (ie, duplicate the code in the config file, including API etc). That seems to work fine.

tenpinmark

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the information. I’ve been playing and have fixed up the header not being shown and in addition have added column headings such as "Platform, To, From, Planned, Actual and Status to the displayed table.

I have seen in the forums elsewhere you do have to have multiple modules in order to get multiple stations which I suppose is OK, but a bit awkward. I may have a look to see if this can be all rolled into one config section.

One other feature I would like to work on is this: My partner travels home eveyday and says what train she is on, but never knows what time it will arrive at our home station - I want to see if it is possible to have a a listing of the possible trains with the departue and arrival times. As I’m very new to all this, it’s going to hurt my head coding it I suspect.

Glass92

@tenpinmark

Hi Tenpin,

Sounds like me and you want the same thing!
I’m currently having issues with my module updating after a refresh though, don’t know what is going on there! Essentially after I restart the Mirror, the module will work for a couple of hours, then when I get up the next day it will still be showing last nights times, almost like it’s frozen.
How did you get the Header sorted and column headings?

I am also using MMM-ModuleScheduler to display the specific Trains at different times.
I have three modules running see below, where my app id and app key I have replaced with xxx.
One for my partner, Monday to Friday from Home to Work in the morning. Stirling - Dundee (See Station Code is Stirling, calling_at: Dundee)
One for my partner, Monday to Friday from Work to Home in the evening. Dundee - Stirling (See Station Code is Stirling, called_at: Dundee)
One for me, Tuesday to Thursday from Home to Work in the morning. Stirling - Glasgow (See Station Code is Stirling, calling_at: Glasgow)

{
			module: 		'MMM-UKNationalRail',
			position: 		'bottom_left',
			header:			'Stirling - Glasgow',		//Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
			classes: 'scheduler',
			config: {
				module_schedule: {from: '0 7 * * 2-4', to: '0 9 * * 2-4' },
				stationCode: 		'STG', 		// CRS code for station
				calling_at: 		'GLQ',
				app_id: 			'xxx', 		// TransportAPI App ID
				app_key: 			'xxx', 		// TransportAPI App Key
				maxResults: 		3,  		//Optional - Maximum results to display.
				showOrigin: 		true   	//Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
			}
		},
			{
			module: 		'MMM-UKNationalRail',
			position: 		'bottom_left',
			header:			'Stirling - Dundee',		//Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
			classes: 'scheduler',
			config: {
				module_schedule: {from: '0 7 * * 1-5', to: '0 9 * * 1-5' },
				stationCode: 		'STG', 		// CRS code for station
				calling_at: 		'DEE',
				app_id: 			'xxx', 		// TransportAPI App ID
				app_key: 			'xxx', 		// TransportAPI App Key
				maxResults: 		3,  		//Optional - Maximum results to display.
				showOrigin: 		true   	//Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
			}
		},
			{
			module: 		'MMM-UKNationalRail',
			position: 		'bottom_left',
			header:			'Dundee to Stirling',		//Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
			classes: 'scheduler',
			config: {
				module_schedule: {from: '0 17 * * 1-5', to: '30 19 * * 1-5' },
				stationCode: 		'STG', 		// CRS code for station
				called_at: 			'DEE',
				app_id: 			'xxx', 		// TransportAPI App ID
				app_key: 			'xxx', 		// TransportAPI App Key
				maxResults: 		3,  		//Optional - Maximum results to display.
				showOrigin: 		true   	//Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
			}
		},

This is my partner’s trians for coming home
https://imgur.com/a/OGflgLi
See it doesn’t list Stirling. It lists end destination and origin station.

Bob

@tenpinmark Any chance you can post the code you used to fix it ? (or submit a fork to switch to instead)

@Glass92 I had similar problems (and only with this module). My solution was to create a cron job to reboot the mirror after midnight, which restarted the code. It’s not ideal, and actually introduces other issues with the HDMI port (will sometimes fail to initialise the display). I’ve since removed the cron job, and now just manually reboot if needed (usually once every couple of days)

alexbell62

Is there a way to make it work?