MMM-Snow - Yet another Snow Module

[broberg]

Sweet!

There should be a seasonal module like this, or maybe an extension for the weather apps (snow when the weather says snow and rain, hail, sunny, cloudy etc etc).

[McSorley]

@broberg said in Yet another Snow Module:

Sweet!

There should be a seasonal module like this, or maybe an extension for the weather apps (snow when the weather says snow and rain, hail, sunny, cloudy etc etc).

Would this be possible? Think it would be pretty sweet to have the screen snowing when its snowing outside.

[broberg]

@McSorley should be a matter of having the weather module sending a notifaction to the snow module

[Andrius ok]

Hello, does it work with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Midori browser? I cannot get working.
Everythin what’s in config file is working but not MMM-Snow

Here is my config.js

...
                {
                        module: "MMM-Snow",
                        position: 'fullscreen',
                        config: {
                        // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
                        }
                },
...

[yawns]

@Andrius-ok
position should be fullscreen_above or fullscreen_below

[jasondreher]

@McSorley
I have done this, worked quite well this weekend. Used HomeAssistant to know when it was snowing and if the description changes to “Snow” then have MM unhide the MMM-Snow module. I used RemoteControl to unhide and hide…

[bhepler]

Heh. Love the recent update, @michmich. Thanks for the entertainment.

[Andrius ok]

@yawns I have tried position: ‘fullscreen_above’, and position: ‘fullscreen_below’, but no luck :(
maybe there is any restriction that on Raspberry Pi Zero W is not working? Or there is an issue with Midori browser? Is it needed any plugins to show this snow?

Thank You

[Andrius ok]

Hello @jasondreher, could you share yours config.js configuration? It would be a very kind. Thanks You

[jasondreher]

@Andrius-ok
You need both MMM-Snow and MMM-Remote-Control, and its not just my config you need. here are the basic steps I took…

1. Using home assistant (for me on another pi) https://home-assistant.io/
2. Set up a Sensor in configuration.yaml for HomeAssistant for weather underground

- platform: wunderground
  api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  monitored_conditions:
    - alerts
    - dewpoint_f
    - temp_f
    - weather

3. Automation in Home Assistant will use sell commands in configuration.yaml to run

switch
    mmsnow:
      command_on: 'curl "http://192.XXX.X.XXX:8090/remote?action=SHOW&module=module_0_MMM-Snow"'
      command_off: 'curl "http://192.XXX.X.XXX:8090/remote?action=HIDE&module=module_0_MMM-Snow"' 

4. Automation in HA calls these when the state changes to "Snow"

• alias: “ShowSnow”
  initial_state: True
  trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: sensor.pws_weather
  to: ‘Snow’
  action:

  • service: shell_command.show_snow

• alias: “HideSnow”
  initial_state: True
  trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: sensor.pws_weather
  from: ‘Snow’
  action:

  • service: shell_command.hide_snow

I use home assistant along with smartthings to automate my lights...
I plan to share my entire project soon.