MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module

[btorres79]

@j-e-f-f Thanks for the info. I will give it a go. Thanks for creating an awesome module.

[robiv8]

and how can I doit this for german?
and when you say “…Set units: “us” in your config.”
where comes this in the config?
please take a look at my sample config

{
  module: "MMM-DarkSkyForecast",
  header: "Weather",
  position: "top_right",
  classes: "default everyone",
  disabled: false,
  config: {
    apikey: "SUPER SECRET!!!",
    latitude: "51.506130",
    longitude: "-0.090270",      
    iconset: "4c",
    concise: false,
    forecastLayout: "table",
    units: "auto", < - - #### is this so right for german?
    language: "de" < - - #### is this so right for german?
  }
},

[j.e.f.f]

@robiv8 said in MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module:

and how can I doit this for german?
and when you say “…Set units: “us” in your config.”
where comes this in the config?
please take a look at my sample config

{
  module: "MMM-DarkSkyForecast",
  header: "Weather",
  position: "top_right",
  classes: "default everyone",
  disabled: false,
  config: {
    apikey: "SUPER SECRET!!!",
    latitude: "51.506130",
    longitude: "-0.090270",      
    iconset: "4c",
    concise: false,
    forecastLayout: "table",
    units: "auto", < - - #### is this so right for german?
    language: "de" < - - #### is this so right for german?
  }
},

My module doesn’t support the auto parameter for units, even though it’s valid for calling Dark Sky’s API directly. My thinking was that it’s ambiguous as to what you might get, and everyone will know exactly which units of measure they want. So you need to specify one of the four explicit options for units:

si : metric units. (temp in Celcius, wind measured in m/s)
ca: same as si but wind measured in km/h
uk2: same as si, but wind measured in mph
us : imperial units. (temp in Farhenheit, wind in mph)

If you specify anything else or omit the units config, the module defaults to ca. (Oh Canada!)

As for the language config, this is independent of units. This will determine editorial content that the API returns such as the weather summary, and eventually when I get around to adding it, weather alerts. If you leave it blank, it will use the language config for MagicMirror, so if you’ve already got MM configured for German, then you don’t need to set the language parameter to get this content in German. The parameter is there in case for some reason you want a language other than what you have MM configured for, or maybe MM doesn’t support your preferred language, but Dark Sky does, for example x-pig-latin for Pig Latin. (Seriously… try it!)

[swvalenti]

When I installed this module it did not import current region settings etc based on pi software install as I had to change them all in the config. I just thought I was an idiot and did something wrong when installing module and didn’t want to look like a fool posting an issue. HA!

[robiv8]

Thanks for the explanation.
Without extra entries in the config, the weather and the text is in German.
But the time on US like 7pm 1pm and so on …
How can I change that and where?

[j.e.f.f]

@nobita said in MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module:

from your info " …this module requires MagicMirror version 2.2.0 or later…"
so How can I know my version of Magic Mirror?
Thanks so much

Two ways you can tell… When you start MM with npm start you’ll see the version number of MagicMirror. Otherwise, just try running the module. If you get weird gibberish on the screen that looks like default non-specific module content then you need to upgrade. Otherwise, if you see weather content, then you’re fine.

If you’ve installed Magic Mirror somewhat recently, then likely your version is adequate.

[j.e.f.f]

@robiv8 said in MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module:

But the time on US like 7pm 1pm and so on …
How can I change that and where?

In the README file there are a few config options you’ll be interested in:

label_maximum
label_high
label_low
label_timeFormat
label_days
label_ordinals

These can be used to customize text to your exact liking.

Read about all of the config parameters here:
https://github.com/jclarke0000/MMM-DarkSkyForecast/blob/master/README.md

[jackoliver361]

@j-e-f-f it still does it even though alexa is in bottom center, here is my config file.

[robiv8]

Thanks for the tip. Now it working in German.

[nobita]

@lavolp3 ,after install DarkSkyForecast only “Loading…” display and use " npm start dev"
Error happen like this

someone help me please,how to solve it