MMM-BinCollection

[carlywarly]

Hi all,
Found MM and think it’s the bee’s knees… Have not been able to stopping thinking about how to use it :)

Looked at some of the bin collections modules and they are brilliant but I didn’t want to use CSV files. So I came up with a way to reuse the calendar module. Create a bin collection calendar in Google Calendar and then adding recurring entries for collections, for me it’s every two weeks on a Monday:

Moved any individual dates that clashed with Public Holidays (Easter Monday) etc and then added a new entry in config.js

	{
		module: "calendar",
		header: "Bin Collection",
		position: "bottom_left",
		config: {
			maximumEntries: 3,  // as I only have 3 bins
			fetchInterval: 3600000, // update every hour
			timeFormat: "dateheaders",  // group by date
			maximumNumberOfDays: 14,  // it's a two week cycle for me
			fade: false,  // no fade please
			calendars: [
				{
					symbol: "trash", // trash icon :)
					url: "webcal://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/..../basic.ics" // update this to point to your bin calendar
				}
			]
		}
	},

and now the below is exactly what I need:

Hope this is of use to someone :)
Carl