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…

Using home assistant (for me on another pi) https://home-assistant.io/
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

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.