MMM-EskomSePush

mumblebaj

Overview
Apologies for only showing this here now. Module has been around for almost 8 months now.

For those who do not know what this is, the state power utility operator describes it as follows:

Load shedding is a controlled process that responds to unplanned events in order to protect the electricity power system from a total blackout.

For those who know what this is… You know the feeling… :-)

So, we have a rotational system whereby the local municipality will switch off your power for a period of 2.5hrs depending on the stage we are on at that given time. There are instances where we go without 4.5hrs of power when we are at stage 6 or above. Most often we can be without power for up to 12hrs per day.

I have created this module for users to monitor their load shedding schedule and help them plan accordingly.

Link to module:
EskomSePush

Some pics:
No loadshedding:

With loadshedding:

With 4.5hr schedule:

Latest Update:

Added feature to show “No upcoming loadshedding” when there is no loadshedding for your area - Still in testing and will be released in the next few days.

gertperdZA

Only Saffas will know how much these apps help :) Great job mumblebaj!

mumblebaj

@gertperdZA :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

ESP sent communication today:
Sometimes, we know in if a Suburb will change (or has changed) from one loadshedding block to another. The ESP App caters for this, and automagically updates the Suburb to the new Area ID so the user doesn’t need to do anything.
What this means for you: After the switch, the old Area ID will start returning HTTP 404 (Area does not exist)

Have made changes to cater for this. Still need to test all these changes but as they suspended loadshedding, I am unable to test fully. :-)

Zoltan

@mumblebaj
Hi guys

I please need your help. When I make use of the api, do I leave it exactly as is or do I remove the “-” in-between the characters

Is this fine
token: "1234ABCD-5678EFGH-1234ABCD-5678EFGH ",

I am also unsure about the area. I have run the below in the command prompt on the Pi but I don’t get the correct info

curl --location --request GET “https://developer.sepush.co.za/business/2.0/area?id=eskde-10-fourwaysext10cityofjohannesburggauteng” \ --header "1234ABCD-5678EFGH-1234ABCD-5678EFGH "

Currently my area on the phone app indicate as below

Golden Harvest A.H (10)
Golden Harvest A.H (5)|JHB City Power

Please advise me on the correct way to get the area

mumblebaj

Hi @Zoltan. You can leave the token as is with the dashes.

I believe you area would be jhbcitypower3-5-goldenharvestah

Zoltan

@mumblebaj
Awesome, thanks very much for the quick response and assistance. I have a visual and cant wait for load-shedding to start again to see the module in action lol :-) :-)

My mirror is a very old build and I had to install MagicMirror from scratch but it was only a question of time before I had to do that

Thanks for the great app that you made available. It really gives the mirror so much more purpose

mumblebaj

@Zoltan No worries. For upgrades always use the upgrade scripts from Sam. See link below. https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts It is the easiest way of upgrading your mirror.

Zoltan

@mumblebaj
I am going to try that with my previous image. Thanks for the heads up