Calendar number of events to display

[cyclonej]

I am new to Raspberry Pi and MM and CSS and Github, but learning fast. I am running MM on a Raspberry Pi 5. I am using the default MM calendar module to show upcoming stuff in upper left and MMM-CalendarExt3 module to show previous, current, and next 2 weeks.

I want the default MM calendar module to show only a few days (maybe up to a week of upcoming events) and I want the MMM-CalendarExt3 to show everything in the visible date range (previous week, current week, and next 2 weeks). The purpose being to see near-future detail in a quick view at upper left while also being able to see further future at bottom.

The problem I am encountering is it seems that if I limit the default MM calendar module to a desirable number of events (using maximumEntries=10), then the MMM-CalendarExt3 module also will hide events. In my tinkering, I have not found a way to limit the MM calendar module while not limiting the MMM-CalendarExt3 module. I tested using the ExcludedEvents filterBy, which worked for the default MM calendar module, but unfortunately also suppressed events in the MMM-CalendarExt3 module. I also tested with the fadePoint in the default MM calendar module, but this does not seem to do much (the fading is too gradual for a long list of events).

Does anyone have any pointers for how I might limit the number of events shown in the default MM calendar module while not limiting the number of events shown in the MMM-CalendarExt3 module?

config.js excerpts:

               {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "upcoming",
                        position: "top_left",
                        config: {
                                maximumEntries: 50,              //don't want to show this many, but if I reduce, then events start disappearing from MMM-CalendarExt3
                                fade: true,
                                fadePoint: 0,                                     //does not help with hiding
                                wrapEvents: true,
                                wrapTitleLines: true,
                                broadcastEvents: true,
                                broadcastPastEvents: true,
                                titleReplace: {
                                        'Christmas Day':'Christmas',
                                },
                                maximumNumberOfDays: 45,
                                excludedEvents: [
                                        "Hanukkah",
                                        "Kwanzaa",
                                        //{filterBy: "", until: "7 days"},          //testing
                                ],
                                hideDuplicates: true,
                                coloredSymbol: true,
                                coloredText: true,
                                fetchInterval: 60 * 60 * 1000,
                                ...
                                },
                                {
                                                        module: "MMM-CalendarExt3",
                                                        position: "bottom_bar",
                                                        header: "Family Calendar",
                                                        config: {
                                                                mode: "week",
                                                                locale: 'en-US',
                                                                maxEventLines: 10,
                                                                firstDayOfWeek: 0,
                                                                calendarSet: [],
                                                                skipDuplicated: true,
                                                                useWeather: true,
                                                                displayWeatherTemp: true,
                                                                weekIndex: -1,
                                                                weeksInView: 4,
                                                                useMarquee: true,
                                  ...
                                   },

[sdetweil]

@cyclonej did you put on the fix? pinned at the top of troubleshooting yesterday

[cyclonej]

@sdetweil I found a fix.

1. add a second default MM calendar module as a complete copy of the original, with just a few changes:

//position: "",                      //commented out so this module does not show on screen
maximumNumberOfDays: 45,

2. change the default MM calendar module to:

maximumNumberOfDays: 10,

3. change the names of all the calendars in the original default MM calendar module, so they are unique and distinct from the second default MM calendar module.

4. used the CalendarSet in the MMM-CalendarExt3 module to select the calendars in the hidden default MM calendar module

[sdetweil]

@cyclonej yes. that is one of the cool ways to use cal and Ext3 together

v2.30 there is a bug in the broadcaster

if you put in the fix listed in troubleshooting section, then it
doesn’t affect what is sent