Weatherunderground - currently - hourly - daily - configurable

yo-less

Quick question. Today I updated my mirror to version 2.0.4 via git pull. Afterwards the umbrella weather icon didn’t work any more as @MichMich has updated the weather font. Is this expected behavior or am I simply not getting another step I should take after updating? I have now manually copied the old files into the vendor/weather-icons folder and now it’s working again, but I suspect this is not what I should be doing ^^.

RedNax

Actually the weatherfont update in 2.0.4 is actually my doing… Should nstill work as expected when you’ve pulled the latest Wunderground module… You could also switch to the one in the development branch which takes advantage of having the weathericons now being part of the main framework.

yo-less

@RedNax Alright, thanks for the information. I have meddled so much with your code that a fresh pull would reverse all my customizations. But I’ll have a look at the development branch to get the weather module to pull the icons from its own folder.

Could you explain to me why the new weather fonts include fewer icon definitions?

RedNax

@yo-less Do they? They’re taken straight from http://weathericons.io/ which isn’t under my control. What’s missing?

yo-less

@RedNax No, it seems they don’t, sorry. I just rechecked and the wi-umbrella definition is there. Strangely, though, when I performed a “git pull” in the MM main folder, my umbrellas in the Weather Underground module disappeared and I had to manually overwrite the css file in the vendor folder with the older version. I must have made some other changes to the folder prior to that, because in the github repository everything seems to be fine.

RedNax

@yo-less Did you also pull the MM 2.0.4 main framework? That’s where the icons went… Then again, when you did heavy modding… ;) Care to share screenshots of your version?

yo-less

@RedNax I went to my home/pi/MagicMirror folder and typed in “git pull”, which is when it updated. If there is an additional step to update the main framework, please let me know.

Sure, the adjustments I have made so far are mostly based around the idea that information should only be presented if it is relevant (or actually existent at all)

Only show precipitation if the probability for rain and the expected precipitation is above 0 % / mm
Only show the umbrella icon if there is a day with precipitation in the forecast table
Only show windspeed if it is above 0 kph.
I’ve removed the windspeed icon and changed it to a text line like this: 12 km/h + wind direction icon
In the forecast table the forecast temperature for any given day is shown until sunrise of that day (As I have the hourly forecasts I don’t really need the forecast for the day after sunrise, so generally I have my forecast table start the day after today - In the time between midnight and sunrise, this isn’t all that great though as it means that I only see the forecast until, say 10am, shortly after midnight)
I’ve added some spaces to unclutter the layout
I’ve changed the short version of the days to all caps

Here’s a screenshot of my layout:

What I’m planning to add:

7am temperature in the forecast table

Here’s why: Where I live it can sometimes get pretty cold in the morning, but within hours it’s humid and hot and sometimes it gets cold later in the evening so a simple quote of the daily high and low doesn’t really represent the days all that well. And if you know that it’s mild in the morning and hot in the afternoon you can dress differently than when it’s cold in the morning and then hot for the rest of the day. Not sure if that is all too helpful for others out there ^^.

alihallo

@yo-less Your changes look great, would it be possible to provide the code?

yo-less

@alihallo Sure, just contact me and I can provide you with my modifications.

plumcraft

Good job ! I’m also interested by your changes, let us know where we can find it.

Could be nice to add a module parameters like : “light_display : true/false” or something like that ?

yo-less

@plumcraft said in Weatherunderground - currently - hourly - daily - configurable:

Good job ! I’m also interested by your changes, let us know where we can find it.

Could be nice to add a module parameters like : “light_display : true/false” or something like that ?

Alright, I’ve forked the main repository and will try to submit a pull request after merging the two versions.
I like your light_display idea, let’s see how much time and energy I can muster :)

bthuilot

Hey @RedNax I am getting a black screen as well when I set up this module and im trying out all the things posted here and it doesn’t seem to help. I know my api key is good because I have checked it at least 100 times. Here is my config.js:

 {
                        module: 'MMM-WunderGround',
                        position: 'top_right',
                        config: {
                                        apikey: 'XXXXXXXXXXXX ',
                                        pws: 'pws:KNYSETAU3',
                                        hourly: '1',
        fctext: '1',
        fcdaycount: "5",
        fcdaystart: "0",
        hourlyinterval: "3",
        hourlycount: "2"
                                }
                },

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RedNax

@bthuilot Could you have a look at the log/console? See if there’s anything helpful? This post may assist you: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/86/how-to-troubleshoot

bthuilot

@RedNax Edit: okay never mind I messed up lol. But the black screen is back and it is giving me this error message

[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (font-awesome.min.css, line 4)
[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (font-awesome.min.css, line 4)
[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (font-awesome.min.css, line 4)
[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (font-awesome.min.css, line 4)
[Warning] Unexpected CSS token: : (font-awesome.min.css, line 4)
[Warning] Invalid CSS property declaration at: * (weather-icons.css, line 44)

In Addition to this

/modules/MMM-WunderGround//weather-icons-wind.css Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)

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RedNax

Did you ever update both the MagicMirror and MMM-WunderGround to the latest versions? The weather-icons-wind.css are now part of the MM standard install.

bthuilot

@RedNax It works now hahaha I feel like an idiot. I had updated MMM-WunderGround like a million times but for some reason never once thought to update the MM its self. But thank you for the help!

ostfilinchen

Hi all,

first thanks for this great module. I have an issue to Display the time an days in one orientation.

Can i Change the Orientation of the first column to flush right?

Thanks
Daniel

RedNax

@ostfilinchen Thanks!

Slight oversight on my part when i added the horizontal layout. Now fixed. Please update MMM-WunderGround.

Crispis

Gettin’ the black screen as well…
I’ve gone to the “post that may assist me” but I can’t seem to find anything from it. When looking at the console tab when F12 is pressed, it has stopped after 3 lines at the “Load script: modules/MMM-WunderGround//MMM-WunderGround.js” Opening that file it has the defaults for the api and pws blank. ok.

Looking at the module coding…

var config = {
port: 8080,

language: 'en',
timeFormat: 12,
units: 'imperial',

modules: [
	{
		module: 'MMM-WunderGround',
		position: 'top_right',
		config: {
			apikey: 'NUMBERS',
			pws: 'CO/Denver',
			hourly: '1',
			fctext: '1',
			fcdaycount: "5",
			fcdaystart: "0",
			hourlyinterval: "3",
			hourlycount: "2",
			}
	},
	
 ]

};

I can’t seem to find what is wrong. Are you able to spot my error or suggest some help?

Shockwave

@Crispis I’m not sure, but I think you may not need the comma after the ending curly bracket if you only have 1 item in modules. (3rd line from the bottom) I think that might be why config: { } doesn’t get an ending comma.