MMM-EARTH

Mykle1

Hello Peter. It is not your config that is causing the EARTH not to spin. I just loaded your config and it rotates the EARTH every 15 seconds as per rotateInterval: 15000,. Have you waited 15 seconds?
Are you expecting it to rotate more quickly? Or is it not updating at all?

One thing I did notice about your config:

{
			module: "",
			position: "lower_third"
		},

An empty module name

Also, you should remove your API keys before you post on the forum. You can remove yours from here by clicking the three dots at the bottom right of your post and choose EDIT.

Lastly, I see you are using 20% MaxWidth and MaxHeight in MMM-EARTH, and that’s just fine, but you can also choose mode: "naturalThumb", at 100% to achieve the same thing with less system load on your Pi. But let’s get you fixed up first. :-)

Peter

@Mykle1 thanks!
It does not look like rotating.
It goes black (fades to black) and comes back again.
I will look at the other things you mention.
Peter

Mykle1

@Peter

Pay close attention. When it fades and comes back, is the picture different? It should be. Watch a few times to see please. If you do not want the fade in/ fade out then you can add this to your config entry for EARTH
animationSpeed: 0,

Peter

@Mykle1 I removed the empty module name and the ID.
Earth is turning, but I will take your advice to turn off the fading!
I am learning every minute!
Great!
Peter

Mykle1

@Peter

Yes, keep your API keys private. Use the config options to your liking. If you like the fade, keep it. It’s up to you.

We’re all learning, Peter. At least, I hope so. I’m glad it’s working for you now. Peace! :-)

Mykle1

I think this is amazing. MMM-EARTH has captured Hurricane Florence as moves across the Caribbean, taking aim at the Carolinas.

Mykle1

Announcement

Anyone that experienced problems with MMM-EARTH yesterday can breathe a sigh of relief. It was not the module that was at fault. It was the API. Whatever problems they were having seem to be over. The module is now working as intended.

justjim1220

@mykle1

YAY!!! :face_with_tears_of_joy: :face_with_tears_of_joy:

fulmik

Is anyone else having a loading issue today with this module? I just put it on the other day and today after a reboot it stopped loading, all i see is hello mother earth.

Mykle1

@fulmik said in MMM-EARTH:

Is anyone else having a loading issue today with this module? I just put it on the other day and today after a reboot it stopped loading, all i see is hello mother earth.

This same thing happened 4 days ago and was resolved at the API source. Obviously, they are having some troubles on their end. I’m sorry about that. I will make another announcement when the API corrects the issue.

fulmik

Thank you very much , love the module.

Mykle1

@fulmik said in MMM-EARTH:

Thank you very much , love the module.

Thanks dude. I love it as well. Been on my mirror since it was born. I’ll keep you posted

Mykle1

@fulmik

I looked into the data coming from the API. You can tell by the abundance of “null” responses that something is amiss with their data. The image: key shows an image name but the date: key is null, making it impossible to retrieve the image as the module code is written. Hopefully, they will fix the data as quickly as they did last week.

geograha

Glad I found this forum post. I was just trying out this module for the first time and thought I may have misconfigured something. Looks neat from the pictures I’ve seen.

Mykle1

@geograha

The API only just started have troubles recently. Up one day, down the next. This is not typical. They (NASA) have been very reliable until this point. Please give it a little time to be corrected. I’ll make an announcement here when it’s working again. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it then. The imagery is fantastic and current.