MMM-MyTTC (Toronto Transit)

[j.e.f.f]

Hi Folks

This is my first module from scratch, and I’m pretty proud of it! If shows you how long you’ll need to wait for the next bus or streetcar to arrive at a particular stop. It shows up to the next 3 vehicles.

[card:jclarke0000/MMM-MyTTC]

It currently doesn’t provide subway times as they aren’t available in TTC’s public API. Also of note is that if a particular route that you’ve specified isn’t currently running (e.g.: Overnight route, downtown express route, etc.) it will be hidden from display.

Routes are colour-coded based on their type, and should match what you see on TTC.ca (regular routes are red, express routes are green, overnight routes are blue and white, etc.).

To all my fellow Torontonians, enjoy!
-Jeff

[lucallmon]

@j-e-f-f is there any plan to expand this to other major cities? Could this be used for DC metro times? Perhaps wmata.com has an api. I’m not sure. I just think this would be helpful. Thoughts?

[j.e.f.f]

@lucallmon It uses the NextBus API. There are a bunch of transit systems across North America that use it. Here’s the list:

http://webservices.nextbus.com/service/publicJSONFeed?command=agencyList

I see DC Ciculator and DC Streetcar in the list… it would be fairly trivial to get this to work for them. That said, I’ve gone a bit further to tailor this for TTC. For example, I’ve added extra logic to color code the routes based on TTC’s naming scheme, and the streetcar icon is actually modeled after a Toronto streetcar :)

I could probably make a generic version of the module to support any of the agencies in the list above.

[lucallmon]

@j-e-f-f that would be sweet. I just found this page for DC Metro APIs: https://developer.wmata.com/

maybe it will help.

[infinitempg]

@j.e.f.f any update on a generic version? I’d love to use this for the Rutgers University bus system!

[j.e.f.f]

@infinitempg My apologies on this! I’ve been pretty busy getting my own mirror up and running, so I’ve been focusing on other custom modules I’ve written to do very specific things. I promise I’ll get to this!

[j.e.f.f]

@infinitempg I had a bit of time tonight to look at this. Try this:

[card:jclarke0000/MMM-MyNextBus]

Let me know if it’s working for you.

[infinitempg]

@j.e.f.f currently getting stuck on loading, even with the default configs. not sure if that’s because a lot of systems are closed right now or if I did something wrong.

I’ll check again in the morning.

(thanks for doing this btw!)

EDIT - aaaaaand suddenly it works. Just wanna say thanks!

[j.e.f.f]

@infinitempg Wow! First try!! Keep an eye on it as I haven’t done any hardening on this. No idea if there are edge cases I hadn’t accounted for. If all goes well over the next few days, then I’ll announce the release in its own thread.

Glad you like it!
-Jeff

[j.e.f.f]

@infinitempg Also, could you send me your config? I’ll monitor things on my end too, in case any errors get thrown.

[infinitempg]

@j.e.f.f attached here:

/*************** AUTO GENERATED BY REMOTE CONTROL MODULE ***************/

var config = 
{
	electronOptions: {
		
	},
	ipWhitelist: [
		
	],
	units: "imperial",
	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
			config: {
				
			}
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar",
			config: {
				
			}
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_center",
			config: {
				clockBold: true
			}
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			position: "top_left",
			header: "Agenda",
			config: {
				timeFormat: "absolute",
				colored: "true",
				urgency: 2,
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
						url: "webcalhere"
					}
				],
				titleReplace: {
					"De verjaardag van ": "",
					"'s birthday": ""
				},
				excludedEvents: [
					
				],
				maximumEntries: 10
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-MyWeather",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Piscataway Weather",
			config: {
				apikey: "api here",
				pws: "pws:IGELDERL219",
				hourly: "1",
				fcdaycount: "5",
				alerttime: 10000,
				alerttruncatestring: "english:",
				iconTableDay: {
					chanceflurries: "wi-day-snow-wind",
					chancerain: "wi-day-showers",
					chancesleet: "wi-day-sleet",
					chancesnow: "wi-day-snow",
					chancetstorms: "wi-day-storm-showers",
					clear: "wi-day-sunny",
					cloudy: "wi-cloud",
					flurries: "wi-snow-wind",
					fog: "wi-fog",
					haze: "wi-day-haze",
					hazy: "wi-day-haze",
					mostlycloudy: "wi-cloudy",
					mostlysunny: "wi-day-sunny-overcast",
					partlycloudy: "wi-day-cloudy",
					partlysunny: "wi-day-cloudy-high",
					rain: "wi-rain",
					sleet: "wi-sleet",
					snow: "wi-snow",
					tstorms: "wi-thunderstorm"
				},
				iconTableNight: {
					chanceflurries: "wi-night-snow-wind",
					chancerain: "wi-night-showers",
					chancesleet: "wi-night-sleet",
					chancesnow: "wi-night-alt-snow",
					chancetstorms: "wi-night-alt-storm-showers",
					clear: "wi-night-clear",
					cloudy: "wi-night-alt-cloudy",
					flurries: "wi-night-alt-snow-wind",
					fog: "wi-night-fog",
					haze: "wi-night-alt-cloudy-windy",
					hazy: "wi-night-alt-cloudy-windy",
					mostlycloudy: "wi-night-alt-cloudy",
					mostlysunny: "wi-night-alt-partly-cloudy",
					partlycloudy: "wi-night-alt-partly-cloudy",
					partlysunny: "wi-night-alt-partly-cloudy",
					rain: "wi-night-alt-rain",
					sleet: "wi-night-alt-sleet",
					snow: "wi-night-alt-snow",
					tstorms: "wi-night-alt-thunderstorm"
				},
				iconTableCompliments: {
					chanceflurries: "13",
					chancerain: "10",
					chancesleet: "13",
					chancesnow: "13",
					chancetstorms: "11",
					clear: "01",
					cloudy: "02",
					flurries: "13",
					fog: "50",
					haze: "50",
					hazy: "50",
					mostlycloudy: "03",
					mostlysunny: "02",
					partlycloudy: "02",
					partlysunny: "02",
					rain: "10",
					sleet: "13",
					snow: "13",
					tstorms: "11"
				},
				windunits: "mph",
				UseCardinals: 1
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-Remote-Control",
			config: {
				
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-MyNextBus",
			position: "bottom_left",
			header: "Rutgers Bus Schedule",
			config: {
				agency: "rutgers",
				routeList: [
					{
						routeNo: "a",
						stop: "hillw"
					},
					{
						routeNo: "b",
						stop: "hillw"
					},
					{
						routeNo: "rexb",
						stop: "hillw"
					},
					{
						routeNo: "h",
						stop: "hilln"
					},
					{
						routeNo: "wknd1",
						stop: "hillw"
					},
					{
						routeNo: "wknd2",
						stop: "hilln"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_center",
			config: {
				showDescription: true,
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					},
					{
						title: "Associated Press",
						url: "http://hosted2.ap.org/atom/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305"
					},
					{
						title: "BBC",
						url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml#"
					}
				],
				startTags: [
					
				],
				endTags: [
					
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-RandomPhoto",
			position: "fullscreen_below",
			header: "",
			config: {
				animationSpeed: 2000,
				updateInterval: 120
			}
		}
	],
	paths: {
		modules: "modules",
		vendor: "vendor"
	}
}

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {module.exports = config;}

Cleaned out some API keys and calendar stuff but otherwise here it is. Not really using as a mirror but as a dashboard/display, which I think looks nice. Considering putting it up in a Rutgers buidling, but that’s all tentative.

[j.e.f.f]

@infinitempg I see you’ve got 6 routes configured, but only two are showing. This would be normal behaviour if those other 4 aren’t currently running. e.g.: is it expected that only WKND1 and WKND2 are running right now?

[infinitempg]

@j.e.f.f yeah, the other busses aren’t running currently since it’s summer.

[j.e.f.f]

@infinitempg OK That’s good! So far it looks like it’s working nicely then.

[infinitempg]

@j.e.f.f yup! The only problem I seem to be having is that the colors do not work.

{
	routeNo: "wknd1",
	stop: "hillw",
	color : '#82BAE5' //colours the transit icon a light blue colour
},

That’s what I have right now, but it still shows up as white.

[j.e.f.f]

@infinitempg Take a look at the Readme:
https://github.com/jclarke0000/MMM-MyNextBus

All the way at the bottom it tells you how to configure color. It’s different for the generic version than it is for TTC.

[infinitempg]

@j.e.f.f I guess the mirror is smarter than I am…

Thanks! Works like a charm.

[SexyTrogg]

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[kingveder]

Hey Jeff,
The actual badge for the bus number is it possible to change this color?
The color works for me but it just changes the color of the bus/streetcar icon.
Thanks
Ru

[Mykle1]

@kingveder

This may help.

From the readMe

Finally, it you would like to colour code your entries, you can specify an optional parameter ‘color’ property that will give the icon whatever color you specify in hexadecimal format. e.g.:

{
  routeNo : '501',
  stop : '6108',
  label : 'Queen Westbound',
  color : '#82BAE5' //colours the transit icon a light blue colour
},