New and confused.

mickyas

@mickyas said in New and confused.:

Damn…

Oh, hey Mick,

Surely you know how to copy and paste! :-)

I do, but since i haven’t worked out how to tether my laptop o my PI…it’s a slow laborious process :-))))))))))))))
Well, got my calendar and newsfeed changed and both up and running, just working on my weathermap. I’ll try and sort out copying it here :-))) thanks for the step by step, it worked perfectly first time :-)))
Mick

mickyas

ok here goes…this is what i have for the weathermap…
,
module: “currentweather”,
position: “top_right”,
config: {
location: “”,
locationID: “8224783”, //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
appid: “my api i.d. here”
}
},
{
In the location i had written “stanley” but it made no difference. the above is the same for module “weatherforecast”
mick

Mykle1

Assuming your location ID is correct, and that your API key is valid and that you enter your API key precisely, inside the quotes, this will work for you. The location doesn’t matter as it is overridden by the locationID. Refer to the guide on adding a module. You can copy and paste what I’ve entered below.

{
module: "currentweather",
position: "top_right",
config: {
   location: "",
   locationID: "8224783", //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
   appid: "my api i.d. here"
  }
},

mickyas

@Mykle1 MINT…worked a treat, :-)))))))))))))) I don’t know what i had different, as i never changed anything else in the module other than the location i.d. and the api key!!! anyhoo, all up and running…next stop changing the ‘compliments’ :-)))) I owe you a pint :-)) (although i do have some home grown cider on the go ;-))
Mick

Mykle1

@mickyas said in New and confused.:

I owe you a pint :-))

My favorite pint and my favorite pub to drink it in. Unfortunately, it’s 3,459 miles away from where I live, on the other side of the pond.

mickyas

@Mykle1 Just a couple of questions…

I noticed a previous post from you about the colour weather module you installed, is it available to clone???
Can i have multiple modules running at once, or do i have to switch between them…i.e the Magic mirror, Alexa, remote control (which i’d really like to try) etc?
Thanks
Mick

This is crazy…the more i search, the more confused i become and the more i get distracted by the umpteen modules i’d like to have :-)))…first off is using my laptop to access the pi3 (its annoying trying to pull up pages etc on the pi).
P.S. just done it using VNC all working so far :-)))

Mykle1

@mickyas said in New and confused.:

I noticed a previous post from you about the colour weather module you installed, is it available to clone???

I’m pretty sure you mean WunderGround. That’s what I use. Here is the link.

https://github.com/RedNax67/MMM-WunderGround

Also, @j-e-f-f has done some remarkable things with some weather modules. Look around/search for his work.

Can i have multiple modules running at once, or do i have to switch between them…i.e the Magic mirror, Alexa, remote control (which i’d really like to try) etc?

Not sure what you mean here. Yes, you can have many modules running at the same time. Didn’t you start out with a clock, and a calendar, and a newsfeed, all at the same time?

I think everyone goes through that, including me. I wanted to LOAD UP on as many modules as I could fit on the mirror. Ultimately, I chose the ones that I like the most, with a few of my own. You’ll have to decide what you want at some point. It doesn’t hurt to try them all to decide what you want.

Yes, I use VNC also. I haven’t touched the actual mirror in months. I just sit at my dev machine and work on the mirror from there

Mykle1

@mickyas said in New and confused.:

I noticed a previous post from you about the colour weather module you installed, is it available to clone

Is this the weather you mean? See the link above

mickyas

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mickyas

@Mykle1 said in New and confused.:

Not sure what you mean here. Yes, you can have many modules running at the same time. Didn’t you start out with a clock, and a calendar, and a newsfeed, all at the same time?

Ah, there’s my confusion…i thought the magic mirror (date, weather, calendar etc) was one module. :-))
I was wondering if it is possible to have the magic mirror 2 running on the screen with Alexa ‘asleep’ in the background to be woken with a ‘wake’ word and say, a music app playing etc.

Yes, the WunderGround is the one i was looking at…very nice.
Mick

Heeds battered…how do i use the wunderground module ??? i have opened the magic mirror config js file i have copied and pasted the block of code (using git clone etc) but it comes up with an error telling me to ‘Please create a config file’ ??? (tried the 3 back-tick rule for code, but this is how it came out)

	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses.

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",
modules: [
{
    module: 'MMM-WunderGround',
    position: 'top_right',
    config: {
        apikey: 'my api i.d. here', // private; don't share!
        pws: 'pws:DH9 6PA', //England
        hourly: '1',
        fctext: '1',
        fcdaycount: "5",
        fcdaystart: "0",
        hourlyinterval: "3",
        hourlycount: "2",
        alerttime: 10000,
        alerttruncatestring: "english:",
	roundTmpDecs: 1,
	UseCardinals: 0,
	layout: "horizontal",
	sysstat: 0
    }
};
]
	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"```