MMM-ModuleScheduler - Module Schedules and Notifications

cowboysdude

@dr4ke616 Well you could actually do it with a straight cronjob … something like this…

55 6 * * * /home/pi/monitor_on.sh

And off the same way :) It’s like making your own schedule…

dr4ke616

@cowboysdude thanks for pointing that out. Thats a better idea I didn’t think of :)

ianperrin

@cowboysdude said in MMM-ModuleScheduler:

Okay I have another curve ball for you… how about … the ability to turn the mirror off and back on with this? :)

So I’m thinking there are a number of approaches here.

One approach might be to add a mechanism to schedule the sending of notifications e.g
notification_schedule: [{cronTime: '0 22 * * *', notification: 'MONITOR_OFF'}, {cronTime: '0 9 * * *', notification: 'MONITOR_ON'}]

Another module could then be built (or may already exist) to listen to the notifications and react accordingly, e.g. control the monitor.

What do you think?

cowboysdude

Right now I’m doing it with crontab… my schedule is complex hahahah

BUT you have a great idea there, That sir would work perfectly!!!

Yes that would work… currently people are doing it with either the camera or PIR sensor but for those who have neither this would be a great replacement!

My schedule works like this:

On at 7 am
Off at 9 am
On at 5 pm
Off at 11 pm

However, this will change because I only want that to happen M-F on Sat and Sun I want it differently…

On top of using the scheduler to show different things throughout those times… I gotta tell you how much I really like this module! :)

Alvinger

I can’t get the dimLevel to work on the clock. I have the following config:

{
 module: "clock",
 position: "top_left",
 classes: "scheduler",
 config: {
  module_schedule: [
   {from: "00 06 * * *", to: "30 09 * * *", dimLevel: "50"},
   {from: "00 16 * * *", to: "30 22 * * *", dimLevel: "50"}
  ]
 }
},

When the time reaches “to” the clock just disappears rather than being dimmed.

What am I doing wrong? (I am running the latest version of the module)

cowboysdude

@Alvinger

Try this instead:

{from: '0 06 * * * ', to: '30 09 * * * ', dimLevel: ‘50’},
{from: '0 16 * * * ', to: '30 22 * * * ', dimLevel: ‘50’}

ianperrin

@Alvinger:

A few quick observations,

Firstly I’d suggest removing the leading zeros from each field in the cron expression, i.e. changing 00 06 * * * to 0 6 * * * - some parsers may support this but I believe the cron tab specification states the valid values for the minute field is 0-59 and hour field is 0-23. If in doubt, try using http://crontab.guru/ to test your expressions.

Next up, make sure you updated to the latest version (git pull from the module directory and restart the mirror) to ensure the dim functionality is available to your mirror.

If after ensuring the cron expressions are correct and you have the latest version, you are still experiencing this problem, can you check the output of the log (pm2 logs mm). You should have something like this

MM-ModuleScheduler received CREATE_MODULE_SCHEDULE
MMM-ModuleScheduler is scheduling clock using '0 6 * * *' and '30 9 * * *'
MMM-ModuleScheduler is dimming clock
MMM-ModuleScheduler has scheduled clock
MMM-ModuleScheduler will next show clock at Wed Oct 15 2016 06:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)
MMM-ModuleScheduler will next dim clock at Wed Oct 15 2016 09:30:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)

Can you share the output of your log here so I can take a look?

ianperrin

@Alvinger, @cowboysdude

Having looked at the code, there may be certain circumstances where the module is initially hidden, even when the dimLevel option is defined. I believe this only relates to schedules are defined using arrays with a particular show > dim > show > dim sequence.

I’ve pushed an update to try an fix this, so feel free to update the module and give it a go.

Alternatively, (and also highly recommended) would be to minimise the number of cron jobs create by simplifying your schedule as follows

{
 module: "clock",
 position: "top_left",
 classes: "scheduler",
 config: {
  // Show at 06:00 and 16:00, then dim to 50% at 09:30 and 22:30 every day
  module_schedule: {from: '0 6,16 * * *', to: '30 9,22 * * *', dimLevel: '50'},
 }
},

Alvinger

@ianperrin
It works! It was probably the code update that fixed even though I also simplified the cron expression.

All my other schedules (which hides, not dims, modules) worked before even with arrays having double quotes and leading zeroes. And they still work.

Great work @ianperrin, and thank you for a must-have module!

ianperrin

An update to MMM-ModuleScheduler is now available which includes the ability to

Send notifications using a schedule - thanks for the idea @cowboysdude
Control how quickly modules are shown/hidden (animationSpeed option)
Override the name of the class used to identify the modules which have a schedule (schedulerClass option)

Check out the updated documentation for more information.