MMM-PublicTransportBerlin - Public transport for Berlin and Brandenburg (departures)

pauabaer

hey guys,
i am still a noob. please be patient with me :)

i dont know how to get the station id. obviously i dont understand the api-documentation. can you please help me with this?

i have already installed the mmm-publictransportberlin module and the vbb-rest from github. but now i dont get on.

greets
pauabaer

strawberry 3.141

@pauabaer you have to open a terminal and execute the command curl 'https://transport.rest/stations?query=alexanderplatz' replace alexanderplatz with your station name or part of it. then your response will look like this

{"type":"station","relevance":1.0161290322580645,"id":"900000100003","name":"S+U Alexanderplatz","tokens":["sbahn","ubahn","alexanderplatz","bahnhof","berlin"]}
{"type":"station","relevance":1.0119047619047619,"id":"900000100006","name":"S+U Alexanderplatz/Grunerstr.","tokens":["sbahn","ubahn","alexanderplatz","bahnhof","gruner","strasse","berlin"]}
{"type":"station","relevance":1.015625,"id":"900000100005","name":"U Alexanderplatz [Tram]","tokens":["ubahn","alexanderplatz","berlin","tram"]}
...

so if you want to use the station S+U Alexanderplatz/Grunerstr. you have to use the id 900000100006

pauabaer

@strawberry-3-141
thanks! worked fine. Now i have a new question. is it possible to hide a line on a station instead of the whole station?

strawberry 3.141

@pauabaer I’m not sure if that is possible as no config option looks like that it handles this case.

But if it is e.g. a bus line and you want just display trams and subways you can exclude bus with excludedTransportationTypes

pauabaer

It is indeed a busline, but the station has only buslines. But one of these lines is for me irrelevant, that’s why I asked for that option. But it’s ok. It is a really good module. Thank you for this one!!

Beh

Hey, @strawberry-3-141, thanks for supporting!

@pauabaer:
currently there is no such function to filter out lines directly. Only to filter for stations, as @strawberry-3-141 mentioned. But I can implement that function if you want to have it. It’s not soo much effort I think… I can’t promise to do this fast, but I would try to find time for it ASAP.

If you want that feature, please open an issue for that on github, so I won’t forget it ^^’

pauabaer

@Beh sounds great! thanks so far.
for now i dont have a github acc, so i will wait a bit. i dont forget my issue. so if you forget it, i will remember this oder create a github acc ;)

Beh

To all users of this module:

The transportation data in the background changed and I added support for this in the module. You should update the module asap.

You can update it with these commands in the MMM-PublicTransportBerlin-folder:

git pull
npm install

The npm install-command is very important, since the vbb-client module needs to be updated to use the new transport API.

Greetings!

Beh

Hey, @pauabaer
I implemented your feature request ;)
you can now exclude lines via the ignoredStations option in your config.

M1dn8

Hey @Beh,

thank u for ur big updates last days works great for me.

My problem is…my station has only 1 Tramline and your module show me departures in both directions but I only need one direction cause the other way is the last station so I never will took this one :P
Is there any possibilities to show only one direction?
I think it’s not the same option like your “ignoredStations” and “ignoredLines” config, right?

thank u and greetings

M1dn8

rudibarani

@olexs Hi olexs,
I have not found another entry form you for the PublicTransportDB-module - so I am replying here. It is really great - thanks a lot!

I am commuting on a daily basis to Berlin and would like to use it to see, if my train is delayed. So far, I am using MMM-MyCommute to show the next connection to Berlin - but Google still lacks realtime-data on train delays.

Would it be possible to show only trains with defined destination (e.g. Berlin Hbf / Berlin Hbf (tief))? This would make it much easier to show only relevant departures. Alternatively, I have also tried the ignoredLines variable - but it is complex to exclude everything else and I did not have success to hide any of the irrelevant departures so far.

Thanks a lot for your help!

olexs

@rudibarani Try the “direction” config value. It needs to be set to the target station ID. Only departures that go to that station will be shown then. I use it as well to filter out all the buses and only show the U-Bahn that I need from the local station. I need to add it to the documentation, forgot to do it.

rudibarani

@olexs That did the trick - thanks a lot!
Is there a real A > B query in the background (including switching trains) or does it check on the stations a train is calling?

rudibarani

Hi @olexs,
I think I found a bug that we could fix quite easily. There seems to be a problem with the calculation of the delay. Looking at this output that comes from hafas:

Parsing: ICE 276 nach Berlin Hbf (tief) um Mon Jun 26 2017 20:14:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)
{"name":"ICE 276","class":1,"productCode":0,"productName":"ICE"}
{ when: 2017-06-26T18:14:00.000Z,
  delay: 900000,
  line: 'ICE 276',
  nr: undefined,
  type: 'ICE',
  color: '#006F35',
  direction: 'Berlin Hbf (tief)' }
Parsing: ICE 274 nach Berlin Hbf (tief) um Mon Jun 26 2017 22:01:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)
{"name":"ICE 274","class":1,"productCode":0,"productName":"ICE"}
{ when: 2017-06-26T20:01:00.000Z,
  delay: 120000,
  line: 'ICE 274',
  nr: undefined,
  type: 'ICE',
  color: '#006F35',
  direction: 'Berlin Hbf (tief)' }

The screen will show no delay for the ICE 274 and 20 Minutes delay for ICE 276. 15 minutes and 2 minutes, respectively, would have been correct according to the DB website.
I guess, the calculation is currently delay/60/100 instead of delay/60/1000. Would you mind checking on that? It also seems there is no space for a three-digit delay (eg. 120 mins), which sometimes happens with DB.

The time finally shown e.g. as 20:14h in the first example would be the actual delayed departure. I would prefer to see the original departure (time - delay) plus the current delay separately. Maybe you could add an option to switch between actual departure and original departure + delay separately?

Is there a way to sort the output by departure? Currently the next train is at the bottom of the list and later ones are added at the top. Having them sorted the other way round would seem more intuitive to me.

rudibarani

@olexs
The delay calculation and sorting issue seems to be even stranger. Now I have three upcoming ICE connections to Berlin. This is how they are shown:

22:01 +20 //actual: 21:59 + 2 min
23:01 +20 //actual: 22:59 + 2 min
20:15 +40 //actual: 19:59 + 15 min

The hafas output is:

Parsing: ICE 276 nach Berlin Hbf (tief) um Mon Jun 26 2017 20:14:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)
{"name":"ICE 276","class":1,"productCode":0,"productName":"ICE"}
{ when: 2017-06-26T18:14:00.000Z,
  delay: 900000,
  line: 'ICE 276',
  nr: undefined,
  type: 'ICE',
  color: '#006F35',
  direction: 'Berlin Hbf (tief)' }
Parsing: ICE 274 nach Berlin Hbf (tief) um Mon Jun 26 2017 22:01:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)
{"name":"ICE 274","class":1,"productCode":0,"productName":"ICE"}
{ when: 2017-06-26T20:01:00.000Z,
  delay: 120000,
  line: 'ICE 274',
  nr: undefined,
  type: 'ICE',
  color: '#006F35',
  direction: 'Berlin Hbf (tief)' }
Parsing: ICE 592 nach Berlin Hbf (tief) um Mon Jun 26 2017 23:01:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)
{"name":"ICE 592","class":1,"productCode":0,"productName":"ICE"}
{ when: 2017-06-26T21:01:00.000Z,
  delay: 120000,
  line: 'ICE 592',
  nr: undefined,
  type: 'ICE',
  color: '#006F35',
  direction: 'Berlin Hbf (tief)' }

Any idea how to fix this?

ROMSY

hey guys, i tried to use this module and then my magic mirror stopped working D:
I’ve read its a problem because i am using Midori Browser but like the most: chromium eats far too much resources. is there any way / tutorial to fix it so i can use it with my Pi and Midori?

derhuerst

hey folks!

i am the developer and maintainer of the (inofficial) REST API for Berlin & Brandenburg public transport at vbb.transport.rest (previously transport.rest). I would like to clarify a few things.

First of all: I’m not involved with MagicMirrors projects in any way, I just noticed that a lot of you are using my API.

If you haven’t updated your setup for a while, please do so. I shut off the old endpoint transport.rest in favour of the new vbb.transport.rest a while ago.

@Beh I wrote a JavaScript client for DB that should be mostly compatible with the VBB one, give it a shot! It should be possible to adapt the magic mirror to use it, if someone can run an API server for it. See https://github.com/derhuerst/db-hafas

If you are interested in DB station IDs, I automatically compile a list from the 3 APIs DB provides, but it is not complete. See https://github.com/derhuerst/db-stations

Tekki

Hallo,
ich möchte das Modul MMM-PubliTransportDB einsetzen. Dieses habe ich installiert und die Config angepass. Es wird mir auf dem Mirror jedoch nur Loading… angezeigt. Das ganze läuft auf einem Rpi 3.
Anbei noch die Config die nutzen möchte.

  	{
    module: 'MMM-PublicTransportDB',
    position: 'top_right',
    config: {
        name: "Günzburg",
        stationId: 8000139,
        hidden: false,
	ignoredStations: [],
        ignoredLines: [],               
        excludedTransportationTypes: '',   
        delay: 0,
        interval: 120000,
        departureMinutes: 2,          
        maxDepartures: 15,
        marqueeLongDirections: true,
        showColoredLineSymbols: true,  
        useColorForRealtimeInfo: true,
        showTableHeaders: true,
        showTableHeadersAsSymbols: true,
        maxUnreachableDepartures: 3,    
        maxReachableDepartures: 7,
        fadeUnreachableDepartures: true,
        fadeReachableDepartures: true,
        fadePointForReachableDepartures: 0.25
    }
},

Vielen Dank
Ralph

gekberlin

@M1dn8 said in MMM-PublicTransportBerlin - Public transport for Berlin and Brandenburg (departures):

Hey @Beh,

thank u for ur big updates last days works great for me.

My problem is…my station has only 1 Tramline and your module show me departures in both directions but I only need one direction cause the other way is the last station so I never will took this one :P
Is there any possibilities to show only one direction?
I think it’s not the same option like your “ignoredStations” and “ignoredLines” config, right?

thank u and greetings

M1dn8

Hey @Beh, is there any possibility to imply the direction feature? I would be really appreciate that! Best greetings from Berlin.

derhuerst

just a small reminder for those who want to have direction filtering. in berlin, there’s no machine-readable information about directions in the data that VBB provides.

as an example, take U2:

in the west, it may end at ruhleben, theodor-heuss-platz
in the east, it may end at bülowstr, spittelmarkt, pankow

this is without more complicated construction work.

the best way to indicate a direction you want to get departures for is the next station after yours. @Beh we can try to implement this somehow, not sure wether in the API or in your magic mirror client.