Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
MMM-WeatherBackground
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@richland007
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@richland007
MMM-WeatherBackground
will display photos in ANYWHERE you appoint.
Maybe you’ve been appointing.fullscreen.below
astargetDOM
, so, it shows photos onfullscreen_below
- where is shared with all pages of screen globally.So, here is a simple(?) trick.
I made a dummy module for doing nothing but just existing.
https://github.com/eouia/MMM-Dummy
Install that, and modify configuration like this.{ module:"MMM-Dummy", position: "fullscreen_below", config: { width:"100vw", height: "100vh", } }, { module: "MMM-WeatherBackground", config: { targetDOM: ".MMM-Dummy" } },
Now MMM-Dummy will contain weatherphotos as its background image. You can show/hide this module with any page controlling modules.(MMM-Pages? MMM-Caroulsel?)
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@sean Thank you very much it worked like a charm …you guys that know how to code are cool :)
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@richland007 Yes they are…I play with code…THEY know it.
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@cowboysdude said in MMM-WeatherBackground:
I play with code…THEY know it.
Don’t sell yourself short, bro. There hasn’t been a module I’ve broken that you haven’t been able to fix. I tip my hat to you.
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@mykle1 yeah well…
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I’ve added configuration sample for NOAA3.
I like @cowboysdude’s forked version, but it’s images are static.
I always love random. That is why I build this module.
Fortunately, since @cowboysdude updated his NOAA3, now I can suggest a configuration for my original to use with NOAA3{ //disabled:true, module: "MMM-WeatherBackground", config: { targetDOM: ".MMM-Dummy", // < -- change to where you want to display notification: "WEATHER", payloadConverter:(payload)=>{ var n = (moment().isAfter(moment(payload.sunset))) ? "night" : "day" var iconMap = { "tstorms": "thunderstorm", "chancesnow": "snow" } var ret = (payload.icon in iconMap) ? iconMap[payload.icon] : payload.icon return ret + " " + n } } },
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This module is supposed to be weather images, yet, I have seen exactly one image that’s weather related.
Most of the time, it’s keyboards, computer related stuff, people, etc.
Can I restrict the pictures?
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@bkeyport
Frankly, it is not so easy, because images are the result of searching keywords in unslpash.
Ideally, https://source.unsplash.com/featured/?clouds should show the clouds - weather related image. But in unsplash, many images - not related with weather itself - might have that name “clouds” because, just photographer named as it.
I regard it as a funny random stuffs - not weather itself but something like mood or feeling.
You can adjust obvious keywords inpayloadConverter
to clearer ones. By example, In above configuration, I change “tstorms” => “thunderstorm”.Or if you are using MMM-NOAA3, Try cowboysdude’s forked version.(https://github.com/cowboysdude/MMM-WeatherBackground).
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It’s a great module!! Yes it’s random pictures but it’s still VERY cool because in reality the pictures returned are usually really good!!!