MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module

motdog

@j-e-f-f yep. Thanks. Just lots of trial and error but it was set up how I wanted.

Cr4z33

@Cr4z33 said in MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module:

@j-e-f-f I don’t know why, but when I use your module after a while MM becomes all dark although modules keep working (ie. MMM-AssistantMk2).

There’s no specific timing for the issue to appear (it can be after 1 hour or after 15 mins, etc.).

Modules won’t appear again until I restart MM.

This is my current module config:
		{
			module: "MMM-DarkSkyForecast",
			header: "Meteo",
			position: "top_right",
			classes: "default everyone",
			disabled: false,
			config: {
					apikey: "***",
					latitude: "***",
					longitude: "***",
					language: "it",
					forecastHeaderText: "***",
					label_timeFormat: "hh:mm",
					iconset: "4c",
					concise: false,
					showSummary: false,
					forecastLayout: "table"
				}
		}

@j-e-f-f you there? :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

j.e.f.f

@Cr4z33 I have not seen this behaviour… the module does not do anything to hide any modules including itself… you can examine the code for yourself to see. My guess is there is some unintended consequence of my module interacting with one of the other ones your are also using… Can you try disabling the other modules one at a time to see if the behaviour goes away? If it does, whichever was the last one to be disabled is likely the other party. We can start investigating what’s going on after that.

sdetweil

@Cr4z33 said in MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module:

Modules won’t appear again until I restart MM.

that usually means MM has crashed… many times this is memory related… we know that the default updater module also causes a similar behavior

Cr4z33

@j-e-f-f OK, I’ve started disabling all other 3rd-party modules and enabling them one by one.

Apart from that what shall I look to then once there’s an issue between your module and the one of someone else? :)

@sdetweil so what do you suggest me to do? :thinking_face:
At first I thought that using MMM-WatchDog could sort the problem, but I feel like I misunderstood? :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

sdetweil

@Cr4z33 watchdog will just allow you to restart when it crashes… not capture why…

I still don’t have a good method for capturing these kinds of failures…

Cr4z33

@sdetweil oh I see, but then even if my MM doesn’t look like it restarted.

By now I am trying to see the overall behaviour with the Update module being disabled to see if the issue is still happening.

sdetweil

@Cr4z33 yeh. i don’t know how watchdog works… at some level if the MM process hangs, watchdog can’t work either… (my opinion without looking at the code)

Cr4z33

@sdetweil alright.

In the meantime disabling the Update module sorted out the issue… weird…

Oh well that means I will run the updater manually from time to time. :D

chris1971

Noob need some advice: Wunderground was running properly untill my API key expired. Now I try to install DarkSKy. I have updated MM to 2.6.0 and installed MMM-DarkSkyForecast and got a newe folder home/pi/MagicMirror/MMM-DarkSkyForecast.

How can I implement the module that its’s running? What do I have to change:

config.js:
{
module: “MMM-DarkSkyForecast”,
header: “Weather”,
position: “top_right”,
classes: “default everyone”,
disabled: false,
config: {
apikey: “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”,
latitude: “51.4185682”,
longitude: “6.8845226”,
iconset: “4c”,
concise: false,
forecastLayout: “table”
}
},

chris1971

So, I have added the nice module. I have to adjust the size - who can give some tips/ advice to bring the module in shape?

I would like to have it in this shape:

Mykle1

@chris1971

I think this should do it for you. In your config entry

forecastLayout: "tiled"

chris1971

Yes, have “tiled” in the config - but the size is not like in the pic…the module is shown over the entire right screen size… pls. refer to the upper picture…

Mykle1

@chris1971 said in MMM-DarkSkyForecast - Yet ANOTHER weather module:

Yes, have “tiled” in the config

Oh, I’m sorry, because your config entry above says, forecastLayout: "table",

chris1971

sorry - I copied the config of an older status…

lavolp3

@chris1971 Well the module gets wrapped because it doesn’t have enough space in the right bar.
You could

exclude details in the forecast section (there’s an option)
give the right bar more space by determining it’s width with css
let the module show only 2 forecast items of each (instead of the 3 you have currently) (also via config options)

lavolp3

And of course you could switch off the long forecast text. I THINK you can do that as well via config options.

Go through the options of the module, there’s a LOT to adjust.

chris1971

thanks- I tried to reduce the size of the long forecast text - do you know how to adjust? I think I have to do this in the DarkSky.css…

chris1971

The adjustment of the width was the key factor… thx…

But I do not found out how to adjust the font size or position of the long forecast text… Do I have to do this in the custom.css?

This is my try in the custom.css - but seem not to work as expected…

}

.MMM-DarkSkyForecast .module-content {
width: 400px;
}

.MMM-DarkSkyForecast .wrapper.tiled .forecast-container .forecast-item .wind-container,
.MMM-DarkSkyForecast .wrapper.table .forecast-container .forecast-item .precipitation-container,
.MMM-DarkSkyForecast .wrapper.table .forecast-container .forecast-item .wind-container {
display: none;
}
}
.MMM-DarkSkyForecast .wrapper.table .forecast-container .forecast-item > span,
.MMM-DarkSkyForecast .wrapper.table .forecast-container .header-row > span {
font-size: 4px;
}
}

.MMM-DarkSkyForecast .attribution {
font-size: 10px;
line-height: 5px;
color: #333;
text-align: left;
}

chris1971

After several trials I think it’s o.k.
Thanks for the support.
Chris