Since my original post, I’ve been tinkering a bit. I originally had the 2-way mirror on, but decided to remove it. Mainly because my wife said it looks like a medicine cabinet, which doesn’t belong in the kitchen. I took the mirror off and use it as a magic dashboard now. It has grown on her… :)
Here is my current setup at the moment.
@zdenek The script included doesn’t have an extension. If that doesn’t work for you try adding the extension of .sh
This is the refresh script included with FullpageOS. Not sure if you need anything else to be able to run it.
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
WID=$(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class chromium|head -1)
xdotool windowactivate ${WID}
xdotool key ctrl+F5
xdotool key F11
I’d love to hear how you have your motion sensor setup with fullpageOS. On my todo list…
There is a refresh script included with fullpageOS. it’s located at /home/pi/scripts/refresh. I added it to the crontab to run every 30min. I also added a line to crontab to reboot at midnight. This helps keep the system fresh and free up any processes or used memory on the Pi.
Here is my config
sudo nano /etc/crontab
Add:
0 0 * * * root reboot
*/30 * * * * pi /home/pi/scripts/refresh
I used wunderground.com to create the animated radar image and MMM-SimpleLogo to display it.
Create your custom image at https://www.wunderground.com/weather-radar - looks like US, Canda & Australia only. Once created, copy the URL and place it in the MMM-SimpleLogo module.
Wunderground updates the radar image every 10-20 minutes. Since I’m using FullpageOS as my mm frontend I have the page refresh every 30 minutes which then pulls an updated image.
{
module: 'MMM-SimpleLogo',
position: 'top_right', // This can be any of the regions.
config: {
fileUrl: "https://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=DIX&brand=wui&num=1&delay=15&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&mapx=400&mapy=240¢erx=400¢ery=240&transx=0&transy=0&showlabels=1&severe=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&smooth=0&rand=24937062&lat=40.75000000&lon=-74.00000000&label=New+York%2C+NY",
width: "400px",
position: "center",
}
},
I used the MMM-Rest module to pull the device data via the rest api in Homeseer. Here is the section in my config file. Still work in progress…
module: 'MMM-Rest',
header: 'House Status',
position: 'top_right', // This can be any of the regions.
// Best results in one of the side regions like: top_left
config: {
debug: false,
mappings: {
on_off: {
true: 'on',
false: 'off',
},
temperature: {
1: 'cold',
2: 'warm',
3: 'HOT',
},
},
sections: [
{
format: '%d',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=108¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%df',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=103¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%d',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=128¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%df',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=187¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%d',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=118¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%df',
url: 'http://http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=113¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%df',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=92¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%s',
mapping: 'temperature',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=137¶m2=value',
},
{
format: '%d',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=108¶m2=value',
},
{
format: 'Lights %s',
mapping: 'on_off',
url: 'http://yourURLhere:port/HomeSeer_REST_API.aspx?function=getdevicestatusvaluebyid¶m1=108¶m2=value',
},
],
output: [
['<b>Location:</b>',,'<b>Temp:</b>'],
['Family Room',,'@2'],
['Living Room','@6'],
['Upstairs','@4'],
['Garage','@7'],
],
},
},
Here are some additional pics… The back isn’t the prettiest, but it does the job. Used painters tape, L brackets and velcro to keep everything in place.
Glad I could inspire you. I do like running it centrally. Since I made this one, I’ve setup another one in my son’s room. Different size screen and content. .All I had to do is run another instance on my server - copy and paste folder and change the config file to my liking… done…
I do not turn my screen off. It’s on my todo list… To your point, it might be a little trick to do so since MM isn’t running locally. We’ll need to find an external solution to do so that works on fullpageOS or whatever platform you are running at the endpoint. If I find something Ill post…