Re: MMM-Snowboy
so I installed snowboy and Google assist do you have to have an account with snowboy from what I understand it’s no longer around because every time I start magic mirror it says it’s unreachable
I installed the minimum configuration in the config file
am I missing something here

@tippon no problem. I actually just caught that a few hours ago and I’ve been trying to figure out how to fix it.
According to oneweathermap with my current settings. The temperature is correct 97, but where I’m currently at it is 102
what’s funny about it is when you look at the map on their website. My area is not listed so I don’t know where it’s getting it’s coordinates from and no matter what coordinates I use it always comes up with the same temperature that oneweathermap wants to use so I’m confused.

ps I was actually getting ready to send you a message letting you know that I was no longer using the default whether

I’m new at all this so I’m learning as I’m going
so I hope everyone is patient with me. I even got a another message going about Gmail

Anyway, I appreciate all your help and I’m always looking for suggestions

@tippon well, that’s interesting. So I tried your method and it Just keeps saying loading, which it never did. I verified my location ID just to make sure it was correct and it was.

What I’m finding out is when I use my current setting. When it reaches 70 or 80°. It starts losing accuracy as much as 5°
anything below those temperatures. The accuracy is between 1 and 2°
also, just to let you know I’m running this on Lennix mint
if I can get it to be constant 1 or 2° difference. I would be perfectly happy with that

@tippon unfortunately, I have the newer version so location ID is no longer there just coordinate

So I think I found the problem, but don’t know how to fix it. It’s been off as much as 3 to 4°. According to other reliable weather like local news. when I restart Magic mirror it is now only one degrees off so I’m not quite experienced enough yet, but I think it has something to do with retrieval data or I think they call it, call for data which I sent back to 10 minutes

If I didn’t explain that right. I apologize. I’m still learning

@tippon okay, that’s an idea. I didn’t think about. I will give it a try and let you know

@tippon I have actually tried just that When I first installed it and use that exact same number along with the coordinates that onewhethermap suggested but since I upgraded to the newer version. The newer version doesn’t use that anymore. Not to say I can’t add it

I actually change the retrieval time from 10 to 20 so far it seems to be working. I’m getting anywhere between 1° and 2° off which I can accept that even the professionals who give us the weather are sometimes off by 1° and 2° from different stations. So keep your fingers crossed that that will be consistent throughout today.

Thanks for your suggestion though, since I’m new on here. I’m open to any kind of suggestion

Hello everyone, I thought I give everybody an update.
So I decided to wipe everything out and start over from scratch. I had a lot of fun doing it and learned a lot. Everything seems to be running much better. And all my changes are now in the config file. My email even gets retrieved faster than my phone, How funny is that.
onewhethermap though was doing perfectly with only a 1° and 2° off until it reached 81°. Then everything started going downhill. It is still 86° outside but it is displaying 79 so I don’t know what’s going on.
I change the updateInterval: from 10 to 20 and we’ll see how that works.

I also wanted to thank everyone for helping me out . I did not know all changes were supposed to be in the config file only. So once again, thank you for that information.

@wenike thank you very much for your response.
That’s one thing I have not tried. I will take your recommendation and make all my changes in the config file instead. I have no problem with deleting the program and then reinstalling it is not an issue.

I did not know that all changes are supposed to be done in the config file not the main file. I know it now, and I will fix it and let you know

@cheapdad well, you are correct. I did try doing one minute.
I have also gone as high as 240, which is roughly 4 hours with still the same results for one minute was only an experiment to see what has changed between one minute and 240 and like I said I still get the same results they seem to always be a hit and miss.
I’m new at programming, but I am learning