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Weather forecast

The geminiweather Plugin shows the weather forecast, based on the data of msn. Besides the weather data of the actual day the forecast of the following four days are displayed. It's possible to see the forecast of different configured cities. Also using alternative Weather Icons is possible. Weather Plugin Installation Install the Weather Plugin (geminiweather) via [Addons] in the BluePanel. After a Enigma2 restart, you find the Weather Plugin in the BluePanel. It's also possible to install the plugin over the command line: opkg update && opkg install geminiweather Back to table of contents Configure Weather Plugin Datei:GP3 Wetter Menü.png 420px Enter desired city (e.g. Bern) Use the [Menü] button after starting the plugin to configure the weather forecast. The following list explains the possibilities. Option Description Add City after pressing the [OK] button you can enter a city and press the [green] button. Unit in Celsius Define temperature unit, Celsius (Yes) or Fahrenheit (No). Use Plugin Icons When selecting [No] the standard msn icons are displayed and stored in the Gemini Cache directory. The choice [Yes] shows the Weather Icons from iconbest.com. Select City Display of msn icons Depending on the entered data you will get a list of cities. Choose the desired city and press the [OK] button. The weather forecast will be shown. Back to table of contents Configure multiple cities Datei:GP3 Wetter Neue Stadt hinzufügen.png 420px Additional cities can be added. Use the [Menu] button again and add an new city as described in the previous chapter. The weather forecasts of the different cities can be selected with the left, right button of the remote. The following list shows the new settings. Option Description Add City After pressing the [OK] button you can add a city and confirm with the [green] button. Remove City Removes a city. Remark: only not active cities can be deleted. Update Update the weather forecast. Back to table of contents Activate Plugin Icons Alternative Weather icons In the Weather Plugin a package with alternative icons for the msn images is included. These can be activated with [Menu] and [Use Plugin Icons] set on Yes. Back to table of contents Sensor fields Infobar - Display of temperature With a GP3 Skins, it's possible to show weather information in the infobar. Change the sensor field settings in the BluePanel => Settings. Following settings are possible: Weather (actual) - shows the actual temperature Weather (today) - shows the min. / max. temperature of the actual day Weather (tomorrow) - shows the min. / max. temperature of tomorrow Back to table of contents Other Weather Icons If you want, you can use other weather icons. Copy the icons in the Gemini Cache in the directory weather. The GP3 Cache can be found in the following directory: /home/root/.geminicache The images should be saves as gifs. 8 bit png's are also supported. but the extension must be changed in gif to be displayed. Also make sure the setting [Use Plugin Icons] is set to No. Examples of different weather icons: Beispiel 1 Beispiel 2 Beispiel 3 Beispiel 4 Back to overview: Gemini-Wiki:English Portal or Mainpage