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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.

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

Configure Weather Plugin

Menu key - Skin example: gp-skin-zombi.hd1r3

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.

Configure multiple cities

Multiple Weather informations

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.

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.

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

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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