YamlScreensaver

Card type screensaver

A screensaver card is active after a timeout which you can configure in the ini file. You can assign the default screensaver to a dedicated panel over the panel name with extention .screensaver (name: panelname.scrennsaver) Than this card will be used as screensaver card for the panel with name panelname

By default screensaver cards show only the current time and date. But you can define 1 slot which shows the current weather and 4 additional slots which shows a weather forecast for different times.

The currenty supported waether forecast is based on the openwathermap binding.

For this is a special slot type defined see openweathermap slot type.

You can also control all colors of the screensaver with the following card attributes:

card attribute	default value from skin file	optional / Mandetory	Description
backgroundColor	#101010	O	Background color
tTimeColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of the time
timeAMPMColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of AM/PM in 12h time format
tDateColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of date string
tMainTextColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of current weather text
tForecast1Color	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 1 text
tForecast2Color	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 2 text
tForecast3Color	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 3 text
tForecast4Color	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 4 text
tForecast1ValColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 1 value
tForecast2ValColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 2 value
tForecast3ValColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 3 value
tForecast4ValColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of weather forcast 4 value
barColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of bar
tMainTextAlt2Color	#FFFFFF	O	Color of alternative text
tTimeAddColor	#FFFFFF	O	Color of time add

The screensaver card can have up to 6 slots

Slot number	slot type	default value	optional / Mandetory	Description
1	openwathermap	empty	O	Current weather information
2-4	openwathermap	empty	O	3 weather forcasts
5	openwathermap	empty	O	4th weather forcast. Not visible if slot 6 is defined
6	openwathermap	empty	O	Alternative slot for wather forcasts

Example definition of a screensaver with openweathermap forecast:

cards:
  - name: flur.screensaver #name of the nspanel where this screensacer should be shown + ".screensaver" suffix
    group: home
    type: screensaver
    backgroundColor: #0f0f0f
    barColor: blue
    slots:
      - class: ohItem               #current weather
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_0
        textItem: W_Temperatur_0
        timeItem: W_Messung_0
      - class: ohItem               #first weather forecast
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_6
        textItem: W_Temperatur_6
        timeItem: W_Messung_6
      - class: ohItem               #second weather forecast
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_9
        textItem: W_Temperatur_9
        timeItem: W_Messung_9
      - class: ohItem               #third weather forecast
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_15
        textItem: W_Temperatur_15
        timeItem: W_Messung_15
      - class: ohItem               #forth weather forecast
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_24
        textItem: W_Temperatur_24
        timeItem: W_Messung_24

Example definition of a screensaver with alternative weather slot:

cards:
  - name: .screensaver #default screensaver name for all panels
    group: test_saver
    type: screensaver
    backgroundColor: #0f0f0f
    barColor: yellow
    slots:
      - class: ohItem               #current weather
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_0
        textItem: W_Temperatur_0
        timeItem: W_Messung_0
      - class: ohItem               #first weather forecast
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_6
        textItem: W_Temperatur_6
        timeItem: W_Messung_6
      - class: ohItem               #second weather forecast
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_9
        textItem: W_Temperatur_9
        timeItem: W_Messung_9
      - class: ohItem               #third weather forecast
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_15
        textItem: W_Temperatur_15
        timeItem: W_Messung_15
      - class: ohItem               #Unused forecast slot
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_24
        textItem: W_Temperatur_24
        timeItem: W_Messung_24
      - class: ohItem               #Alternative forecast slot
        type: openweathermap
        item: W_IconID_24
        textItem: W_Temperatur_24
        timeItem: W_Messung_24

Additional remarks on screensavers and their names

If you do not define any screensaver in yaml files a default screensaver with name .screensaver is created in group home

If you define a screensaver card in a secific group this screensaver is shown after the screensaver timeout. If you do not define a sceensaver in a group. The bridge will move back to group home and the show the screensaver defined in home after screensaver timeout.