Does anyone know how to access Outside Air Temp in Composer programming?

[robgoldin]

The "Weather" screen pulls local weather from somewhere in the ether.  Is it possible to access that local area outside air temperature for use in programming.  I did install an outdoor temp sensor, which I can connect to a C4-Z210 if I need to, however, I'd much prefer to use the generic local area temp pulled from the internet if there is a way to do that.  Thanks in advance for any help with this.

[alanchow]

We have a driver which will do that.  You can test it out using our 90 day trial before purchase.

https://chowmain.software/drivers/control4-openweathermap

[Amr]

1 hour ago, robgoldin said:

The "Weather" screen pulls local weather from somewhere in the ether.  Is it possible to access that local area outside air temperature for use in programming.  I did install an outdoor temp sensor, which I can connect to a C4-Z210 if I need to, however, I'd much prefer to use the generic local area temp pulled from the internet if there is a way to do that.  Thanks in advance for any help with this.

I use chowmain’s Open Weather Map to determine if it’s going to rain tomm, when it does I turn off all outdoor electric outlets just as a precautionary step to prevent any issues!

[booch]

2 hours ago, robgoldin said:

The "Weather" screen pulls local weather from somewhere in the ether.  Is it possible to access that local area outside air temperature for use in programming.  I did install an outdoor temp sensor, which I can connect to a C4-Z210 if I need to, however, I'd much prefer to use the generic local area temp pulled from the internet if there is a way to do that.  Thanks in advance for any help with this.

There is a free, C4-developed driver called "Weather Station" which allows you to program off its variables, including outside temp. (I use wind chill to dynamically adjust my patio heaters.)

[Amr]

9 hours ago, booch said:

There is a free, C4-developed driver called "Weather Station" which allows you to program off its variables, including outside temp. (I use wind chill to dynamically adjust my patio heaters.)

Is this driver still exists? I thought when IBM acquired Weatherunderground it dies with it! What is the service that was built upon it?

[msgreenf]

it still exists and uses a different data source

[Amr]

3 minutes ago, msgreenf said:

it still exists and uses a different data source

Am quiet interested to know the data source if you have such info?

[msgreenf]

19 minutes ago, Amr said:

Am quiet interested to know the data source if you have such info?

Control4 hasn't shared

[Amr]

1 hour ago, msgreenf said:

Control4 hasn't shared

I will try to find out and share my findings here ...

[Amr]

Intresting, the driver already in my project! As I have a personal weather Station that was feeding WU for years, IBM granted my am account and I kept my integrations intacted.  What is intresting driver still supports WU as well as Control4, C4 info:

Control4 OS: 3.3.1.639488-res
Controller: XDT_EA5
Driver: Weather Station
Version: 209
Selected Service: Control4
Driver Information: Forecast updated Sun Jan  1 20:07:02 2023 (20:28:46 01/01/23)
Last Update: Sun Jan  1 20:07:02 2023
Longitude: xx.xx
Latitude: xx.xx
Update Interval: 30
Scale: CELSIUS
Location: xx, xx

And this is WU driver Info:

Selected Service: WU
API Key (WU): xxx 
Driver Information: A Weather Underground API key is required to use the WU service
Last Update: Sun Jan  1 20:07:02 2023
Longitude: xx.xx
Latitude: xx.xx
Update Interval: 30
Scale: CELSIUS
Location: xx, xx

So I remebered now why I switched to Chowmain, I needed a rain indicator and was only avaible via OpenWeather!

[robgoldin]

17 hours ago, booch said:

There is a free, C4-developed driver called "Weather Station" which allows you to program off its variables, including outside temp. (I use wind chill to dynamically adjust my patio heaters.)

Thanks booch--that's exactly what I was looking for!

[booch]

On 1/1/2023 at 6:28 PM, robgoldin said:

Thanks booch--that's exactly what I was looking for!

Welcome/happy to help!