ajd123 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Are the values in the Open Weather driver in Celsius or Fahrenheit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Look at the driver properties I think you get to pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 I would like to create programming that will adjust the relative indoor humidity inside the house based on the exterior temperature to prevent condensation from forming on the windows. 1) Should I use the "Outdoor Temperature Changed" in the thermostat driver OR "Today_Temperature_Min" in the Open Weather driver to program this? 2) Will the attached programming achieve this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 12 minutes ago, msgreenf said: Look at the driver properties I think you get to pick. I might have missed it, but I did not see it in there. More concerning, the properties for the driver are not updating with the weather conditions (see attached picture). How do I get this to start populating correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 You need the API key. ajd123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 13 minutes ago, msgreenf said: You need the API key. Once I have the API Key setup, do I need to Geocode it myself (https://openweathermap.org/api/geocoding-api) or does the Open Weather driver know my geolocation and enter that for me automatically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 There is a tab called documentation - explains everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 27 minutes ago, msgreenf said: There is a tab called documentation - explains everything The first step in documentation Quick Start Guide is "Set project Latitude, Longitude & Temperature scale in the project properties page". There is nowhere to enter this information in the Project Properties. Is this supposed to be done at time of driver installation? Do I need the paid subscription for Open Weather or will the free account work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Just now, ajd123 said: The first step in documentation Quick Start Guide is "Set project Latitude, Longitude & Temperature scale in the project properties page". There is nowhere to enter this information in the Project Properties. Is this supposed to be done at time of driver installation? Do I need the paid subscription for Open Weather or will the free account work? It's for the project not the driver. It's setup for you already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4toys Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, ajd123 said: The first step in documentation Quick Start Guide is "Set project Latitude, Longitude & Temperature scale in the project properties page". There is nowhere to enter this information in the Project Properties. Is this supposed to be done at time of driver installation? Do I need the paid subscription for Open Weather or will the free account work? the driver is using the controllers location under project properties (not driver properties) for this information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 1 minute ago, c4toys said: the driver is using the controllers location under project properties (not driver properties) for this information Correct, Mitch pointed that out. However, my information is still not populating (current conditions, today's forecast, tomorrows forecast). Do I need a paid account with Open Weather? What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Pretty sure Open Weather requires a paid account now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 12 minutes ago, lippavisual said: Pretty sure Open Weather requires a paid account now. So call it Closed Weather? Premium weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 14 minutes ago, lippavisual said: Pretty sure Open Weather requires a paid account now. Would you happen to know what subscription is required (see attached picture)? I subscribed to One Call API 3.0. Hoping a Professional Subscription is not required since that starts at $40usd per month. @alanchow can you provide some input please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 It works w our a subscription Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajd123 Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, msgreenf said: It works w our a subscription Seems like the system needs 4-6 hours after creating an account for Control4 to connect. I don't think this is a Control4 or Open Weather Driver issue, I think the OpenWeather website takes that much time for the account to become active... Either way, the fields in the driver are now populating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdcllc Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 @ajd123 I also use OpenWeather w/out a subscription to help determine whether to open hurricane shades (based on wind speed and amount of rain forecasted). It seems to work well for that. My experience is that OpenWeather really isn't a "real time" solution. There is significant propagation delay between local weather data capture, transmission to OpenWeather database, database ETL, and finally data available to server up. Since temps don't change that quickly, your use case is probably fine. But don't be surprised if the data available via the C4 driver path versus the OpenWeather GUI route is different for the same location. Good luck! And if you think about it, give us an update later with how this has worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I use Open weather Chowmain Agent to get rain data, am not so sure if u can get rain data with the C4 driver!? I use rain data to shut off all outdoor sockets to avoid any issues … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdcllc Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I use Chowmain driver as well; I did say “C4 driver” above. Chowmain driver has been excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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