HS4 Web Control
rnbWeather uses a wizard system for configuration. Clicking below will take you to the wizard to configure your weather services or alternatively you can choose the service
you want from the pages above and configure the service from there.
rnbweather can connect to various API's to retrieve weather data
The pages shown above are the various API's that can be configured in rnbWeather. Instructions for obtaining a key/token are included with each API below.When connecting to each API, you must comply with all terms and conditions of the API
All sunrise, sunset and solar noon times are calculated based the actual location and not that of the weather station.
Why is this important? It means that if reviewing the sunrise, sunset times etc online at the weather service, you may see a small difference by up to 5 minutes.This approach has been taken as not all weather services make sunrise/sunset times etc available when required. When it is available, it is at the point of the weather station and not your chosen location.By doing the celestial calculation, it is ensuring the times are correct for your location and is available for all weather services/locations. Other calculations are also done such as moon phase, zodiac sign etc which are not available in most weather services but are relevant.
All celestial times are local to the location and not where your HomeSeer controller is located.
Part of the design of this plugin is based, with permission, on weatherXML for HS3 by Jeff Farmer (CFGuy)
rnbWeather makes use of a number of software packages. These packages, included within the plugin, and are shown below:
rnbWeather provides feedback to you through the Homeseer log and/or a txt log. To support this all feedback is categorised into 1 of four categories as shown in the list below. The options increment as you go along meaning that if you choose the third option, it will also provide feedback on items 1 and 2 as well in the log.
It is suggested to set the option to: Show Errors only so as not to fill up your log with feedback that you will not need. If you are experiencing issues with rnbWeather, turning the log to Debug Logging will provide more insight into potential issues.
rnbWeather will output its log entries to a text file in addition to or instead of the HomeSeer log. This can be useful when trying to diagnoise an issue and need the debug log but do not want to fillup your HomeSeer log. Setting this option below will output any rnbWeather logs to a text file stored in your Logs folder in the HomeSeer root directory
This mapping section allows you to map common names to more meaningful names. Text replacement will be later replaced by localization suppport The use the mapping, select the mapping type below and follow the instructions in that section.
Day of Week Mapping allows you to change all rnbWeather devices day names to anything you want. To use the mapping enter the desired name you want to use for each day of the week eg: Thursday could be changed to Thur. You must enable the mapping service below. When enaled, all day names we be updated as below. When the day mapping is disabled, all day names will revert to the full english name for each day.
Date/Time formats are used in some of the key features as below. You can select which format you want the date/time displayed that meets your needs.the use of '.' vs ',' is determined by your computer (locale) settings. You can use different formats for different features however it will set for all features eg: setting sunrise to a time/dateformat will set all/any sunrise features you have to use this. You can use the sample box below to test your format before saving! you can learn more about the date/time formats in the user guide here!
These settings control different settings on the rnbWeather Overview page
Each page refresh does not poll the weather service directly. Each time a weather service is polled, it stores a copy of this data in homeseer_directory/html/rnb/pidata folder. This data is then used to update this page. A shorter update interval will help to reflect when alerts are actually occuring or not.
Select the forecast types below you want displayed on the rnbWeather Overview page
rnbWeather includes some features/icons that are not within the weather service or are common across all. rnbWeather has created a generic set of icons to use with these common features. These icons are used by default but can be changed to use a custom set of icons that you choose. Below are the common icon groups within rnbWeather. to use your own icons, simply enable cutom icons and place your icons in the folder called custom within that group (eg: custom folder under compass folder)
| AQI | Air Pollution Level | Health Implications | Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk | None |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion. |
| 300+ | Hazardous | Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects | Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion |
rnbWeather allows you to log each weather measure to a database of your choosing. This data can then be used by you to look at weather trends over time etc. rnbWeather does not have any features currently build in for accessing the database and data. This is up to the user if they want to access the data.
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