This is a bugfixed and enhanced version of the SmartThings SmartWeather Station Controller SmartApp. This one adds supports for modes, e.g. you can set it to update the SmartWeather Station Tile while only in a specific mode (e.g. Home, Away, Night etc).
The premium version SmartApp has the following additional features
- Includes a Severe Weather Notification
- Option to enable or disable repeat notifications
- Send SMS to multiple numbers
- Send Push notifications
- Spoken notifications for supported devices like Sonos, Bose, Alexa, Ikea-Sonos SYMFONISK etc
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/**
* Weather Station Controller
*
* Copyright 2014 SmartThings
* Bugfixed by RBoy
* Version 1.5
* 2016-2-12 - Changed scheduling API's (hopefully more resilient), added an option for users to specify update interval
* 2016-1-20 - Kick start timers on sunrise and sunset also
* 2015-10-4 - Kick start timers on each mode change to prevent them from dying
* 2015-7-12 - Simplified app, udpates every 5 minutes now (hopefully more reliable)
* 2015-7-17 - Improved reliability when mode changes
* 2015-6-6 - Bugfix for timers not scheduling, keep only one timer
* Added support to update multiple devices
* Added support for frequency of updates
*
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definition(
name: "SmartWeather Station Controller",
namespace: "rboy",
author: "RBoy",
description: "Updates SmartWeather Station Tile devices every hour. This contains a bug fix for the updates stops when user select custom modes and it updates every 5 minutes",
category: "Convenience",
iconUrl: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/SafetyAndSecurity/App-MindYourHome.png",
iconX2Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/SafetyAndSecurity/App-MindYourHome@2x.png"
)
preferences {
section ("Weather Devices") {
input name: "weatherDevices", type: "device.smartweatherStationTile", title: "Select Weather Device(s)", description: "Select the Weather Tiles to update", required: true, multiple: true
input name: "updateInterval", type: "number", title: "Enter update frequency (minutes)", description: "How often do you want to update the weather information", required: true, defaultValue: 5
}
}
def installed() {
log.debug "Installed with settings: ${settings}"
if (updateInterval <= 0) {
log.error "Invalid weather update interval $updateInterval minutes. Minimum update interval should be 1 minute"
sendNotification "Invalid weather update interval $updateInterval minutes. Minimum update interval should be 1 minute"
}
initialize()
}
def updated() {
log.debug "Updated with settings: ${settings}"
unsubscribe()
unschedule()
initialize()
}
def initialize() {
subscribe(location, modeChangeHandler)
subscribe(location, "sunset", modeChangeHandler)
subscribe(location, "sunrise", modeChangeHandler)
scheduledEvent()
}
def modeChangeHandler(evt) {
log.debug "Reinitializing refresh timers on mode change notification, new mode $evt.value"
scheduledEvent()
}
def scheduledEvent() {
log.trace "Refresh weather, update frequency $updateInterval minutes"
runIn(updateInterval*60, scheduledEvent)
weatherDevices.refresh()
}
For more details on SmartWeather Station Tile and Controller see this thread:
To Install the SmartWeather Station Tile and Controller, there are 2 steps:
Step 1: Install the Smart Weather Tile Device from the IDE (kinda silly but that’s the way it is)
- Login to https://account.smartthings.com
- Go to My Devices tab
- Click +New Device button in top right corner
- Enter a Name for the device
- Enter unique device network id, e.g.
WEATHERSTATION1- Select
SmartWeather Station Tilefrom the list in Type*- Select your Location
- Select your Hub
- Click Create
Step 2:
- Create and install the SmartApp given above
- If you need installation instructions on how to install a SmartApp you can refer to them here