Weather API Changes

Brad_ST · March 5, 2019, 8:26pm

I see, thanks.

So I would expect solar radiation if your PWS is reporting that and you are using getTwcPwsConditions(stationId). I would not expect it for getTwcConditions().

storageanarchy · March 5, 2019, 9:23pm

I understand that I can get it for my PWS (and using the rest of the pay-to-play TWC apis), but the utility of the old WU api allowed us to get it for ANY location. It would appear perhaps that SmartThings missed having IBM include this value in the (apparently custom) API that you are using to get/present IBM/TWC data.

Brad_ST · March 5, 2019, 10:09pm

Maybe I am missing it but I searched their docs and can’t find where Solar Radiation is provided for a non-PWS.

storageanarchy · March 6, 2019, 1:29pm

You may be right - it’s there in the (core) BlueMix Weather API and also in the PWS version, so I guess I thought it documented for the non-PWS API.

NBD - looks like I’ll join the others moving to the AccuWeather API, since it is more complete and comprehensive.

SackOHammers · March 9, 2019, 9:21am

I am new to ActionTiles. I had set up a SmartThings Smartweather tile. In the ZIP field I had supplied a “pws:number”. And it initially populated some data that was right for the time, but no longer updates. It was for the fire station at the end of the street that uses Davis hardware. I’ve come to understand by reading the thread that the data no longer updating is due to the API being shut off.
It seems like kurtsanders or a combination of you have a solution that will let you get data from an Ambient station. I used the Wunderground map and found two stations within a couple blocks that use Ambient hardware and I have the PWS numbers. Is there a way I can modify my Smartweather Tile to use data from one of the two Ambient PWSs in my neighborhood? How would I do that?

GRClark · March 12, 2019, 8:50pm

I don’t suppose there’s anyone out there who’d be willing to update the Smart Weather Tile code to implement these changes…? Mine hasn’t worked in over a week and have lots of pistons relying on the Smart Weather Tile data.

Tony_B · March 20, 2019, 5:07pm

I made a DTH that includes PWS and Zip.

If you use this, you MUST put the PWS id in the PWS field AND a zipcode.

The reason for this is that some of the information is not on PWS but is on Zip. (Sunrise/set, conditions, forecast) I teamed the zip and PWS to give you the best hyper-local info we can get right now…

Edit: I had some more time to work on this today and now Dewpoint, Pressure are localized to your PWS.

For those of you with Grafana/Influx/ActionTiles the Pressure is Power and, the Voltage is Pressure.

Edit 2: Added UV Index, UV Description, and Station ID (The PWS you are using).

New code in my repo below.

github.com

abuttino/SmartThingsCustom/blob/master/AJB-SmartWeather-mB-Dew-PWS.groovy

/*
 *
 *  Copyright 2015 SmartThings
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 *  SmartWeather Station
 *
 *  Author: SmartThings
 *
 *  Date: 2013-04-30
 */
metadata {

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Michael_Tschirsch · April 5, 2019, 7:48am

The above has stopped working also the SmartWeather Station Tile has not updated since 2.4. anybody else got this problem?

mmcewen · April 5, 2019, 5:19pm

Yeah I’m in the UK and my SmartWeather Station Tile hasn’t updated since the 2nd @20:28. No data received whether I have the post code filled in or not. I used it for the illuminence data so now my lighting automations are triggering when its daylight.

Infernity · April 6, 2019, 11:03am

Any news about the smart weather tile? Not working for me, living in UK. Any ETA for when it will be fixed or any other alternative?

Paralytic · April 6, 2019, 2:42pm

Lots of people posting here about the Smart Weather tile not working. Have these people raised a ticket with support?

Mavrrick58 · April 6, 2019, 2:50pm

A few things. If you have the updated Smart weather tile 2.0 you may want to change back to the default devi e handler. Then make sure you specify you or zip code.

The enhanced version failed on me a few weeks back so I switched to the standard smartthings tile. Then just a few days ago it failed again. Putting a zip code in the tile fixed it again.

mrmike · April 6, 2019, 6:30pm

Use your lat and long if you are not in the US. I am using my WU location code as well as the lat and long to get it going.

Paralytic · April 7, 2019, 1:27pm

Can you share the format to use for lat/long?

mrmike · April 7, 2019, 4:12pm

latitude in decimal form comma longitude in decimal form
ie 56.2556, -117.2555

Tony_B · April 8, 2019, 8:18am

What is wrong with it? I just found that the only thing that is not refreshing is the date. I’ll fix that later today.

Michael_Tschirsch · April 8, 2019, 11:25am

I don’t get any data, I’m UK based.

Tony_B · April 8, 2019, 11:41am

Probably not going to happen until they open up the API to other countries.

Just in case, Could you zip me a log of when you try to refresh the tile?

I will attempt to see if there are errors in my DTH.

Michael_Tschirsch · April 8, 2019, 2:20pm

Hi Tony, http://prntscr.com/n94gq2

Bruce_Young · April 8, 2019, 7:37pm

Yes. The last update I got was 2019 Apr 02 Tue 2:30:54 PM
I refresh it regularly using a WebCore Piston.

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