Buienradar Weather Lookup Plugin

[G3rard]

@Mace, you have to install the latest version of the plugin in order to get these new devices.

[Mace]

Cool! Works now. Just one question left: How can I see the location used to get the weather data from (wouldn't be of much help if I'm getting data from Maastricht when I'm near Rotterdam)?

[G3rard]

It’s shown in the log when the scripts starts for the first time. You can press the Update button in the Hardware page and check the log.
The script determines the closest weather station based on the lon lat coordinates from Domoticz.

[Mace]

Hmmmm:
2017-10-12 16:18:20.163 (Buienradar) Stop directive received.
2017-10-12 16:18:20.363 (Buienradar) Stopping threads.
2017-10-12 16:18:20.377 (Buienradar) Exiting work loop.
2017-10-12 16:18:20.377 (Buienradar) Stopped.
2017-10-12 16:18:20.377 (Buienradar) Started.
2017-10-12 16:18:20.815 (Buienradar) Entering work loop.
2017-10-12 16:18:20.815 (Buienradar) Initialized version 2.0, author 'ffes'

That's all....somehow, not all sensors get's updated...The following ones are red:
Buienradar - Rain forecast
Buienradar - Rain forecast [0-255]
Buienradar - Rain rate

The rest does get updates....

[EdwinK]

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The script determines the closest weather station based on the lon lat coordinates from Domoticz.

Thanks. Didn't know that either. Now it's getting data from Rotterdam instead of somewhere from the Northern part.

[G3rard]

You have to restart Domoticz and make sure all fields on the Hardware page are filled correctly.

[Mace]

Think I've got it all covered:

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Even if I fill in 1 minute in both fields, it doesn't get updated.

[EdwinK]

I believe the minimum time to get data from Buienradar is 10 minutes.

[Mace]

I removed the 'Hardware', rebooted and added the hardware again, with the standard variables. Still not seeing the selection of the nearest weather station and no updates of the mentioned devices.

[G3rard]

@Mace, you have to wait for some rain
The devices only get updated when there is a rain forecast. As long as the value of the devices is 0 and the rain forecast is 0, the device won't get updated (that's standard behaviour of the Python plugin update function).

And I think you only check the status part of the log, because the plugin does give all info, also about the weather station, when you press Update when the Buienradar script is selected. Check the All part of the log.

It should contain something like:

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Found Meetstation xx (ID: 1234) at 20.0 km from your home location

[G3rard]

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The script determines the closest weather station based on the lon lat coordinates from Domoticz.

Thanks. Didn't know that either. Now it's getting data from Rotterdam instead of somewhere from the Northern part.

Can you set debug level to True for the plugin in the Hardware page? Then it will show in the log which coordinates from Domoticz (settings) are being used.
Should be something like this:

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Rain forecast started with following coordinates from Domoticz: xx.xx;yy.yy
Rain forecast url: https://gps.buienradar.nl/getrr.php?lat=xx.xx&lon=yy.yy

[Mace]

@Mace, you have to wait for some rain
The devices only get updated when there is a rain forecast. As long as the value of the devices is 0 and the rain forecast is 0, the device won't get updated (that's standard behaviour of the Python plugin update function).

And I think you only check the status part of the log, because the plugin does give all info, also about the weather station, when you press Update when the Buienradar script is selected. Check the All part of the log.

It should contain something like:

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Found Meetstation xx (ID: 1234) at 20.0 km from your home location

Check! Didn't know that of the rain update.

Did a push on the update button in Hardware, result in the All tab:
2017-10-13 17:13:00.778 EventSystem: Script event triggered: Resol
2017-10-13 17:13:48.457 (Buienradar) Stop directive received.
2017-10-13 17:13:48.557 (Buienradar) Stopping threads.
2017-10-13 17:13:48.731 (Buienradar) Exiting work loop.
2017-10-13 17:13:48.731 (Buienradar) Stopped.
2017-10-13 17:13:48.731 (Buienradar) Started.
2017-10-13 17:13:49.156 (Buienradar) Entering work loop.
2017-10-13 17:13:49.156 (Buienradar) Initialized version 2.0, author 'ffes'
Scrolled thru the rest of the log (4 minutes), no mentioning of a station found....Strange!

I'm on Beat 3.8590 since a few minutes.

[EdwinK]

Can you set debug level to True for the plugin in the Hardware page? Then it will show in the log which coordinates from Domoticz (settings) are being used.
Should be something like this:

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Rain forecast started with following coordinates from Domoticz: xx.xx;yy.yy
Rain forecast url: https://gps.buienradar.nl/getrr.php?lat=xx.xx&lon=yy.yy

Yes, did that, and found it now working with the correct city/

[Mace]

Still not getting anything like this in the onscreen log. Is there a log being written to the Pi?

[EdwinK]

2017-10-17 09:34:38.683 (Buienradar) Calling message handler 'onHeartbeat'.
2017-10-17 09:34:38.688 (Buienradar) Retrieve weather data from http://xml.buienradar.nl/
2017-10-17 09:34:38.782 (Buienradar) Temperature: 14.2
2017-10-17 09:34:38.782 (Buienradar) Wind Speed: 4.08 | Wind Bearing: 221.0 | Wind Direction: SW | Wind Speed Gusts: 6.1 | Wind Chill: 14.2
2017-10-17 09:34:38.783 (Buienradar) Barometer: 1021.16 | Barometer Forecast: 0
2017-10-17 09:34:38.783 (Buienradar) Humidity: 82 | Humidity status: 3
2017-10-17 09:34:38.783 (Buienradar) Visibility: 12000
2017-10-17 09:34:38.783 (Buienradar) Solar Irradiance: 65.0
2017-10-17 09:34:38.783 (Buienradar) Rain rate: None
2017-10-17 09:34:38.784 (Buienradar) Weather prediction today: Mooi en warm nazomerweer (Opgesteld op dinsdag 17 okt 2017 om 07:30)
2017-10-17 09:34:38.784 (Temperatuur - BR) Updating device from 0:'13.9' to have values 0:'14.2'.
2017-10-17 09:34:39.022 (Buienradar) Update Temperatuur - BR: 0 - '14.2'
2017-10-17 09:34:39.022 (Luchtv. - BR) Updating device from 83:'3' to have values 82:'3'.
2017-10-17 09:34:39.259 (Buienradar) Update Luchtv. - BR: 82 - '3'
2017-10-17 09:34:39.259 (BARO - BR) Updating device from 0:'1021.1;0' to have values 0:'1021.2;0'.
2017-10-17 09:34:39.482 (Buienradar) Update BARO - BR: 0 - '1021.2;0'
2017-10-17 09:34:39.483 (Wind - BR) Updating device from 0:'221.0;SW;44;70;13.9;13.9' to have values 0:'221.0;SW;41;61;14.2;14.2'.
2017-10-17 09:34:39.820 (Buienradar) Update Wind - BR: 0 - '221.0;SW;41;61;14.2;14.2'
2017-10-17 09:34:39.820 (Zichtbaarheid - BR) Updating device from 0:'12.1' to have values 0:'12.0'.
2017-10-17 09:34:40.071 (Buienradar) Update Zichtbaarheid - BR: 0 - '12.0'
2017-10-17 09:34:40.072 (Zonkracht - BR) Updating device from 0:'60.0' to have values 0:'65.0'.
2017-10-17 09:34:40.309 (Buienradar) Update Zonkracht - BR: 0 - '65.0'
2017-10-17 09:34:40.310 (Buienradar) Rain forecast started with following coordinates from Domoticz: 51.860067;4.412692
2017-10-17 09:34:40.310 (Buienradar) Rain forecast url: https://gps.buienradar.nl/getrr.php?lat=51.86&lon=4.41
2017-10-17 09:34:40.716 (Buienradar) Timeframe: 30, rows: 7
2017-10-17 09:34:40.719 (Buienradar) 000|09:35
2017-10-17 09:34:40.720 (Buienradar) 000|09:40
2017-10-17 09:34:40.720 (Buienradar) 000|09:45
2017-10-17 09:34:40.720 (Buienradar) 000|09:50
2017-10-17 09:34:40.720 (Buienradar) 000|09:55
2017-10-17 09:34:40.721 (Buienradar) 000|10:00
2017-10-17 09:34:40.721 (Buienradar) 000|10:05
2017-10-17 09:34:40.721 (Buienradar) Rain forecast: 0 [0-255] | 0.0 mm/hour

This is (part of) my log file.

[Mace]

Hmmm.....Where is this log found? Not in Domoticz itself, in the 'log-tab'?

[EdwinK]

This is from the log-tab in Domoticz.

[manjh]

Interesting plugin, especially for those of us living in The Netherlands!

I installed it onto my R-Pi, following the steps in the Wiki article. Rebooted the Pi, and added the plugin on the hardware page.
After that several devices showed up, and I was happy. Waiting for some history to build up.

Later that night I noticed Domoticz no longer reacted to pir sensors (lights stayed out).
Looked online: no response in the browser.
Logged on to the R-Pi and looked at Domoticz status: all looks OK.
Restarted Domoticz, same result. Rebooted the Pi: no change.

Since I can't live without Domoticz these days, decided to stop Domoticz, and remove the plugin from the plugins directory.
Started Domoticz up again, and all was OK again.... removed Buienradar from the HW page.

Since I see many happy users on this thread, I am wondering what could have gone wrong...

[Snowtiger]

This is from the log-tab in Domoticz.

i assume you have debug set to true in the Hardware setup of Buienradar plugin?

[Mace]

Set it both to True and Logging. All I get is:
2017-10-18 14:42:03.412 (Buienradar) Stop directive received.
2017-10-18 14:42:03.612 (Buienradar) Stopping threads.
2017-10-18 14:42:03.631 (Buienradar) Exiting work loop.
2017-10-18 14:42:03.631 (Buienradar) Stopped.
2017-10-18 14:42:03.632 (Buienradar) Started.
2017-10-18 14:42:04.039 (Buienradar) Entering work loop.
2017-10-18 14:42:04.039 (Buienradar) Initialized version 2.0, author 'ffes'

I'm on the latest Beta.