I keep hoping maybe Cumulus MX will get Ambientweather.net API support and log the data so Cumulus MX can be used. Are there any plans for this?
https://www.ambientweather.com/api.html
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Ambientweather.net API Support
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Re: Ambientweather.net API Support
Could you give us an idea of what functionality you would like from an integration with AmbientWeather?
I'm not familiar with AmbientWeather, however it appears the functionality the API provides is akin to reading data directly from a weather station. If so, then I don't see any issues.
There is a fairly major update of CumulusMX (V4) in the works at the moment, which should allow integrations to be written in a far easier manner. I would suggest that any integration is more likely to be written to work with this new version rather than the current V3 - depending on the free time available.
I'm not familiar with AmbientWeather, however it appears the functionality the API provides is akin to reading data directly from a weather station. If so, then I don't see any issues.
There is a fairly major update of CumulusMX (V4) in the works at the moment, which should allow integrations to be written in a far easier manner. I would suggest that any integration is more likely to be written to work with this new version rather than the current V3 - depending on the free time available.
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Re: Ambientweather.net API Support
Yes. To read the weather station data published to Ambientweather.net so it can be logged into Cumulus MX or 4.
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Re: Ambientweather.net API Support
It's not clear to me from the API documentation how to read historic data or even if it is possible, and thus replicate a logger for missing data whilst MX is stopped. It just talks about "recent data".
The real-time data feed seems pretty straightforward.
The real-time data feed seems pretty straightforward.
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Re: Ambientweather.net API Support
I know with Weather Display that if I do not run it for a few days, I can open it, and it will pull the records from Ambientweather.net from the last time it read to the present. The program itself is OK, but cumbersome. It's not intuitive like Cumulus.
I think most users of Cumulus over the last several years mostly use either Fine Offset or Davis weather stations. The Fine Offsets seem to all be going to WiFi like the Ambient Weather WS-2902A (Fine Offset WH2900):
http://www.foshk.com/Wifi_Weather_Station/WH2900.html
I have no experience with the versions used in Europe, Australia, etc.
I think most users of Cumulus over the last several years mostly use either Fine Offset or Davis weather stations. The Fine Offsets seem to all be going to WiFi like the Ambient Weather WS-2902A (Fine Offset WH2900):
http://www.foshk.com/Wifi_Weather_Station/WH2900.html
I have no experience with the versions used in Europe, Australia, etc.
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Re: Ambientweather.net API Support
As well, WeatherDisplay is able to read from a Linux based system that runs on the Ambient Weather units and read it directly into it's programming.Buford T. Justice wrote: ↑Sat 23 Mar 2019 5:37 pm I know with Weather Display that if I do not run it for a few days, I can open it, and it will pull the records from Ambientweather.net from the last time it read to the present. The program itself is OK, but cumbersome. It's not intuitive like Cumulus.
I think most users of Cumulus over the last several years mostly use either Fine Offset or Davis weather stations. The Fine Offsets seem to all be going to WiFi like the Ambient Weather WS-2902A (Fine Offset WH2900):
http://www.foshk.com/Wifi_Weather_Station/WH2900.html
I have no experience with the versions used in Europe, Australia, etc.
I reply heavily upon the FineOffset stations, I pay $50-75 for new sensors every 2-3 years to replace them. A decade in I'm still cheaper than the cheapest Davis station... However, the parts for the other USB-Enabled console versions are getting harder and harder to find. I can only find cheap ones that upload to AmbientWeather and such now.
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Running CumuluxMX 3.24.1 b3234 both sites on Windows 11 22H2
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Re: Ambientweather.net API Support
Mark, it looks like the 'endDate' parameter is the one required - although oddly, if I'm reading correctly, seems inverted to the way you'd typically expect results to be filtered.
Max 288 results, ending in 'endDate', so the first result will be < endDate.
But definitely looks like historical data is available.