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Meteobridge is a device that is easy to use and which should not raise a demand for extensive support. However, there is a forum, where you can share experiences, questions, wishes with other users.  
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<br />Meteobridge provides a very flexible mechanism to smuggle sensor data of different kinds into strings to be used by Meteobrdge push services like Twitter, HTTP GET uploads or MSQL database insert requests.
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Simply type in the text you want to upload and represent the pieces of sensor data by so called variables. When data gets uploaded, these variables will be replaced by current sensor data and so a string filled with the data you intended will be uploaded.
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Each variable starts with an opening square bracket "[" and is terminated by a closing square bracket "]". The structure of the variable name between these brackets is as follows: <pre>sensor-selector=converter.decimals:replacement</pre>
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"converter", "decimals" and "replacement" can be omitted, "sensor" and "type" are mandatory.
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While "sensor" tells what sensor and what piece of information of the sensor to use, "selector" decides data from what time period should be taken into account and "converter" does convert data into measurement units the user likes most. "Decimals" decides about precision the result should be shown in and "replacement" gives the string to be returned when there is no data for defined sensor available.
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==Sensors== <!--T:3-->
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Forum is part of Meteohub Forum: [http://forum.meteohub.de/viewforum.php?f=54&sid=c8736ec03d0ef75afa55c16f324623bd Meteobridge Forum]
These sensors are defined in Meteobridge.
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* '''th0temp''': outdoor temperature in degrees Celsius
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* '''th0hum''': relative outdoor humidity as percentage
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* '''th0dew''': outdoor dew point in degrees Celsius
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* '''thb0temp''': indoor temperature in degrees Celsius
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* '''thb0hum''': indoor humidity as percentage
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* '''thb0dew''': indoor dewpoint in degrees Celsius
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* '''thb0press''': station pressure in hPa
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* '''thb0seapress''': normalized pressure (computed to sea level) in hPa
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* '''wind0wind''': wind speed in m/s
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* '''wind0avgwind''': average windspeed in m/s (time used for average depends on station)
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* '''wind0dir''': wind direction in degress (0° is North)
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* '''wind0chill''': wind chill temperature in degrees Celsius
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* '''rain0rate''': rain rate in mm/h
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* '''rain0total''': rain fall in mm
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* '''uv0index''': uv index
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* '''sol0rad''': solar radiation in W/m^2
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If a sensor is not there or data of sensor has passed the "tolerated data age" interval, Meteobridge will not provide data for it and will present the value defined as "replacement". If no replacement is given, variable will not be converted into data but will stay as is.
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==Selectors== <!--T:4-->
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===Release Log===
Sensors are followed by a selector (syntactically separated by a dash) that specifies what period in time should be used for evaluation. Valid selectors are:
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* '''act''': most recent data
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* '''hmin''': minimum value of this hour
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* '''hmax''': maximum value of this hour
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* '''dmin''': minimum value of today
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* '''dmax''': maximum value of today
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* '''ydmin''': minimum value of yesterday
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* '''ydmax''': maximum value of yesterday
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* '''mmin''': minimum value of this month
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* '''mmax''': maximum value of this month
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* '''ymin''': minimum value of this year
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* '''ymax''': maximum value of this year
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* '''amin''': minimum value of all time
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* '''amax''': maximum value of all time
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* '''daysum or sumday''', '''monthsum''', '''yearsum''', '''allsum''', '''ydaysum''': selects summerized delta values from today, this month, this year, all time or yesterday: "rain0total-sumday" is todays rain fall.
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When you are interested in timestamps of min/max values, you can make use of these selectors:
 
* '''hmintime''': timestamp of minimum value of this hour
 
* '''hmaxtime''': timestamp of maximum value of this hour
 
* '''dmintime''': timestamp of minimum value of today
 
* '''dmaxtime''': timestamp of maximum value of today
 
* '''ydmintime''': timestamp of minimum value of yesterday
 
* '''ydmaxtime''': timestamp of maximum value of yesterday
 
* '''mmintime''': timestamp of minimum value of this month
 
* '''mmaxtime''': timestamp of maximum value of this month
 
* '''ymintime''': timestamp of minimum value of this year
 
* '''ymaxtime''': timestamp of maximum value of this year
 
* '''amintime''': timestamp of minimum value of all time
 
* '''amaxtime''': timestamp of maximum value of all time
 
* '''starttime''': timestamp of first recorded value
 
Timestamps are strings of format "YYYYMMDDhhmmss". Year "YYYY" is reported in 4 digits, all other values (month "MM", day "DD", hour "hh", minute "mm", second "ss") come with 2 digits, leading zeros are not supressed.
 
  
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Version 1.0:
Apart from selectors that use absolute, predefined time slots there are also selectors that look for a certain amount of time into the past.
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* inital release
* '''val2''', '''val5''', '''val10''', '''val15''', '''val30''', '''val60''': selects the value the sensor has shown 2, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes ago
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* '''max2''', '''max5''', '''max10''', '''max15''', '''max30''', '''max60''': selects the maximum value from the last 2, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes
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* '''min2''', '''min5''', '''min10''', '''min15''', '''min30''', '''min60''': selects the minimum value from the last 2, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes
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* '''avg2''', '''avg5''', '''avg10''', '''avg15''', '''avg30''', '''avg60''': selects average value from the last 2, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes
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* '''sum2''', '''sum5''', '''sum10''', '''sum15''', '''sum30''', '''sum60''': selects summerized delta values from the last 2, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes, which is useful to get amount of total rain in a certain time frame: "rain0total-sum60" is rainfall im mm of last 60 minutes.
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==Converters== <!--T:6-->
 
Sensor data is reported in ISO units (°C, hPa, mm, m/s) by default, but can be converted into non-ISO units (imperial) by adding a conversion token. Defined tokens are:
 
* '''F''' converts temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
 
* '''psi''' converts pressure from hPa (equivalent to mbar) to psi.
 
* '''mmHg''' converts pressure from hPa to millimeters of mercury.
 
* '''inHg''' converts pressure from hPa to inches of mercury.
 
* '''kmh''' converts wind speed from meters per second to kilometers per hour.
 
* '''mph''' converts wind speed from meters per second to miles per hour.
 
* '''kn''' converts wind speed from meters per second to knots.
 
* '''bft''' converts wind speed from meters per second to Beaufort scale.
 
* '''in''' converts millimeters to inches.
 
* '''ft''' converts meters to feet.
 
If an unknown conversion string is used, no conversion will take place, no error message will appear.
 
  
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Version 1.1 (released 5th March 2013):
When variable returns a timestamp, then this converter can be applied:
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* more variables for templates (full documentation at http://www.meteobridge.com/wiki/index.php/Templates)
* '''utc''' reports timestamp in UTC instead of localtime, which is default.
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* balloon help on live data tab does show sequence of values for live data and time of min/max events for historical data.
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* added weather network http://www.previmeteo.com
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* length of paylod text fields for push services have been enlarged to 4000 characters
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* some bugs around swapped min/max historical values are fixed
  
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Meteobridge provides some additional variables that tell details not directly related to weather conditions. Sensor name is "mbsystem", defined selectors are:
 
* '''swversion''': Meteobridge version string (example: "1.1")
 
* '''buildnum''': build number as integer (example: 1673)
 
* '''platform''': string that specifies hw platform (example: "TL-MR3020")
 
* '''language''': language used on Meteobridge's web interface (example: "English")
 
* '''timezone''': defined timezone (example: "Europe/Berlin")
 
* '''latitude''': latitude as float (example: 53.875120)
 
* '''longitude''': longitude as float (example: 9.885357)
 
* '''lunarage''': days passes since new moon as integer (example: 28)
 
* '''lunarpercent''': lunarphase given as percentage from 0% (new moon) to 100% (full moon)
 
* '''lunarsegment''': lunarphase segment as integer (0 = new moon, 1-3 = growing moon: quarter, half, three quarters, 4 = full moon, 5-7 = shrinking moon: three quarter, half, quarter)
 
* '''daylength''': length of day (example: "11:28")
 
* '''civildaylength''': alternative method for daylength computation (example: "12:38")
 
* '''nauticaldaylength''': alternative method for daylength computation (example: "14:00")
 
* '''sunrise''': time of sunrise in local time. Can be converterd to UTC by applying "=utc" to the variable (example: "06:47", resp. "05:47")
 
* '''sunset'''. time of sunset in local time. Can be converterd to UTC by applying "=utc" to the variable (example: "18:15", resp. "17:15")
 
* '''civilsunrise''', '''civilsunset''', '''nauticalsunrise''', '''nauticalsunset''': alternative computations for sunset and sunrise.
 
* '''daynightflag''': returns "D" when there is daylight, otherwise "N".
 
* '''moonrise''': time of moonrise in local time. Can be converterd to UTC by applying "=utc" to the variable. Please notice that not every day has a moonrise time, therefore, variable can be non-existent on certain days (example: "05:46", resp. "04:46")
 
* '''moonset''': time of moonset in local time. Can be converterd to UTC by applying "=utc" to the variable. Please notice that not every day has a moonset time, therefore, variable can be non-existent on certain days (example: "17:00", resp. "16:00")
 
  
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in preparation:
Variables representing current date/time don't come as "sensor-selector=converter" chains but have a distinct meaning by themselves.
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* support of additional temp/hum sensors for vantage, additional temp data to be reported to Weather underground (if there)
 
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* setup your own weather website setup with the help of "saratoga templates" (http://saratoga-weather.org/wxtemplates/setup-Meteobridge.php)
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* additional system vriables as described at [Templates#System_Variables]
Date und time variables are defined as follows:
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* '''YYYY''': year as four digit number
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* '''YY''': year as two digit number
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* '''MM''': month as two digit number, if only one digit neede a zero will be used as first digit
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* '''M''': month as one or two digit number, no leading zeros
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* '''DD''': day of month as two digit number, if only one digit neede a zero will be used as first digit
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* '''D''': day of month as one or two digit number, no leading zeros
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* '''hh''': hour as two digit number, if only one digit neede a zero will be used as first digit
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* '''h''': hour as one or two digit number, no leading zeros
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* '''mm''': minute as two digit number, if only one digit neede a zero will be used as first digit
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* '''m''': minute as one or two digit number, no leading zeros
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* '''ss''': seconds as two digit number, if only one digit neede a zero will be used as first digit
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* '''s''': seconds as one or two digit number, no leading zeros
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When a capital "U" preceeds a date/time variable name, UTC is used instead of local time ("[Uhh]:[Umm]:[Uss] UTC" is evaluated to a string like "16:03:33 UTC")
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Unless otherwise defined numbers are reported with one decimal. By specifying a value for "decimals" you can determine resolution of presented values.
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When variable returns a string instead of a number (in case of a timestamp for example), "decimal" specification does have a different format and meaning, which allows to select a substring. Specification of the substring consists of two lower-case letters. The first one specifies start point of the substring, second leter the position of last character of the string to be reported. For example, when string is timestamp "20130303121055" a specification of ".ad" selects a substring from first character (position code "a") until fourth character (position code "d"). When you want to grab the time for lowest outdoor temperature of today the template for that will be <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">[th0temp-dmintime.ij:--]:[th0temp-dmintime.kl:--]</span></font face>. "ij" selects the hour part at position 9-10 and "kl" selects minute part at position 11-12 of the timestamp.
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When a variable is not defined or there is no data for a specified sensor, information specified as "replacement" string will be represented instead.
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Having a look at examples usually helps to understand how easy that is.
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# Template <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">Outdoor temperature is [th0temp-act=F.1:--]°F</span></font face> will be converted into <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">Outdoor temperature is 3.4°F</span></font face> when there is outdoor temp data and into <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">Outdoor temperature is --°F</span></font face> if outdoor temp sensor does not provide recent data.
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# Template <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">Local time is [hh]:[mm]</span></font face> will be converted into <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">Local time is 09:27</span></font face>.
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# Template <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">Max gust in last 10 minutes was: [wind0wind-max10.1:--]m/s, [wind0wind-max10=mph.1:--]mph, [wind0wind-max10=kn.0:--]kn</span></font face> will be converted into <font face="Courier"><span style="background-color:lightgrey;">Max gust in last 10 minutes was: 10.5m/s, 23.5mph, 20kn</span></font face>.
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Revision as of 14:01, 10 March 2013

Meteobridge is a device that is easy to use and which should not raise a demand for extensive support. However, there is a forum, where you can share experiences, questions, wishes with other users.

Please make use of this in favor to emails, as a wider public can participate of your insights and problem resultion recipes.

Forum is part of Meteohub Forum: Meteobridge Forum

Release Log

To get the latest relaease running on your rig, just do a rebot or power-cycle.


Version 1.0:

  • inital release


Version 1.1 (released 5th March 2013):

  • more variables for templates (full documentation at http://www.meteobridge.com/wiki/index.php/Templates)
  • balloon help on live data tab does show sequence of values for live data and time of min/max events for historical data.
  • added weather network http://www.previmeteo.com
  • length of paylod text fields for push services have been enlarged to 4000 characters
  • some bugs around swapped min/max historical values are fixed


in preparation:

  • support of additional temp/hum sensors for vantage, additional temp data to be reported to Weather underground (if there)
  • setup your own weather website setup with the help of "saratoga templates" (http://saratoga-weather.org/wxtemplates/setup-Meteobridge.php)
  • additional system vriables as described at [Templates#System_Variables]