$twcweather Observations

[WCmore]

On another topic

Thanks for your speedy reply to my forum post. It points out that I am probably making this harder than it needs to be.

When I try to duplicate the piston that you posted…

• add a new statement
  If Block > Add an If
  Condition > Add a Condition
  Variable (drop down)
  $twcweather null

Since there aren’t any other subselections (e.g. $twcweather.conditions.temperature) in the variable drop down, I thought that I might have to set up some kind of new device in the SmartThings IDE, like what is required for the SmartWeather Station Tile.

How do you select the specific $twcweather subvariables?

Thanks for helping out a newbie. :^)

Try this:

• Add a new statement
• Add an IF
• Add a condition
• What to compare: Expression
• Type $twcweather.conditions.temperature in the box
• Decide on what kind of comparison
• Click on Add

[stone]

Perfect! It works great.

Try to not go overboard though please, because SmartThings is billed for each and every query. We don’t want to abuse it, because they will start charging us for this data.

The info about not querying too often would be excellent to include in the Wiki. Now I know to be conservative.

Thanks for your help!

• Brad

[WCmore]

The info about not querying too often would be excellent to include in the Wiki

I mentioned it on the $twcweather.alerts page.