Precipitation is not updating

[cmdrcrank]

For some reason, the precipitation values quit updating for me. Today is 2/16, and they have not updated in many days. Any thoughts? Everything else seems to be working great.

Thanks.

[CFGuy]

Which provider are you using for the the weather info?
Are you getting any errors in the log?

[cmdrcrank]

I assume NOAA since Weatherbug does not offer APIs any longer. No errors seen in the Homeseer log.

[drparker151]

I assume NOAA since Weatherbug does not offer APIs any longer. No errors seen in the Homeseer log.

It could also be World Weather Online, which did you configure in the Plugin?

[cmdrcrank]

Nope, it is NOAA

[cmdrcrank]

Jeff, any thoughts? I can post a copy of my weatherXML schedule if that helps. I have debugging turned on and get a ton of verbose weatherXML log data, but don't see anything indicating an error for precipitation. It is as if the plug-in simply no longer requests that data from NOAA as my values never update. Thanks.

[cmdrcrank]

Until this is fixed, I created a script to parse the text of the forecast for today: (the code is not optimized, but it will do until the values start populating again)

Dim precipitation as Integer
precipitation = hs.DeviceValue(159)
If precipitation <> -999 Then
Dim results1 = SetDeviceByControlValue(451, precipitation)
hs.WriteLog("Precipitation ", precipitation)
Else
‘Chance of precipitation is
‘Today’s forecast 153
Dim todaysForecast as String = hs.DeviceString(153)
hs.WriteLog(“Todays forecast to be parsed “, todaysForecast)
Dim loc1 as Integer = InStr(todaysForecast,”Chance of precipitation is ")
Dim precipitationStr as String = Mid(todaysForecast, loc1)
hs.WriteLog("Precipitation Str Value 1 ", precipitationStr)
precipitationStr = Mid(precipitationStr, 28)
hs.WriteLog("Precipitation Str Value 2 ", precipitationStr)
loc1 = InStr(precipitationStr, ”%”)
precipitationStr = Left(precipitationStr, loc1 - 1)
hs.WriteLog("Precipitation Str Value 3 ", precipitationStr)
precipitation = precipitationStr
Dim results1 = SetDeviceByControlValue(451, precipitation) ' this is a function. I can post it if anyone needs it
hs.WriteLog(“Parsed Precipitation ", precipitation)
End If

[CFGuy]

Email me one of the NOForecast xml files. I want to confirm that the data is in the file.

jeff at myautomatedhome.net

[cmdrcrank]

I sent it the day you requested it.

[CFGuy]

The data is in the file.
Delete the Precipitation devices.
Then go to the Settings page. For logging level, select weatherXML webpage.
Then go to the HSTouch\Data page and reselect the precipitation devices.
Confirm they are recreated.
You should now have an extra menu button labeled Misc.
Click on the page and when the log entries load, click on clear log.
Next, go to the Schedules page and manually Run the forecast schedule.
Wait until the start and end times update, the click on the menu button labeled Misc.
When the page loads, click on the button Save To File.
Go back to the settings page, and change the logging level back to errors.

There will be a file in the Homeseer HS3/data/weatherXML directory called logOutput.txt.
Please send that to me.

[cmdrcrank]

Thanks for the instructions. Here is the file. Thanks.

[CFGuy]

Are you using the phLocation plugin? From the file it looks like you have the same device selected for both the Latitude device and the Longitude device. The device refID is 260 for both. Device 260 does not have a string value set so it looks to the device value. That is coming back as a 1. In effect, the forecast gets run with a latitude of 1 and a longitude of 1.
Since NOAA uses a StationID for conditions and the Lat and Long for Forecast, this would cause issues with the forecast.

When the logOutput gets to the forecast section here is the url that is using.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=1&lon=1&FcstType=dwml 

Note the lat and lon values. You will need to set the lat and lon to the values for your location. Also if you are not using PHLocation that provides the Lat and Lon value, then on the weatherXML Locations page, select the 'Please Select' option in the dropdowns for the 3 PHLocation devices.

[cmdrcrank]

Yes, I am using PhLocation2, and the Lat/Long are setup correctly (see attachments).

[cmdrcrank]

there is another place in the WeatherXML Locations Setup for forecast that contains a lat/long. I have manually set that 5 times, but it does default to 1/1. I do not know why. My PhLocation2 location is correct. All of my other forecast values for WeatherXML are for Chattanooga, TN, which is accurate.

[cmdrcrank]

I can set the value, but once the scheduled forecast download occurs, something changes the values back to 1/1.