Not getting data from weather underground

[Gringokarlos]

Hi All - I'm a new veralite owner.  U/I 5, Version 1.6.641.  I've installed the weather underground app, have entered my WU code, and also manually set the location (the code for the closest airport) and polling (900).  I did not upload any .zip files because I really didn't understand where or what needed to be uploaded.

[Gringokarlos]

Here's the app settings.  I am unable to select the auto update box.

[dzmiller]

The auto update field doesn't seem to work. Did you put location under the advance tab? Are the capital letters in your key correct?  When you log into WU, you see the key you entered in Vera?
If you showed your actual key in the gifs above, you will want to generate a new key and not make it publicly available..

[Gringokarlos]

Hi dz.  Yes and yes.  see attached from WU

[dzmiller]

Your key is not you location code. You get a unique key from the WU developer site.

http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/login.html

[Gringokarlos]

Hi dz - created and account with WU and entered the key that they provided.  thats a different field.  my key is KMEPORTL22.  Am i missing or misunderstanding something?

[RichardTSchaefer]

KMEPORTL22 looks like a PWS (Personal Weather Station) identifier.

A key will look like an arbitrary hex encoded string about 16 characters long.

A hex encoded string uses the numbers 0-9 and the letters a-f.

[dzmiller]

Yes, the first screen shot you provided show the weather station code in the provider key field - a reference to Kamembe airport , I believe. As Richard points out that's not your unique, random user key provided by WU.
WU uses your unique key to make sure you don't hit their server too often from a free developer account.

[Gringokarlos]

Oh - you're right.  I guess that I am confused about obtaining the key from WU.  I did establish an account, but I guess that I didn't understand how/where to generate the key.

[JoeyD]

If you're not sure what your key is, go to :

http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api

And sign in with your account....click on Key Settings and you'll see your key.

[Gringokarlos]

Awesome!  Thanks, Joey.  I got it set up.  The WU site isn't very easy to navigate.  I spent quite a bit of time looking around for the key issue function.  Your link worked like a charm.

[tedp]

Hello -- I must be daft or something, but I do not see a "key management" link at http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api

There's the option to purchase a key (of which the basic version is free). Is this what I need to do in order to obtain one?

I've attached a screengrab from the website in case I'm missing something obvious.

Thx

[tomtcom]

You "purchase" the free api giving you 500 calls a day.

[fabstar81]

Sorry to hijack this thread. But in the Weather Underground plugin I get the following error, which probably has its origins in a setting in vera I cannot access.

WUIWeather : Location not established in MiOS Preferences/Toolbox, Latitude and Longitude required for Plugin to work.

Obviously I tried to override the mios settings in the plugin, by putting the longitude, latitude, nearest by weather station, even country codes and all, but I keep getting this error.

In vera the location tab does say my.location, but I think I miss the tab where you can enter your latitude and longitude settings. Also the current cost per kWh I cannot submit anymore.

I did a factory reset (soft) last month and built up from scratch. Since then I have this error. Previously, I had no issues at all using the plug-in.

[akbooer]

I don't know why this is happening, but you could manually set your latitude and longitude by running a couple of lines of Lua in the test code window...

Code: [Select]

luup.attr_set ("longitude", -1.234)
luup.attr_set ("latitude", 54.321)

...using the right numbers, of course!