HouseBot

PLEASE NOTE Weather.com have started charging (A lot!!) for use of the xml feed, so this project has been abandoned and I am now using http://worldweatheronlinehb.codeplex.com

Jump to this post for more information: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=856444&start=45#p451809


This plug-in will parse the weather.com xml feed and display it in HouseBot .

Requires c# wrapper to work.

PLEASE BACKUP HOUSEBOT BEFORE INSTALLING, Just to be safe. I have been running this now for about a month.

To install you will need to...
1) Copy the weather.dll in the plug-ins folder.
2) Copy HBDotNetBridge.dll into the \housebot\plugins\devices folder
3) Copy HBDotNet.dll into the \housebot folder

The HBDotNetBridge.dll and HBDotNet.dll can be found in this post: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=856395

Source code can be found here: http://weatherplugin.codeplex.com/

Any probs let me know.

Cheers,
Al

Added software remote that is displayed in the first post.

Please make sure you do not have a device called Weather before importing.

If the remote does not display the images, just open the remote to edit, then save. Not sure why, but this fixes it.

I get my weather info a different way into HouseBot, but I love the weather icons used! I will change my set to this one. Thanks for sharing.

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing.

Art

I get my weather info a different way too (I wrote it in VBScript in a script device), but from same source into HouseBot. Some pics (language is hungarian):
The basic weather screen: http://www.menesihome.hu/images/hb_weather_1.jpg
With today screen: http://www.menesihome.hu/images/hb_weather_2.jpg
With weather maps: http://www.menesihome.hu/images/hb_weather_3.jpg

I just installed the Weather.com plugin and I modified the LOCATION NAME to read Cerritos, CA. The OBSERVATION STATION NAME changed automatically to Fullerton, CA. I let it run for a while and it updated the information. I went over to WEATHER.COM to verify the changes and I see different results. Example: Current Temp shows 80F whereas WEATHER.COM shows 73F, Moon Cycle for tonight shows FULL (which is correct) but the ICON is (14.png) cloudly with snow, Wednesday shows Partly Cloudy (correct reading) but the icon is (29.png) showing the moon with clouds. The Last Updated field does not seem to change. Not sure what is going on here. I have attached a screen shot of the SWREMOTE and the LOG. I like the plug-in and would like to use it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kirt

Ok, i am lost here,

I copied all of the files to the correct places and can not find a weather device.

What do I have to add to make it show up?

Sorry for the n00b question but i could not find it anywhere on the sites

Raptor

See if you have an Imported devices folder in the list. Unless otherwise specified, new imports will go there.

Terry

Ok, i must be missing the point as i still can't make this thing work.

So i have a vanilla install of housebot, then i copied the files to the locations specified and run house bot and its not there.

I tried Import configuration for the weather theme and it says it cant find the device....

What am i doing worng?

Raptor

Ok the error i am getting is:

Unable to find deivce ID in remap table for device ID [11]

any idea how to fix this?

Raptor

I got an email from TWC yesterday - since I am running the Weather.Com XML feed/HB plug-in described above - saying that they are cancelling the XML offer as of 10/31. Need to find another source for weather data that can be imported into HB.

Meedio Weather is still running fine.

Meedio 1.41 = Free
Service runs weather importers
DBase = SQLII
Interfaced in HouseBot using an sqlite2 com object, a script, null device and a task to update the weather data every 10 minutes (much like your jukebox)

I'm not clear on where the actual weather data (current, forecast) come(s) from? I can get radar and sat images from NOAA or other but to get the forecast and current data in a HB friendly readable (XML, CSV or whatever)... Sounds like one has to be running Meedio (or at least a Meedio plug-in) in the background.

Correct. You need Meedio installed to get the Weather Data and have the Meedio Service run in the background to handle the importers. You can search for other options or maybe even write your own scraper. Not sure.. however Meedio is still running so that could be a last resort.

Thought so. Read a little on the Meedio site. I don't want the weather report that badly. Thanks though.