switchdoclabs/ourweatherweatherplus

OurWeather Software for WeatherPlus Board - creates (or you rename) a directory called "SDL_ESP8266_WeatherPlus"

OurWeather Software for the SwitchDoc Labs Board WeatherPlus

Arduino IDE software designed for the ESP8266 on the WeatherPlus Board and the OurWeather Weather Kit

www.switchdoc.com
August 2019

Current Version 036 - August 8, 2019

• Added SHT30 support to OurWeather

Current Version 035 - December 10, 2018

• Added Blynk App support, Changed Air Quality Sensor to A0 of the ADC converter to match manual.

Current Version 034 - September 28, 2018

• Merged frightanic changes for WPS support. Updated Version Number

Current Version 033 - August 13, 2018

• Update aREST.h to latest version. Potential lock fix.

Current Version 032 - June 18, 2018

• Address fix for ADS1115 and Air Quality Sensor

Current Version 031 - March 30, 2018

• Added support for the OurWeather ThunderBoard Lightning Detection Extender Pack

Current Version 030 - March 24, 2018

• Adding WiFi Reconnect code - only after success on an AP

Current Version 029 - March 15, 2018

• Changed Alexa to PubNub to be compatible with March 1, 2018 PubNub change

Current Version 028 - February 12, 2018

• Fixed AM2315 corruption bug - improved reliablity

Current Version 027 - January 5, 2018

• Fixed WeatherUnderGround EEPROM Corruption bug introduced in V026

Current Version 026 - January 3, 2018

• Added MQTT to PubNub for OurWeather to Alexa interface

Current Version 023 - August 1, 2017

• Fixed Wind direction bug - changed to Internal ADC1015

Current Version 022 - July 20, 2017

-Improved accuracy for Wind Speed and Wind Gust

Current Version 021 - February 8, 2017

• Added support for WXLink and SolarWXLink - SwitchDoc Labs Wireless Links
  
• Added dewpoint to WeatherUnderground
  

Current Version 019 - October 20, 2016

• Added support for Solar Power System and SunAirPlus
  
• Improved Reliability of AM2315 readings on Solar Power
  

Current Version 018 - September 12, 2016

• Added support for WeatherUnderground Display
  
• Minor Reliablity Improvements
  

Current Version 017 - June 17, 2016

• No functional change for OurWeather Users - Version 017 is NOT released for auto update.
  
• Fixed Demo mode bug when not using the OLED display. Demo mode is what the system goes into after the 10 minute time our of not setting up OurWeather with a local network.
  

Current Version 016 - May 20, 2016

• No functional change. Delete Time directory for compilation on Arduino IDE 1.6.8
  
• No functional change. Renamed ESG_AM2315 files to avoid library class conflicts and match Github archive
  
• Fixed infinite reboot sequence with WiFi FLASH corruption (timing of reset button)
  

Current Version 015 - April 17, 2016

• Added full support for Air Quality Sensor Extender Kit
  
• Finished Reliablity Additions for AM2315 Driver
  
• Support both WeatherPlus Boards with the BMP180 and BMP280
  

Version 014 - April 3, 2016

• Initial Release for OurWeather

ourweatherweatherplus's Issues

OLEDDisplay.h Display_weather_large missing dewpoint

AM2315 Dewpoint display block is missing from DISPLAY_WEATHER_LARGE in OLEDdisplay.h file.

This block existed in build 021 but is not present in the 023 build I just downloaded.
Was this by design?

Adding this block in, throws the rest of the numbering in that section off, and so that will need to be corrected.

Also, why was the variable name "dewpoint" used when it is AM2315_Temperature and AM2315_Humidity?
I'm going to be submitting a few more suggestions like these for your consideration soon.

SDL_ESP8266_WeatherPlus.ino:35:28: fatal error: user_interface.h: No such file or directory #include "user_interface.h"

SDL_ESP8266_WeatherPlus.ino:35:28: fatal error: user_interface.h: No such file or directory
#include "user_interface.h"

[Feature Request] Custom MQTT Server

I know that issue #9 asks for this, but it was closed, I'm guessing due to know description.

I host my own local MQTT server and would like to be able to send my weather information to it. This would allow me to easily get my weather station info into both WeeWX for historical gathering as well as Home Assistant to help with my sprinkler automation.

ESP8266 and ESP32 security issues - need reflashing

There's three different vulnerabilities/attacks for which Espressif has released patches for, these should be updated for the Ourweather platform.

See https://hackaday.com/2019/09/05/esp8266-and-esp32-wifi-hacked/

1. https://matheus-garbelini.github.io/home/post/zero-pmk-installation/
2. https://matheus-garbelini.github.io/home/post/esp32-esp8266-eap-crash/
3. https://matheus-garbelini.github.io/home/post/esp8266-beacon-frame-crash/

Links to Espressif patches are in the links above.

Values of the lightning sensor missing in json string

Which you sell here: http://store.switchdoc.com/i2c-lightning-detector-grove-connectors-mod-1016g/

Naming in ino wrong

Why the filenames of the includes are not case senitive? Every time I update the repo I need to rename the files like written into the ino otherwise it will not compile on linux systems.

[Feature Request] offer an MQTT Integration

[Feature Request] Support for enterprise WiFi

Hello, I am a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. I bought a WeatherPlus station as a tinker project. Our plan is to run the station alongside our "professional grade" weather station (See: weather.utsc.utoronto.ca).

Unfortunately, our campus WiFi is very restricted, and requires authentication either by private certificate, or by a authentication with a username and password (in the connection settings, not a captive portal). I have glanced through the WiFiManager source, and it seems to only support simple SSID and password combinations.

I am opening this issue to track the possibility of more advanced WiFi configuration. In the meantime, I will also contact our networking folks to see if we can find a solution on our side.

[Feature Request] include brightness Sensor SI 1145

Which you also sell here: http://store.switchdoc.com/grove-sunlight-ir-uv-i2c-sensor/

Program stalls at handle REST routine

8 minutes after booting and connecting to Wifi the software stalls. Actually it gets stuck in the main loop. I use Arduino 1.8.1 and installed v023.

WiFiClient client = server.available();
if (client) {
while (!client.available()) { // potential infinite loop
delay(1);
}
if (client.available()) {
rest.handle(client);
}
}

By adding a counter and a break point at the while (!client.available()) loop it runs like a charm.

while (!client.available()) {
   Serial.print(".");    
   delay(1);   
   timeout++;
    if(timeout>1000) {Serial.print("INFINITE LOOP BREAK!");  break;}
}

Values of the SunAir Plus Module missing in json string

Why the json output is not including all sensor values?

BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h missing

When i try to Upload (v036) files to WeatherPlus - All in One Weather Station Controller (v2) the arduino ide cancel because of missing BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h
After insert the file from https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library/blob/master/src/BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h the upload works like a charm...

Why the ESP07 Module used do not have an External Antenna Connector?

The print antenna is really poor in signal level, an external antenna you can Connect to an ESP-07s will boost the signal with additional 12db!

Unresolved includes

There are a number of includes that fail to resolve when building on linux.

I have installed ESP8266 boards from http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json but could only find "Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266" and not "Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266" as stated in BUILD.MD. Is this the correct board?

Directions from Adafruit say to use this board: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-huzzah-esp8266-breakout/using-arduino-ide

'#include "Wire.h"' used in multiple libraries point to local file that does not exist. Is this supposed to be '#include <Wire.h>' which would use the file from the ESP8266 library?

'#include "Crc16.h"' in SDL_ESP8266_WeatherPlus.ino. Local file is lowercase 'crc16.h' and therefore fails to include on Case Sensitive Linux OS. Renaming file solves the problem. Same goes for '#include "elapsedMillis.h"' in same INO file.

Conversely there is '#include <String.h>' which should be lowercase '#include <string.h>'

Then it gets a bit more complex. There is '#include <Time.h>' in SDL_Weather_80422.cpp. Is this supposed to use the local file 'TimeLib.h' or '#include <time.h>' or 'Time' library by Michael Margolis?

Finally there is '#include "user_interface.h"' in local WifiManager.h. "user_interface.h" is not in your repo.

I see that others have brought up similar issues but they were not fixed in repo:
#2
#4
#14

Thanks for any info you provide. Should be receiving my kit in 2 days and would like to get the code compiling before then.

[Feature Request] include an Power Save Mode when SunAir Plus is connected and battery voltage goes below 3V

Errors during upload

Hi,

I'm trying to update the OurWeatherWeatherPlus version on my OurWeather. I'm using Arduino IDE (1.8.5) using "Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266" as board but I continue to get these errors (I tried with different OS and also with different version of Arduino IDE and also of code, but nothing changes)

In file included from /home/lucadelu/github/MWS/OurWeatherDev/SDL_ESP8266_WeatherPlus/SDL_ESP8266_WeatherPlus.ino:76:0:
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h: In function 'bool readWXLink()':
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:70:13: note: candidate 1: uint8_t TwoWire::requestFrom(int, int, int)
     uint8_t requestFrom(int, int, int);
             ^
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:64:12: note: candidate 2: size_t TwoWire::requestFrom(uint8_t, size_t, bool)
     size_t requestFrom(uint8_t address, size_t size, bool sendStop);
            ^
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:70:13: note: candidate 1: uint8_t TwoWire::requestFrom(int, int, int)
     uint8_t requestFrom(int, int, int);
             ^
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:64:12: note: candidate 2: size_t TwoWire::requestFrom(uint8_t, size_t, bool)
     size_t requestFrom(uint8_t address, size_t size, bool sendStop);
            ^
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:70:13: note: candidate 1: uint8_t TwoWire::requestFrom(int, int, int)
     uint8_t requestFrom(int, int, int);
             ^
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:64:12: note: candidate 2: size_t TwoWire::requestFrom(uint8_t, size_t, bool)
     size_t requestFrom(uint8_t address, size_t size, bool sendStop);
            ^
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:70:13: note: candidate 1: uint8_t TwoWire::requestFrom(int, int, int)
     uint8_t requestFrom(int, int, int);
             ^
/home/lucadelu/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.4.0/libraries/Wire/Wire.h:64:12: note: candidate 2: size_t TwoWire::requestFrom(uint8_t, size_t, bool)
     size_t requestFrom(uint8_t address, size_t size, bool sendStop);
            ^
Archiving built core (caching) in: /tmp/arduino_cache_67619/core/core_esp8266_esp8266_huzzah_CpuFrequency_80,FlashSize_4M1M,LwIPVariant_v2mss536,Debug_Disabled,DebugLevel_None____,UploadSpeed_115200_c11f787689a11fb3cc84caa40fd0a557.a
Sketch uses 392864 bytes (37%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1044464 bytes.
Global variables use 47532 bytes (58%) of dynamic memory, leaving 34388 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 81920 bytes.
warning: espcomm_sync failed
error: espcomm_open failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed
error: espcomm_upload_mem failed

do you have any help for me?

String.h not found on compile in Arduino IDE

Hi,

I am using Arduino IDE, and it bugs on String.h,
I have checked that Arduino.h is found in the same .ino file (few lines above).
Using Arduino 1.8.2 with the genericESP8266 board and the default compiler (AVRISP mkII).

Thanks for any suggestions,
Yann

NAN handling creates invalid JSON

When the AM2315 returns bad values, these are currently set to NAN. The JSON returned from the REST API contains these values as nan, which is invalid because strings must be enclosed in quotes. Reading the JSON in R or Home Assistant fails with errors.

On my local compile, I've opted to replace the NANs with -999 and the JSON is parsed coreectly.

Another option would be to return null in place of the nan as null is valid JSON. I'm not sure whether this change should happen when the values are read or when the values are inserted into the JSON return.