Davis WeatherLink-Vantage Vue Wind Direction?

Found a Vantage Vue bundled with a WeatherLink on eBay for $344 so I went for it.
Got it working fine with your excellent plugin but am hoping you could add a text, e.g. WNW, wind direction state?
I see there is an integer state but not too useful, for me anyway.

Thanks,

Carl

Sorry, no. The plugin doesn't do any transformations of the data reported by the weather station, and I really don't want to start now. I would recommend that you set a trigger on any change to the wind direction state you want, and run a Python script that sets a variable with the direction text. That way you can set the text exactly the way you want. Something like:

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wind_dir_last = indigo.devices[623595257].states["wind_dir_last"]
wind_dir_var = indigo.variables[1550780091] # "WindDir"

if wind_dir_last > 338 or wind_dir_last < 22:
   dir = "North"
elif wind_dir_last > 22 and wind_dir_last < 67:
   dir = "Northeast"
elif wind_dir_last > 67 and wind_dir_last < 112:
   dir = "East"
elif wind_dir_last > 112 and wind_dir_last < 157:
   dir = "Southeast"
elif wind_dir_last > 157 and wind_dir_last < 202:
   dir = "South"
elif wind_dir_last > 202 and wind_dir_last < 247:
   dir = "Southwest"
elif wind_dir_last > 247 and wind_dir_last < 292:
   dir = "West"
elif wind_dir_last > 292 and wind_dir_last < 338:
   dir = "Northwest"

indigo.variable.updateValue(wind_dir_var, dir)



Perfect! Thanks a bunch!

Carl

Decided to trigger the script from a variable but can't seem to make it work.

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wind_number = indigo.variables[1377125246] # "Wind_Dir_Number"
wind_text = indigo.variables[1567274241] # "Wind_Dir_Text"

if wind_number > 338 or wind_dir_last < 22:
   dir = "North"
elif wind_number > 22 and wind_dir_last < 67:
   dir = "Northeast"
elif wind_number > 67 and wind_dir_last < 112:
   dir = "East"
elif wind_number > 112 and wind_dir_last < 157:
   dir = "Southeast"
elif wind_number > 157 and wind_dir_last < 202:
   dir = "South"
elif wind_number > 202 and wind_dir_last < 247:
   dir = "Southwest"
elif wind_number > 247 and wind_dir_last < 292:
   dir = "West"
elif wind_number > 292 and wind_dir_last < 338:
   dir = "Northwest"

indigo.variable.updateValue(wind_text, dir)

Any idea why this won't work?

Thanks,

Carl

So you're copying the state value into a variable with a different trigger?

You're trying to reference the Indigo variable object directly. You need to get the integer value of it instead.

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wind_number = indigo.variables[1377125246].intValue().   # "Wind_Dir_Number"


Now getting "Invalid syntax"

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wind_number = indigo.variables[1377125246].intValue().   # "Wind_Dir_Number"
wind_text = indigo.variables[1567274241] # "Wind_Dir_Text"

if wind_number > 338 or wind_dir_last < 22:
   dir = "North"
elif wind_number > 22 and wind_dir_last < 67:
   dir = "Northeast"
elif wind_number > 67 and wind_dir_last < 112:
   dir = "East"
elif wind_number > 112 and wind_dir_last < 157:
   dir = "Southeast"
elif wind_number > 157 and wind_dir_last < 202:
   dir = "South"
elif wind_number > 202 and wind_dir_last < 247:
   dir = "Southwest"
elif wind_number > 247 and wind_dir_last < 292:
   dir = "West"
elif wind_number > 292 and wind_dir_last < 338:
   dir = "Northwest"

indigo.variable.updateValue(wind_text, dir)

Thanks,

Carl

Remove that trailing period after .intValue()

Now get, 'Variable object has no attribute "IntValue"

Now get, 'Variable object has no attribute "IntValue"

Do you actually have that I in caps?

Yes. Wind_Dir_Number

No sorry. i don't have the i in caps.

Post your current code.

Yes, I do have another trigger that sets the wind direction number.

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wind_number = indigo.variables[1377125246].intValue()   # "Wind_Dir_Number"
wind_text = indigo.variables[1567274241]   # "Wind_Dir_Text"

if wind_number > 338 or wind_dir_last < 22:
   dir = "North"
elif wind_number > 22 and wind_dir_last < 67:
   dir = "Northeast"
elif wind_number > 67 and wind_dir_last < 112:
   dir = "East"
elif wind_number > 112 and wind_dir_last < 157:
   dir = "Southeast"
elif wind_number > 157 and wind_dir_last < 202:
   dir = "South"
elif wind_number > 202 and wind_dir_last < 247:
   dir = "Southwest"
elif wind_number > 247 and wind_dir_last < 292:
   dir = "West"
elif wind_number > 292 and wind_dir_last < 338:
   dir = "Northwest"

indigo.variable.updateValue(wind_text, dir)

My bad, I forgot the correct syntax for getting an integer value from a variable. I don't actually use variables all that much.

Not that you didn't change both instances of wind_dir_last in each if test line.

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wind_number = indigo.variables[1332247332].getValue(int)   # "Wind_Dir_Number"
wind_text = indigo.variables[543848099]   # "Wind_Dir_Text"

if wind_number > 338 or wind_number < 22:
   dir = "North"
elif wind_number > 22 and wind_number < 67:
   dir = "Northeast"
elif wind_number > 67 and wind_number < 112:
   dir = "East"
elif wind_number > 112 and wind_number < 157:
   dir = "Southeast"
elif wind_number > 157 and wind_number < 202:
   dir = "South"
elif wind_number > 202 and wind_number < 247:
   dir = "Southwest"
elif wind_number > 247 and wind_number < 292:
   dir = "West"
elif wind_number > 292 and wind_number < 338:
   dir = "Northwest"

indigo.variable.updateValue(wind_text, dir)


Also, the actual error was:

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AttributeError: 'Variable' object has no attribute 'intValue'


which is not the same as:

'Variable object has no attribute "IntValue"

Sorry on the error description. Tried to copy and paste it but no go.

Works great! Many thanks!

Carl