Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

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Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1


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Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:58 pm
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Re: Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

For some reason I noticed that the "current_currentTemperature" state keeps flapping. See attached, within couple of minutes it goes from 37.5 to 7 and then back to 37.5 and over again.
37.5 is the correct temperature outside though. Is this the plugin or the issue with the device itself? I didn't notice this with the previous version, but maybe I was just not paying attention..

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Re: Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

I'm prettu sure there's no conversion going on, so it's got to be the device that's changing what it's reporting.

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Re: Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

That's got to be the device doing that. I just copy the data from the API with no conversions.

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Re: Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

Vig wrote:
For some reason I noticed that the "current_currentTemperature" state keeps flapping. See attached, within couple of minutes it goes from 37.5 to 7 and then back to 37.5 and over again.
37.5 is the correct temperature outside though. Is this the plugin or the issue with the device itself? I didn't notice this with the previous version, but maybe I was just not paying attention..

thanks,
Vig


Earlier today, I observed something similar to what you described: a temperature fluctuation between 79.0 and 78.5. Normally, I wouldn't notice this but what struck me as odd was that the weather conditions were changing between "Isolated Thunderstorms" and "Scattered Showers," even though rain is not forecasted for today.

Upon experimenting with the Rachio API and curl, the results from querying for a forecast were unexpected. It appears that forecasted information is being placed in the "Current" field and this is likely used by the Plugin. I also noticed that back to back queries may have a different date and weather values.

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curl -X GET "https://api.rach.io/1/public/device/DEVICE-ID/forecast" -H "Authorization: Bearer API-KEY"

{'current': {'calculatedPrecip': 0.08,
             'cloudCover': 0.58,
             'currentTemperature': 79.0,
             'dewPoint': 72.0,
             'humidity': 0.76,
             'icons': {},
             'localizedTimeStamp': 1688184000000,
             'precipIntensity': 0.08,
             'precipProbability': 0.47,
             'prettyTime': '2023-07-01T00:00:00-04:00',
             'time': 1688184000,
             'weatherStationId': '',
             'weatherSummary': 'Chance of Storms',
             'weatherType': 'rain',
             'windSpeed': 9.32},
 'forecast': [{'calculatedPrecip': 0.0,
               'cloudCover': 0.11,
               'dewPoint': 66.0,
               'humidity': 0.77,
               'icons': {},
               'localizedTimeStamp': 1688011200000,
               'precipIntensity': 0.0,
               'precipProbability': 0.0,
               'prettyTime': '2023-06-29T00:00:00-04:00',
               'temperatureMax': 81.0,
               'temperatureMin': 70.0,
               'time': 1688011200,
               'weatherStationId': '',
               'weatherSummary': 'Mostly Sunny',
               'weatherType': 'sun',
               'windSpeed': 4.97},

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Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:18 am
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Re: Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

Honestly, guys, there are much better sources of current and forecast weather out there than what Rachio is providing. I would just use one of them and limit use of the plugin to irrigation control.

Short answer is, if they're providing bad data, that's what the plugin is going to show. Can't fix that.

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Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:27 pm
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Re: Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

Rachio data is a shit show. I'm planning to completely override Rachio's planned schedules with this plugin.

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Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:49 pm
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Re: Rachio plugin updated for Indigo 2022.1

I have fixed watering times (four hour block, twice a week). So it's not worth me trying to be smarter.

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