WUnderground Plugin Updates

WUnderground v0.8.02 is now available.

- Fixes 'Plugin' object has no attribute 'parsed_simplejson' error.

Wunderground Plugin v0.9.0 is now available.

This is a huge update and will likely be the last big update before I take the plugin out of beta. It is HIGHLY recommended that you make a copy of your current version of the plugin before installing this one; but that said, things should be okay.

Now for the changes...

- New! Astronomy Device type. Want to display phases of the moon? Now you can.

- New! The plugin now queries once per location rather than once per device (substantially reducing the number of API calls.) Note that the location information must be identical for similar locations in order for this to work. For example, a city name and its longitude/latitude are not the same..

- New attributes for existing devices. Adds states to Weather Device to support control page image selection heuristics for:

Barometric Pressure (30.19 in. -> 3019 in., mb is no change) i.e., image+3019.png
Wind Speed (2.4 -> 24, 24.5 -> 245) i.e., image+245.png
Wind Gust (2.4 -> 24, 24.5 -> 245) i.e., image+245.png
Adds long and short states comparing today's forecast to yesterday's actual temperature to support statements like: "Today's forecast is going to be warmer than yesterday."

- Bug fixes.

Fixes bug where wind chill could not be used as trigger.

- Code refinements

Implements a new handler for reaching out for data (thereby eliminating the "invalid literal for base 16() error") -- thanks Rick!
Reduces the footprint of the data written to log file.
Reduces the number of global variables.
Simplifies debug code.

- User interface enhancements and bug corrections.

Reduces the amount of text in instructions (favoring help bubbles.)
Corrects some typos.

Sorry for the long time between updates. Wanted to test this one for a while to make sure it was stable. Also been working on a something else that I'll post about in a little bit.

As always, if anything isn't quite right please post bug reports to the forum or PM me.

Enjoy!
Dave

Wunderground Pluign v0.9.01 is now available.

- Fixes invalid literal for int() with base 10 from v0.9.0.

If you are not seeing the invalid literal for int() with base 10 error, there is no need to update.

Wunderground Pluign v0.9.02 is now available.

- Fixes the global name dev is undefined error in the v0.9.01 fix.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.03 is now available.

- Adds a state to the Weather Device type to support control page image selection heuristics for:

Temperature (F and C) -- values are rounded to nearest degree.

- Adds internal logic to test the plugin preferences file, and attempts to repair it if something is wrong.
- Cleans up new Unicode gremlins.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.04 is now available.

- Adds new state to Hourly Forecast Device that provides a nicely formatted datestamp to use when charting (h01_timeLong, h02_timeLong, ...).
- Traps instances where Weather Underground returns an empty string when it shouldn't (i.e, returns a null string when a numeric value is expected.)
- Refines fixCorruptedData() method.
- Fixes unicode bug that could cause a fail with certain combinations of settings.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.05 is now available.

- Fixes unicode bug in history data parse routines.
- Further standardizes unicode handling.

This is a maintenance release (no new functionality) that refines unicode handling. If your installation is working as you expect, there is no need to upgrade.

Dave

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.06 is now available.

- Adds additional code to account for when API sends bad data (i.e., if the API sends values that don't meet the API dictionary specs.)
- Adds additional code to ensure that wind direction values are standardized. This will result in all cardinal wind direction values being words (i.e., North, South, East, West.) Intermediate values should remain abbreviations (i.e., NNW, ENE.)
- Added Plugin menu item to enable/disable all WU devices.
- Fixed bug where poll interval was off by 5 seconds.
- Fixed bug for windchill data in metric installations.
- Fixed bug in percent illuminated value for astronomy devices.

Note: if you have image heuristics keyed on values of "N", "E", "S", or "W", these will break if you apply this (or future) update. You will need to rename your image files to correspond to the full word. This only applies to the four corners.

You can download it here.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.07 is now available.

- Adds wind direction adjustment (see v0.9.06) for hourly forecast devices.

You can download it here.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.08 is now available.

- Adds new state to 10 Day Forecast Device that provides a nicely formatted datestamp to use when charting (d01_date, d02_date, ...).
- Refines layout of plugin menu items.
- Refines severe weather alert logging.
- Fixes bug in plugin settings repair code.

You can download it here.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.09 is now available.

- Fixes error caused by data type error (current temperature)

Bonus: Because I couldn't sleep, I give you a new weather device: WUnderground Almanac.

The WUnderground Almanac device provides the following data:
- Normal High Temperature (°F and °C)
- Record High Temperature (°F and °C)
- Record High Temperature Year
- Normal Low Temperature (°F and °C)
- Record Low Temperature (°F and °C)
- Record Low Temperature Year
- Observation Location

You can download it here.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.10 is now available.

- Adds option to suppress "no active alerts" log messages.
- Adds forecast winds to standard weather device.
- Adds separators to device state lists (triggers, control pages, etc.)
- Further reduces instances where text is written to the log.
- Refines presentation of barometric pressure (inches) to always be two decimal points.
- Refines characterization of device communication status.
- Refines plugin device model names (shouldn't change existing devices only new ones.)
- Hammers out some more unicode gremlins.

You can download it here.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.11 is now available.

- Fixes bug in the internal call counter.
- Reduces the frequency of the automatic check for new plugin version (to a maximum of once per day not counting the "Check for Updates Now..." menu item.)

You can download it here.

There is still an issue with the time function--the reset of the daily counter is not happening at midnight (local time) as it should. I'm working on it.

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.12 is now available.

- Adds Mixed SI configuration option for metric values with SI winds (°C and MPS) to Weather, 24 Hour Forecast, 10 Day Forecast devices.
- Adds forecast rain amount (in. or mm.) and forecast snow amount (in. or cm.) to 10-Day forecast device.
- Improved handling of communication enabled/disabled event.
- Improved handling for plugin starts during Indigo server restart (i.e., returning from power loss.)
- Improved handling for plugin sleeps (for example, when call limit reached or when plugin configuration parameters are not complete.)
- Improved handling of improperly encoded JSON returns.
- Fixes bug in reporting of relative humidity (now a float.)
- Fixes unicode issue in dumpTheXML() method.
- Code refinements.

You can download it here.

Thanks for your patience with this update. We've had some life events here that have been a distraction so, while this update runs cleanly for me, it may not for you. Please report back with anything that doesn't seem quite right.

Cheers,
Dave

WUnderground Plugin v0.9.13 is now available.

NOTE: email notifications are in °F only for the moment. I will post a new version that will track with plugin settings ASAP.

- New! Adds humidity forecast to all forecast devices (Weather, 10-Day Forecast, 24-Hour Forecast.)
- New! Provides UI precision control for humidity (affects all weather devices.)
- New! Receive an optional daily email message with select weather information. This only applies to basic Weather Devices, and must be enabled on a per-device basis.
- Adds capacity for fifth severe weather alert.
- Clarifies notification when weather conditions are estimated (rather than actual.)
- UI refinements.
- Fixes bug in UI display for Heat Index and Wind Chill (was always 1 decimal precision.)
- Reduces overhead (for speedier operation.)

You can download it here.

Please report back with anything that doesn't seem quite right.

Cheers,
Dave

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Weather - Chicago
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Intervals of clouds and sunshine. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 86F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

High: 86°
Low: 64°

Humidity: 90%
Precipitation: 20% (0.1 in.)

Record
High: 99° (1954)
Low: 39° (2005)

Yesterday:
High: 91°
Low: 69°
Precipitation: 0.00 in.