To reset the devices, the batteries must be removed. The anemometer and the rain gauge only work outside, which means their electronics must be protected from the elements they are intended to measure. I would probably have had more patience with the failed connections had resetting the devices been easier. The family can now ask for the outside temperature without me bringing up the app (when it’s working I have experienced Netatmo service outages, however). Some day a virtual me may well find his hair blown back by a gust of wind recorded at my Netatmo sensor, realized against a backdrop of manifest bits.īeyond the Netatmo app, I introduced the Netatmo skill to my Amazon Echo and its Alexa smart assistant. Extending my senses now helps prepare me for a future filled with sensors. Sensing the world virtually, remotely, and directly will only become more common. If I’m out, the weather I’m experiencing just a mile or two away may be very different than what’s happening at my home. That’s important as my home sits about 500 feet above sea level. The modules give me some indication of the severity of the weather, if not trusted, precise measurements of its quantity or force. I’ll never be sure how accurate the Netatmo Weather Modules are, as I have no control to go by, but that’s okay. It did connect to the Apple Home App, and it provides insight on the air quality, temperature, and noise in my home. The third module, the Smart Indoor Module, never found its way to the main Netatmo app, and I’m not sure it was designed to, but the documentation isn’t clear if it is one of the modules that works with the Weather Station base, or if it is intended to be standalone. They work in temps ranging from 0° to 50☌/32° to 112☏, which means my current Seattle foothills winter has pushed them beyond their specification as we hit less than 22☏ several times in the last week. The rain gauge and anemometer are UB-resistant. Looking down at my phone, I saw the modules remained connected. After all the waiting, dust gathering, carpentry, digging, and new hope, I didn’t want the modules to lose their connection to the weather station. Eventually, I ratcheted the bolts into the module bases. I then realized the 1/4-20 screws I purchased were too short, so I shuffled through my draws of nuts and bolts and found two suitable bolts, but this time a bit too long. I wasn’t securing a tree house, so I pushed the dirt back around the base and used a rubber mallet to pack it down. It didn’t go down much more than an inch or two more, leaving a rather large portion of what was clearly intended to go underground above the surface. I trudged to the backyard and dug a hole as deep as my shovel, and my rather rocky soil would allow. ![]() I sawed through a fence plank to shorten it, and then drilled holes to accommodate the 1/4-20 threaded screws I bought to secure the modules to the board. I thrust a chunk of 4×4 into a large metal spike to act as the base and bolted it into immobility. They have been sitting in my garage ever since. I jaunted to the garage to craft my Netatmo Weather module stand, for which I had purchased materials just after receiving the modules. I’m not sure what worked, but after about an hour of trying again, the weather station and the modules recognized each other. Then after updates to my Xfinity Wi-Fi, and I hoped, firmware to my Weather Station base module and the app, I decided to try again. I placed them on the floor and moved on to other devices that were easier to evaluate. ![]() I could not get them to connect to my personal weather station. The sensors sat on my office floor for over a year. Several years later, Netatmo sent some additional Netatmo Weather modules, including a Smart Rain Guage and Smart Anemometer and a Smart Indoor Air Quality Module. My Netatmo weather station has been running for several years and does a great job of telling me about the weather in my backyard, a much more local view than one derived from weather stations around the area. Where did they go? Rounding issues? I don’t understand.Buy on Weather Station on Amazon Netatmo Weather Module Review If I sum all those bars together since midnight, I only get a total of 1.3mm. So far so good.īut, when I look at the history of “mm per hour” sensor, I get this: ![]() As you can see 3.9mm matches the data from Netatmo web. This is a screenshot of the “total rain in mm since midnight” sensor. ![]() When I log the sensor data to Home Assistant, the data does not match. This is what the graph looks like in Netatmo webapp, the “mm rain per hour” bars adds up to 3.9mm.
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