Zway-WeatherAlert

Zway automation module for severe weather alerts. Displays alert levels ranging from 0 (no alert) to 5 (exterme) via a multilevel sensor virtual device. Weather alerts are available for the following countries.

• Austria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Portugal
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Spain
• United Kingdom

Alert levels translate to the following contitions

• 0: No alert (green)
• 1: Active weather notice (green)
• 2: Severe weather forewarning (yellow)
• 3: Severe weather warning (moderate, orange)
• 4: Severe weather warning (heavy, red)
• 5: Severe weather warning (extreme, violet)

Configuration

latitude,longitude

Geo coordinates for the current position in decimal notation.

altitude

Location altitude above sea level in meters (optional)

type

List of multiple alert types. The following alert types are available

• Storm
• Snow
• Rain
• Frost
• Forest Fire
• Thunderstorm
• Glaze
• Heat
• Freezing Rain
• Soil Frost

Events

No events are emitted.

Virtual Devices

This module creates a virtual binary sensor that displays the current alert level for the selected alert types. The following metrics are written

• level: Alert severity ranging from 0 to 5
• type: Alert type. If multiple alerts are in place only the type of the alert with the highest level is displayed
• text: Alert text description.

Installation

Install the BaseModule from https://github.com/maros/Zway-BaseModule first

The prefered way of installing this module is via the "Zwave.me App Store" available in 2.2.0 and higher. For stable module releases no access token is required. If you want to test the latest pre-releases use 'k1_beta' as app store access token.

For developers and users of older Zway versions installation via git is recommended.

cd /opt/z-way-server/automation/userModules
git clone https://github.com/maros/Zway-RemoteHost.git RemoteHost --branch latest

To update or install a specific version

cd /opt/z-way-server/automation/userModules/RemoteHost
git fetch --tags
# For latest released version
git checkout tags/latest
# For a specific version
git checkout tags/1.02
# For development version
git checkout -b master --track origin/master

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.

Alert icon by Thomas Le Bas from the Noun Project

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.