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Setting Up Ambient Weather Station
This guide will help you connect your Ambient Weather Station to SmartMixin.
Supported Models
SmartMixin supports Ambient Weather stations including:
- WS-5000 Series
- WS-2000 Series
- WS-2902C
- And other models connected to ambientweather.net
Prerequisites
- An Ambient Weather station connected to ambientweather.net
- Your Ambient Weather API Key
Getting Your API Key
- Log in to ambientweather.net
- Go to your account settings
- Navigate to the API Keys section
- Create a new API Key if you don't have one
- Copy the API Key for use in SmartMixin
Connection Steps
- Go to Settings > Services > Ambient Weather
- Click Connect
- Enter your API Key
- Click Save
- Your stations will be automatically detected
Available Data
Ambient Weather stations can provide:
- Temperature (indoor and outdoor)
- Humidity
- Barometric pressure
- Wind speed and direction
- Wind gust
- Rain rate and daily/weekly/monthly totals
- UV index
- Solar radiation
- Dew point
- Feels like temperature
Multiple Stations
If you have multiple Ambient Weather stations, they will all be automatically detected and available in SmartMixin.
Troubleshooting
If your station isn't appearing:
- Verify your API Key is correct
- Ensure your station is online in the Ambient Weather app
- Check that your station is syncing to ambientweather.net
- Wait a few minutes for data to sync
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