w1se
May 22, 2020, 9:26pm
#1
Hi,
I have my thermostat adjust based on outdoor temp.
I noticed today (1st warm day of the year) that the temp in Vera is WAYYYYYY off. It saying its 12C when actually its 20C.
Anyway to change where the data comes from?
I use the Virtual Outdoor Temperature Plugin (by MiOS). Any others recommended instead?
Thanks.
One of the great features of a forum is that someone may have asked (and answered) a similar question before.
Searching for “calibrate termperature”, for example, would show some hits.
Try this, for a simple (7 year-old) solution:
with a fuller (more recent) explanation here:
Your problem is that the example you followed was for a virtual humidity device, abut you are trying to do something similar for temperature. The difference is the name of the temperature device variable which should be CurrentTemperature, not...
w1se
May 22, 2020, 10:16pm
#3
Thanks, sorry if my title was misleading (updated), but I have checked the forum and couldn’t find the answer to my questions. To clarify, I do not have an outdoor sensor. Neither of the topics you’ve pointed to answer my questions. Which were:
Can I change the source of the default outdoor location temperature in Vera?
Any other plugins recommended?
TomD
May 22, 2020, 11:51pm
#4
Take a look at Sitesensor .
1 Like
Yes, my mistake. I was, indeed, misled.
Modified title is clearer!
w1se
May 23, 2020, 6:01pm
#6
Thanks will do. Rigpapa to the rescue again!
1 Like
w1se
May 24, 2020, 3:32pm
#7
Sitesensor works great thanks for the suggestion!
So I’m still curious on whats wrong with Vera’s temperature. It says 11C right now, and its actually 21C.
Anyone know where this data pulls from?
Catman
May 24, 2020, 4:13pm
#8
Do you have the right location data set in the settings?
C
w1se
May 24, 2020, 4:55pm
#9
yes its correct. Even the latitude and longitude are only a couple km from my house.
w1se
May 24, 2020, 4:58pm
#10
I suspect what is happening is that even though my location is set to Oakville, Ontario, Canada in vera, it’s pulling data from Oakville, WA, USA. The temp there right now is about 11C.
1 Like
Catman
May 24, 2020, 6:41pm
#11
I wonder if the Location and city are separated. I can still pick any city without changing Lat and Long. Can you find another location near by?
C