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On 11/11/12, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hello List, > > > > A couple of weeks ago I briefly mentioned that I found a weather station > which is designed to work with the iPhone. The company is called Netatmo > and > their website is www.Netatmo.com for those who want to read more about it. > > > > The basic idea is that you get a wireless weather station which consists of > 2 sensors, one for indoors and one for outdoors. The outdoor sensor > connects > to the indoor unit and the indoor unit connects to your WiFi. You then use > the free Netatmo app to access the information provided by the sensors > which > includes outdoor temperature and humidity, indoor temperature, humidity and > carbon monoxide levels as well as indoor and outdoor noise levels which is > a > bit unusual for weather stations, but I guess it could be interesting if > you > live in a big city and are curious as to how much noise there really is. > > > > Currently the station does not measure windspeed and precipitation, but I > was told that they are working on that and I assume this may be added later > in the form of additional sensors you can buy. The 2 sensor units consist > of > a perfectly round tube which is made from aluminum, both are exactly the > same diameter (about 2 inches), the outdoor unit is maybe 4 inches long and > the indoor unit is maybe 6 inches long. Each unit has a plastic lid on one > end with a large slot you can use ith a coin and this is where you put the > batteries (it's almost identical to the battery cover on the Apple Wireless > Keyboard except that it's a lot bigger. The outdoor unit takes 4 Triple A > batteries (included), the indoor unit takes 4 Double A batteries (not > included). Normally it is recommended that the indoor unit is plugged into > a > power outlet, it has a micro USB port and comes with a standard USB cable > and a wall adapter, batteries are optional and meant for backup in case of > a > power failure. In addition to the Micro USB port the indoor unit also has a > USB port like that on a computer which allows you to plug in the iPhone > cable. > > > > Initial setup is done either by plugging your iPhone directly into the unit > while it is also plugged into a power outlet, you then open the app and can > connect the unit to your home WiFi (this is just necessary once just like > when you connect, for example, a WiFi Thermostat. You can also do this > initial setup by connecting the unit to your computer and then use a > Network > Setup Wizard which you can download from the Netatmo website. > > > > OK, all of this sounds very good and straight forward. However, now comes > the problem. Both the Network Wizard as well as the setup screen on the > Netatmo app are entirely graphical, neither Jaws nor Voiceover reads > anything whatsoever except for the title of the Window "Netatmo Setup > Wizard" or something like that. > > > > I used the Convenient OCR feature in Jaws and was able to read the welcome > screen which basically says Thanks for buying the weather station and there > is a next button which I was able to click. Then the OCR gave me a list of > available networks and I tried to click my WiFi which was there, but I did > not get into the edit field where I could enter my password or maybe I did > and Jaws didn't say it because when I repeated the procedure with sighted > help Jaws said nothing like "edit field" but my friend told me I could type > the password. > > > > So I finally typed in my password with sighted help and was looking forward > to getting this connected to see if the app would give me information > Voiceover could read, but the Wizard then told me the station could not be > connected to my network and to manually enter static Ip information. I > tried > everything I could think of and I'm not exactly a beginner when it comes to > technology and networking, but no luck. > > > > I then took the unit to work and we tried to connect it to my work WiFi > both > using the PC wizard as well as the app always with the same result; it > could > not connect. I am using Apple Airport Express WiFi access points and rarely > have a problem with other devices, my Radio Thermostats both at work and at > home connected just fine. At this point I can only conclude that the > particular unit I received has a faulty WiFi radio or that the product > which > has only been released very recently is the equivalent of the waste a male > member of the bovine species produces. The sensors actually do have the > feel > and look of a very well-made product and are packed beautifully, but I > guess > that doesn't necessarily mean much. > > > > I am quite disappointed of course because I have been searching for a > weather station that talks to my iPhone for at least a year or more and was > excited to find this. At $180 it's also a pretty expensive weather station > especially considering that most wireless weather stations with an LCD > display which are fine for a sighted person also measure windspeed and > precipitation and that at a lower or equal price. > > > > I should mention that communication with the company so far has been good, > I > receive very prompt replies to my emails and was assured that they offer a > 7-day money back guaranty, not super long, but I wasn't worried because I > knew I could easily find out within a week whether this would work or not. > I > should also mention that the app has a "demo mode" and when I tried that I > was able to get information from the official government weather station > with Voiceover. If you own a Netatmo Weather Station you have access to its > data as well as that from the nearest official weather station. > > > > OK, thought I post this preliminary review or account of my experience in > trying to set this up. I am at this point resigned to having to send it > back, but before I do so I will try one more thing and that is to go to our > local store that sells Apple products and I'll ask them if they can maybe > try to set it up on their WiFi to see if they can get it to work. If I do > send it back I think I may not get a replacement unit right away, but wait > a > bit until they worked out the glitches especially since I still don't know > 100% sure if the app will work with Voiceover once the station is connected > and let me review all the information. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Sieghard > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. 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