Hello Netatmo users,
I just received a message from Carlos, the main developer for Netatmo. I had asked him about the fact that my second indoor module always displays "0 Db" for sound. I wanted to know if this was because of a broken module or if the sound level reading was simply not available on these secondary indoor modules. As it turns out it is the latter, you can read the explanation Carlos gave me below along with some other information. For people in Europe there are good news regarding the availability of connected thermostats. Netatmo has released a connected thermostat which is currently available in France. In 2014 Netatmo is planning to release this in other European countries, anybody who is interested can sign up for their newsletter at www.netatmo.com and they will be notified when it's available in other countries. Netatmo is not planning to release this thermostat in North America at this point, but then again we already have other options here. I have written to Carlos and asked him if they made the app for the thermostat accessible and he said that it currently is not, but that just as with the Netatmo Weather Station app, they are planning to make it accessible. Here now is what Carlos wrote: Hi Sieghard, Additional indoor modules don't measure sound level. This is due to the fact that they run on battery power. If they did, battery life would be too short. Your point makes me think that the fact that sound level is not available for additional modules is not clear enough for visually impaired users. We will change 0db to something like "unavailable on additional modules" on Voiceover Regarding the 3.5 inch screen issue, it will be solved on a release of the app due early january. With 4 inch phones like 5s it should work with the current version of the app. The rain sensor is ready for production and will be launched before the end of the first quarter 2014. FYI, we've launched a connected thermostat in Europe. There are no plans to support US/Canada installations. Thanks for your support. Regards Carlos On 16 Dec 2013, at 09:47, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Carlos, I had a question I have been meaning to ask. Is the second indoor module I have supposed to measure sound level? My kitchen module usually shows 36 or 37 Db if nothing at all is going on, no talking, no music etc. Just now I checked and it showed 57 Db because I was just in the kitchen with 2 people, we talked, I used the microwave etc. My second indoor module which currently is in my bedroom always show 0 Db no matter if it's perfectly quiet or if I have the music blasting on my in-ceiling speakers. Just curious because it shows 0 Db, but it never changes. What else is new? Do you have a timeline when you'll have a rain sensor? I guess for me that doesn't matter so much until next April because where I live most of what comes down between November and the end of March is snow J Hope you are well, best regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
