Hi Crystal,
Yes, I do have the rain gauge and it works perfectly. It’s all made from moulded plastic and roughly I would say the size is like a large container of yogurt (the ones that are 750 ml, not sure what that is in imperial measurement). The comparision is not quite right because the bottom part is not quite as much in diameter, then it narrows down and the top is basically a large funnel about 5 inches across. If you tap the “Rain” button in the app you get 3 values: Rain last hour: this is given in millimeters per hour or, I guess if you have it set to imperial measurements in inches per hour Rain accumula.,: this stands for rain accumulation and is your total amount of rainfall since Midnight as it measure midnight to midnight just as minimum and maximum temperature Rain forecast: this gives you an estimate as to how much rain is expected which I guess is information pulled from official weather forecast services. What currently is not possible is to see a history, e.g. if it’s been raining a lot in the afternoon and evening and you really wanted to know how much rain fell that day you would have to check just before midnight. I am planning to talk to them about hopefully making at least the value for the previous day available to Voiceover users, but apart from that it works great and seems to be very accurate. The rain gauge uses what is called the “tipping bucket” design. Inside under the funnel are 2 small holding containers/buckets mounted on an arm balanced in the middle. They are so carefully balanced that as one fills to the predetermined amount, I think it is 1 ml or maybe even less, the weight tips it down and it empties. Then the other bucket which is up fills and the process repeats. This is a common design for self-emptying electronic rain gauges and you just have to make sure you place the rain gauge on a level surface. It has a standard quarter inch tripod mount on the bottom so it would be best to mount it or ask somebody to mount it for you and during that process a level needs to be used to make sure it is perfectly level and not tilted sideways as that would result in inaccurate readings. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Crystal French Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 9:30 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The answer is "Netatmo", was: App for telling inside temperatures Sieghard, I have been wondering for a long time about a talking rain gauge. Do you also use this unit, and is it also accessible? I’ve been using an indoor/outdoor talking thermometer, but the outdoor monitor keeps going out, but this weather station sounds exactly what I would like. Thanks, Crystal From: Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 10:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: The answer is "Netatmo", was: App for telling inside temperatures Hello Don and others, As Andy and Christopher pointed out, in order to tell temperature you first need a sensor which measures the temperature and then conveys this information to an app on your phone. Otherwise it would be like looking for an app which gives you your blood pressure without the actual blood pressure device. Anyhow, there is good news and bad news. There is a fantastic thermometer available, but it measures a lot more than temperature and it does so not only for inside but also for outside. OK, so I guess the fact that it does more than what you want isn't necessarily a bad thing. The bad thing in this case is the fact that because of its capabilities this device might be a lot more expensive then what you are looking for. So what is it I am talking about? The company is called Netatmo and they are from France. They have released a product specifically for iOS devices called the "Netatmo Weather Station". The price is $179.00 and you can buy it directly for them or from Amazon. For this you get the main indoor module which needs to be plugged into to power via a Micro USB cable and it comes with an adapter for your wall outlet where the USB cable plugs in. It also comes with 4 AA batteries which maintain the unit in case of a power outage. You also get the outdoor module which take 4 AAA batteries (included). Both units are a perfect cylinder 2 Inches in diameter and are made of aluminium. The indoor module if I remember correctly is about 6 inches long and the outdoor module about 4 inches. You can also get additional indoor modules if you want to monitor temperature and so on in other rooms. Those are $79/each, you can add up to 3 of those and they are identical in look to the outdoor module. The indoor module needs to be connected to your home WiFi and you can then download the free Netatmo app which was pretty much completely inaccessible when this product was released 2 years ago. I had bought it at the time and then contacted the company which was very receptive to making it accessible. I was put in touch with their head of the development team in Paris and we had several Skype conversations. He then made several beta versions after informing himself of what he needed to do in order to make this mostly accessible. I tested these and provided feedback and the result is now a very accessible app which gives you access to all the main readings. I say "mostly accessible" because the app displays various graphs of weather data when you turn the phone in landscape mode and these are not accessible due to their graphical nature. The wizard to set up the station also used to be not accessible, but you can now set up a station completely by yourself using the app. The indoor module measures the following: Current temperature Minimum and maximum temperature for the day (midnight to midnight) CO2 level in "PPM" (parts per million) including letting you know when it's low or high in which case you should ventilated your room Humidity Noise level in decibels The outdoor module measures the following: Current temperature Minimum and maximum temperature for the day (midnight to midnight) Outdoor "Feels Like" temperature Humidity Air quality if available in your area since this information is taken from the internet and official government weather stations You also get air pressure (barometric pressure) which I am putting separately as air pressure is not indoor or outdoor specific, it's the same whether you are inside or outside. The additional indoor modules measure the same as the main indoor module with the exception of noise level. The developer told me that since additional indoor modules run on battery power, measuring noise level would result in an unacceptable amount of battery life because the module would have to be constantly listening which apparently uses up a lot of power. If you search the archive for "Netatmo" you will find several threads from the past 2 years. There are quite a few people who have bought the Netatmo Weather Station and I think most are quite satisfied. I think it's awesome and it works great. Netatmo is also working on releasing additional sensors. Earlier this year a rain gauge was released which also costs $79. It will measure rainfall amount and there is a "Rain" button which you tap on to check those readings. I guess they decided to put them on an extra screen so that the main screen doesn't become too cluttered. I believe Netatmo is working on an anemometer (wind sensor) which will most likely be the next sensor to be released. Best regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of RobH. Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 6:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: App for telling inside temperatures The alternative is if a BT thermometer device exists with an app for the iOs or other system. Sort of gismo to come out of HongKong or Singapore. Rh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Baracco" <w...@socal.rr.com <mailto:w...@socal.rr.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 1:05 PM Subject: Re: App for telling inside temperatures Does the iPhone have an internal thermometer? That’s the only way that something like this would work. 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