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Jun 2018
post by amccabe on Jun 23, 2018
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How do I get my WUnderground station added to the rachio? I just installed my gen2 here in PHX and am trying to get it all integrated.
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KAZPHOEN583
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post by Gene on Jun 23, 2018
I’ve added that station to pwsweather (link), it should show up within Gen 2 Rachio interface in a few hours (only Gen 3 and Costco versions of Gen 2 have native WU support).
Cheers,
Gene
post by franz on Jun 23, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
This is why the Rachio community loves @Gene
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post by jastratman on Jun 23, 2018
Gene](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
Add me to the grateful list if you’ll add my neighborhood WUnderground station too! I’ve got a Rachio 2, and here’s the station I’d like you to add:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNEOMAHA259
Right now, the nearest listed station in Rachio’s Weather Intelligence is over 4 miles south of me. I’ve had problems with inaccurate reporting of precipitation. Last Tuesday we had spotty torrential downpours - my rain gauge had 4" in it Wednesday morning, but Rachio said we only go 0.79" of precipitation on Tuesday/Wednesday. Getting my neighborhood WUnderground in Rachio would be fantastic!
post by Gene on Jun 24, 2018
Done, should show up within Rachio soon.
https://www.pwsweather.com/obs/KNEOMAHA259.html
post by HomeBayView on Jun 26, 2018
Oh if you could add this station also, I would soooo appreciate it…!!
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KFLFTLAU4
My closest station is miles away and the weather here in SoFla is very very local
Thank you!!!
post by Gene on Jun 27, 2018
Done, it is now on pwsweather (link), meaning it should be available to Rachio in a few hours.
Cheers,
Gene
post by franz on Jun 27, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
post by HomeBayView on Jun 27, 2018
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!!!
post by Rustyclan on Jun 30, 2018
Gene](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
Hi Gene,
You set up my PWS using my WU account a little over a year ago. I just moved across town, is it possible to just update my PWS information?
https://www.pwsweather.com/obs/26011.html
I updated my address along with latitude and longitude but that did not seem to make a difference.
Thank you, Rusty
post by Gene on Jul 1, 2018
Ok, Your new station is now setup, raw data can be checked here (link).
I’ve disabled your old station (link) as per my assumption that you’ve moved your AcuRite station and uploading data from the new location to the old address may pose issues for other users.
Cheers,
Gene
post by slharder on Jul 2, 2018
Gene
Asking another favor, could you add
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCOLITTL269
This is my nextdoor neighbor.
Thanks in advance.
post by Gene on Jul 2, 2018
Done, data will be available via pwsweather (link).
Cheers,
Gene
post by chwill17 on Jul 9, 2018
Same here…would you mind adding https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KVAMIDLO98 as well?
Thanks so much!!
post by bsteyaert on Jul 11, 2018
@Gene Thank you so much for all your effort and hard work bring this needed functionality to the Rachio community. If you could add my my station as well, I would greatly appreciate it.
ID=KCALIVER77
Do you have an Amazon wishlist?
post by Gene on Jul 11, 2018
I’d love to help Benjamin, but the station ID you’ve provided points to an inactive station, seems it was last updated 137 days ago? Seem that station is an ambient ws-1400 model, and if you are uploading data to ambientweather.net I can use that instead of underground in case you are having issues there.
I you would prefer to use ambientweather.net, login to your account (here), create an API key and PM or email ( setup@wufyi.com) it to me so I can take care of the rest. Alternately, please double check the station ID you’ve provided and your setup to upload data to wunderground.
Cheers,
Gene
post by gdio53 on Jul 11, 2018
Gene,
If I go the Ambient Weather route instead of WU, are the updates to Rachio more frequent, or is it still at 5 minute intervals?
It would be great if Rachio allowed a direct feed from Ambient Weather!
Thanks,
Gary
post by Gene on Jul 11, 2018
While Ambient does support a higher update rate, Rachio only gets daily summary readings from their provider. Updating at higher rate will thus not have any real advantage for your irrigation needs.
I do think Rachio may be using a higher resolution data from WU for their WI+ offering, but it is just a guess on my part.
post by gdio53 on Jul 13, 2018
Gene,
Thanks for the information.
I have a Gen 2 controller, so no WI+ for me. Hopefully Rachio will start allowing older controllers to utilize WI+.
Gary
post by jastratman on Jul 14, 2018
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Gene, I really appreciate you adding KNEOMAHA259 to PWS so I could use that for my Rachio 2 a few weeks back. Unfortunately, that PWS stopped reporting July 2. Could you add another neighborhood station so I can use it?
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNEOMAHA157#history
This station has been online for a long time and is a lot more reliable. Thanks
post by Gene on Jul 15, 2018
Done, I didn’t want to reuse your other station since the name refers to a specific wunderground station id, and it seems someone already registered KNEOMAHA157 with pwsweather, so I’ve made a generic name for the ***157 station, data will be available via wufyi3827.
post by jastratman on Jul 15, 2018
Thanks! Greatly appreciated!
post by hancockks on Jul 19, 2018
Any chance I can get my local one added as well?
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNHMERRI34
post by Gene on Jul 19, 2018
Done (link). Should be available within Rachio soon.
post by dwp on Jul 20, 2018
I’d love to use the following WU station if possible. thanks, Dave
KCALONGB67
post by hancockks on Jul 20, 2018
Gene](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
Thanks!!!
post by Gene on Jul 21, 2018
dwp](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
Done (link), should be seen within Rachio soon.
post by AlanG on Jul 22, 2018
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Thanks Gene. Like jastratman I receive an incorrect precipitation report. Would you please add me to thepwsweater link also.
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCOPUEBL79
Thanks,
AlanG
post by MRusso on Jul 22, 2018
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I just installed my Gen 2 and love it!
Is there any way that the following pws could be added?
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KTXHUMBL60&cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash
(Sorry for the edit)
Thanks in advance!
post by harcosk on Jul 26, 2018
This seems to be the place to request Wunderground stations.
Please add KCAESCON166
Thank you,
Kyle
post by Gene on Jul 26, 2018
Done ^ 3
KCOPUEBL79 > WUFYI79
KTXHUMBL60 > KTXHUMBL60
KCAESCON166 > KCAESCON166
Sorry for the delay. I’ve been traveling a lot for work this week.
Cheers,
Gene
post by Rostroske on Jul 26, 2018
Hi! So glad you’re doing this as closest report was 13 miles away, can you add KMITROY4 ?
Thanks in advance
post by Gene on Jul 26, 2018
post by MWSharp on Jul 30, 2018
Gene](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
Please add our neighborhood Wunderground station for my weather intelligence.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
post by Gene on Jul 31, 2018
Cheers,
Gene
post by liv4muddin on Jul 31, 2018
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@Gene Can you add KMSOLIVE48 please. Thanks in advance
post by Gene on Aug 1, 2018
post by liv4muddin on Aug 1, 2018
Thanks again @Gene.
post by liv4muddin on Aug 5, 2018
@franz Just checking to see what’s usual time to see my station in Rachio. It’s been 4 days last of today.
post by franz on Aug 5, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
Stations through PWSWeather should be somewhat immediate. Do you not see your station in the list of stations available in weather intelligence?
post by liv4muddin on Aug 5, 2018
No I checked this morning. @gene added it 4 days ago. Don’t see it listed.
post by Gene on Aug 5, 2018
Make sure you turn on an option to Use Personal Weather Station (PWS), if your station does not appear after that, please double-check that the position on the map over at pwsweather (link), is close to the location of your Rachio. If all else fails @rachiosupport can help to manually add the station to your account.
post by liv4muddin on Aug 5, 2018
Yea I can see it at my address on PWS site and and when I go to list to use local PWS it’s not in the list or on the map
post by franz on Aug 5, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
@liv4muddin You are on WI Plus which uses IBM/WU for PWS. I do see your station on our non-WI Plus weather provider. Is your station part of the WU network?
post by liv4muddin on Aug 5, 2018
@franz I can see it on Weather Underground and PWS. My station ID is KMSOLIVE48
post by franz on Aug 5, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
Ok, I can see data for it but not in the geocode list. How many days has it been online in WU? I’ll followup with them if more than about a week. This is not the best experience but we don’t have any control over when they start ingesting and sending data.
post by liv4muddin on Aug 5, 2018
oh I understand. Just seeing when I should be looking to change in the app. Its was added to WU July 31st and PWS by Gene on Aug 1st.
post by franz on Aug 5, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
Ok, I think we are borderline. Let’s wait a couple/few more days. If doesn’t show up I will contact WU directly.
post by liv4muddin on Aug 5, 2018
Ok sounds good. Thanks for checking in on this
post by majkman on Aug 5, 2018
Gene,
Please add my WU station to Rachio Gen 2 https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KAZCHAND7
post by Nhamp07 on Aug 5, 2018
Can you please add KTXNEWBR92
Thanks!
post by Gene on Aug 6, 2018
Cheers,
Gene
post by GMoore34 on Aug 6, 2018
Hi Gene- Came here from the Ambient weather FB group.
Could you add KCOERIE79 please?
Thanks a ton!
post by jjstrauch on Aug 6, 2018
Can i get mine added?
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCOFORTM15
post by franz on Aug 6, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
@Gene You need a “Donate Now” button on your site
post by Gene on Aug 7, 2018
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@franz Maybe when the site is easier to use One of these days I’ll finish up the ez setup, but for now I do what I can…
@GMoore34 done (link) (used a random name since matching name was taken, see my PM).
P.S. Internally wufyi.com can also use data from ambientweather.net via their API and many other sources (such as myacurite.com and weatherflow.com). Feel free to PM (link) for details or if you simply prefer to setup your station in private.
17 days later
post by jfirstenberg on Aug 24, 2018
@Gene - Can you help me get my station on Rachio?
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KOHCLEVE171
Thank you!
post by Gene on Aug 24, 2018
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post by jfirstenberg on Aug 24, 2018
@Gene - Thank you. My PWS account has a station in it but not the one you created. Did I do something wrong?
I do see the station in Rachio now (AWESOME) but the station I created, jfirstenberg doesn’t seem to have anything. Is there a way to add the station that is reporting (and connected to Rachio) into my user’s account and delete the one not in use (housekeeping).
THANKS AGAIN.
post by Gene on Aug 24, 2018
Unfortunately pwsweather does not support transferring stations between accounts, and because I did not have your station / account info I could not add the data to a specific station. If you prefer to use a station you’ve created, feel free to PM (link) me your station details so it can be used instead.
post by jfirstenberg on Aug 24, 2018
Does it matter? I’m okay if you are okay. Can stations be deleted?
post by Gene on Aug 24, 2018
Doesn’t matter one bit I do not know of any way to delete a station, though you could try contacting their support via email. As far as I know, stations without any data are as good as gone so you can leave it as is.
post by vthowe on Aug 27, 2018
Team Rachio - If you could kindly add
Station ID: KSDHILLC3
it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
post by Gene on Aug 27, 2018
post by vthowe on Aug 27, 2018
Awesome, thank you.
post by badwzrd on Aug 27, 2018
Could you add KCAMERCE18
Thanks
post by Gene on Aug 27, 2018
post by franz on Aug 27, 2018
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
21 days later
post by gdio53 on Sep 18, 2018
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Just read on the Ambient Weather Facebook page that " AmbientWeather.net will now upload your data to PWSWeather.com and WeatherUnderground.com directly."
I disabled cron-job and trying the direct upload.
Edit: Direct upload from AmbientWeather to PWSWeather is working:)
post by Don85207 on Sep 18, 2018
What is the procedure to do this? I haven’t been able to find info on ambient’s site.
post by gdio53 on Sep 18, 2018
You need to have a login to PWS Weather
Go to your device page and enter the information in the PWS Weather section.
Once you have that, you can change your current weather station selection to your PWS, just make sure that “Use Personal Weather Station” is toggled on.
post by Don85207 on Sep 18, 2018
Thanks, got it. It was right in front of me I just didn’t see it.
post by Arto on Sep 19, 2018
Hello,
Is there a way to add this station so i can see and use it in my Rachio gen 2?
Thank you!
post by Gene on Sep 19, 2018
@Arto done (link), be on a lookout for PWS_ISDERMAN12 within Rachio in a couple of hours.
Cheers,
Gene
post by Arto on Sep 19, 2018
You are great Gene! Thank you very much!
post by billy2818 on Sep 23, 2018
I’m trying to get my wunderground station KTXRICHM155 into the weather intelligence feed. I have a Gen 2. Can anyone point me in the right direction for how to do this?
Thanks in advance.
post by Gene on Sep 23, 2018
@billy2818 done (link), be on the lookout for PWS_KTXRICHM155 within an hour or two.
If you were really interested in instructions on one of the ways to do this manually, here is the (link) to an earlier post. Posting here (like you did), or sending me a PM (link), is also acceptable
post by billy2818 on Sep 23, 2018
Thank you for the help!
post by Kdow on Sep 29, 2018
Hello,
Would it be possible to add KCAOCEAN17 ?
Thank you and what a great service.
Kdow
post by Gene on Sep 29, 2018
@Kdow done (link), look for PWS_CAOCEAN17 within an hour or two.
Cheers,
Gene
1 month later
post by howag on Nov 5, 2018
Hello,
Could I get my PWS added:
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCAGRANI39
or
https://dashboard.ambientweather.net/devices/public/4ea84771d8625247e4d61c26ccbf6660
Thank you!
post by Gene on Nov 5, 2018
@howag done (link), PWS_KCAGRANI39 should be available soon. I’ve used a WU link since ambient provides a direct pwsweather integration (discussed a few posts back, here).
Cheers,
Gene
11 days later
post by harcosk on Nov 17, 2018
I have a closer PWS, would you please add it?
KCAESCON219
Many thanks!!
Kyle
post by Gene on Nov 17, 2018
@harcosk done (link), you should be able to use PWS_KCAESCON219 within a few hours.
Cheers,
Gene
2 months later
post by Geko on Jan 2, 2019
Gene](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
Hi, I am in Australia and have a Underground weather station nearby that I would like to use with my new Rachio Gen 2. Are you able to add it to PWSweather so that I will be able to select it?
Thanking you in advance,
Geko
Details are:
Weather Station ID: INSWBATE3
Station Name: Corymbia Batemans Bay
Latitude / Longitude: S 35 ° 41 ’ 55 ‘’, E 150 ° 10 ’ 46 ‘’
Elevation: 62
City: Batemans Bay
State: NSW
Hardware: LaCrosse
post by Gene on Jan 2, 2019
done (link), @Geko your station will show up as PWS_INSWBATE3 within a few hours.
Happy new year,
Gene
post by franz on Jan 3, 2019
franz Co-Founder/CTO @ Rachio
@Gene If you ever take a trip to Australia, I’m sure you will have many places to stay
post by Geko on Jan 3, 2019
Gene](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
Wow that was quick. Thank you very much. I have now found another station on Wunderground that is quite close to me. Would you be able to add it also please. Detais are:
Weather Station ID: IMALONEY2
Station Name: Maloneys Beach
Latitude / Longitude: S 35 ° 42 ’ 33 ‘’, E 150 ° 14 ’ 59 ‘’
Elevation: 33
City: Maloneys Beach
State:
Hardware: Davis Vantage Vue (Wireless)
Software: weewx-3.8.2
post by Gene on Jan 3, 2019
@Geko, done, be on the lookout for PWS_IMALONEY2
post by CaliKurt on Jan 4, 2019
Gene, can you please add WU station ID KCASONOR68?
Thanks a bunch.
post by Gene on Jan 5, 2019
@CaliKurt done (link), you’ll be able to use PWS_KCASONOR68 in a few hours.
Cheers,
Gene
post by CaliKurt on Jan 11, 2019
Gene. Thank you very much. How cool is this? It has already worked through 2 rain storms on my weather station. American made, and by far the best controller.
post by Arto on Jan 15, 2019
Arto](https://community.rachio.com/t/adding-wunderground-station-to-rachio-with-gen-2/13619 "Load parent post")
That station has stopped reporting. Please ad >
https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ITORSHLL5&cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash
post by Gene on Jan 15, 2019
post by adairb on Jan 15, 2019
Gene, I would really appreciate adding my neighbors WU ID: KNEPAPIL52 to PWS so I could use it for my Rachino. Thanks! - Bill
post by Gene on Jan 15, 2019
@adairb done (link), cheers
post by steve04KU on Jan 21, 2019
My new weather station isn’t showing up on the map? It’s been installed for a couple of weeks now. KTXRICHA120 reporting to WU. It’s an Ambient Weather station. How do I get this to show up on the Rachio map so that I can use it?
post by Gene on Jan 21, 2019
@steve04KU, are you running Rachio Gen 3 and/or Gen 2 from Costo?
In any case I’ve added it to pws_weather (link) in case it is none of the above (in which case, be on the lookout for PWS_KTXRICHA120 within a few hours).
Cheers,
Gene
post by steve04KU on Jan 21, 2019
I believe mine is Gen 2.
post by Wirepower on Jan 23, 2019
@gene can you add wunderground ID: IMELTON34 to pws?
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