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Observed Rain Amount Not Working

RDLinKY

April 22, 2019 21:05

RainMachine HD-16 firmware 4.0.1115 / iOS app 4.6.102 (1)

I am only using NOAA (default) for my weather feed which seems to be updating and working fine for forecast rain amount but when looking at the "Show Logs" section of the weather dashboard it’s showing 0 inches every day for “Observed Rain Amount” in the iOS app even when there has been 1”+ of rain. Am I doing something wrong?

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Brian Thompson June 19, 2019 01:32

Seeing same thing on HD-12. I have noaa and darksky.net enabled. Online at each respective site they show rain in past days (and there was rain), but my rainmachine always shows rain observed = 0

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Bret June 26, 2019 16:11

Same issue here. Using NOAA, wunderground and openweathermap and not getting any observed rain data.

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RainMachine Nicholas June 27, 2019 06:24

Except for the case where you add a STATION to WUnderground all other weather services only show Forecasted Precipitation (QPF). They won't report Observed.

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Bret June 27, 2019 07:07

Hello, thanks for the reply.

I have added a weather station to the wunderground config section. It was actually down for a bit (it is my station and had a device issue with it).

Now that it is back up I will watch for observed data.

For reference, it is: http://rwl.duckdns.org/weewx/

Wunderground link: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IMOOSEJA4

I will report back after I get some rain and confirm that it is showing in the Rainmachine logs.

Cheers!

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Brian Thompson June 27, 2019 11:38

Why not? Both services report actual?

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Brian Thompson June 27, 2019 11:46

Sorry, too be more descriptive. Here in CO the forecast is usually wrong to some degree, usually over estimates the rain. This means I'm seeing the zones typically not run or underwater. Without using any actuals I have little confidence my rainmachine actually is watering correctly when I try to use the built in smarts. WU has a really good actual capability that really should be factored in.

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RainMachine Nicholas June 27, 2019 12:25

If you want observed data you need to select a STATION in WUnderground service. If you can use WUnderground or the station is too far from you, you can adjust Rain Sensitivity to a lower value.

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Brian Thompson June 28, 2019 11:36

Thank you! This morning I have data filled in for the observed rain section.

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Bret June 28, 2019 17:49

I am getting observed precipitation from my weather station.

Everything is looking good for me now.

Cheers!

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Phil Griffin July 02, 2021 13:45

RM firmware: 4.0.1135

I cannot get any observed rainfall to show (same problem as above). I added WeatherUnderground and followed all the steps. The WU station I'm using (have tried several) shows precipitation being collected when viewed via the Wondermap (with Weather Station -> Precipitation filter on). I've waited several rainy days, but no observed precip in RM, even though it reports regular success polling the weather service data.

Any thoughts and help welcome.

-Phil

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RainMachine Nicholas July 03, 2021 08:31

Make sure you have typed your weather station ID and checked Use Nearby Weather Stations as in the screenshot below. It's a little bit awkward but we'll release an update with better UI for WUnderground.

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Phil Griffin July 06, 2021 02:40

Thanks, that checkbox was the issue. Better docs and UI would be great.

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