Weather station data with multiple sensors in one channel
Latest activity Reply by Christopher Stapels
on 3 Oct 2022
Hello, I run a weather station that consists of several sensors. Sensor1 supplies external weather data, Sensor2 internal room data and Sensor3 particulate matter values.
Can I display the variables of all sensors in a "Weather Station" channel and display them in charts?
If so, how do I do that with ThingSpeak?
Many Thanks
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You definitely can. Here is our weatherstation, in the parking garage at the MathWorks headquarters in Natick, MA.
If the device controlling your weatherstation is conncted the internet, you can use the Write Data REST API endpoint to write data to ThingSpeak.
You can store up to 8 fields of data in a single update, or message sent to ThingSpeak.
There is also a place to store location and status information. Your channel settngs can provide the channel location, and other meta information about the device.
You can use the MATLAB visualizations app to create custome visualizations of your data, in addition to the automatic field plots. You can write code in the MATLAB analysis app to analyze your data, and then schedule the analysis to run automatically with TimeControl or on a set channel condition with the React app. The built in alerts system can send you email notifications with the criteria you decide.
Thank you for your prompt reply.
My sensors send their data to the helium network. I have currently integrated UBIDOTS into the Helium console. Since UBIDOTS is very limited, I would like to switch to ThinkSpeak instead of UBIDOTS. But I don't see how I can integrate ThingSpeak into the Helium console. How do I do that and how can I then visualize the individual data. I'm a total beginner.
My weather station currently has a total of 6 values (fine dust, Temp_int, Temp_ext, Hum_int, Hume_ext, battery). Since I also visualize the chart over a week in addition to the metric value, more fields come together. Can this be done in ThingSpeak?
I've only used ThingSpeak with ESP so far. There I sent my data with an API key.
Greetings Ulli
Can Helium make REST calls to other webpages?
I'm a total beginner. I don´t know. What does it mean "make REST calls to other webpages"?
I am definitely interested in using Heluim to read ThingSpeak, but it seems like more of a Helium question. They have a community here. If you find out, can you share how to do it here?
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