Tsjippy / Sunscreen

Calculates the virtual lux on your location, and closes a sunscreen device based on that. Plugin for Domoticz

Sunscreen plugin for Domoticz

Short summary

This plugin calculates the location of the sun, stores them in devices.
Calculates the virtual lux based on the sun location, the cloud layer and your altitude.

Installation and setup

1. Install Plugin:

cd domoticz/plugins
git clone https://github.com/Tsjippy/Sunscreen

2. Install dependecies:

sudo pip3 install requests
sudo pip3 install pandas
sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev

Also make sure you are on the latest domoticz beta version or Domoticz won't find requests, or pandas.
The installation of pandas can take up to 30 minutes.

3. Restart domoticz:

sudo service domoticz.sh restart

4. Add hardware, fill in the required fields.

Known bugs

Releases

2019-04-01 (2.0.0): Fully tested version. 2019-03-31 (1.7.0): Store autmatically found info in the database. 2019-03-25 (1.6.0): Better hardware page and device checks.
2019-02-15 (1.5.0): No longer a need to specify wheather devices.
2019-01-02 (1.4.1): Ogimet url bug fix, it now uses leading zeros for month and day in the url.
2018-12-18 (1.1.3): Fixes a problem resulting not being able to update the hardware, added a sunscreen override button.
2018-12-17 (1.1.0): Now supports multiple sunscreens, and searches for the best Ogimet station automatically. Also retrieves the altitude automatically.
2018-12-13 (1.0.0): Initial release

Donations

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