This is my first post for help, i am very new . . . but very interested in OpenHAB. I have the item copied from the wiki and many others but i get a response of 984 inches and not more like 29.1 that i am expecting. Is there a conversion that I am missing? In my items I have: Number Weather_Pr…

It looks like Yahoo weather is not delivering the correct information lately: [image] Yahoo weather API returning bad value for pressure Bindings Has anyone had a problem with the Yahoo weather API returning a bad value for pressure? I’m using the weather bind…

Yahoo is currently returning the pressure in millibars (hectoPascals), even though the response says the units are in Inches of mercury (inHg). You can confirm this on their developer page: Ihre Datenschutzeinstellungen You can convert the units by dividing by 33.86.

Thanks! now I just need to learn how to do the math in this . . .do you know of any good examples that show were all the parts and pieces go. I tried a rule with Weather_Pressure = Weather_Pressure / 33.86 and that was a bust.

You could have these items: Number Weather_Pressure_hPa "Barometric Pressure [%.2f hPa]" { weather="locationId=home, type=atmosphere, property=pressure, unit=inches" } Number Weather_Pressure_in "Barometric Pressure [%.2f in]" and this rule (not tested): import org.openhab.core.library.types.Deci…

Thanks!!! I got it and it looks much better. i am getting this and your help here went a long way. Thanks again.

Beginner trying to get Barometric Pressure binding from yahoo

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners

watou (John C) June 21, 2016, 3:20am 2

It looks like Yahoo weather is not delivering the correct information lately: