openhab-addons/bundles/org.openhab.binding.meteofrance

Meteo France Binding

This binding provides information made available by Meteo France:

• Alert level regarding major weather related risk factors (vigilance Thing)
• Rain intensity forecasts (rain-forecastThing)

This binding provides its own icon set and provides appropriate static and dynamic SVG icons (see items examples below).

Discovery

Once a bridge with the API key has been created, appropriate departments can be auto discovered based on system location.

Binding Configuration

The binding has no configuration options, all configuration is done at Bridge and Thing level.

Bridge Configuration

The api bridge has only one configuration parameter :

Parameter	Description
apikey	Data-platform token to access the service. Mandatory.

To obtain an API key, you must create an account on https://portail-api.meteofrance.fr/web/fr/ Inside the API Portal, create an application on "Bulletin Vigilance" and generate they API key (set duration to 0).

Thing Configuration

The vigilance thing has these configuration parameters:

Parameter	Description
department	Code of the department (two digits).
refresh	Refresh interval in minutes. Optional, the default value is 60 minutes.

The rain-forecast thing has this configuration parameters:

Parameter	Description
location	Geo coordinates to be considered by the service.

Channels

The information that are retrieved is available as these channels:

Channel ID	Item Type	Description
observation-time	DateTime	Date and time of report validity start
end-time	DateTime	Date and time of report validity end
comment	String	General comments on alerts for the department
vent	Number	Wind alert level (*)
pluie-inondation	Number	Rain alert level (*)
orage	Number	Storm alert level (*)
inondation	Number	Flood alert level (*)
neige	Number	Snow alert level (*)
canicule	Number	Heat alert level (*)
grand-froid	Number	Cold alert level (*)
avalanches	Number	Avalanche alert level (*)
vague-submersion	Number	Wave submersion alert level (*)
pluie-inondation-icon	Image	Pictogram of the Rain alert level
vent-icon	Image	Pictogram of the Wind alert level
orage-icon	Image	Pictogram of Storm alert level
inondation-icon	Image	Pictogram of Flood alert level
neige-icon	Image	Pictogram of Snow alert level
canicule-icon	Image	Pictogram of Heat alert level
grand-froid-icon	Image	Pictogram of Cold alert level
avalanches-icon	Image	Pictogram of Avalanche alert level
vague-submersion-icon	Image	Pictogram of Wave Submersion alert level

(*) Each alert level has an associated color and description:

Code	Color	Description
0	Green	No particular vigilance
1	Yellow	Be attentive to the weather situation
2	Orange	Be "very vigilant" in the concerned areas
3	Red	Absolute vigilance required

Provided icon set

This binding has its own IconProvider and makes available the following list of icons

Icon Name	Dynamic	Illustration
oh:meteofrance:vent	Yes
oh:meteofrance:pluie-inondation	Yes
oh:meteofrance:orage	Yes
oh:meteofrance:inondation	Yes
oh:meteofrance:neige	Yes
oh:meteofrance:canicule	Yes
oh:meteofrance:grand-froid	Yes
oh:meteofrance:avalanches	Yes
oh:meteofrance:vague-submersion	Yes
oh:meteofrance:meteo_france	No
oh:meteofrance:intensity	Yes

Full Example

meteoalert.things:

Thing meteofrance:department:yvelines @ "MyCity" [department="78", refresh=12]

meteoalert.items:

Group gMeteoAlert "Alertes Météo" <oh:meteofrance:meteo_france> 
String     MA_Dept78                  "Département 78 [%s]"       <text>                              (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:comment"}
Number     MA_etat_canicule           "Canicule [%s]"             <oh:meteofrance:canicule>           (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:canicule"}
Number     MA_etat_grand_froid        "Grand Froid [%s]"          <oh:meteofrance:grand-froid>        (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:grand-froid"}
Number     MA_etat_pluie_inondation   "Pluie-Inondation [%s]"     <oh:meteofrance:pluie-inondation>   (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:pluie-inondation"}
Number     MA_etat_neige              "Neige [%s]"                <oh:meteofrance:neige>              (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:neige"}
Number     MA_etat_vent               "Vent [%s]"                 <oh:meteofrance:vent>               (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:vent"}
Number     MA_etat_inondation         "Inondation [%s]"           <oh:meteofrance:inondation>         (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:inondation"}
Number     MA_etat_orage              "Orage [%s]"                <oh:meteofrance:orage>              (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:orage"}
Number     MA_etat_avalanche          "Avalanches [%s]"           <oh:meteofrance:avalanches>         (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:avalanches"}
    
Image      MA_icon_canicule           "Canicule"                  <oh:meteofrance:canicule>           (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:canicule-icon"}
Image      MA_icon_grand_froid        "Grand Froid"               <oh:meteofrance:grand-froid>        (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:grand-froid-icon"}
Image      MA_icon_pluie_inondation   "Pluie-Inondation"          <oh:meteofrance:pluie-inondation>   (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:pluie-inondation-icon"}
Image      MA_icon_neige              "Neige"                     <oh:meteofrance:neige>              (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:neige-icon"}
Image      MA_icon_vent               "Vent"                      <oh:meteofrance:vent>               (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:vent-icon"}
Image      MA_icon_inondation         "Inondation"                <oh:meteofrance:inondation>         (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:inondation-icon"}
Image      MA_icon_orage              "Orage"                     <oh:meteofrance:orage>              (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:orage-icon"}
Image      MA_icon_avalanche          "Avalanche"                 <oh:meteofrance:avalanches>         (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:avalanches-icon"}
    
DateTime   MA_ObservationTS           "Timestamp [%1$tH:%1$tM]"   <time>                              (gMeteoAlert)   {channel="meteofrance:department:yvelines:observation-time"}