HiTec Homes VWS Software Software Plugin for HS3

This software plugin is designed to allow HomeSeer systems to display weather station data that was collected and stored by (VWS) Virtual Weather Station.

Main Features

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• Works with any Weather Station supported by Virtual Weather Station (VWS) Software.
• Capable of announcing National Weather Service Warnings.
• Editable speech pronunciation dictionary.
• This software is NOT free to HomeSeer PRO-Series users.

This is a compact .NET4 plugin built using strict adherence to HomeSeer's plugin API; ensuring future generations of plugin will take full advantage new features in HomeSeer when available.

This plugin is used to display weather station data collected by Virtual Weather Station software, in (CSV files) that are imported into devices configured in HomeSeer 3 or later.

This plugin, is designed to perform reliably and quickly.

Configuration INI file stores configs such as

• Paths to where VWS-CSV data files are located usually in VWS\Data directory,
• Enable or Disable Warnings,
• Enable or Disable Speech,
• Number of time to repeat warnings,
• Minutes between warnings,
• Allowable hours for speech to occur (prevents speech at bedtime for example),
• Ability to rename devices.
• Metric or Standard US measurements,
• Scaling,
• Which CSV files or both that are polled, and intervals for polling,
• Enable or Disable Debug.
• Also a dictionary function provides a method to substitute pronunciations of difficult speech engine words, and includes a web based dictionary editor.

Configuration web page is accessed through HomeSeer's plugin-Interface link using standard HomeSeer API rather than ASPX and additional files.

What's Included

• Software License Code

Requirements

• HomeSeer HS3
• Virtual Weather Station (VWS) Software
• Compatible with Windows only

Comments / Notes

This is a compact .NET4 plugin built using strict adherence to HomeSeer's 3.0 plugin API, ensuring future generations of plugin will take full advantage new features in HomeSeer when available.

This is a .NET4 plugin used to display weather station data that was collected and stored by (VWS) Virtual Weather Station, in (CSV files) that are imported into devices configured in HomeSeer 3.0 or later.

This is a no frills plugin, designed to perform reliably and quickly. Configuration INI file stores configs such as (Metric or US Std) , Scaling, Read VWS Internet version's realtime CSV and/or VWS Basic dbase files (please note dbase file is not metric), Debug flag, and Verbose Logging flag. Configuration web page is accessed through HomeSeers Setup-Interface link using standard HomeSeer API rather than ASPX and additional files.