RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: netatmo problems
Hi Keith, When I got my first Netatmo the app was almost unusable and back then (I think it was around 2012 or 2013) their head developer was a Spanish guy named Carlos who fortunately was very interested in making this accessible. He gave me access to Beta versions via Testflight and for a few months I spend a lot of time testing and suggesting. It's actually been on my To Do List to see if he is still there and to contact him about this issue. Switching pages and swiping works just fine, but it would be nice if that information was on the screen where you could also explore it more easily by touch. Also, it would be nice if historic data was accessible, e.g. yesterday's minimum and maximum temperatures etc. which currently cannot be accessed with Voiceover. By the way, if you are for example, on your main indoor module, do you get minimum and maximum temperatures or does it go from current temperature straight to CO2 level? If you don't get minimum and maximum, then next time you swipe and get to the current temperature just do a double tap and that will permanently reveal minimum and maximum for that day. This applies to any of the modules. Lastly, apparently the newer Netatmo Stations are home Kit compatible, not sure if you have to do anything, but you should be able to ask SIRI for information and have it displayed in the Home app. If you own an Alexa device then there is also a Netatmo skill and it works reasonably well. If I want to know the outdoor temperature I ask Alexa the following: Alexa, ask Netatmo what the temperature is outside. Or I can ask: Alexa, ask Netatmo what the temperature is in the bedroom (or kitchen or downstairs) I named my modules Kitchen (for the indoor module of the main station), my other modules are Bedroom and Downstairs and I actually bought a third indoor module a while back, but haven't set it up yet and my outdoor module is called "Deck". However, if I ask for temperature for the deck Alexa say s it can't find it and tells me I have modules called Kitchen, Bedroom and Downstairs, then it asks do I want information for the first, second and third and I can say "second" and it will give me the Bedroom, but for all indoor modules when Alexa answers it will say "The temperature inside is, for example, 21 degrees, it will not answer "The temperature in the bedroom is 21 degrees" or "the temperature downstairs is 19 degrees". My main station is too old to support Home Kit, maybe some day I'll buy a new one and try to sell this one, but for sure I would wait for one of their 20% off events and then maybe I'll use some of my Aeroplan points which also allow me to buy Amazon gift cards since I think you can buy Netatmo through Amazon as well. I think Netatmo is still one of the best weather stations out there and while some thermostats offer sensors you can put in different rooms, I haven't really come across another actual weather station which gives you such a comprehensive set of information especially if you do end up getting the full package including rain gauge and wind gauge which I have. I still have to mount the wind gauge properly on my roof, I asked a guy who does metal work and welding to make me a 1 m tall pole with a V-shaped base which I can mount on the ridgeline of my roof and which has a small plate to which I can attach the little mount that comes with the wind gauge, but he didn't get it done before the winter hit and while it hadn't snowed much, we did get a dump of about 8 inches yesterday so it's probably better to wait until April when the snow will be gone and I can mount this properly and permanently. The same goes for my rain gauge, I usually just have it on the table on my deck, but ideally it should also be on a pole about 4 feet off the ground. Anyways, I always take it inside in the winter since we rarely get liquid rain here between mid November and the end of March and even if it does rain here and there, it often freezes then at night and constructing some sort of heated surrounding so the snow melts and the rain gauge can operate is entirely too much trouble. Best regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: netatmo problems thanks very much, Sigg hard. I never would’ve figured this out without your guidance. I did search their help topics for voiceover and accessibility, but unfortunately found no hits. It would be nice if this kind of information were included there in. Best, Keith > On Jan 3, 2020, at 1:53 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > That is unfortunately how the app works, it could be better but it's workable > as it is. > The trick is that once you flick up for example to change from page 1 to 2 > and say from your main indoor module to th
Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: netatmo problems
thanks very much, Sigg hard. I never would’ve figured this out without your guidance. I did search their help topics for voiceover and accessibility, but unfortunately found no hits. It would be nice if this kind of information were included there in. Best, Keith > On Jan 3, 2020, at 1:53 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > That is unfortunately how the app works, it could be better but it's workable > as it is. > The trick is that once you flick up for example to change from page 1 to 2 > and say from your main indoor module to the second indoor module, just start > flicking right without touching anything else. > Then the information of that module is read and the same applies if you have > extra outdoor modules like a rain or wind gauge. > > -Original Message- > From: 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone > Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 11:31 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: netatmo problems > > hi, I have purchased a new Netatmo WeatherStation. I believe I have set it up > correctly. But when I go into the app, I cannot access reliably anything > other than the main weather station indoor module. There are options to > switch pages among one of four and 1 of 5, and when I do that, it quickly > reverts to the original page. > Is this app still usable with voiceover? > > Also, I have the Netatmo Comfort app for my phone. on that, I can access only > my two additional indoor modules, but neither the WeatherStation indoor > module nor the outdoor module. Does this app still work, too? > Any help appreciated. Best, Keith > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/28fddd%24d0vb1h%40ironport10.mayo.edu. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB2573D3871DD7D521A877CF00C7230%40MWHPR06MB2573.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/28fddd%24d104ta%40ironport10.mayo.edu.
RE: netatmo problems
Hi Keith, That is unfortunately how the app works, it could be better but it's workable as it is. The trick is that once you flick up for example to change from page 1 to 2 and say from your main indoor module to the second indoor module, just start flicking right without touching anything else. Then the information of that module is read and the same applies if you have extra outdoor modules like a rain or wind gauge. -Original Message- From: 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 11:31 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: netatmo problems hi, I have purchased a new Netatmo WeatherStation. I believe I have set it up correctly. But when I go into the app, I cannot access reliably anything other than the main weather station indoor module. There are options to switch pages among one of four and 1 of 5, and when I do that, it quickly reverts to the original page. Is this app still usable with voiceover? Also, I have the Netatmo Comfort app for my phone. on that, I can access only my two additional indoor modules, but neither the WeatherStation indoor module nor the outdoor module. Does this app still work, too? Any help appreciated. Best, Keith -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/28fddd%24d0vb1h%40ironport10.mayo.edu. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB2573D3871DD7D521A877CF00C7230%40MWHPR06MB2573.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.