PurpleAirStation

PurpleAir Air Quality Station for Hubitat and SmartThings

Provides continuously updated Air Quality Index based on the PM2.5 data supplied by a Purple Air air quality sensor (see www.purpleair.com for more information).

Simple Setup

To use this Air Quality Station in SmartThings, you will need to:

1. Create a new SmartThings device handler or Hubitat Driverusing the supplied source code
   • This version auto-detects the host platform, so no further editing is required.
2. Create the actual device:
   • SmartThings: log into the IDE, select your Location, select Devices and then select Create New Device
   • Hubitat: Simply create a new Driver from the main menu
3. Specify your preference for update frequency
4. Specify the desired PurpleAir Station ID you want to monitor

To find a specific Station,

1. Use the PurpleAir Map to locate a station (https://www.purpleair.com/map)
2. Open this URL in a new Window or Tab: (https://www.purpleair.com/json)
3. Search for the NAME of the station you found in step A
4. The Station ID is the first element in the results[:] map - you will enter this ID (1-5 digit number) into the preferences for the Air Quality Station

That's it - save, and you should be up and running!

Change Log

• 1.0.00 - Initial Release
• 1.0.01 - Cleanup of description Texts & bug fixes
• 1.0.02 - Fixed some typos
• 1.0.03 - More string edits
• 1.0.04 - Updated icons & color handling
• 1.0.05 - Now uses BigDecimal for maximum precision
• 1.0.06 - Finalized conversion to BigDecimal
• 1.0.07 - Better error handling
• 1.0.08 - Changed all numberic attributes to "number"
• 1.0.09 - Changed to maintain and display only integer AQI (decimals are distracting)
• 1.0.10 - Fixed room/thing tile display
• 1.0.11 - Handles Inside PurpleAir Sensor (only 1 sensor by design)
• 1.0.12 - Internal cleanup of Inside sensor support, added runEvery3Minutes
• 1.0.13 - Code annotations for hubitat users
• 1.1.01 - Added automatic support for both SmartThings and Hubitat
• 1.1.02 - Fixed null response handling (I think)

Donations

As always, my contributions to the SmartThings community are entirely free, but should you feel compelled to make a donation, you can do so here: https://paypal.me/BarryABurke

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