Meteo Alerte Binding

The Meteo Alerte binding gives alert level regarding major weather related risk factors.

Supported Things

There is exactly one supported thing type, which represents the weather alerts for a given department. It has the department id. Of course, you can add multiple things, e.g. for getting alerts for different locations.

Binding Configuration

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

Thing Configuration

The thing has a few configuration parameters:

Parameter	Description
department	Name of the department.
refresh	Refresh interval in minutes. Optional, the default value is 1440 minutes (once a day).

Channels

The Météo Alerte 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 is described by a color :

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

Full Example

meteoalert.things:

Thing meteoalerte:department:yvelines @ "MyCity" [department="YVELINES", refresh=12]

meteoalert.items:

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

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