I have been using a custom made API handler for my EZ-B projects. After reading a bit on the forums I thought I would make it a bit more user friendly and see if any one here would be interested in using it.
This is the settings screen. you would put your zipcode and your Wunderground API key. ( you can get one free from Weather underground )
put in the settings for the computer and port you want to connect to.
The Say screen is were you would have the DT Ezb Weather speak the weather. there is also a template of how you want your bot to say. You can also select a variable to set with this text as well.
Here you can select what information you want pass to your ez scripting and what variables to use.
The last tab allows you to select any ezbscript command you want to run on completion of the weather update.
I have not shared this as of yet so if anyone would like to try it out and help me shape it for public use please let me know.
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Your most welcome.
I am learning lots of great stuff here about the hardware side of things. I have been a software developer for a bit over 2 decades now and have programed for robots that are used in production of cars in Belgium but have never had to be responsible for the hardware working , just the software and AI.
I hope as I learn more about what we want our robots to do and I become familiar with the Limitations and features of the ARC software I can provide more help on the software end.
You app doesn't seem to like postal codes (Canadian zipcode)... Keeps throwing me an error to enter a valid zipcode and weather key... I hope there is a work around because I really like this app... extremely useful....
Let me check with the Underground Weather api and see if it handles weather in canada. Ill let you know soon as i find something.
I just looked .. seems Weather Underground only has current conditions for US only.
I will look at another service API that will handle Canada and hit you with an update.
@Richard R
can you provide me with a Canadian Postal Code that i can test with .. I think i have a solution.
It runs but tells me variable not defined $weather
@HippieGeek... You didn't have to, but I appreciate it... My postal code is N3A 4N2... edit you can try it as N3A4N2 (without the space) if need be...
@Movie Maker, Try this, close out your ARC program. Now start the DT EZB Simple weather program. Now open up the ARC program, and try to run the scripts again.