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Totally not a judgement about the quality of it, but it amazes me how the IQAir is only supported via Cloud. Even for this really local information I need to co

by erinnh 4y ago

Totally not a judgement about the quality of it, but it amazes me how the IQAir is only supported via Cloud. Even for this really local information I need to contact some Cloud to be able to get the information into my smart home. This stuff annoys me a lot.

wodenokoto 4y ago
I believe this is to support their pollution maps and pollution forecasts. Which makes the high price of the product odd to me.
ahaucnx 4y ago
Yes unfortuntately we see a clear trend among other companies towards walled gardens, closed data and forcing people into subscriptions. We at AirGradient do not support this development and made very clear statements on our website.
dgacmu 4y ago
You can connect to it via SMB and grab the raw logfiles. It stores them as csv. https://www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/download-the-airvisual-node-pro-s-data-using-samba https://www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/download-the-airvisual-nod... Not a friendly API for integrating but you can build from there (I have an air visual pro and I do this)
- erinnh 4y ago
  Thank you. The only info I found was their cloud connection. I was interested because I wouldn't have to deal with customs in their case, but considering the price and interesting integration, dealing with customs might be better :P
  - dgacmu 4y ago
    Welcome. Actually, on checking, they've also added a .json file with the latest measurements. smbclient -U airvisual%PASSWORD \\\\192.168.X.Y\\airvisual -c "get latest_config_measurements.json" if you want an interactive display. Otherwise there are a bunch of csv files with the archived values, under a time-varying filename like: 202301_AirVisual_values.txt With format: Date;Time;Timestamp;PM2_5(ug/m3);AQI(US);AQI(CN);PM10(ug/m3);PM1(ug/m3);Outdoor AQI(US);Outdoor AQI(CN);Temperature(C);Temperature(F);Humidity(%RH);CO2(ppm) 2023/01/01;00:00:03;1672531203;0.0;0;0;0.0;0.0;8;3;22.7;72.8;41;406;
    - wallflower 4y ago
      Thanks for digging into the mucks of the quote end quote API. SMB makes me think they were aiming for the commercial market and just repurposed it for home.
newZWhoDis 4y ago
I was gifted an air things and had this exact problem. Local WiFi device is useless, stores everything in their cloud and takes forever to load randomly.

by erinnh 4y ago

wodenokoto 4y ago

I believe this is to support their pollution maps and pollution forecasts. Which makes the high price of the product odd to me.

ahaucnx 4y ago

Yes unfortuntately we see a clear trend among other companies towards walled gardens, closed data and forcing people into subscriptions. We at AirGradient do not support this development and made very clear statements on our website.

dgacmu 4y ago

You can connect to it via SMB and grab the raw logfiles. It stores them as csv. https://www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/download-the-airvisual-node-pro-s-data-using-samba https://www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/download-the-airvisual-nod... Not a friendly API for integrating but you can build from there (I have an air visual pro and I do this)

erinnh 4y ago
Thank you. The only info I found was their cloud connection. I was interested because I wouldn't have to deal with customs in their case, but considering the price and interesting integration, dealing with customs might be better :P
- dgacmu 4y ago
  Welcome. Actually, on checking, they've also added a .json file with the latest measurements. smbclient -U airvisual%PASSWORD \\\\192.168.X.Y\\airvisual -c "get latest_config_measurements.json" if you want an interactive display. Otherwise there are a bunch of csv files with the archived values, under a time-varying filename like: 202301_AirVisual_values.txt With format: Date;Time;Timestamp;PM2_5(ug/m3);AQI(US);AQI(CN);PM10(ug/m3);PM1(ug/m3);Outdoor AQI(US);Outdoor AQI(CN);Temperature(C);Temperature(F);Humidity(%RH);CO2(ppm) 2023/01/01;00:00:03;1672531203;0.0;0;0;0.0;0.0;8;3;22.7;72.8;41;406;
  - wallflower 4y ago
    Thanks for digging into the mucks of the quote end quote API. SMB makes me think they were aiming for the commercial market and just repurposed it for home.

newZWhoDis 4y ago

I was gifted an air things and had this exact problem. Local WiFi device is useless, stores everything in their cloud and takes forever to load randomly.