Topic: Programmatically Update Status?

[JIntorcio]

Is there a way to programmatically update the "Status" message for a Wunderground PWS?

Background: I have a PWS near a lake. I have a water temperature sensor hanging off of my dock that is attached to a little RF transmitter. In my house, I have an RF receiver attached to an Arduino that looks like a "Device" to my SmartThings hub. So I have the water temperature available on a number of platforms. I'd like to display it as part of the PWS display (https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KNHLACON8). I thought there might be a way I could send it as a status update.  Anybody done something like this? Or found another way to display additional data?

[Bushman]

You could smuggle it in using Soil temp or leaf wetness via the PWS upload process:

http://help.wunderground.com/knowledgebase/articles/865575-pws-upload-protocol

soiltempf - [F soil temperature]
 * for sensors 2,3,4 use soiltemp2f, soiltemp3f, and soiltemp4f
soilmoisture - [%]
* for sensors 2,3,4 use soilmoisture2, soilmoisture3, and soilmoisture4
leafwetness  - [%]
+ for sensor 2 use leafwetness2

The alternative I can think of is to write a little macro (AutoIt or *nix similar script) to change the status.  But the former methods should show it a bit easier?

[JIntorcio]

Of course!  Soil Temp!!!!!  Thanks for the idea.