Home Assistant weather forecast

Video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7aorpEz3yU

Here is a structured tutorial:

Part 1: Setting up Home Assistant Automation for Weather Data

1. Trigger Setup: In Home Assistant, create a time-based automation to execute every 10 minutes.
2. Action Configuration: Utilize the mqtt.publish service to send the weather data. Format the payload with necessary weather attributes (temperature, condition, etc.).

{
  "text": "Temp {{ state_attr('weather.home', 'temperature') }}°C, Humidity {{ state_attr('weather.home', 'humidity') }}%, Wind {{ state_attr('weather.home', 'wind_speed') }}km/h, Pressure {{ state_attr('weather.home', 'pressure') }}hPa",
  "icon": "53288",
  "rainbow": false,
  "duration": 30
}

3. MQTT Topic: Define a unique MQTT topic for this automation.

• pattern: prefix/custom/name_of_the_panel

Part 2: Creating a Node-RED Flow for Ulanzi TC001 Display

1. Trigger Node: Use an Inject node set to trigger every 10 minutes.
2. Weather Data: Utilize an "api-current-state" node to fetch the latest weather state from weather.home.
3. Data Formatting: Add a Function node where you convert weather states into messages, using a mapping object (iconMap) for weather conditions to icon IDs specific to Ulanzi TC001.
4. MQTT Communication: Add an "MQTT out" node configured with your broker details, and set to publish the formatted message to the Ulanzi TC001.

This process includes fetching weather updates from Home Assistant, formatting them appropriately in Node-RED, and then sending the formatted data to the Ulanzi TC001 display via MQTT. Remember to adjust the mapping between weather states and icon IDs according to your display's requirements and the available icons.

Assets: icons you will find here: https://developer.lametric.com/icons. So just use it according to your needs.

The flow is in json format that you can import to Node-RED. Remember to change the IP address and topic everywhere according to the explanation in the video.