From a1e108e74fb32c8dcc0cad8c38b513fb3134a075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Alexeev Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:30:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] WAQI sensor (#1451) * WAQI sensor description. * Rework as Markdown table. --- source/_components/sensor.waqi.markdown | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_components/sensor.waqi.markdown diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.waqi.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.waqi.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..eb510dc9c34 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_components/sensor.waqi.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: "World Air Quality Index" +description: "Instructions how to setup World Air Quality Index sensor in Home Assistant." +date: 2016-11-17 06:00 +sidebar: true +comments: false +sharing: true +footer: true +logo: smtp.png +ha_category: Sensor +ha_release: 0.32 +ha_iot_class: "Local Polling" +--- + +The `waqi` sensor platform will query [World Air Quality Index](http://aqicn.org) service to check AQI value for a specific set of locations. The resulting indexes will be added to the Home Assistant as sensor outputs. + +To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml` file: + +```yaml +# Example configuration.yaml entry +sensor: + - platform: waqi + locations: + - beijin +``` + +Configuration variables: + +- **locations** (*Required*): a list of location names to look for air quality data. In case a specific location has multiple registered stations all of them will be added to Home Assistant + +The value reported is an overall AQ index for the location. The values of the index can be interpreted as following: + +AQI | Status | Description +------- | :----------------: | ---------- +0 - 50 | **Good** | Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk +51 - 100 | **Moderate** | Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution +101 - 150 | **Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups** | Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected +151 - 200 | **Unhealthy** | Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects +201 - 300 | **Very unhealthy** | Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected +301+ | **Hazardous** | Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects \ No newline at end of file