Schimera Launches Weather Monitor, an Alternative for Oregon Scientific Weather Stations
Schimera Pty Ltd today announced Weather Monitor, a new iOS and Android app for users with compatible Oregon Scientific weather stations and sensors. Built as a modern alternative to the original Weather@Home app experience, Weather Monitor helps users connect to their station, view current indoor and outdoor conditions, and review up to seven days of available weather history from their phone.
Many Oregon Scientific weather station owners still rely on their home weather stations every day, but the companion app hasn't kept pace with modern mobile expectations. Connectivity problems, limited updates and ageing app design can make it difficult for users to access the local weather data their station is already collecting. Weather Monitor gives users a practical new option, a focused mobile app designed for fast access, clear readings, historical charts and useful exports.
"Oregon Scientific stations are still useful devices, but a weather station is only as good as the app people use to read it," said Sean Ashton, founder of Schimera Pty Ltd. "Weather Monitor is designed for people who want to keep using their existing hardware while getting a cleaner, more reliable and more modern app experience on iOS and Android."
Weather Monitor displays current indoor and outdoor temperature, indoor and outdoor humidity, air pressure, estimated sunrise and sunset times, the current moon phase, and the station's predicted forecast for the next 12 hours. Temperature can be shown in Celsius or Fahrenheit, and air pressure can be displayed in hPa, mmHg or inHg.
When history is available from the connected station, Weather Monitor displays charts for the last seven days of data and includes a CSV export feature so users can email their weather history directly from their phone.
Weather Monitor supports up to seven external temperature and humidity sensors, with trends for temperature and humidity, dew point for each temperature sensor and low battery warnings for each external sensor.
Key features
- The app features include:
- Indoor and Outdoor temperatures (in ℃ or ℉)
- Indoor and Outdoor humidity
- Air pressure ( in hPa, mmHg or inHg)
- Estimated Sunrise and Sunset times
- Current moon phase
- Predicated weather forecast for the next 12 hours
- Charts are displayed for the last 7 days of historical data
- An export feature is also included to export the current 7 day history to a CSV file which can be emailed from the phone
- Support for up to 7 external temperature/humidity sensors
- Low battery warning for each external sensor
- Dew point for each temperature sensor
Availability
Weather Monitor is available from the App Store and Google Play.
About Schimera
Schimera Pty Ltd is a Brisbane-based software company founded by independent developer Sean Ashton. Schimera builds mobile, desktop, embedded and web software, with experience across agriculture, government, mining, logistics, asset tracking, GIS and specialised business systems. For more information, visit https://schimera.com