[Tutorial] Complete Detailed PurpleAir Integration within Home . . . When I purchased my PurpleAir sensors and attempted to integrate them into HA, I quickly found that there were no comprehensive guides on how to successfully integrate every sensor into Home Assistant After days upon days of tinkering, I finally have a perfectly working PurpleAir Integration into HA
Versus airnow. gov : r PurpleAir - Reddit You’ve got the woodsmoke filter turned on for PurpleAir, that’s going to show higher values when woodsmoke is present than EPA You can read up on the differences on the PurpleAir web site There’s many different ways to interpret this data I’m avoiding using the term “measure”, because the raw data measurements are unchanged, it’s how that data is interpreted
I still dont understand what data we have to pay for with purpleair . . . Passing the cost of storing and accessing this bulk data along to every user wouldn't be fair to the majority of the people who don't need it, therefore PurpleAir charges for access to this data The charges are metered according to usage, which makes this an equitable system (programs that use a lot of data pay more than those that don't)