Weather and solar forecast
Sensa can show you the weather where the van is, and how much charge your solar panels should make today and tomorrow. Both follow the van: move somewhere new and they catch up with you.
Both are off until you turn them on, because each one sends the van's rough position to Sensa. While one is off, nothing is sent for it.
The Weather card
The Weather card shows the weather now (temperature, wind and gusts, humidity, rain, UV and air quality), any official weather warnings in force, and the next few days with their low and high, rain and the expected solar charge. Tap a warning to read it in full.
It is not on any screen to start with. To add it, turn on Design Mode, press Add card, and pick it from the Weather group. It is suggested for the Habitation Home and Cab Home tabs, and you can put it on any tab that can be arranged.
The first time it appears, the card says what it needs and offers a Turn on button. Once on, the van's position, rounded to about 10 km, is sent every 30 minutes, and nothing else. To turn it off again, open Settings, Vehicle, and switch off Weather forecast on the Weather card.
It needs an internet connection. Without one, the card keeps the last forecast it had, or says it has none yet.
Sources at the foot of the card lists who the figures on it come from, and only those.
Solar forecast
Tell Sensa the size of your solar panels and it works out how much charge they should make today and tomorrow, for your panels at the van's position.
- Open Settings, Vehicle, and find the Solar card.
- Switch on Solar forecast. It is off until you do.
- Enter Solar panels: the total watts on your panels' labels. Two 200 W panels make 400.
- Optionally enter Battery size in Ah, to see the forecast as a percentage of your battery as well.
The forecast then appears on the solar part of the power flow on the Habitation Electric tab: how many kWh are left to come today, and how many to expect tomorrow, each with the share of your battery it would fill once Battery size is set. With the Weather card on, each of its days shows the expected solar charge too.
Switch Solar forecast off again to stop it. While it is off, your position is not sent for it.
The solar forecast covers Europe. Outside it, the forecast lines stay blank.