There’s a useful PM2.5 sensor present on the Home Assistant integration (looks like this reports the EPA correction value?), but there is currently no AQI sensor in the AirGradient HA integration.
Would it be possible to add an AQI sensor to the HA integration?
Example use case: on an HA dashboard, show a graph comparing the AQI value from an O-1PST (AirGradient integration) vs. the AQI value(s) from one or more external sensors (e.g. EPA integration, WAQI integration, IQAir integration).
Just to understand you correctly, you would like to see the PM2.5 value of the AirGradient monitor converted to USAQI figures directly in HA?
My preference would be for the HA integration to have 2 sensors to cover this – one sensor for PM2.5 (value in μg/m³) and a separate sensor for AQI (US AQI numeral). That way, people can use one sensor or the other, or both at the same time, in HA.
I support this idea. USAQI is better understood by my family and easier for me to understand.
I support this idea as well.
I would like this as well.
For anybody following here, there are a couple options found elsewhere on this forum (1, 2) for template sensors you can create in HomeAssistant that will use the PM2.5 value from the device to create an AQI sensor.
But, the original request is still valid – it would be really nice if the AirGradient HomeAssistant integration provided an “official” AQI sensor by default, using whatever the latest AQI calculation is as determined by AirGradient.
yes please, I falsely assumed USAQI would be provided to HA
One more that would like to see this dome sooner than later.
(I note the statement here “in the next release” and my outdoor shipped with 3.3.9 (so new, it’s not shown anywhere) and no such change can be found.
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+1! I’m interested in getting an AirGradient sensor, and responsiveness to this request would seal the deal. Seems like a simple feature to add.
Hi everyone, I hear you! Please let me bring this up with our team.
In the meantime, you can take a look at what @applesauc3 mentioned in the previous reply. However, you might need to update some numbers to follow the updated version of US AQI.
Also, you can take a look at this: Home Assistant Integration: Local Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality (AQI, NowCast, IAQI)
