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  1. Get an updated API key from: “The Weather Company, an IBM Business”

    1. email them at TWCDigitalSupport@us.ibm.com

  2. Confirm all your WSI locations have latitude and longitude values assigned by viewing the location list in the WSI Reader 3.x or greater. See below for details…

  3. Download and install the latest TWC Reader while the WSI reader continues on

  4. Add some test locations in the TWC reader – that won’t affect your existing weather uses

    1. See https://bannisterlake.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ST/pages/1612546079/The+Weather+Company+Reader#Locations for details

  5. Map the TWC API icons to your existing icons in Flow

    1. See below for details…

  6. Confirm data is available and looks good

    1. Test the output in a test show if you can

  7. Switch all existing WSI locations to be updated by the TWC reader

    1. See below for details…

  8. Shut down the WSI reader

    1. it has nothing to do now anyway since we just gave all its locations to TWC

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  1. Using the Weather - Configuration - Codes module

  2. Select the TWC - The Weather Company Data Source

  3. Select your existing Weather Set (assuming you’ll continue to use your existing weather icons)

  4. Assign a Weather Type Icon to each Source Icon Code in the Import Code Grid

You may want to view the icons in the official guide to know how to best assign your icons to match.

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Switch WSI Locations to TWC Reader

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