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WiFi LED Air Quality Display

Your city's current air quality index on the panel, refreshed over WiFi. No OpenWeatherMap key? The no-key Air & pollen app shows UV, air quality and pollen instead.

DataPix showing London and AQI 2
Air Quality with its Breeze background.

What you need

Step by step

  1. Open the setup page

    From a browser on the same network, open the address shown on the panel.

    The DataPix home screen with Quick Start, Views, Accounts & API keys and settings tiles

  2. Add a View → Air Quality (OpenWeatherMap)

    Go to Views → New view. On the Add a View page, under Weather & nature, pick Air Quality (OpenWeatherMap).

    The Add a View page, grouped, each card with its icon and what it needs

  3. Key and city

    Paste your key and pick the city. DataPix remembers the key for next time; change it later in Accounts & API keys.

    The Air Quality dialog with key, city and background

  4. Background animation

    The view starts with Breeze drifting along the edges. Pick any other scene, background, pattern or effect, or None — the preview plays right in the dialog.

  5. Arrange and save

    Press Add. The city and AQI reading are separate values. Save.

    The editor with London above AQI 2

Reading the number

AQIMeaning
1Good
2Fair
3Moderate
4Poor
5Very poor

Want it red on a bad day? Select the AQI value and use Colour by value — another colour above a number you pick (e.g. above 3).

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