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by dandelot
Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:03 am
Forum: EKM Metering Systems
Topic: dials unreadable
Replies: 3
Views: 32410

Re: dials unreadable

The meter is inside one of those plastic garden boxes with removable cover. Never any sun. So a little below ground level. I discovered a couple weeks ago that the moles/gophers had dug up around it (inside the box) so I dug out a couple gallons of wed mud and moved the mud to the other end of the p...
by dandelot
Sun Apr 03, 2022 8:51 am
Forum: EKM Metering Systems
Topic: dials unreadable
Replies: 3
Views: 32410

dials unreadable

My EKM-SPWM-100 dials are covered by some drops and misting inside the transparent window (meaning water/misting is on the window itself). Any suggestions on now to deal with that (so I can read the dials again)?
by dandelot
Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:01 pm
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: Read iSerial v.4 suddenly stopped
Replies: 2
Views: 27202

Re: Read iSerial v.4 suddenly stopped

With instructions from ekmmetering (Seth) to reset the iSerial, I set it up with my info (static ip and the serial settings from the original iSerial documentation pages). Attached it to power, ethernet, and the Pulse and it all works now (and so does my reader software). Both EKM Dash (latest 64bit...
by dandelot
Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:48 am
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: Read iSerial v.4 suddenly stopped
Replies: 2
Views: 27202

Read iSerial v.4 suddenly stopped

Been reading water data (my own code, C) since 2014. Linux, Ubuntu 20.04. All been working perfectly. iSerial has a static IP on my local net. Ping to it works. Omnimeter Pulse v.4 iSerial v.2 Since February 25 2022, 8:30AM (PST) writing a request to iserial seems to still work, but read fails. I sw...
by dandelot
Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:27 pm
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: iSerial access gets Malformed Packet
Replies: 3
Views: 9258

Re: iSerial access gets Malformed Packet

Very helpful link, JayDee. Thanks. It will be a few days (at least)
before I can look at this further. But you provided important
hints. Thanks again.
by dandelot
Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:08 pm
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: iSerial access gets Malformed Packet
Replies: 3
Views: 9258

iSerial access gets Malformed Packet

I was watching packets on my home network and noticed something odd sent from ekm iSerial v.4. I am getting good values, so the oddity seems harmless. I just thought I would mention it here in case someone has a suggestion as to what the oddity might mean. I've done this with my own software (in C) ...
by dandelot
Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:04 pm
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: Example accessing meter
Replies: 3
Views: 11445

Re: Example accessing meter

That tar file is now gone, a bit out of date.
The water.html page links to an updated tar file.
by dandelot
Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:05 pm
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: Example accessing meter
Replies: 3
Views: 11445

Example accessing meter

I've put example code which accesses my EKM water meter in http://www.prevanders.net/ekmexample.tar (the tar file comtains C and Python source). It is written for Linux/Unix but might be of some value for people using other OS's. Source license is BSD. http://www.prevanders.net/water.html shows a li...
by dandelot
Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:29 pm
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: setting Pulse v.4. Not yet getting it right.
Replies: 7
Views: 16299

Re: setting Pulse v.4. Not yet getting it right.

Finally realized input number 11 is PulseCount 3. Now I am getting counts. Dash is working ok (would be nice if hovering over a toolbar symbol would print it's purpose, a tooltip), but that is just a nice idea. Dash is working, I set the pulse ratio to 1 and the Pulse v.4 window to display pulse cou...
by dandelot
Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: Developers Sandbox - Meter Data
Topic: setting Pulse v.4. Not yet getting it right.
Replies: 7
Views: 16299

Re: setting Pulse v.4. Not yet getting it right.

Oh my. To my astonishment the spelling of the executable name is critical to getting dash to work. I renamed "EKM Dash" to "EKMDash" with no space as spaces in names are really annoying to script and...that did not work. I changed the name back to "EKM Dash" with the sp...