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- Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Data Storage Capacity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 90895
Re: Data Storage Capacity
Hi Jim, Thank you for bringing your post to my attention. It sounds like we are not aligning on our understanding. Here is what we store: In the meter: Not much at all. Just the latest values kWh, volts on each phase, etc. 6 months of once per month kWh reads (only 6 data points) In the real-time Pu...
- Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:40 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Data Storage Capacity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 90895
Re: Data Storage Capacity
When the data storage is expressed as 1000 reads, does this mean that each read is 42 measurements? When we are referring to storing the latest 1000 intervals, this is the latest 1000 real-time (once per minute in most cases) meter read intervals. This would come to 1000 minutes of storage if your ...
- Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:10 pm
- Forum: EKM Metering Systems
- Topic: Configuration for shared electricity supply
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29129
Re: Configuration for shared electricity supply
Your proposed system looks good. If you are at all considering water or gas metering in the future I would go with the Omnimeter Pulse v.4 rater than the v.3. I should be able to set all of this up in a weathertight, locking enclosure adjacent to the main utility metered supply into the house, inclu...
- Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Data Storage Capacity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 90895
Re: Data Storage Capacity
Hello Jim, I think your proposal would work, but it would be rather a manual process and you would not be able to gather much data if your PC was not on the site 24/7. If it were me, I would take a look at the Push3 system instead. You could have a Push3 gateway on the site reading the Omnimeter Pul...
- Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:50 pm
- Forum: EKM Metering Systems
- Topic: Concurrent Data Collection Using Push3 and Dash
- Replies: 3
- Views: 36065
Re: Concurrent Data Collection Using Push3 and Dash
Hello Ezzie, It is not easy to have the EKM Push3 and the USB converter share the same RS485 bus and wireless mesh network at the same time. This is because the EKM Push3 is always trying to read the meters it is assigned to as fast as possible. So the Push3 is trying to read the meters faster than ...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 5:49 pm
- Forum: EKM Metering Systems
- Topic: Pulse inputs to RS485 Push 3 protocol with Raspberry Pi
- Replies: 6
- Views: 29759
Re: Pulse inputs to RS485 Push 3 protocol with Raspberry Pi
The EKM Push3 will only read data from the Omnimeters it is assigned to. So there would not be a point to spoof an Omnimeter Pulse v.4. You would have to spoof an Omnimeter Pulse v.4 number that you already own. In short, I do not know of an easy way to do this, or a reason to do it.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: Water Meters
- Topic: Recommed location to install water meters
- Replies: 2
- Views: 75269
Re: Recommed location to install water meters
I thought of a few other recommendations for water meter installs. 1. I would put either a drop in front of the water meter (essentially a T fitting with a 4+" pipe that drops down and catches any sediment or rust particles before they enter the water meter, you can have either a cap or a valve...
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:35 pm
- Forum: Water Meters
- Topic: Problems reading meter in home automation system (Home Assistant) using ESP32 board
- Replies: 2
- Views: 27187
Re: Problems reading meter in home automation system (Home Assistant) using ESP32 board
Hello Twyche, cool project!! (thanks for the pic!) The water meter has a tiny reed switch in it. The reed switch closes once per revolution of the magnetic dial on the water meter. This is very similar to just touching 2 wires together. What result do you get on your ESP32 if you replace the water m...
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:26 pm
- Forum: Water Meters
- Topic: Recommed location to install water meters
- Replies: 2
- Views: 75269
Re: Recommed location to install water meters
Can the meters be buried below ground with cement walls and iron cover? Yes, I would say so, unless you think there would ever be a lot of standing water in the underground vault. I would not recommend the water meter gets submerged in water, as this could mess up the pulse output module over time....
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:49 pm
- Forum: EKM Metering Systems
- Topic: How to Use the v.4 Omnimeter's Controllable Outputs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 27068
Re: How to Use the v.4 Omnimeter's Controllable Outputs
It sounds like you are using a USB converter and the EKM Dash to read your Omnimeter, is that correct? Also, it sounds like you want to monitor the data on one Omnimeter and trigger a relay on a different Omnimeter. Is this also correct? I am not aware of a way to do what you are wanting to do with ...