Omnimeter v.4 seemingly not counting
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 5:18 pm
EDIT: In case it's relevant, I've got an Omnimeter Pulse UL v.4, S/N 000300001634.
I fear I may be doing something silly here, but after watching a few EKM videos and searching around, I'm not finding what it is. I've had a v.4 in a box for several years now, and am only now installing. Long story short, it doesn't seem to count pulses at all, or else I'm judging this incorrectly. I haven't wired up the Push or connected anything to the RS-485 port. I'm just looking at the display on the Omnimeter itself. From watching Adam's video here, I gather that data 29, 30, 31 are the pulse counts. I have a pulse-output water meter with a reed switch--not an EKM meter--connected to G and In1. 100's of gallons later, data 29, 30, and 31, are all still 00000000.
I suppose I'd expect to be able to simply jumper In1 (or In2 or In3) to G with a small piece of wire to simulate pulses, but that doesn't seem to affect the data either, and I've tried it with all three pulse inputs.
Any thoughts? Am I finding out only now that I got a lemon of a unit? If there are firmware updates for these things, I don't doubt that I'm many revisions behind, however I'd expect even the oldest firmware to do something.
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Backstory: I bought this Omnimeter to help me manage my own water, as I'm on a small ten-house water system near the ocean, and seawater intrusion is a major concern. I ended up doing something a little simpler for myself, but our well association recently expressed interest in remote monitoring of the well usage, so--Aha! I have just the thing! Looking forward to getting it working. Didn't expect to run into trouble so quickly, though!
I fear I may be doing something silly here, but after watching a few EKM videos and searching around, I'm not finding what it is. I've had a v.4 in a box for several years now, and am only now installing. Long story short, it doesn't seem to count pulses at all, or else I'm judging this incorrectly. I haven't wired up the Push or connected anything to the RS-485 port. I'm just looking at the display on the Omnimeter itself. From watching Adam's video here, I gather that data 29, 30, 31 are the pulse counts. I have a pulse-output water meter with a reed switch--not an EKM meter--connected to G and In1. 100's of gallons later, data 29, 30, and 31, are all still 00000000.
I suppose I'd expect to be able to simply jumper In1 (or In2 or In3) to G with a small piece of wire to simulate pulses, but that doesn't seem to affect the data either, and I've tried it with all three pulse inputs.
Any thoughts? Am I finding out only now that I got a lemon of a unit? If there are firmware updates for these things, I don't doubt that I'm many revisions behind, however I'd expect even the oldest firmware to do something.
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Backstory: I bought this Omnimeter to help me manage my own water, as I'm on a small ten-house water system near the ocean, and seawater intrusion is a major concern. I ended up doing something a little simpler for myself, but our well association recently expressed interest in remote monitoring of the well usage, so--Aha! I have just the thing! Looking forward to getting it working. Didn't expect to run into trouble so quickly, though!