Re: Re: Electrisave protocol / PC Interface

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It accumulates - the counter wraps at 167772.15kWh
http://www.rfxcom.com/descr_RFXMeter.htm

Mal


Chris Hunter wrote:

> no apologies needed !
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> does it accumulate ? ... or does the PC have to be attentive ?
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> Chris
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> On 6 Jun 2007, at 14:42, Mal Lansell wrote:
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> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Chris Hunter <cjhunter@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> was / is the RFXCOM one the only option ?
> >>
> >> IIRC, Comfort have a current sensor option ... which maybe
could be
> >> used in some way with other systems, too ... presumably
Idratek &
> >> CBus & ... ???
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> > I know it's another RFXCOM solution (sorry!), but they do a power
> > meter
> > called RFXPower. That's what I use at home. It's better than the
> > Electrisave because it measures the voltage as well as current,
so the
> > readings are true power readins and so are far more accurate.
> >
> > The device is wireless, so to get the data into the PC requires
the
> > same RFXCOM receiver module as you would need for the
Electrisave.
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