Re: Re: Electrisave protocol / PC Interface

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks ...

Chris


On 6 Jun 2007, at 22:20, Mal Lansell wrote:

> It accumulates - the counter wraps at 167772.15kWh
> http://www.rfxcom.com/descr_RFXMeter.htm
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> Chris Hunter wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>>> was / is the RFXCOM one the only option ?
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>>>> 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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