{Disarmed} Re: How suitable would Xap be for monitoring Gas + Electric?

["Gary" <questuk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

Yes I would write some code as part of the reason that it has taken
time to get this far, is that I had to learn VB 2008 express. By no
means an expert but at least can find my way around it now and write
some code.

If you could send the code, then i can look at it.


Regards

gary


--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "Dave McLaughlin" <dave@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Gary,
>
>
>
> Are you willing to write code for it?
>
>
>
> I just created my first xAP enabled application yesterday and it was
> painless!! I would be willing to share the code with you if it would
help.
> It is written in Visual Basic 2008 (You can get a free edition from
the
> Microsoft website that will work just fine for little home projects
if you
> don't need all the features of the full blown application)
>
>
>
> If you already have the pulses being recorded and an RS232 port on
the PC
> ready to accept it, you can start coding it up easily. If you need
hardware
> to record the pulses (ie, what is the output from the meter? Is it
an LED
> pulse like on electric meters as I interfaced that to a
microcontroller
> easily with a  phototransistor)
>
>
>
>
>
> Dave...
>
> ---
> Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes!!!
> ---
> http://www.embeddedcomputer.co.uk
> ---
>
>
>
> From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
[mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Gary
> Sent: 27 February 2009 04:33
> To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> Subject: {Disarmed} [xap_automation] Re: How suitable would Xap be for
> monitoring Gas + Electric?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been busy in interfacing my gas meter to my RS232 port and
> would now like to interface it to xap. I would like to datestamp each
> pulse which comes every 22 seconds roughly and store this in a
> database. Also would like some pictorial interface etc.
>
> This is just the 1st of various sensors, windows doors etc PIR.
>
> Any advice on how i can get xap to display the info, at first just
> starting with the Gas meter. Its needs a counter to keep total of
> pulses, then average them and also output them graphically?
>
> And advice welcome?
>




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