Energy Monitoring

Cliff Karlsson

I want to use the LM393 sketch to monitor the pulses of my Power meter. But how do I make it register every blink? I still have not figured out how to make a sensor wake up instead of just using sleep.

This is the sketch:

/**
 * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol
 * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice.
 * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each
 * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the
 * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes.
 *
 * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Sensnology AB
 * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/graphs/contributors
 *
 * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org
 * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 *******************************
 *
 * REVISION HISTORY
 * Version 1.0 - Henrik EKblad
 * 
 * DESCRIPTION
 * Example sketch showing how to measue light level using a LM393 photo-resistor 
 * http://www.mysensors.org/build/light
 */

#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensor.h>  
#include <MyTransportRFM69.h>
#define CHILD_ID_LIGHT 0
#define LIGHT_SENSOR_ANALOG_PIN 0

unsigned long SLEEP_TIME = 30000; // Sleep time between reads (in milliseconds)
MyTransportRFM69 transport(RFM69_FREQUENCY, RFM69_NETWORKID, RF69_SPI_CS, RF69_IRQ_PIN, false, RF69_IRQ_NUM);
MySensor gw(transport);
MyMessage msg(CHILD_ID_LIGHT, V_LIGHT_LEVEL);
int lastLightLevel;

void setup()  
{ 
  gw.begin();

  // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
  gw.sendSketchInfo("Light Sensor", "1.0");

  // Register all sensors to gateway (they will be created as child devices)
  gw.present(CHILD_ID_LIGHT, S_LIGHT_LEVEL);
}

void loop()      
{     
  int lightLevel = (1023-analogRead(LIGHT_SENSOR_ANALOG_PIN))/10.23; 
  Serial.println(lightLevel);
  if (lightLevel != lastLightLevel) {
      gw.send(msg.set(lightLevel));
      lastLightLevel = lightLevel;
  }
  gw.sleep(SLEEP_TIME);
}

Cliff Karlsson

Ah, don't know how I could have missed it.

[http://www.mysensors.org/build/pulse_power](Power meter pulse sensor)

Cliff Karlsson

Can't get it to work. The sensor detects the power meter blinks and is presented as Energy monitor in the domoticz log. But it does not show under devices.

/**
 * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol
 * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice.
 * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each
 * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the
 * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes.
 *
 * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Sensnology AB
 * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/Arduino/graphs/contributors
 *
 * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org
 * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 *******************************
 *
 * REVISION HISTORY
 * Version 1.0 - Henrik EKblad
 * 
 * DESCRIPTION
 * This sketch provides an example how to implement a distance sensor using HC-SR04 
 * Use this sensor to measure KWH and Watt of your house meeter
 * You need to set the correct pulsefactor of your meeter (blinks per KWH).
 * The sensor starts by fetching current KWH value from gateway.
 * Reports both KWH and Watt back to gateway.
 *
 * Unfortunately millis() won't increment when the Arduino is in 
 * sleepmode. So we cannot make this sensor sleep if we also want 
 * to calculate/report watt-number.
 * http://www.mysensors.org/build/pulse_power
 */

#include <SPI.h>
#include <MySensor.h>  

#define DIGITAL_INPUT_SENSOR 3  // The digital input you attached your light sensor.  (Only 2 and 3 generates interrupt!)
#define PULSE_FACTOR 1000       // Nummber of blinks per KWH of your meeter
#define SLEEP_MODE false        // Watt-value can only be reported when sleep mode is false.
#define MAX_WATT 10000          // Max watt value to report. This filetrs outliers.
#define INTERRUPT DIGITAL_INPUT_SENSOR-2 // Usually the interrupt = pin -2 (on uno/nano anyway)
#define CHILD_ID 1              // Id of the sensor child
unsigned long SEND_FREQUENCY = 20000; // Minimum time between send (in milliseconds). We don't wnat to spam the gateway.
MySensor gw;
double ppwh = ((double)PULSE_FACTOR)/1000; // Pulses per watt hour
boolean pcReceived = false;
volatile unsigned long pulseCount = 0;   
volatile unsigned long lastBlink = 0;
volatile unsigned long watt = 0;
unsigned long oldPulseCount = 0;   
unsigned long oldWatt = 0;
double oldKwh;
unsigned long lastSend;
MyMessage wattMsg(CHILD_ID,V_WATT);
MyMessage kwhMsg(CHILD_ID,V_KWH);
MyMessage pcMsg(CHILD_ID,V_VAR1);


void setup()  
{  
  gw.begin(incomingMessage);

  // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
  gw.sendSketchInfo("Energy Meter", "1.0");

  // Register this device as power sensor
  gw.present(CHILD_ID, S_POWER);

  // Fetch last known pulse count value from gw
  gw.request(CHILD_ID, V_VAR1);
  
  attachInterrupt(INTERRUPT, onPulse, RISING);
  lastSend=millis();
}


void loop()     
{ 
  gw.process();
  unsigned long now = millis();
  // Only send values at a maximum frequency or woken up from sleep
  bool sendTime = now - lastSend > SEND_FREQUENCY;
  if (pcReceived && (SLEEP_MODE || sendTime)) {
    // New watt value has been calculated  
    if (!SLEEP_MODE && watt != oldWatt) {
      // Check that we dont get unresonable large watt value. 
      // could hapen when long wraps or false interrupt triggered
      if (watt<((unsigned long)MAX_WATT)) {
        gw.send(wattMsg.set(watt));  // Send watt value to gw 
      }  
      Serial.print("Watt:");
      Serial.println(watt);
      oldWatt = watt;
    }
  
    // Pulse cout has changed
    if (pulseCount != oldPulseCount) {
      gw.send(pcMsg.set(pulseCount));  // Send pulse count value to gw 
      double kwh = ((double)pulseCount/((double)PULSE_FACTOR));     
      oldPulseCount = pulseCount;
      if (kwh != oldKwh) {
        gw.send(kwhMsg.set(kwh, 4));  // Send kwh value to gw 
        oldKwh = kwh;
      }
    }    
    lastSend = now;
  } else if (sendTime && !pcReceived) {
    // No count received. Try requesting it again
    gw.request(CHILD_ID, V_VAR1);
    lastSend=now;
  }
  
  if (SLEEP_MODE) {
    gw.sleep(SEND_FREQUENCY);
  }
}

void incomingMessage(const MyMessage &message) {
  if (message.type==V_VAR1) {  
    pulseCount = oldPulseCount = message.getLong();
    Serial.print("Received last pulse count from gw:");
    Serial.println(pulseCount);
    pcReceived = true;
  }
}

void onPulse()     
{ 
  if (!SLEEP_MODE) {
    unsigned long newBlink = micros();  
    unsigned long interval = newBlink-lastBlink;
    if (interval<10000L) { // Sometimes we get interrupt on RISING
      return;
    }
    watt = (3600000000.0 /interval) / ppwh;
    lastBlink = newBlink;
  } 
  pulseCount++;
}

Cliff Karlsson

I found a post at the domoticz forum where the same problem was described. He managed to solve it by doing this:

"To have my software send something I removed those parts which check for sending frequency and also identity of values.
I now send whenever a pulse occurs (which is every 20 to 120 seconds, depending). My network is rather small so far and
my energy meter is using a power adapter so that should be no problem. How often do others update their Watt values?"

But what parts do I need to delete? I tried to remove most stuff regarding to frequenzy but could not get it to complie after my tests.

When running the "stock" sketch from mysensors.org I get this in my domotic log:

2015-10-07 20:47:26.030 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
2015-10-07 20:47:56.166 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
2015-10-07 20:48:26.302 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
2015-10-07 20:48:56.437 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
2015-10-07 20:49:26.571 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
2015-10-07 20:49:48.781 MySensors: Node: 7, Sketch Name: Energy Meter
2015-10-07 20:49:48.825 MySensors: Node: 7, Sketch Name: Energy Meter
2015-10-07 20:49:48.870 MySensors: Node: 7, Sketch Name: Energy Meter
2015-10-07 20:49:48.919 MySensors: Node: 7, Sketch Version: 1.0
2015-10-07 20:49:48.963 MySensors: Node: 7, Sketch Version: 1.0
2015-10-07 20:49:49.007 MySensors: Node: 7, Sketch Version: 1.0
2015-10-07 20:49:56.783 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)
2015-10-07 20:50:26.917 Hardware Monitor: Fetching data (System sensors)

It looks a little bit weird that it presents itself three times in a row.

Cliff Karlsson

Sorry for spamming but I solved the problem. The Original sketch was fine. I removed the radio and resoldered it (RFM69W) And then everything was Ok. There must have been some bad connecton as the sketch sent 3x greeting message.

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