Re: Netiom-xAP

[Robert Kearns <robkearns@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

Luckly the installed meter was the digital type with a flashing red
led which I monitor with an lDR.

Rob

On 7/5/05, David Pullen <dpullen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rob
> Glad to hear it is all going well now. I can understand why you have
had
> to ask on the forum and I am sure everyone is happy to help. As you
can
> probably tell, I am not exactly an expert on xAP myself. Sometimes it
> takes a bit of fiddling about to get things right. We actually spent
> quite a lot of time during the beta testing looking at the netiom
schema
> as there are many different ways in which it could have been
> implemented. There are also some errors in the netiom documentation
that
> mean it can be a bit tricky to work out exactly what to do. Having
said
> that, I think Roy put a lot of work into getting the netiom xAP out
the
> door with only limited expectations of a return on investment. I think
> it is going to take a little while before all the issues are ironed
out.
>
> I think you are right that it would assist to have more examples of
the
> different messages and perhaps that is something we can help do.
> BTW I am intending to do some electricity monitoring myself and I was
> planning to use the netiom. Are you using your existing meter or have
> you installed a new meter? If it is a new meter, I would be interested
> to know what it is and where it can be obtained as I am still looking
at
> the different options.
>
> Best Regards
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Robert Kearns
> Sent: 05 July 2005 20:19
> To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Netiom-xAP
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> Hi Dave & Kevin,
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> Thanks for the responses.
>
> The device is a great bit of kit its just that as a new user is
> difficult to work out the message formats. The examples in the
> included documentation are not very clear so I've had to ask on this
> forum, maybe more explicit examples would help. I don't mean to
> criticise only hoping to make it easier for novices to use.
>
> Kevin, I tried blanking out the input name for the electricity meter,
> works a treat. The amount of traffic in itself isn't a problem. It's
> just easier to debug and monitor messages through the hub etc, when
> there isn't a constant stream of message especially when the kettle is
> turned on :-).
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> In light of Roys response I think the overflow handling is correct.
> I'd actually already implemented his recommendation of reset the
> counter before it overflows. I now read the counter for the
> electricity meter every minute and reset if once it reaches 32,000,
> which is all to quickly.
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> Rob
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