[SOLVED] Strange Value under State in Setup -> More Options -> Events

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I had a perfectly working watermeter.
However since the last update to "app_version" : "4.11415" there is a strange large value visible under
Setup -> More Options -> Events

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I can't find this value in the domoticz DB nor do I see it with the API.

http://domoticz:8080/json.htm?type=devices&rid=1588

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{
   "ActTime" : 1572773748,
   "AstrTwilightEnd" : "19:05",
   "AstrTwilightStart" : "05:44",
   "CivTwilightEnd" : "17:47",
   "CivTwilightStart" : "07:03",
   "DayLength" : "09:34",
   "NautTwilightEnd" : "18:26",
   "NautTwilightStart" : "06:23",
   "ServerTime" : "2019-11-03 10:35:48",
   "SunAtSouth" : "12:25",
   "Sunrise" : "07:38",
   "Sunset" : "17:11",
   "app_version" : "4.11415",
   "result" : [
      {
         "AddjMulti" : 1.0,
         "AddjMulti2" : 1.0,
         "AddjValue" : 444241.0,
         "AddjValue2" : 0.0,
         "BatteryLevel" : 255,
         "Counter" : "444354.878 m3",
         "CounterToday" : "0.029 m3",
         "CustomImage" : 0,
         "Data" : "444354.878 m3",
         "Description" : "Receives pulses from the Wireless Watermeter.\n",
         "Favorite" : 0,
         "HardwareID" : 10,
         "HardwareName" : "Virtual Device",
         "HardwareType" : "Dummy (Does nothing, use for virtual switches only)",
         "HardwareTypeVal" : 15,
         "HaveTimeout" : false,
         "ID" : "83588",
         "LastUpdate" : "2019-11-03 10:01:32",
         "Name" : "Watermeter_M3",
         "Notifications" : "false",
         "PlanID" : "0",
         "PlanIDs" : [ 0 ],
         "Protected" : false,
         "ShowNotifications" : true,
         "SignalLevel" : "-",
         "SubType" : "Counter Incremental",
         "SwitchTypeVal" : 2,
         "Timers" : "false",
         "Type" : "General",
         "TypeImg" : "counter",
         "Unit" : 1,
         "Used" : 1,
         "ValueQuantity" : "",
         "ValueUnits" : "",
         "XOffset" : "0",
         "YOffset" : "0",
         "idx" : "1588"
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK",
   "title" : "Devices"
}

Updating the Watermeter is still possible by API (adding liters) but the strange number is interfering with my PHP code so I want to update that to the correct value.
What did I miss?

[sincze]

Solved the issue.

It seems that with the release I was using and after migrating to the newer BETA the incremental counter is functioning again exactly as described in the documentation. https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Domoticz_ ... 7s#Counter

COUNTER = Integer of the overall total volume.

However I only did send the DELTA since last minute. Like 12 liters or something.....
So I used it incorrectly, however it did always work just fine the way I used to use it since JUNE 06 2018 if incremental counter was used as water meter.

Fun fact... All (virtual)counters are in m3... Only RFXMETER seems to deal with Liters.

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To get the show back on the road I created a virtual FLOWMETER... .
This device can deal with the amount of liters per minute just fine (delta)

The following thing I needed to do was
- extract the current value from the watermeter...
- add the amount of liters from the flow meter
- and write the new value back to the watermeter..

Solved.