Gas counter Topic is solved

[jacobsentertainment]

Hi all,

Can someone give me some help, I have an old central heater and hooked up an sensor to the burner, now I can monitor the time this is powered/on and with the som of how much gas it uses per hour i can make the calculations.
I'm aiming for an counter that counts the time the burner is on and as I have an number of how much it uses per hour/minute an extra counter that counts gas in M³
I already found some dummies where I can make the sensor but I have no clue how to create a script for this any help is appreciated.

[waltervl]

This would perhaps something as a start: viewtopic.php?t=18848

[jacobsentertainment]

Looks ok but aint working, thanks for the tip, getting little closer

[waltervl]

In DzVents you can start with this
viewtopic.php?p=274121#p274121

[jacobsentertainment]

In DzVents you can start with this
viewtopic.php?p=274121#p274121

Thanks a lot, works just fine! Now search for a way to convert this to an gas volume...

[waltervl]

In DzVents you can start with this
viewtopic.php?p=274121#p274121

Thanks a lot, works just fine! Now search for a way to convert this to an gas volume...

Change line
iCounter.updateCounter(secondsActive)

To
iCounter.updateCounter(secondsActive*conversionfactor)

And change the virtual custom device from time to gas with units m3 (or whatever you want to use)

[jacobsentertainment]

Works perfectly, got it all sorted now. Thanks!

[jacobsentertainment]

One last question, is there a way to reset the counter to 0 or an specific number?

[waaren]

One last question, is there a way to reset the counter to 0 or an specific number?

Only by editing the data in the database using sqlite or similar tool.

[jacobsentertainment]

Only by editing the data in the database using sqlite or similar tool.

Ok thanks for the reply!

[waaren]

Only by editing the data in the database using sqlite or similar tool.

Ok thanks for the reply!

Sorry I was under the impression that you used a gas device type. For a counter you could try using the offset in the edit popup from the utility tab.

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[jacobsentertainment]

That works partly

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I think the hard way is the best way to set it to 0. delete the counter, create a new one and adjust the idx number in the script. It's a rough one but works