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my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 15:41
by remb0
Watersensor
ordered from iPrototype.nl
https://iprototype.nl/products/componen ... e-tracking
Line tracking sensor - digitaal
Specs
Power: +5V
Operatie stroom: <10mA
3-wire output.
Output: TTL(Zwart voor LOW output, Wit voor HIGH output)
price: €5,95
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 16:17
by Ritmeester
Thanks. This looks good.
In this article number: 82649264 ?
(P.S, the red wire goes to Output pin 7 instead of 5V on the PiFace in your schematic)
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 17:32
by remb0
don't know why but I have this als my schema. but it works.
Ritmeester wrote:Thanks. This looks good.
In this article number: 82649264 ?
(P.S, the red wire goes to Output pin 7 instead of 5V on the PiFace in your schematic)
my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 18:12
by bistoury
Hi remb0 ! Can you pleade detail that piece of hardware that you connect to your piface (brand, référence, supplier cost...).
I have the same king of water meter but i do not want to invest into the official pulse module (itron cyble V2) because it cost more than 50€.
So any detail or idea is welcome.
Regards
[edit] ok, iprototype.nl - didn't see that. But how do you fix it to the water meter ? Is it in front of the metal wheel ? [/edit]
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 19:16
by Ritmeester
bistoury wrote:Hi remb0 ! Can you pleade detail that piece of hardware that you connect to your piface (brand, référence, supplier cost...).
Try this one:
http://r.ebay.com/Ox4XvE I just ordered a couple.
Analog and Digital output. $1.75 = € 1,27 including shipping.
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 19:22
by bistoury
I have also find this :
http://gobotics.com/index.php?route=pro ... duct_id=80
Remb0 : if i ordre your module, what else do i need (apart from a ip and a piface) ?
Does it work the same than the previous one ? Is it the same electrical schematic ?
On the module i have found (gobotics), i understand that it is in fact an IR sensor. Is it the case ?
I ma not sûre to understand everything here...
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 19:42
by bistoury
Hummmm.... Now ebay is bloc king me due to country restrictions (i am inFrance)
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 19:47
by Raspberry Piet
Ritmeester wrote:bistoury wrote:Hi remb0 ! Can you pleade detail that piece of hardware that you connect to your piface (brand, référence, supplier cost...).
Try this one:
http://r.ebay.com/Ox4XvE I just ordered a couple.
Analog and Digital output. $1.75 = € 1,27 including shipping.
Yes these TCRT5000 sensors work very well (glued on my powermeter and also gasmeter).
But i bought some other type for my watermeter. (The one that is mentioned here =>
http://www.domoticz.com/wiki/PiFace)
Cause i doubt this TCRT5000 sensor will work foolproof for long time when it is in a humid area under the floor where my watermeter is.
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 19:50
by Ritmeester
bistoury wrote:Hummmm.... Now ebay is bloc king me due to country restrictions (i am inFrance)
Try to find another seller. There are more sellers who sell this and ship to France.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0 ... =2&_sop=15
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 19:56
by bistoury
Ok i understand that nothing has to be soldered. Good point. Now second one : how do you fix it to the water meter ? And 3rd one : is the electrical schematic the same the above ?
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 19:57
by Ritmeester
Raspberry Piet wrote:
Cause i doubt this TCRT5000 sensor will work foolproof for long time when it is in a humid area under the floor where my watermeter is.
I will use Heatshrink (Krimpkous) to safe it. Only the LED’s not
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 20:07
by Raspberry Piet
Ritmeester wrote:Raspberry Piet wrote:
Cause i doubt this TCRT5000 sensor will work foolproof for long time when it is in a humid area under the floor where my watermeter is.
I will use Heatshrink (Krimpkous) to safe it. Only the LED’s not
Still then... when the glass is moist the IR light will dissipate and the sensor couldn't work properly <= Did not test this so maybe just in theory.
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 30 March 2014 20:19
by Ritmeester
remb0 wrote:don't know why but I have this als my schema. but it works.
Ritmeester wrote:
(P.S, the red wire goes to Output pin 7 instead of 5V on the PiFace in your schematic)
Yes, It can work because on your 8 outputs are normally 3.9 Volt between the Input Block (0V-GND) and de Output Block (5V) You can’t use that Output port anymore for something else. I rather choose for the 5V on the Output Block.
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Tuesday 01 April 2014 21:56
by remb0
edited my start post
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Wednesday 02 April 2014 8:09
by BigDog
Very interesting and good /easy to use and make
going to order 2
my water meter.
Posted: Friday 11 April 2014 22:05
by bizziebis
Bought this sensor from Ebay:
http://bit.ly/RawnMy
It's working but it is hard to position it to work right.
How/where did you guys mount the sensor?
I'll post a picture of my mounted sensor later tomorrow.
Edit: pictures
I've edited the database to match the real watermeter usage. So in a couple of days I can see how reliable the sensor is. To be continued...
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Tuesday 06 May 2014 16:33
by Keptenkurk
@bizziebis
I use a large hose clamp to fix my sensor (but my solution senses the half moon with lowcost proximity sensor: proved to be very reliable). But my fixing method could also be used to put your type of sensor at an angle. See pictures and more details in wiki
http://www.domoticz.com/wiki/PiFace paragraph "Water Meter Sensor".
/paul
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Sunday 31 August 2014 17:14
by kobold
bizziebis wrote:Bought this sensor from Ebay:
http://bit.ly/RawnMy
It's working but it is hard to position it to work right.
How/where did you guys mount the sensor?
I'll post a picture of my mounted sensor later tomorrow.
I've edited the database to match the real watermeter usage. So in a couple of days I can see how reliable the sensor is. To be continued...
I've got the same sensor but how did you connect it to the raspberry pi?
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Saturday 13 September 2014 20:07
by jadijkstra2000
Ritmeester wrote:remb0 wrote:don't know why but I have this als my schema. but it works.
Ritmeester wrote:
(P.S, the red wire goes to Output pin 7 instead of 5V on the PiFace in your schematic)
Yes, It can work because on your 8 outputs are normally 3.9 Volt between the Input Block (0V-GND) and de Output Block (5V) You can’t use that Output port anymore for something else. I rather choose for the 5V on the Output Block.
Output 5 volt will blow up input ports right?
Re: my water meter.
Posted: Saturday 13 September 2014 21:46
by Derik
I did my:
https://imageshack.com/i/fvmdz4j
With the solarmeter, and then i import the data..