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water meter

Posted: Friday 08 June 2018 12:00
by dulka
I would like to connect an instant water flow meter to the hall effect, someone can help me do it. I saw that a water flow meter already exists in the menu but I do not know how to connect it. Thank you

Re: water meter

Posted: Friday 08 June 2018 12:21
by D'rMorris
before we start giving suggestions, it would help that we know what type of water meter you have and with which device you want to measure this.
That helps in giving correct suggestions and others might even give better solutions to your problem.

Re: water meter

Posted: Saturday 09 June 2018 12:10
by dulka
You're right, my domoticz is installed on Raspberry PI3 and as a sensor I would like to use a hall effect that produces pulses that increase in frequency as the flow increases like this: https://www.amazon.it/filettatura-effet ... flow+meter

Thank you

Re: water meter

Posted: Friday 15 June 2018 18:12
by dulka
A help at least starting then I try to understand by myself, thanks

water meter

Posted: Monday 18 June 2018 9:33
by mvzut
I would install ESPEasy on a NodeMCU, connect the sensor to one of its GPIOs, and set up ESPEasy in such a way that it sends the data to Domoticz. You can use the device type "Pulse Counter" for this. You can even assign a formula to calculate how many litres a single pulse is. There are guides to explain the steps in detail, I think the ESPEasy website also has some info.

I did this with an optical contrast sensor (TCRT-5000) on my "classic" water meter, works perfectly.

Re: water meter

Posted: Saturday 23 June 2018 21:43
by dulka
as soon as I can try, thank you

Re: water meter

Posted: Tuesday 26 June 2018 22:21
by dulka
Resolved, this site has been very helpful: https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/index.php/ESPEasy explains how to use ESP8266. Recommended for everyone