Documentation on kWH counter

[enboer]

I have question on the plugin documentation on device 243 subtype 29. On develop a plugin page there is info about the calculated/from device setting:

sValue are two numbers separated by semicolon like "123;123456" The first number is the actual power in Watt, the second number is actual energy in Wh. When the option "EnergyMeterMode" is set to "Calculated", the second value is ignored
Optional argument Options can set the EnergyMeterMode.


But I think this is not correct and needs to be adjusted. The calculated settings means that the total counter is calculated, not the Wh as it suggest. The calculation is on the total counter value of the device. Butt this Wh value is not ignored.

So when the device is set to calculated the second value is not ignored. Eg for a solar system which gives you a daily production you set the device to calculated and store as svalue: watts;daily production. This value will start a 0 every day, but Domoticz will calculate the total over production counter.

When you use from a solar system the total production, set the device to From device and you can store as svalue: watts;overall production.

[waltervl]

I cannot follow you. The total counter is Wh so how can it not be ignored?

So when the total counter is not available by the hardware you can have Domoticz calculate the total counter for you based on the received Watt values.

For Python, MQTT and API update calls it means you have to supply real Watt values and a fake total counter value (eg 0 or 999). Domoticz will ignore that value and overwrite it with the calculated total counter value.

And if you send a daily total counter value, Domoticz will still ignore it, the same as with the previous fake values.