Ok i have built 2 boards and both preduce no data (well i think it doesnt)

here  is whats in the serial monitor window. 

(node Martysseg ? (p_1 0.00)(e_1 0.00)(p_2 0.00)(e_2 0.00)(p_3 0.00)(e_3 0.00)(p_4 0.00)(e_4 0.00)(p_5 0.00)(e_5 0.00)(p_6 0.00)(e_6 0.00))
ok the board powers up blue led on arduino (red led on ard and yellow on seg flash)

if i connect/remove  the 13mm power lead sensor i get the windoze connect/disconnect noise in xp is this right?

 built the 2nd board up with parts i just bought  from dse

the code was a modded version sam sent me as v12 would not compile with the twenty ten i got from freetronics

will have the seg version next week from sam  takes 4 days snail mail to here

specs twenty ten arduino xp mode under 7 for the ide

so IDEAS!

Hi.

- I noticed with mine, that connecting/disconnecting the sensors while circuit is powered caused the arduino to reboot. (Guessing a short is formed between the Gnd/Sig/5+ on the 3.5mm plug).

- Have you got your sensor clamped over a power line? (over only either the Active or Neutral but not both, that would give a reading of 0, as they would cancel each other out I believe).

- Checking the arduino code matches your sensor types, ie

channelSensors⁰ = SENSOR_SCT_013_060;
channelSensors¹ = SENSOR_SCT_013_060;   

Just some guess, hope ya getting it going!

dargs ok thanks for the reply

i have it clipped over the active behind powerpoint

i checked the sensor is the same

i also have checked all the resistors and caps with multimeter

can the sensor be read with multi meter

i re compiled again and again

and now i have this

(node SEG_1 ? )
(node SEG_1 ? (p_1 48.73)(e_1 0.08)(p_2 0.00)(e_2 0.00)(p_3 0.00)(e_3 0.00)(p_4 0.00)(e_4 0.00)(p_5 0.00)(e_5 0.00)(p_6 0.00)(e_6 0.00))
now can sam have a look and see if its hitting the site have it hooked upto the asu

Hey Marty, 

This is for the WIN!

I’ve just rolled out a new discovery mechanism, that can be enjoyed if there are no sites.  Delete all your sites and devices if you’d like to try it!

Sm.

…also when pulling sensors in and out, please try and have SEGmeter de-powered.  This will short the 5V power supply that’s running on the middle ring!

Sam.

Hey Marty,

Hasn’t your guaranteed express post mail bag arrived yet?

Sam.

Hey Marty,

When you are done re-flashing, here is the updated script to start the gateway lua process:

>>> script to start lua:

vi /etc/init.d/aiko_gateway

#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
# Written by Sam Sabey @samotage 2010-10-01.  Released into the public domain.

START=95

start() {

  cd /root

  ./aiko_gateway.lua &

}

stop() {

  kill all aiko_gateway.lua

}

This has also been updated over here too:

http://smartenergygroups.com/forums/10-The-Open…

Sam.

Hi Sam

Thanks for all your work in setting this up. Its great! Lovin’ the charts from my solar PV’s on the roof.

One thing though – are the 60A clamp-on current sensors capable of detecting flow in both directions?  When the PV generation results in feed-in to the grid, the direction of flow is obviously reversed where I am measuring the mains import/export but the RMS function removes the minus sign (if it exists).

If that ability exists in the sensors do you have a code mod to show a positive power measurement for export vs a negative measurement for import? This would need to apply to the energy measurement channel as well but only apply for the first channel (in my case). I guess there may be others interested in a similar outcome.

Regards

Rob.

Hey Rob,

Solar is a special area of interest!

Here is a topic I created just for this one.

http://smartenergygroups.com/forums/11-SEGmeter…

Thanks,

Sam.