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timmbogner / Farm-Data-Relay-System

A system that uses ESP-NOW, LoRa, and other protocols to transport sensor data in remote areas without relying on WiFi.
MIT License
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new data types: power and energy #133

Closed generalmanager closed 1 year ago

generalmanager commented 1 year ago

I've got a smart electricity meter which can output the current power usage in watts as well as the daily/weekly/yearly energy usage in watthours, that I'd like to integrate into fdrs, so it'd be great to have matching data types. Those could also come in very handy when monitoring a remote battery backed solar installation.

timmbogner commented 1 year ago

I'll put POWER_T and POWER2_T on the new release for sure. These will match the VOLTAGE_T & VOLTAGE2_T and CURRENT_T & CURRENT2_T which are doubled to allow you to monitor your own voltage, plus a second device like a battery or solar panel.

I'm going to take some time to think about how to treat daily/weekly/yearly total. I currently am thinking they will be defined by one type, and you'll need to send them each with a different ID. In the meantime, just use an arbitrary value (30-255 should be okay) for the type.

generalmanager commented 1 year ago

Thanks a bunch Timm! I agree that it should probably just be ENERGY_T and maybe ENERGY2_T as there are way too many totals to cover everybodies usecases. Using IDs seems more sensible as it is a lot more flexible. This would also keep everything nicely aligned with the other types. :+1:

timmbogner commented 1 year ago

Got this added. Sorry I forgot to list you as a co-author, which I'd normally do. I'll get you on one related to ethernet. I'm going to tackle that soon-ish.