If you connect up the GEM to its tools, and disconnect it from Vera, does the value update there?
That would be the first place to start, since it isolates the problem from anything in my code. Paul will probably ask you to do that anyhow 
Ok so I heard back from Brultech and they said the sensor should work and told me how to connect it. I connected it the way they said and I tried running a magnet back and forth near the sensor. The sensor has a built in light and the light actually comes on when i bring the magnet near and goes off when i remove the magnet. In vera, in the advanced tab, the pulse variable increases by one each time I run the magnet by the sensor. But, in the control tab where it shows power and w, it always remains blank. I even set up a couple of notifications if the value goes above or below 0 but they don’t get triggered. Any thoughts? Is there some setting I need to tweak in the advanced tab of the pulse counter that would send the pulse variable to the power tab? Appreciate your help!
My next problem is going to be trying to figure out where to place the sensor on the water meter to get it to trigger (haven’t found that special place yet - that’s why I’m using the magnet for now).
I put a quick hack into this file:
http://code.mios.com/trac/mios_brultech-power-monitor/export/50/trunk/D_BrultechPowerSensor1.json
If you re-up that file to your Vera, and restart, then it’ll display the Pulse value just below the Power level (for things that have it)
I see that the pulse value is there now below the power. Any idea why the pulse wouldn’t translate into watts? I’m trying to create notifications based on the pulse count (or watt count) but it’s not an option.
Hi - just wanted to see if it was possible to allow notifications based on the pulse count value? Right now under the notification tab it shows energy usage is above or below a value. The problem is the energy usage is independent of the pulse count you’ve added. Is it possible to have a notification based on whether the pulse count changes by a given amount? For example every time the pulse count increases by x send a notification. Not to complicate it, but an even better option would be if the pulse count increase by x within y seconds, send a notification. I’ve bought a Fortrezz zwave valve but not really useful unless I know something is wrong (other than with a water sensor which is very limited since it’s only if the leak is where the sensor is). Any idea if my suggestions are possible and how complicating it would be to program?
Hi guessed…appreciate your help so far. Can you help with the notification issue?
Well, one quick hack deserves another:
http://code.mios.com/trac/mios_brultech-power-monitor/export/51/trunk/D_BrultechPowerSensor1.json
No guarantees, as I’ve long since disconnected my Vera from MiOS Notification services and have no way to validate it (barring some basic UI checks)
Hi guessed…I uploaded the file you attached but am not seeing anything different. I tried running the meter so the pulse is escalating, but the power still does not change, and I don’t see any option under notifications to add a notification for the pulse value. What should I expect to see from your latest hack?
After installing the changed file, you need to force a Reload on Vera, followed by a reload of the browser.
Once you’ve done this, you’ll see a new option in the Drop down menu (either Notification tab, on the Pulse counter device, or in the Advanced Scene selection for the Pulse device)
The new option will let you select/trigger when the Pulse counter value goes above a limit that you specify. This will be in addition to the settings that Trigger on Watts going above/below a user-specified value.
That sounds perfect! I can’t get it to work though so not sure what I’m doing wrong. I uploaded the file (tells me it was successful). I rebooted my Vera 3. I refreshed and reloaded my browser. I still don’t see anything different in the Pulse device, under the notifications tab (still have just 3 options - battery level, energy usage goes above and energy usage goes below). I’ve attached a couple of screenshots so you can see what I see.
Odd. Don’t know where your “Battery goes below” is coming from, since I’ve never had one of those.
Attached is mine, using the latest JSON file. The only thing I can think of is that there’s some other sort of Energy Monitoring device in your system, and it’s JSON is being blended somehow.
Try setting the Pulse parameter to no longer have a Pulse device (this will destroy just the Pulse Device, and any scenes attached to it’s DeviceId), then (Save) and re-add it.
I do have an Aeon Labs energy meter as well. I’m looking at the files for that and the names are different from the Brultech ones: D_PowerMeter1.json and D_PowerMeter1.xml. For the GEM I have the following: D_BrultechPowerMeter1.json and .xml and D_BrultechPowerSensor1.json and .xml. I’m attaching the screen shots for the advanced tab for the Pulse device created using Brultech, the main Brultech device, and the Aeon labs device so you can see the device and implementation files there for each. Just noticed should the pulse device have an implementation file (mine is blank there)? Really appreciate your help!
By the way I did as you noted above - cleared the pulses, saved, and re-entered them but am getting the same result.
Looks like it’s another variation of this bug:
http://bugs.micasaverde.com/view.php?id=1501
I don’t plan on changing the Device Type to work-around this issue, since that’ll cause other problems (Control Points tend to use the Device Type to work out what to display)
I reset that bug, since MCV’s team “reset” it to a feature request for some reason. As people add more stuff, from different vendors, to their systems this problem is only going to get worse.
Thanks for all your help!
Is there a Wiki page for installing or connecting the Brultech GEM?
If so, what is the URL?
Thanks
[quote=“aecchalet, post:56, topic:172782”]Is there a Wiki page for installing or connecting the Brultech GEM?
If so, what is the URL?
Thanks[/quote]
Not really, but the GEM is significantly easier to setup/configure than the ECM-1240’s are.
At one point, one of the users gave me some screen shots of that part of the GEM interface, and I created a stub-page:
Installation-GEM – Brultech Power Monitor
but I never took that part further as there didn’t seem to be great interest. For the folks that have installed it, they tend to follow most of the GEM installation instructions:
http://brultech.com/home/software/index.php/software/getsoft/1/1
since they cover the trickier parts, like the sensor (“CT”) installs, and the base setup of the GEM (which, for me, was mostly correct OOBox)
After that is up and working, it’s a simple change to switch the format used so that my Plugin can read the data stream. I’ve been considering implementing the “default” (binary) format just to remove this one step of the install process, but it’s very low on my plate.
I have not updated my GEM firmwares in some time now, but I understand you can connect it up to two different “things” now, using different formats. If that’s correct, then it can upload to a standard monitoring/charting service as well as Vera.
If I were doing it again, that’s what I’d do. They provide doc/instructions on connecting it to SmartEnergyGroups (SEG), but there are various other services that it can connect directly to as well.
All in all, even if you don’t need the extra channels, I’d get the GEM, over the ECM-1240’s for the easier configuration. I was reminded of this the other day when I had to drag out my NetBook in order to run the Windows-specific configuration tools that the ECM-1240 uses… 
configuration experience.
Hi Guessed,
I’m trying to get this setup with a new GEM and I’m stuck. The GEM has EthernetV2/Wifi/Zigbee. I’m only using the Ethernet connection. I can access the network setup on the GEM using port 80 and the main setup using port 8000. I have the packet send settings configured as RTS ON, HTTP GET, 8 Sec, Bin48-NET-Time.
Com firmware is 3.18
Eng firmware is 1.49
In the Vera app I am using GEM IP:8000 but nothing populates.
What am I messing up?
Thanks.
Tom
If you enable Verbose logging in Vera, then you should see [long] lines of ASCII output in the log files (every 8 seconds).
Can you paste a snippet of that? Alternatively, if Vera is NOT connected to the GEM, you can use “telnet” (or equivalent) on your box to the GEM’s IP address, with a port of 8000, and you’ll get similar output.
Ultimately, you need to be configured to use an ASCII based output format.
Thanks. I’ll try to play with this some more tonight and let you know what the outcome is.