Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

2011-12-16 19:00:35 (13 years ago)

Author:

chris

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WikiStart

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 Once the plugin is installed, it will show the number of devices detected on the one-wire bus. You can then click on the properties box, and you will be presented with a tab called "Add Devices". If there are any devices that have not been added as Vera devices, they will be listed here. It's worth understanding how this (currently!) works. In the case of the EDS-ENV range of environmental sensors, many sensors are available on a single device (e.g. temperature, pressure, humidity, dewpoint, and a control relay). You will be presented with a list of the possible devices, and you can select how you want these mapped into Vera devices. It's also possible to select "Ignore", in which case no device will be created. It's important to understand that (currently) once any sensors have been added to Vera from a physical on-wire device, they will not be listed in this window again. So - make sure you add all the variables you want at the beginning!
 
+=== Energy Monitoring ===
+Some of the sensor options have "+ Energy". If you select this type, then the plugin will also set the Vera energy variables so that the energy monitoring system is updated when the sensor changes. The OW-Sensor plugin uses a variable "DeviceWatts" in the ADVANCED tab to set this - set it to the number of watts that is being consumed when the sensor is active.
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 === EDS OW-ENV Sensors: LED and Relay Use ===
 Both the LED and Relays inside the EDS OW-ENV sensors can be configured to provide a binary switch interface within Vera. For this to work correctly, you need to use the OW-Server web interface to set the {{{LEDFunction}}} or {{{RelayFunction}}} variables to value 2. This allows them to be controlled externally.
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+=== EDS D2Photo: Light Sensor ===
+The D2Photo, light presence/absence monitor, provides the ability to monitor the state of fluorescent or incandescent lighting. It uses the DS2406 multidrop controller. This is quite a common chip and is used in a number of units. The OW-Sensor Plugin doesn't know if you have a D2Photo connected, or something else with the DS2406. It therefore lists a number of options for the DS2406 - it is recommended that you only use InputLevel_A (set InputLevel_B to Ignore), and select either Light Sensor, or Light Sensor + Energy. The only difference is that with the "+Energy" option, the plugin will set the energy monitoring variable so that you can use it to monitor power. In this way, if you are using the D2Photo to monitor a light status, you can also have the Vera energy monitoring system update correctly.