I have been using a webcontrol v03.02.18b5, for about half a year now and really like it. It's reliably doing everything I want it to, except for the counter. I have not been able to get it to properly read the pulses from my S0 kwh meter, which gives one ttl pulse per watt hour. It does show an increasing count over time, but the value increments erratically, and remains static for a long time between the changes, usually some hours, much longer than the typical interval between the pulses, which can be computed from the displayed kwh value and a clock, or observed from the flash of an led on the meter. The accumulated values in the counter are not at all linear with the watt hours being recorded by the meter, they appear to be just random. The meter is new & I do not believe that is malfunctioning.
I am now about to purchase a wc32, along with one of Ross' IO boards. I need to know what's up with the counters before I buy
Some six months ago I came here because of this issue and saw this post...
How to count pulse from water flow or energy meter ? Started by Thomas Parvais , Oct 11 2012 04:45 PM
(seems I can't post a link, even one to this forum, so that's all there is for reference...else apparently I might be accused of trying to circumvent the restriction)
...which ended with Efried asking "What is the required wiring for being able to use S0 interface from meters with the WC pulse counter ? Is there a sketch hidden somewhere here?"
for which he received the reply "It stated in the latest user guide" CAI_Support Cocoonut Posted 08 December 2014 - 05:12 PM
I had the latest user guide at that time, and the string S0 was nowhere in it, nor was there any explanation I could find that came close to answering this question. I didn't want to necro the post so I left without an answer.
Now that I am needing to buy another board, I am checking again & I see that Efried himself came back a couple months later and made the very same observation that I would have, "could you please state were S0 is mentioned? Not here: (no links allowed, not even one to cainetworks)". Nearly four months later his question remains unanswered.
If there is some kind of buffering or pullup or pulldown or bypass or other 'wiring' necessary to successfully utilize this function, can the secret please be revealed?
I would truly like an answer to this question from the CAI support staff, who have been very helpful in this forum but have declined to answer this question, or have it in the manual as claimed. This seems like a fairly reasonable use of this board in home automation, people like to know how much power they are using thruout the day, especially with time of use billing, and some kind of info or example on how to use the webcontrol with an S0 meter could be a good thing to actually have in the user guide. I just checked WebControlPLCUserGuide3-03-19.pdf, which says "Doc last modified: 6/18/2015"; seems pretty 'latest'. A search for S0 or kwh still gets nothing, and none of the references to 'counter' provide any clue that I can find.
When I registered, I was asked to provide a url where I found this forum, and there was a remark about how helpful it is for CAI to know. It surely wasn't found on the cainetworks support page (url not allowed) where it should be, and where, at the bottom, is a phone number, "WebControl at +1 714-550-0910" which is still out of service, 'message 6001', since when I first tried six months ago
I've considered updating the firmware, but the link in this post
WC8 PLC 3.02.19 firmware Started by CAI_Support , Feb 28 2015 12:59 PM
simply opens the cainetworks home page, no firmware.
I am now about to purchase a wc32, along with one of Ross' IO boards. I need to know what's up with the counters before I buy
Some six months ago I came here because of this issue and saw this post...
How to count pulse from water flow or energy meter ? Started by Thomas Parvais , Oct 11 2012 04:45 PM
(seems I can't post a link, even one to this forum, so that's all there is for reference...else apparently I might be accused of trying to circumvent the restriction)
...which ended with Efried asking "What is the required wiring for being able to use S0 interface from meters with the WC pulse counter ? Is there a sketch hidden somewhere here?"
for which he received the reply "It stated in the latest user guide" CAI_Support Cocoonut Posted 08 December 2014 - 05:12 PM
I had the latest user guide at that time, and the string S0 was nowhere in it, nor was there any explanation I could find that came close to answering this question. I didn't want to necro the post so I left without an answer.
Now that I am needing to buy another board, I am checking again & I see that Efried himself came back a couple months later and made the very same observation that I would have, "could you please state were S0 is mentioned? Not here: (no links allowed, not even one to cainetworks)". Nearly four months later his question remains unanswered.
If there is some kind of buffering or pullup or pulldown or bypass or other 'wiring' necessary to successfully utilize this function, can the secret please be revealed?
I would truly like an answer to this question from the CAI support staff, who have been very helpful in this forum but have declined to answer this question, or have it in the manual as claimed. This seems like a fairly reasonable use of this board in home automation, people like to know how much power they are using thruout the day, especially with time of use billing, and some kind of info or example on how to use the webcontrol with an S0 meter could be a good thing to actually have in the user guide. I just checked WebControlPLCUserGuide3-03-19.pdf, which says "Doc last modified: 6/18/2015"; seems pretty 'latest'. A search for S0 or kwh still gets nothing, and none of the references to 'counter' provide any clue that I can find.
When I registered, I was asked to provide a url where I found this forum, and there was a remark about how helpful it is for CAI to know. It surely wasn't found on the cainetworks support page (url not allowed) where it should be, and where, at the bottom, is a phone number, "WebControl at +1 714-550-0910" which is still out of service, 'message 6001', since when I first tried six months ago
I've considered updating the firmware, but the link in this post
WC8 PLC 3.02.19 firmware Started by CAI_Support , Feb 28 2015 12:59 PM
simply opens the cainetworks home page, no firmware.