Ted 5000 <-> google powermeter tcpdump?

[sandeen]

I buried this in another thread but maybe a new topic would get more attention

If anyone w/ a TED 5000 talking to Google powermeter could tcpdump the communications with Google, I'm awfully interested in how it uploads the data.

I don't see why other monitors such as the Brultech ECM-1240 shouldn't also be able to upload using the same API; not sure why Google doesn't just open that up rather than working behind the scenes w/ individual meter companies; it serializes the whole process.

But I'm wondering how hard it might be for other meters to just "fake it"

Thanks,
-Eric

 

[signal15]

I buried this in another thread but maybe a new topic would get more attention

If anyone w/ a TED 5000 talking to Google powermeter could tcpdump the communications with Google, I'm awfully interested in how it uploads the data.

I don't see why other monitors such as the Brultech ECM-1240 shouldn't also be able to upload using the same API; not sure why Google doesn't just open that up rather than working behind the scenes w/ individual meter companies; it serializes the whole process.

But I'm wondering how hard it might be for other meters to just "fake it"

Thanks,
-Eric

I would assume they want to be careful about getting bad data into the system. They are using it to extrapolate a ton of data on power usage in order to identify areas that could be improved both for distribution and efficiency. Bad data in the system is going to make their analysis inaccurate.

 

[sandeen]

I would assume they want to be careful about getting bad data into the system. They are using it to extrapolate a ton of data on power usage in order to identify areas that could be improved both for distribution and efficiency. Bad data in the system is going to make their analysis inaccurate.

Hm, well, good point, but unauthenticated data sent in could still be useful for the submitter, even if google doesn't choose to trust it.
If work got done, it'd move the ball forward to a more trusted solution ...