Andre Douyon Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 Hello, I am a ISY994/IR Pro user with all insteon products. Is there a way to monitor usage on a per switch or plug basis?
palayman Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 Sorry, there are no Insteon devices that monitor power. There are Z-Wave plug options. 1
Andre Douyon Posted March 5, 2019 Author Posted March 5, 2019 Thank you for the info and quick response. Does anyone know if this is compatible with ISY994? https://www.smarthome.com/dome-dmof1-z-wave-smart-outlet-with-range-boost.html
stevesreed Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 This one is supposed to be supprted (I just just ordered on 5 minutes ago, so I have not tested it yet):https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VQISOCG
Brian H Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 (edited) Does your ISY994iPRO/IR have a ZWave daughter board in it. To add ZWave support. That the modules use? Edited March 5, 2019 by Brian H
kclenden Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, douyon said: Hello, I am a ISY994/IR Pro user with all insteon products. Is there a way to monitor usage on a per switch or plug basis? It depends on what you mean by usage. If you mean power consumption, then no. If you mean keeping track of how many times something is turned on/off, or how long something remains on, then yes. Without changing anything at all, you could use a macro to pull the information out of the ISY log. If you want it to be more interactive, you could create some integer variables, and then use programming to increment those variables while a device is ON, and stop incrementing when the device is OFF. Depending on how often you setup the programs to increment, you could track device ON time to the minute. Edit: You could even come up with crude power usage by measuring the power usage once, and then using that as a multiplier. Edited March 6, 2019 by kclenden
larryllix Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 It depends on what you mean by usage. If you mean power consumption, then no. If you mean keeping track of how many times something is turned on/off, or how long something remains on, then yes. Without changing anything at all, you could use a macro to pull the information out of the ISY log. If you want it to be more interactive, you could create some integer variables, and then use programming to increment those variables while a device is ON, and stop incrementing when the device is OFF. Depending on how often you setup the programs to increment, you could track device ON time to the minute. Edit: You could even come up with crude power usage by measuring the power usage once, and then using that as a multiplier. With v5 the real time click can be used to keep track of total usage in seconds...no time loops required.I use this technique to monitor and report HVAC run time, HRV runtime, and cold cellar exhaust fan runtime.Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk 1
kclenden Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, larryllix said: With v5 the real time click can be used to keep track of total usage in seconds...no time loops required. Thanks. I've only been using v5 for about six months, and I keep forgetting about some of the new features. Capturing the "Seconds since start of day" when a device is turned on, and then subtracting it from "Seconds since start of day" when the device is turned off would give you the number of seconds the device was ON. You'd have to account for possibly going past midnight, but that wouldn't be too difficult.
larryllix Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Thanks. I've only been using v5 for about six months, and I keep forgetting about some of the new features. Capturing the "Seconds since start of day" when a device is turned on, and then subtracting it from "Seconds since start of day" when the device is turned off would give you the number of seconds the device was ON. You'd have to account for possibly going past midnight, but that wouldn't be too difficult. I posted a thread a year back or so with programs doing all that. I am on mobile so not likely easily found.Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
lilyoyo1 Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 5 hours ago, stevesreed said: This one is supposed to be supprted (I just just ordered on 5 minutes ago, so I have not tested it yet):https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VQISOCG It does work. I replaced my syncrolincs with those. You just have to update the parameters to show the values. For auto reporting; Parameter 90- Size 1 value 1 For all reports Parameter 101- Size 4 value 15
MustangChris04 Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 I recall the ISY has an area to enter the load wattage when adding a switch. Most switches are for lights or fans which have a predictive consumption. I'd love to see the ISY have an add-on energy consumption module that can calculate energy usage based on the on/off times of the switches and the defined wattage. It would be a nice step to energy monitoring using something we all already have with getting into the breaker box and adding sensors. The only thing left which is variable would be the appliances.
kclenden Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, larryllix said: I posted a thread a year back or so with programs doing all that. I am on mobile so not likely easily found. Is this the post you mean? Edited March 6, 2019 by kclenden 1
larryllix Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Is this the post you mean? Wow! Four years ago! That be her.Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
kclenden Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, larryllix said: Wow! Four years ago! That be her. There you go exaggerating again. More like 3.25 years or only 3 years if you're rounding. ? 1
MWareman Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Wow! Four years ago! That be her.Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk Shows 40 years ago for me....
larryllix Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 4 hours ago, MWareman said: Shows 40 years ago for me.... Apple..... right? 1
kclenden Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 12 hours ago, MWareman said: Shows 40 years ago for me.... Um, wouldn't that be 49 years?
MWareman Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Um, wouldn't that be 49 years? True. Didn’t actually do the math...
palayman Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 9:51 AM, douyon said: Does anyone know if this is compatible with ISY994? https://www.smarthome.com/dome-dmof1-z-wave-smart-outlet-with-range-boost.html FYI I am currently using a ZOOZ Zen15 Z-Wave+ to monitor power on my sump pumps. I am having problems. Somewhere along the communication chain my program is getting erroneous data. I check it every 5 minutes. Once the log indicated that more 100GWh have been used in those 5 minutes only to return to the previous value on the next update. This is happening on 2 devices. I can no find no reports of this type of problem on ZOOZ site or on the public internet. I have reported to UDI and provided logs at Michel's request but have yet to get a response.
Peter Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 I would recommend this one. It's multichannel and works very good in my Z-wave system. No error reports, and stable operation for more than a year.
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