Aeotech Micro Smart Switch 2nd Edition - how to get power usage?

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I have installed the above z-wave switch and the actually switching of it is working pretty well! It would be nice to have the power reading (so I can see when a bulb goes for example).

This is my bindings:

Switch Hall_Main_Light “Main Hall Light” (Hall) { zwave=“4:command=switch_binary”}

Number Hall_Main_Light_Power “Main Hall Light Power [%.2f W]” { zwave=“4:command=meter,meter_scale=E_W,refresh_interval=60” }

Have I missed something obvious?

Ta!

2

I have a couple of these devices that seems to work just fine.

My setup (in the items file) is as follows:

Switch      S01D006_sSwitch         { zwave="12:command=basic" autoupdate="false" }
Number      S01D006_nPower          { zwave="12:command=meter, meter_scale=E_W" }
Number      S01D006_nEnergy         { zwave="12:command=meter, meter_scale=E_KWh" }
Switch      S01D006_sReset          { zwave="12:command=meter, meter_reset=true" }

Note! The _sReset switch is used for resetting (setting to zero) the internal “energy meter” in the device.

Your items setup seems to be quite similar, apart for the refresh_interval statement, but I don’t think that should matter.

What does your sitemap look like?

I just realized that you are not really saying what is not working out for you (if anything), :slight_smile: Can you clarify what you expect to happen and what does (or does not) happen?

3

Sorry the power usage just stays as “-” so it never gets set. I wonder if it could be the reset thing? What exactly does that do?

I’m decorating my office at the minute so it’s tricky to get the sitemap, but it’s just a switch for the actual binary switch, and a text item for the power usage.

4

Why do you have your switch as a basic thing with auto update set to false?

Thanks for your help!

5

I wonder if this explains the issues I’m having:

2016-04-03 12:58:52.536 [WARN ] [.b.z.i.c.ZWaveConverterHandler] - No command class found for item = Hall_Main_Light_Power, command class name = meter, using 0 refresh interval.

6

I’m wondering if the fact that the association groups don’t appear to have any group members could be causing the issue?

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Could that be the problem?

7

Do you have Habmin set up? If so can you see if you have any group members in your association groups?

8

Are you 100% sure you have the “smart” version? Its only the “smart” version that has the powermonitoring feature.

I bought some off ebay which were marked “smart” by the seller, but arrived as just the base version… got some $ back but a bit annoyed.

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This is the one I bought:L http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diy-Aeotec-Micro-Switch-Edition-DSC26103-ZWEU/dp/B00JGSDJUA?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

To be fair it doesn’t say smart or anything about power monitoring :confused:

That’s what it will be. Thats a shame :frowning:

Thanks Greg!