Please help! Generator integration with OH1.8.3?

[Nguy_n_Phuc_Anh_D_ng (Nguyễn Phúc Anh Đồng)]

Hello,
Has anyone ever connected generator to OH (version 1.8.3) to measure the energy consumed per day?
If yes, can you suggest me what kind of generator and how to install, setup and config them with openhab’s configuration files?

[sihui]

@Nguy_n_Phuc_Anh_D_ng

generator

What is that? A special kind of hardware you want to use?
Or are you just looking for a device which is able to measure energy consumption?
If the latter, try

ITEAD Sonoff switches and sockets - cheap ESP8266 Wifi+MQTT hardware

ITEAD Smart Home Products https://www.itead.cc/wiki/Sonoff_Smart_Home_Solution [image][image][image] These very cheap modules come with their special smartphone app but are all actually based on the famous ESP8266. It didn’t take long till the tinkerer community got a hold of that and started hacking. After opening up the cases, all you need to do is solder a few header pins and connect your FTDI breakout programmer. Alternative firmwares are ready to provide nice MQTT based Wifi SmartHome end…

if you want to reprogram and solder a little bit (very cheap device) or
use any of the f.e. Fibaro devices which are able to measure energy consumption.
I’m sure there will be even more devices to choose from.

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

Generator hours counter

I have an input that tells OpenHAB if my generator is running and I display this in my site map, but I also would like to keep track of total generator runtime in hours. Anyone know a way to do that inside OpenHAB?

[Nguy_n_Phuc_Anh_D_ng (Nguyễn Phúc Anh Đồng)]

thanks for your both reply,
@sihui, Indeed, my intention is the latter you mentioned. Thanks for your suggestion, I’ll have a look at those fibaro devices
@rlkoshak Again, thanks for your help, I read the thread you gave me and understood how to config with openhab’s files, so how could he install that generator, I mean, did he solder, wire or something? Do I need to do anything to connect the device to my raspberry pi? Or just buy the generator, plug and play, then work with the configuration files?

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

He has a generator that reports power, probably through a serial interface. Or he has a sensor, something like an industrial strength Kill-A-Watt that reports the power. You can’t just wire it to a computer.