There is a "Utility meter" integration in HA that is going allow you to add that and do things like hourly, daily, monthly and yearly... It's perfect for this.
One remark: In the video I say that you send the data to Home Assistant via MQTT. Actually, of course you send the data to your MQTT Broker (e.g. Mosquitto) and Home Assistant just subscribes on the topic. Just to have it correct 😎
Great Project my only problem is that my water meter is outside my house I do not have a power source close by, I thought of using a power bank but when the power banks runs out would all the setting be lost ?
The settings are definitely stored, otherwise you could not restart the device nor would it keep the settings during a short power outage. So I think it should work with the power bank 😊
What's the best way to tell if one uses BT or BLE? Would something like a Flipper Zero work to confirm the signal and format? My water meter must communicate to the remote reader somehow, but there's very little information on it to go by.
@elzzon there are lots of apps out there which you can use to scan for BLE devices and their advertising data. This could help to identify whether your device supports BLE
There are lots of 3D printing online services where you can order the parts - just upload the STL files and you can get a quote instantly and order right away
@@the_smart_home_maker Well, perhaps my two water meters are not suitable. The number recognition only works around 1 out of 10 shots for one and nearly never for the other.
Very interesting potential here. For more than just water meters, cool project.
Yes, definitely 👍🏻
There is a "Utility meter" integration in HA that is going allow you to add that and do things like hourly, daily, monthly and yearly... It's perfect for this.
Good remark 👍🏻 thank you 😊
Great job! I can see this being used in other applications!
thanks for the detailed explanation, perfect video length in my opinion
Happy to hear that 😊
One remark: In the video I say that you send the data to Home Assistant via MQTT. Actually, of course you send the data to your MQTT Broker (e.g. Mosquitto) and Home Assistant just subscribes on the topic. Just to have it correct 😎
Alot of water meters will have a magnet in one of the dials so that you can read that with some kind of reed swith or hall effect sensor.
Great idea 😊
Great Project my only problem is that my water meter is outside my house I do not have a power source close by, I thought of using a power bank but when the power banks runs out would all the setting be lost ?
The settings are definitely stored, otherwise you could not restart the device nor would it keep the settings during a short power outage. So I think it should work with the power bank 😊
Both my meters use BLE, so its easy for me whit a Esphome bt Proxy 👍
Awesome - well that is of course the perfect solution 😊
What's the best way to tell if one uses BT or BLE? Would something like a Flipper Zero work to confirm the signal and format? My water meter must communicate to the remote reader somehow, but there's very little information on it to go by.
@elzzon there are lots of apps out there which you can use to scan for BLE devices and their advertising data. This could help to identify whether your device supports BLE
If Arnold Schwarzenegger did IT😂
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i dont have 3d printer :(
There are lots of 3D printing online services where you can order the parts - just upload the STL files and you can get a quote instantly and order right away
I'm using this as well, but it it very unreliable over here.
Really? In what way unreliable? I use it since at least one year and it works very well
@@the_smart_home_maker Well, perhaps my two water meters are not suitable. The number recognition only works around 1 out of 10 shots for one and nearly never for the other.
@christianbottger493 hm that is bad 😟 sorry to hear that