So I've been using the Iotawatt for about a month and a half.
Verdict: Has been pretty damned awesome.
Triggers have been %100 (my main triggers are washer and dryer but I have others for alerts in emergencies).
I'm only monitoring the mains and 6 or 7 circuits at the moment and that could change. My HEM v5 is to the Iotawatt as a Ford Taurus is to a Ferrari...
Soon I'll start graphing things better just to have but overall I'm pretty damned happy.
Note: For a few days it was spamming my hub. Seems when auto update class was set to major it created a problem. Setting it to minor resolved it.
And again, a huge thanx to @ogiewon for creating the integration for this.
Heh! I rank the awesome Iotawatt integration right behind @bptworld 's "Error Monitor" for Black Hole status. Things I ache to add, but know that once I do.............
Hello.. @rlithgow1 could you post some screen shots of the device and how it reports the data? I'm not sure if I'm asking for the right thing, but what I'd like to understand is what data I can use for triggers. In particular, I am already setup with webCore and I'd like to just update my devices in the automation I already have. I'm also new to HE (switching over from ST) and still learning what I can do here.
Anyway, any real life screen shots and details will help me understand how it works.
Like any of these devices (including lets say a peanut plug) each input simply supplies it's load. In my case I use triggers that show anything that >0 for more than a few moments to set the trigger. But you can also output that same data to graphs that can be pushed through node-red or granafa/influxdb to be brought back to hubitat menus via iframe.
Here is a shot of mine. Obviously I'm not using all of the inputs right now.
Thanks for the tips, looks good. If this is my solution, I'll need to figure a way to route the CT wires from an exterior panel to the inside my garage (directly behind the panel). My panel is on my west wall and I live in PHX. So that box would see in excess of 110 degrees... maybe more inside. My current EM (CURB), is wholly contained within the panel, so it's less complicated to install, but that EM has stopped working with ST, and apparently not supported by HE or HA.
Can you also share some screen shots of the attributes of your devices? I use wattage from each circuit to run my triggers. Can that be done, or does it provide amps, or a average of W, or something else? I'd prefer to use instantaneous wattage for triggers, and use that data to build a running average for various circuits including the Main and Solar.
My IoTaWatt integration creates a child voltage device for the Reference Voltage input on the IoTaWatt. It also creates a child power device for each other input/output that is defined. These values are in Watts.
