Setting the Table: I have a bunch of Third Reality Zigbee plugs with power monitoring capabilities. I can see the measurements by going into Devices | [a power monitoring plug] | Commands and reading the Current States frame.
What I want to do: Is there a means of pulling this data out and displaying it some way? I am thinking of something in a dashboard, but have no idea how to do this. I daresay I've never even done anything with a dashboard at all except start one and foul it up so badly I delete it.
Your thoughts?
Note to the Hubitat people: I am thinking of moving up to a C-8 Pro. This will likely be around June or July. So, don't bring out the C-9 until August!
I use the power monitoring capabilities of outlets solely for triggering rules. While I could show them on a dashboard it might get bit messy/busy having the values from multiple outlets updating regularly.
For my dashboard I’m using a home energy monitor that is clamped onto the tails of the incoming supply. I use values from that to populate some variables that are displayed on my dashboard. I’m displaying:
energy in KW/h. That’s cumulative for the day and resets at midnight
Cost. Also resets at midnight. To get that I have a rule/node-red flow that multiplies energy by the unit rate and adds the standing charge
Power. Updated every 2 mins. How much I’m using at that instant.
Peak power. Rule compares each power reading to to Peak power. If power is higher than peak power it sets peak power to the new higher value. I set this to 0 at midnight (to ensure the first reading coming through is higher)
Min power. Similar to above but stores the lowest reading (and I set that to 1000 at midnight). I’m using that to see what the minimum usage can be. Currently on holiday but various devices that must be on are using a minimum of 220W.
