Hi guys, I am looking for a water meter that could easily be attached to the water pipe (no need to modify ) and monitor my water usage. More importantly, I would like to retrieve the data through API or MQTT or something to integrate with my own system.
Kind of like the product of StreamLab water meter, but the issue of it is the water usage data the API can provide is hourly data (You could see it in the attachment). I want more detailed data for example every minute even every second .
Are there any recommendations from you?! I appreciated your help!! WechatIMG10|690x351
Does the Flume “bridge” device communicate directly with HA, or is it a cloud-to-cloud solution, requiring HA to use some sort of API back to the Flume server?
I suspect this is similar to the device the water company strapped to my meter so that it could be read from outside the house. In which case I probably can’t add the Flume without removing the water company’s device. But I’ll double check.
Thank you. Does this device still update in HA if your internet access is down? I’m trying to figure out whether or not you need to use the manufacturer’s cloud (server) for this to work.
I doubt that it works without internet. Not that I have tried or know for sure.
I’m reasoning based on the fact that the API has limits on update rate.
It’s all cloud based, the web site doesn’t list anything about a local API.
Nonetheless have it and I am happy with it. I wish the away mode API could be implemented in HA
Perhaps consider using an ultrasonic water meter, for instance TUF-2000M. It is quite expensive (~150 EUR) but it requires no modification to an existing water meter or an existing water pipe. It provides accumulated water consumption data directly rather than only pulses of unit consumption.
There already are some discussions on this forum about this particular water meter, for instance:
