Hi,
I’m worried that not all blinks are counted because the signaling led does not repeat every blink in the real meter. However, the Glow seems to calculate each blink as the number is increases steadily. I’m new to ESPHome so my question is, does home assistant get the same numbers as Glow? Should I just ignore the unrepeated blinks? The problem is visible only when the power consumption is heavy, for example while heating sauna or charging car. I first thought that the 500ms wait in the code before switching the led off is just too long for repeating every blink, but it did not work any better with 50ms. Noticed also that the photodiode has small led too, at it repeats every blink.
Thanks!
Did you ever find a solution to this? I installed Glow yesterday and noticed that during a bit heavier load (>4 kW) the Glow’s signaling LED skips some blinks that the photodiode recognizes.
No, but I have confirmed that the sensor counts the blinks even though the led doesn’t show it. The sensor has a very small led that blinks correctly, so everything should be counted. I did modify the code so that the blink is shorter/faster, but it still misses some blinks. Not sure did that help actually.
Great, thanks! The sensor’s LED indeed blinks correctly. I’ve also made the signaling LED’s blink shorter, but it still misses the blinks. It doesn’t matter really as long as the correct amount is reported.