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--- blog:personal_diy_pi_powercontrol [2019/10/23 10:04] – [Power Sockets] john
+++ blog:personal_diy_pi_powercontrol [2019/10/23 10:09] (current) – john
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-...which I also pulled data from using the RF module, displaying it on the touchscreen at the press of a button:
+...these are strictly broadcast-only devices which send a burst of power metrics over the same RF signal as the power sockets, approximately every 60 seconds. The PyEnergenie project also had support for these, so I was able to pull this data in using the same RF module used for controlling the sockets, displaying it on the touchscreen at the press of a button:
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+This screen let me monitor the power use of all of the sockets in the room in (almost) real time. There is a lag for the power monitor sockets to re-broadcast their data (it's every 60 seconds or thereabouts), but it's good enough to see the loading on the 4 wall sockets in the room, along with the various power strips that run from them.
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