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ITRON G4 RF1 - How to realise remote pulse reading from the gas meter?

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    tomix
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    Gentlemen, have any of you encountered a solution for remote reading (pulses) from the Itron G4 RF1 gas meter? The gas meter is a bit poor, offering only the possibility to put a pulse transmitter (simplest reed switch) in the right place. I don't really know how I would be able to get information about them on the PC (translating them de facto into consumption). Has anyone come across a ready-made system?
    Analogous question e.g. about a diode pulse "reader" for an electricity meter.
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  • #2 14077683
    piotr.bucko
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    Once the transmitter has been fitted, a so-called pulse recorder should be connected to it, e.g. Plum's MacR4 or Common's CRS03 (the manufacturers' websites contain DTRs explaining the subject).
    The recorder records the pulses from the gas meter and enables remote reading. The manufacturers also provide reading software via an Android smartphone app.
    Regards
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    nowex
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    tomix wrote:
    Gentlemen, have any of you encountered a remote reading (pulse) solution from the Itron G4 RF1 gas meter? The gas meter is a bit poor, offering only the possibility to put a pulse transmitter (simplest reed switch) in the right place. I don't really know how I would be able to get information about them on the PC (translating them de facto into consumption). Has anyone come across a ready-made system?
    Analogous question e.g. about a "reader" of diode pulses for an electricity meter.050356ad

    I can offer you a solution to the problem used by users of the portal www.pvmonitor.pl , admittedly there is monitoring of energy production from photovoltaic plants, energy consumption in the house, monitoring of parameters and energy consumption in heat pumps, but there is no problem to add monitoring of gas consumption and other utilities.
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    apacz111
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    The reading is not based on a reed switch, but on induction coils that detect the direction of flow. The reading is based on the software supplied with the radio overlays. Reading is only possible with a PSION device in which the corresponding card is installed. They do not yet have anything for Android and they use ELSACO software. Maybe this information will give you an idea.
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    TvWidget
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    There are also these types of devices:
    http://i-node.pl/i-node/inode-energy-meter/
    Here are pictures of how it is fitted in practice:
    https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic2920482.html
    The firmware from this "energy meter" can be written into such a sensor http://i-node.pl/inode-care-sensor-4/
    This will count short circuits of the reed switch. However, the gas meter (at least with me) spins very slowly. It gets 1 pulse every e.g. a minute and not like the electric one 1000 imp/kWh. So drawing accurate graphs of daily gas consumption is not possible.
    Data from this type of sensor can be directly received on a smartphone, tablet or PC.
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    nowex
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    TvWidget wrote:
    It gets 1 pulse every e.g. one minute and not like the electric 1000 imp/kWh. Thus, drawing accurate graphs of daily gas consumption is not possible.


    Here I disagree there may be a few pulses per day and this can be nicely visualised at www.pvmonitor.pl e.g. with 60W consumption in an electric meter you have these pulses at a rate of just one per minute.
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    piotr.bucko
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    MacR4 recorder www.plum.pl
    http://www.plum.pl/index.php/produkt/gaz/rejestratory-impulsow
    Mac Reader+ reading software for Android
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plum.macReader&hl=pl
    Fit a pulse transmitter ref 951-858-06 from Itron (formerly Actaris) to the G4 RF1 gas meter
    Connect the wires of the transmitter to the recorder and everything works.
    The manufacturers' DTRs explain the subject.
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