Add Blueline PowerCost Monitor #1248

gcormier · 2020-01-02T18:27:20Z

Documentation : https://static.hydroottawa.com/documents/residential/conservation/pdf/peaksaver_user_guides/8-Energy-Display-Installation-Guide-EN.pdf

I'm a bit confused as there is reference to rtl_433 ( https://github.com/CapnBry/Powermon433/blob/master/arduino/Powermon433/Powermon433.ino ) but it's not a supported device. Perhaps the author meant he used rtl_433 to do the decoding.

I'm willing to capture the samples and submit to test repo. Based on the code above, I am using this

-X "name=blueline,modulation=OOK_MC_ZEROBIT,short=500,long=1000,r=58000"

Does that seem accurate?

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gcormier · 2020-01-02T20:51:43Z

FCC : Data obtained by an IR-reader/sensor is transmitted in form of short bursts every 28.5 to 31.5 seconds on 433.92 MHz (single frequency). The carrier is On/Off pulse modulated (logic ‘1’: 0.5ms TX-on followed by 2ms TX-off, logic ‘0’: 0.5ms TX- on followed by 4ms TX-off).

merbanan · 2020-01-03T12:29:27Z

https://github.com/radredgreen/rtl_433/commits/master

merbanan · 2020-01-03T12:31:56Z

http://scruss.com/blog/2013/12/03/blueline-black-decker-power-monitor-rf-packets/

So you can just clean up the old code from the above branch.

gcormier · 2020-01-03T20:10:12Z

I think I have a valid packet captured. The ON period is 2ms, not 0.5ms as described in the FCC filing, but it has matching OFF periods of 2ms or 4ms.

Can I ask why these produce the same results? Swapping short and long values in the decoder string?

greg@biglenny:~/rtl_433_tests/tests/blueline/lime-outside$ rtl_433 -r g010_433.92M_1000k.cs16 -X "name=blueline,modulation=OOK_PPM,short=2000,long=4000,gap=7000,reset=350000"
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time      : @0.134372s
model     : blueline     count     : 2             num_rows  : 2             rows      : 
len       : 32           data      : 010c99a8, 
len       : 0            data      : 
codes     : {32}010c99a8, {0}
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time      : @0.549692s
model     : blueline     count     : 2             num_rows  : 2             rows      : 
len       : 32           data      : 01f2bcd5, 
len       : 0            data      : 
codes     : {32}01f2bcd5, {0}

greg@biglenny:~/rtl_433_tests/tests/blueline/lime-outside$ rtl_433 -r g010_433.92M_1000k.cs16 -X "name=blueline,modulation=OOK_PPM,short=2000,long=4000,gap=7000,reset=350000"
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
time      : @0.134372s
model     : blueline     count     : 2             num_rows  : 2             rows      : 
len       : 32           data      : 010c99a8, 
len       : 0            data      : 
codes     : {32}010c99a8, {0}
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
time      : @0.549692s
model     : blueline     count     : 2             num_rows  : 2             rows      : 
len       : 32           data      : 01f2bcd5, 
len       : 0            data      : 
codes     : {32}01f2bcd5, {0}

zuckschwerdt · 2020-01-03T21:50:31Z

That example might get the wrong results, you do need -s 1M. Both examples look the same? Copy/paste error?

gcormier · 2020-01-03T21:54:50Z

Sorry, I made a copy/paste error.

One was short=2000,long=4000, the other was short=4000,long=2000, but the output is the same. But it should be interpreting the bits differently (inversely), no?

zuckschwerdt · 2020-01-03T22:00:32Z

For PPM short and long will only result in a threshold (6000 here) if no tolerance value is used.

jbrzozoski · 2020-12-24T02:35:36Z

Blueline PowerCost monitor added by #1580
This issue can probably be closed

gcormier · 2021-01-18T14:40:44Z

I'm unable to enable this filter for rtl_433:

~/rtl_433/build/src/rtl_433 -R 176

Then the output interestingly:

Registered 1 out of 176 device decoding protocols [ ]

Adding a second random protocol with -R 1:

Registered 2 out of 176 device decoding protocols [ 1 ]

merbanan · 2021-01-18T14:44:10Z

rtl_433 -R 176:auto should give you the key. And then rtl_433 -R 176:"key" should work.

gcormier · 2021-01-18T15:11:19Z

I've read the PR to try and get a better understanding of what's happening.

I've run it with -R 176:auto, it picked up the first few - then I ran outside and pressed the button on the device. None of these seem to be the key?

Allocating 15 zero-copy buffers
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:07:40
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
gap       : 5281         mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:12
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
impulses  : 531          mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:12
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
impulses  : 531          mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:12
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
gap       : 5489         mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:22
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:23
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:23
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:23
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:27
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:27
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:27
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:08:27
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:09:13
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
gap       : 5617         mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:09:14
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
gap       : 5617         mic       : CRC
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time      : 2021-01-18 10:09:14
model     : Blueline PowerCost Monitor             id        : 12080
gap       : 5617         mic       : CRC

Unless id is the key? Also, I think the missing "gap" is the packets when I pushed the button (twice).

gcormier · 2021-01-18T15:20:11Z

Aha, note to future people following the breadcrumps - read the comments in the source file for an exhaustive description of steps to follow and what is going on, as well as how to calculate kWh - https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433/blob/master/src/devices/blueline.c

I'm good to go - wonderful work by everyone involved. Looks like a lot of work was needed to get past the traditional stateless decoding, hopefully paving the way for future peculiar devices :)

gcormier · 2021-01-18T16:17:31Z

And, here it is pulled in to Home Assistant, using rtl_433 with the MQTT function.

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Power Consumption"
    state_topic: "rtl_433/Blueline_PowerCost_Monitor/12080/gap"
    unit_of_measurement: 'kWh'
    value_template: "{{ '%.2f'%(3600 / (value | float)) | float }}"

merbanan · 2021-01-18T16:19:03Z

s/power/energy/

zuckschwerdt · 2021-01-18T16:59:36Z

bkenobi · 2021-02-22T04:54:09Z

Has anyone looked at the battery info? Mine is returning a value of 1 with new batteries. I'm trying to determine if this is a flag that returns 1 for "good" and 0 (or some other value) for "bad" or if it returns a remaining percentage. I'm trying to set up a notification and right now all I have to trigger on is when battery_ok doesn't equal 1.

jbrzozoski · 2021-02-22T05:00:38Z

I never hooked my monitor up to a variable power supply to see how the flags or battery status changed as the voltage decreased. My implementation was purely trusting the prior work. The old implementations only looked at one single bit for the battery, so that's all I did in mine.

bkenobi · 2021-02-22T05:11:08Z

It looks like the code simply outputs "1" in my case. I can review what the previous work found if you have a link. I've looked at lots of code for this device over the last few years but never considered the battery because I never had anything working reliably (until now).

jbrzozoski · 2021-02-22T15:20:28Z

It looks like the code simply outputs "1" in my case. I can review what the previous work found if you have a link. I've looked at lots of code for this device over the last few years but never considered the battery because I never had anything working reliably (until now).

Some references used include:

Added decoding for Blueline/Black and Decker Power Monitor #38 - an abandoned pull request on rtl_433 by radredgreen
https://github.com/CapnBry/Powermon433 - a standalone Arduino-based Blueline monitor
http://scruss.com/blog/2013/12/03/blueline-black-decker-power-monitor-rf-packets/ - the blog post where the other authors were trading notes in the comments

merbanan · 2021-03-03T19:37:24Z

I am closing this issue now. If some one figures out the battery flag send a PR or reopen this issue.

gcormier · 2021-08-05T13:14:44Z

Home Assistant now has Energy tracking. Power monitoring devices not yet supported, but posting this here for reference as it may help other if/when power devices become supported.

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Power Consumption"
    state_topic: "rtl_433/Blueline_PowerCost_Monitor/12080/gap"
    unit_of_measurement: 'kW'
    value_template: "{{ '%.2f'%(3600 / (value | float)) | float }}"
    device_class: power
    state_class: measurement

gcormier mentioned this issue Jan 2, 2020

Blueline samples merbanan/rtl_433_tests#322

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