With intelligent control and powerful tools to optimise your electricity usage, you can reduce your bills by up to 25% with products from the owl range. Owl usb driver support optical wavelength laboratories. This is an upgrade on the popular original owl micro model but comes with a number of improved features. Access to historical and average readings for up to 2 years on the monitor via a history function. January 2, 2017 chet bought an electricity monitor from owl, specifically because it was open and easy to hack on at. Fiber owl 4 series optical power meters owl reporter software recommended usb driver supports. Once you know what each item is costing you and how much you are consuming this allows you to cut back on what. Owl kitwtd285scl2sc wavetesterdual owl 850 laser owl 10 test kit. Usb driver must be installed on the computer before connecting the owl device to the usb port. Allows monitoring of live consumption for the property. Owl wireless electricity monitor cm119, provides up to the second information on the amount of electricity you are using in terms of power, cost and your carbon footprint. Jun 14, 2012 this of course requires the owl energy usage monitor software to be running 247 and recording all the data in the sqlite db. Studies have shown that the average homeowner can stop wasting between 1020% of their homes energy if they. Oct 21, 2009 the standrd owl supplied driver service eg c.
The old version of owlelectrisave though very reliable and well made lacked the deeper functionality provided by efergy and the ecoeye wireless energy monitors primarily their excellent memory. This started at 4pm on feb 18th 2020, and is expected to take approximately 48 hours. Cm160 owl energy monitor driver issues mon jul 22, 2019 10. Hi, im having trouble getting my cm160 owl energy monitor to work with my raspberry pi. Ive just bought a owl energy monitor and the usb software for monitoring usage. This new software does away with the old, complex interface and provides a cleaner, more userfriendly look. Owl intuition is a modular, internet connected monitoring and control system that can manage all of your main energy usage electricity supply, solar pv generation, central heating and hot. Go to startall programsthe owluninstall you need to use the owl uninstall program so that the service is stopped correctly and all drivers are removed. The owl cm119 consists of two parts, the first magnetically wraps round a wire from your meter this ends in a wireless sender powered by 3xaa batteries supplied.
Home energy monitoring coding4fun articles channel 9. The old version of owlelectrisave though very reliable and well made lacked the deeper functionality provided by efergy and the ecoeye wireless energy monitors primarily their excellent memory functions. Owl usb cm160 electricity monitor compatible with windows. Owl cm120 usb connect energy monitor dongle smart green shop. Themonitor shows consumptionor cost per hour or kwh if preferred, and has a co 2 equivalent reading too. Tse004001 owl wireless electricity monitor rs components. Wattson solar plus solar energy monitor display both solar power genrated and electricity consumed. The intuitione from owl is an energy monitor that allows the user to gain realtime access to their home electricity consumption through a web browser, laptop, tablet or.
Recommendations on which model to buy and where prices locally are best will be appreciated. Discussions regarding sustainable energy and energy systems. Run the owl software a file should appear in the 2se folder called 2sedata. Cm160 owl energy monitor driver issues raspberry pi forums. It uses the libusb library and does not need a specific kernel device driver. Recommendations on which model to buy and where prices locally are best will. January 2, 2017 chet bought an electricity monitor from owl, specifically because it was open and easy to hack. Sep 23, 2010 owl wireless electricity monitor, provides up to the second information on the amount of electricity you are using in terms of power, cost and your carbon footprint. This of course requires the owl energy usage monitor software to be running 247 and recording all the data in the sqlite db. Energy monitors display how much electricity your households using, and how much youre paying for it not to be confused with smart meters, which send power consumption data back.
The wireless signal is sent the second unit that displays a range of information this can be up to 30metres ideal conditions away and this is also powered by 3xaa. Wireless features allow the owl to be displayed in any room of the house. It will develop to a full and lowcost smarthomesolution, but for now we started to. Owl energy monitor software alternatives page 2 avforums. Fiber owl 4 series optical power meters owl reporter software recommended usb driver supports windows xp to windows 7. The motivation of this project is to monitor and control several energysources like wind generators or solar panels. Owl energy montior considering buying the owl energy monitor. Go to startall programsthe owl uninstall you need to use the owl uninstall program so that the service is stopped correctly and all drivers are removed. Owl owl cm160 with usb wireless electricity monitor now. The approach i am taking is to leave the owl server to maintain the sqlite3 database be. Mar 12, 20 please add support for the owl cm160 energy monitor in the cp210x driver. Energy monitors owl standalone electricity monitors are simple devices aimed at giving the householder a low cost, quick to install and easy to use device to help understand domestic electricity consumption.
Owl devices with usb ports require a usb driver to be installed to download test results and update firmware. Browse our products below, or read more about this category. This is a usb connected device which runs at 250kbits. With a quick nat i can now access this page from anywhere, which will be handy once ive made a fancy app from it. Easy to use and wireless, this energy monitor comes. The owl usb energy meter and using the sqlite database with php. They are a costeffective way to track an entire home or businesses energy cost and power usage trends. Tse200105 owl wireless electricity monitor rs components. See eco eye range here this cloud based energy monitor and control solution is ideal for any home or light commercial premises and the network gateway will automatically log all your consumption through a secure software platform. We will attempt to finish the maintenance as soon as possible.
Studies have shown that the average homeowner can stop wasting between 1020% of their homes energy if they have an energy monitor. Owl intuition is a modular, internet connected monitoring and control system that can manage all of your main energy usage electricity supply, solar pv generation, central heating and hot water. The usb connect will give you this information which is not available on all owl energy monitor displays. Oct 21, 2009 my main requirements was to get web access and more flexible display e. Usb connect is an add on tool for your owl wireless electricity monitor. The next thing was to enable the orangepizero to talk to my owl energy monitor. Apr 21, 2010 the owl cm119 consists of two parts, the first magnetically wraps round a wire from your meter this ends in a wireless sender powered by 3xaa batteries supplied. Update after connecting the smart meter via usb to have a look at the long term data, found i can load the software on windows 10 but when plugged into the meter and laptop via the usb cable the software opens ok but cant recognize the smart meter, checked the device drivers in windows 10 and found that their was an issue with the drivers at. The base unit sends power readings over rf to the monitoring unit, which records the power, storing up to 30 days worth of reading taken at 1 minute intervals. See eco eye range here this cloud based energy monitor and control solution is ideal for any home or light commercial premises. Jan 02, 2017 owl insecure internet of energy monitors. Owl cm120 usb connect energy monitor dongle smart green. If you are happy with analysis of per minute data rather than the more detailed realtime data, you could run the service but not the gui, and then have a standalone program with an. This program basically retrieves data from the cm160 device and store it in a database eagleowl.
Update after connecting the smart meter via usb to have a look at the long term data, found i can load the software on windows 10 but when plugged into the meter and laptop via the usb. Turn off display a simple, light weight, easy to use power management applet that switches off your computers displa. Open your terminal software, set the com port to whatever the usb cable driver surfaced as typically com 3, set the baud rate to 57600bps, 8. Immediately displays any cost changes to the electricity being consumed by the home. Once you know what each item is costing you and how much you are consuming this allows you to cut back on what you use each day. Owl wireless electricity monitor, provides up to the second information on the amount of electricity you are using in terms of power, cost and your carbon footprint. Easy to use and wireless, this energy monitor comes with data logging capabilities and is equipped with a usb port that allows the user to download data to a pc for further analysis. Log data from your owl energy monitor on your pc via a usb connect cm160 device. The intuitionlc energy monitor from owl is capable of monitoring multiphase up to 3 seperate electricity feeds and is ideally suited for larger residential properties or. They are referred to as household power monitors, home energy monitors or inhome displays ihds. Plug the usb into your pc and the information from your owl transmitter will. Various hardware modules can be added individually to build a total home energy management and control system, helping you to conserve energy, save. Windows 2000 not supported standalone usb driver 6. Owl is a wireless electricity monitor which shows you just how much total electricity you are using.
My main requirements was to get web access and more flexible display e. Home of the owl intuition system providing smart solar and energy monitoring and analysis, and smart heating controls. This 3 phase electricity monitor is perfect on farms, warehouses or any commercial building that uses 3 phase electricity. Owl wireless electricity monitor despite being a very high quality product, the original home electricity monitor electrisave wireless electricity monitor was recently overshadowed by the increased functionality of efergy a device which also benefited from a recommended retail price of just. Wireless home energy monitors check your power usage. Energy monitors provide a realtime display of your electricity consumption. Owl usb cm160 electricity monitor compatible with windows 10. The owl is the best budget choice, it look ugly but does the job at a much lower price.