FortrezZ Water Flow Meter

Ok, well would you be willing to try my DTH? It will allow you to reset your meter a couple different ways, and it still works with FortrezZ’s smartapps (last time I tested). It will look different. Here’s what it looks like:

iOS:

Android:

I can’t do anything to fix the rendering differences between iOS and Android…

Yes I can try it :slight_smile:

Cool, here it is. Create a new device handler, and then edit your device to change Type to the one you just created.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/constjs/jcdevhandlers/master/devicetypes/jscgs350/my-fortrezz-flow-meter-interface.src/my-fortrezz-flow-meter-interface.groovy

As soon as you switch over to my DTH, go to the app and go to Device Preferences. Here’s what you’ll see:

Reporting Rate Threshold is the time interval between meter reports while water is flowing. 6 = 60 seconds, 1 = 10 seconds. Options are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. My DTH default is 1, FortrezZ’s default is 6.

High Flow Rate Threshold is exactly that. Default is 5.

Email Address is the same as before, and it should be there.

Custom ID can be left blank, BUT since you’re having chart display issues for a while now (not platform problem related), put something in there like “MAGDA”.

Tap on Save and you’re done. Go run some water and let’s see what happens.

I’m new to smartThings I just follow instruction I have for seller of that meter, so I can create new device handler with your code but how edit to my device to change Type i don’t know
Combine those two codes together maybe ?

No, do not combine them.

Go back into the IDE, and find your device in My Devices. Click on the device.

Next, scroll down to the bottom and click on Edit.

Next, change Type to what you just created. If you did not change anything, including the name, it will look like this:

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Click on Update and you’re done.

Make sure to follow the directions I gave you in the other post about changing Device Preferences.

I have your interface on iPhone I put everything in settings from your post but is not working before was showing Flow when waters run now is always No Flow and no graph just icons

Maybe I should start from beginnings "+ Add a Thing " ?

Going to add my 2 cents. As far as accuracy my fortrezz meter reads dead on with my city digital water meter. Now starting in December I would have strange days with readings or couldn’t get the graph to load. In the beginning of January I lost all water flow reading ability but could read temp/battery. Later found out that the platform had major outage (of course after running around the house for two days trying to get it to work). Since that major outage I signed up for notifications on platform outages. So far every strange reading with the graph not showing the correct amount I have also had an email from smart things notifying me of an outage.

I am on na04 chard

Nope, you should not need to do that at all.

Did you tap on Save to exit the Device Preferences screen? How about this morning, is it working?

You may need to tap on the Configure Device tile, but I think that’s done automatically when you exit Device Preferences.

What does Live Logging (in the IDE) show for the water meter? I need to see that while water is flowing and after it stops.

Please go into the code and remove the “//” on line 329 to get flow messages to show up in Live Logging. Don’t forget to Save and Publish.

It should look something similar to this:

Don’t be too sure about that though,but i wouldn’t be surprised :wink: I’ve been using this meter since it was announced, and there’s always been issues pop up with the graph not showing the same total usage compared to the meter’s readings regardless of platform issues or not.

Even after I reset my meter (which I do a lot), I’ll start seeing the total gallons used sent from the meter be off a little from what the charts show. Sometimes even within 24 hours and in the week view. Almost always the monthly chart is never what the meter has accumulated by the 4th week, and considering it’s 4 weeks, and ST can’t stay alive for 4 weeks - that is probably a platform related issue. LOL.

I’ll reset it again now and watch it over the next couple days and let you know what I see.

Oh I’m not positive that’s the issues it’s just since my meter went down for a week in January it’s the pattern I have observed so far. I usually reset my meter every day around midnight. ( We are on wastewater averaging)

Another thought about the charts… Fortrezz is working on a website to view all data dashboard.fortrezz.com. I have yet to get it to work but I wonder with them launching the beta site if that would mess with the charts?

Hmmm, I wonder if you may be on to something. Currently it’s hosted for them somewhere else, and they use pchart.php to create charts. I wonder if they’re doing something to allow their new service to work alongside what they originally released. I got the same email, but I haven’t tried it yet.

If you sign in you can see your meter but that’s it. Go to put a CC in nothing happens

Just for kicks I just registered and provided a cc #. I’m in, and I can see all the previous “meters”. Those “meters” look like they’re created after each device reset where the UUID is changed. UUID is the device ID SmartThings assigns the meter once it joins.

The “normal” user of this meter shouldn’t have to worry about that, unless they exclude the device and re-add it and a new ID gets assigned. In my case, my DTH allows you to assign a new ID, hence generating a new “meter” on their site. I had almost 50 “meters”, so I just deleted them all except the one I’m using for data right now. Here’s a view of that:

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I just did a reset this morning, so that’s why I only have this right now:

It also looks like the data for the pchart utility and their site may be replicating instead of using a single database source? I’m not sure about that yet.

This is interesting and something I’ll be watching over the next few weeks to compare what I see in the DTH, Google Sheets and their site.

Now I have two devices old and one with your code
Should I delete old one ?

@magda. No need to delete anything.

That live logging does not show anything for the meter. When you run water you will see the name of your device. Click on it and you will see events like mine. If you don’t, then rejoin the meter to ST.

Well no platform outage notifications today and my numbers don’t match guess was proven wrong

Do we expect the analog meter to match exactly the internal meter, in terms of usage? I haven’t tested that. If I take a day or several days, it may give me some insight. Important to get it before fortrezz’s dashboard site.

For October and November my fortrezz chart total usage and Google sheets total usage matched my city water bill and my fortrezz water meter analog dials. Not until December did I start having numbers not match. It’s a few gallons so I’m not worried about it.

I’ve only had it since late December. I cant see how the internal electric meter could be off from the analog meter all of a sudden.