Paul's Geek Dad Blog

I'm a Dad and a Geek. My blog is about teaching my kids to be producers, not just consumers of technology. My tinkering exists somewhere at the intersection between home automation, the internet of things, the maker movement and fitness. It's a nice place to be!

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Automatic Garden Watering

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It's been super hot in the UK recently but luckily I've been able to use my LightwaveRF kit as part of an automated garden watering ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Power Measurements and the UDP Interface

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More reading of the LightwaveRF forum led me to discover a command that allows you to interrogate the WiFi Link unit to get power measureme...
Sunday, 8 April 2012

The UDP Interface

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A bit of Googling on all things LightwaveRF led me to this site .  It' someone's Blog where they describe how to control the Lightw...
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Monday, 26 March 2012

Power Meter Accuracy - Another Update

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So I've left it just under a week since JSJS Designs got back to me to say they'd updated the WiFi Link and that should make it more...
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Power Meter Accuracy - Update

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I raised a support ticket with LightwaveRF on the accuracy of the power meter. Here's the response I got, (within 12 hours so good timel...
Monday, 19 March 2012

Power Monitor Accuracy

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For the last week I've taken some measurements to see how accurate the power meter is. To do this I: Took a reading from my proper elec...
Thursday, 15 March 2012

Feel the Power!

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On Sunday I installed the LightwaveRF power meter. The picture below shows it outside it's lovely packaging. The power meter consists o...
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