Something wrong with the charge circuit on my natural gas generator right now. I noticed that it missed its self test and sure enough the battery is dead. The question is: what is the best way to monitor battery voltage in homeseer? I have inputs on my alarm panel but they are not built for 12 volts. Same with the ADIO - it is only rated for 10 VDC. Ideally, I would like to be able to monitor the actual voltage and not just a trigger at a certain threshold. Ideas?
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Here's a neat little kit that you could connect the speaker output to an X10 univeral module or powerflash (can't remember which one does low voltage) or even a Z-Wave door/window sensor to alert you via HomeSeer.
http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/FK915
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Not sure if this discussion would help:
http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/1...terys-voltage/
I get an actual voltage from the battery on the HAI OPII panel/HS plugin. On the secondary panel I have a connection to the primary panel with just triggers an NO switch if the voltage on the battery on the secondary panel drops. I also have NO/NC circuits on the whole house surge protector should the voltage spike.
Here is an Arduino discussion revolving around similiar topics.
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,6540.0.htmlLast edited by Pete; December 10, 2012, 08:54 AM.- Pete
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Could you not do it with a potential divider? If you had the top resistor as 20k and the bottom as 100k then you would have:
Battery voltage - input voltage - approx digital value
12v = 10v = 255 (if 8 bit)
9v = 7.5v = 192
6v = 5v = 128
3v = 2.5v = 64
In HS then you run a simple script that converts the AtoD value into a voltage.
Not sure whether there are additional things to think of like if the battery is connected to something else (the generator starter), someone a bit more electronically minded might be able to offer an opinion.
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Thanks for all of the quick replies. I think that the voltage divider is probably the route I'll go. Seems pretty easy and I get actual info about the state of the charge. I could probably even determine if the charger was charging or not. Usually they charge at something like 14 volts (or more). I suppose to get enough range I should build it for something like 15 volts so a 50k top reisistor and a 100k bottom should work great.
Thanks,
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