Puck.js Smart Meter

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Posted at 2021-11-17 by DanDyse

Hi,
I am trying the above example, puck is attached to the meter and blinks whenever the electricity meter is blinking. Looks good in my eyes. Unfortunately, when I try the dashboard code on my iPhone (yes, it connects) it only shows 100% battery power, everything else is black. I have let it run for 24 hours now (thought it needs some data first), but no change.
Any hint is welcome.
Btw - whenever I connect with my Macbook now (https://www.espruino.com/ide/#) it OVERWRITES the existing code on puck and all is gone. No chance to check anything. WTF?!
Cheers,
Dan

[espruino-discuss]

Posted at 2021-11-17 by @gfwilliams

So you mean this example? https://www.espruino.com/Smart+Meter

Did you connect with WebBLE on your iPhone, or did you just use Safari? If you just used Saafari I can pretty much guarantee you it didn't connect, which is why it's not working.

Just connecting with the IDE should not overwrite the existing code - however obviously if you clicked the upload button, it'd upload the new code over the old code - and since previous readings are stored in RAM they would be lost.

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Posted at 2021-11-17 by @gfwilliams

If it's not working when you connect with your Macbook, you could look in the 'Chrome dev console' and see if any errors are reported. Typing Puck.debug=3 in the dev console before you connect will show you all communications between the Puck and the Mac

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Posted at 2021-11-17 by DanDyse

Hey Gordon, thank you for getting back so quickly. Yes, the electricity meter example.
I use WebBLE on my iPhone, the connection is definitely working. But as I said: all is black. Now I think this is because it uploads something everytime I connect - thus reseting the whole thing. How can I connect without uploading something?! One more question: what happens if the power runs out? Guess it not only shuts off, but all data is lost as well?

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Posted at 2021-11-17 by @gfwilliams

Ahh, that could be it. When you connect with WebBLE and the meter viewer it shouldn't reset anything, but yes, if you re-upload code with the Web IDE then it will.

You can connect with the Web IDE and it won't reset anything - just don't click the 'upload' button or type reset().

If the power runs out then the data will be lost as well. It'd definitely be possible to save the data to a file in flash memory (maybe each day at midnight) so it wasn't lost, but that wasn't implemented in the code for the tutorial.

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Posted at 2021-11-18 by DanDyse

Maybe I am blind, but I don't see any button / option to do this. How do I connect without uploading?

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Posted at 2021-11-22 by ChrisS

The button should be in the upper left corner but it is missing in your screenshot.
Could it be that an addon is "hiding" it? E.g. cosmetic filtering in uBlock Origin?

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Posted at 2021-11-25 by @gfwilliams

Did you sort this out?

I just tried WebBLE again here and it works fine for me - I see the connect icon

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Posted at 2021-11-25 by DanDyse

It's been my Adblocker misinterpreting the icon. Thank you!