Can't get Kaifa meter to work.

[rewolff]

Got a new meter friday, however I can't get this to work.
Every time I fix something the next thing pops up.
My meter is the latest protocol version, so runs at 115200 baud. Similarly, if the meter isn't on /dev/ttyUSB0, the program is a hassle to use if that cannot be configured but has to be provided on each commandline.

I got it so far as to start parsing stuff but then when it tried to convert stuff to kwh by multiplying by 1000, I get a "nonetype" that cannot be multiplied. This means that the error is somewhere else and my python is iinsufficient to trace where things go wrong.

[rewolff]

Here is a message from my meter to aid in further debugging.
smartmeter.txt
I've blacked out some serial numbers as I've seen others do. The x's represent digits, their number is correct.

[nrocco]

Hi rewolff,

Thanks for providing sample output. As soon as I am near a workstation I will do some troubleshooting.

Nico Di Rocco

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Here is a message from my meter to aid in further debugging.
smartmeter.txt
I'v blacked out some serial numbers as I've seen others do. The x's represent digits, their number is correct.

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[rewolff]

Note that I have a "Kaifa" and that there is still a pull request open said to improve things for a kaifa.
I have the 105C, where the C denotes the latest version with 115k2 serial and latest updates to the protocol. (IIRC, some units were adjusted from Wh to kWh. things like that).

[nrocco]

@rewolff I have just merged to pull requests into master and created a new tag and published it here

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/smeterd/2.4.0

Can you try now?

[Atrejoe]

Reading the telegram, I think a some of @rewolff s issues are resolved in #8 (reading the gas meter)
The parsing of the kWh is a localization issue I think. Our meters seem to have a . for decimal seperator and this is interpreted as a thousand separator, but i'd have to investigate that and make a separate issue.