Ofloo schreef:Dus als ik het goed begrijp, is het gewoon een usb stick ? dan hoef ik geen fonera te kopen, dan kan ik het net zo goed op in mijn laptop ubuntu, of .. computer bsd steken? Nu heb ik op die site aan het kijken geweest ik zie niks in die aard. om het aan te kopen he.
t'is nog in "beta"...je hoeft gewoon op contact te klikken (
[email protected]?) en te informeren...
dit is de info die ik heb verworven via email:
en ja je kunt het op je "pc" koppelen...natuurlijk handiger dat je een 4W embedded linux neemt dan een 70+ watt pc daarvoor speciaal te moeten van stroom voorzien...het idee van intelligent energie beheer is net overbodige stroomvreters weg te nemen
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I agree, it is not very clear what owbox can do. It is because the system is still under development.
You can see the status of the project in the page 'developpement' :
http://www.owbox.com/v1/zigbee-modules- ... opment.php
Owbox has been designed to improve the comfort, monitor and reduce the power consumption, ... We do the same thing that google powermeter for several years now, and much more We have a module that can monitor up to 4500W but it is easy to monitor upper or lower power.
The owbox network is based on a wireless sensor network. It does not use any proprietary protocol like zigbee nor z-wave or ...
It is based on 802.15.4 (2.4GHz) and the new IPv6 layer 6LowPAN.
For the sensors, we essentially use zigbit modules based on ATMEL componant.
The os we use is contiki;
The previous version of owbox was a software installed in ADSL gateways like BTHub or LiveBox (France Telecom) and use a 1-wire adapter to acquire or control some 1-wire devices.
We have decided few month ago to move from a centralized system to a distributed one. All modules control their output, share their entries, and can of course use data from other.
It can work alone.
As we have a distributed solution, I think we need a gateway to send/share data to Internet, and to reduce the bandwith.
And this is why I think the fonera could be a very good solution for the gateway.
Today, we only have development boards but no commercial ones (no plastic boxes). If you are interested to use, develop or buy some usual components ... let us know.
6LowPAN uses the same band and drivers that zigbee. It will always be possible to reprog them if you don't like owbox
our dongle is the atmel one, use the same band and should be detected as a network interface because ndis has been implemented.
about the 'european' power meter, you need :
- a current sensor connected to one zigbit. The current sensor we use is contactless and can be plugged arround all type of power cable(phasis or neutral). Very usefull, not dangerous(! 220V is always dangerous but without contact, it's better) but expensive.
And there is 2 possibilities to show the result :
- a zigbit with a digital display. With this module, you can see the power consumption,
- and/or the 802.15.4 gateway based on a 802.15.4 dongle
With this network, all modules are communicating with each others. So we can imagine to have 20 power display, every where in the house...
Price for a working solution :
- power sensor module (zigbee+contactless current sensor) : 100€
- power monitor module (zigbee+LCD display): 50€
- full gateway (asus eepc701 + 802.15.4 dongle) : 180€
- 802.15.4 dongle : 40€
- and motion detector, temperature sensor
- controled power plug (under development)
It's very expensive because we are at the beginning of the project, and buy very small quatity of components.
Until now, with an eeepc asus 701, it is not possible to start the gateway with the dongle plugged in. We have to plug it after boot and every time the dongle bugs (1 time/month)