Finally, log on to the Flume portal at and select the three horizontal dashes in the top. This meter easily attaches to your current flow meter and allows you to monitor your water usage from your smartphone. S0nniez implementation above added a backend query that will report lastminute usage so using webcore you can do away mode automations if you need shorter interval than what the Flume app currently allows. Once you have both readings you will subtract the two readings to get the number of gallons (or cubic feet) used If the meter reads in Cubic Feet, simply multiply the difference by 7.48 to convert to gallons. If you have a traditional water flow meter on your home, but need something more advanced, then this smart meter from Flume should do the trick. You can create automations that will kickoff when the device reports wet condition** and away mode using webcore.
Using the front end/Flume app the alerts can be based on gpm above x for y minutes ( y** = 4 minutes versus 15 seconds on the Streamlabs implementation) The Flume implementation is dependent on the default alerts and custom alerts you configured first through the Flume app. Please click Get Offer to see if this offer is still available in your district. Versus the flume api that doesn’t have away/home setting so no way to set it to away mode and kick off 15 seconds interval monitoring. Special Offer Get Flume for just 49 (plus tax and shipping) after Instant Rebate from CalWater This offer has reached capacity and is closed in some districts. For these lids, you must loosen the 5-sided nut before you can open the lid. Ohio Valley, Washington DC, Denver), most meter lids look like this: The lids above are a little trickier to get open. The Flume® Smart Water System: How to open your meter pit lid.
so it seems that when it’s set to away it’s monitoring on 15 seconds intervals Please watch this short video for a quick demonstration. Based on the followingĪwayLeak : Generated when the homeAway mode is set to away and water flows for more than 15 seconds. The Stream labs away/home has specific api feature. I ended up using bits of this and that, some custom tweaks here and there, and after a lot of log.debug statements using web Smartthings IDE that at times provides zero stack tracing I created this Flume frankenstein app…Again enjoy… First github contribution too woohoo, more to come, stay tuned. Since it’s a frankenstein app it might have redundant methods…feel free to clean up methods or debug statements as you see fit.Īcknowledgements: My first Smartthings app and groovy stab, want to thank for his implementation: StreamLabs Smart Home Water Meter InterfaceĪlso thank Honeywell Lyric Water Leak Sensor ConnectĪlso thank michaeldavie Flume Water Meter - #42 by ender7 - Hardware - Home Assistant CommunityĪnd this one not sure who the author is Reddit - Dive into anything
It will turn to ‘wet’ if a Low Flow Leak is detected by Flume Water Meter.Īlso you will need to adjust for your time zone line 337. Search for and download the 'Flume Water' App. It doesn’t have the home/away that stream labs water meter has so the interface looks slightly different. Step 1: Go to the App Store (Apple or Google Play) on your phone.