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WATTSVIEW FULL $239

Wattsivew serial dc power monitor sensor data logger volts amps watts watt-hours WH AH Amp Hours

 

 

WATTSVIEW STARTER $189

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WATTSVIEW BASIC $169

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RS232 Power Monitor (Adaptable to USB)

Wattsview fee software, includes sensor and software to display generator data nicely.

 

 

Owners Manual

  • WattsVIEW Data Logger Software (Windows and MAC OS X):  Test Drive Now (Windows)

  • WattsVIEW Software License: No licensing fees, no limit on usage, no hidden costs.

  • Software Display: Graph Charts, Data logger history,  analog panel meter indicators, & Digital Readouts (Download and test drive software to see the great graphics, or look at these screen shots.)

  • Owner's Manual: Download

  • Digital IO: 8 Bits that can be used to control relays for a light or heater.  These digital IO can sink or source 10mA

  • Distance: 25 ft. using normal RS232 communication.  Or you can get a range up to  3,000 feet using wire & RS485 extenders. (See options HERE)

  • Measurements: DC Volts, Amps, Watts, Watt Hours (WH), Calories, Amp Hours (AH)

  • Max Voltage: 200 VDC

  • LabVIEW 6.1 Software Drivers:

  • 3D CAD Models

  • Serial Port Adapter NOT included. 

 

PLEASE NOTE:

You will need to purchase your own USB to Serial Adapter

like one of the units shown HERE:

 

 

ARRIVES IN 3 TO 5 DAYS WITHIN THE U.S.

ARRIVES IN 1 to 2 WEEKS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS

 
WattsVIEW Options

FOR ORDERS OUTSIDE U.S. - CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

FREE LABVIEW   DRIVER DOWNLOAD   

You get free power monitoring / data logging software with this sensor. 

However, if you want to write  your own LabVIEW program

you can download and use this driver to talk to the sensor.

 

Screen shots of the driver software are shown below.

 

 

  WattsVIEW Driver     (LabVIEW 6.1)   ver 1.1

  WattsVIEW Driver  (LabVIEW 8.0)   ver 1.2

  WattsVIEW Driver  (LabVIEW 2012)  ver 1.2

 

 

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RS232 Serial power monitor for solar panels wind turbines and other DC power monitoring applications           

 

 

 

 

APPLICATIONS

 

SOLAR POWER MONITORING APPLICATION

SENSOR POWERED BY AC WALL ADAPTER

 

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WIND TURBINE POWER APPLICATION

SENSOR POWERED BY 12V or 25V BATTERY

 

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DC-10,000W POWER SENSOR SPECIFICATIONS

 

NOTE: This sensor is not calibrated and is for indication only.  The current measurement only accurate if you take time

to zero it out and check the calibration with a known good current source.  The same goes for the voltage measurement.

 

PARAMETER

MIN

MAX

DC Current (Amps)

-40

60

DC Voltage

0

200

MAX WATTS

0

10,000 W

OPERATING VOLTAGE

12VDC

30VDC

SAMPLING RATE

Takes 16 readings every 0.7 seconds and gives you an average from those 16 readings.

Digital IO

7 Digital IO bits that operate from 0 to 5 Volts DC

POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR STYLE

2.5mm ID Center Positive

CURRENT MONITORING METHOD STYLE

Hall Effect Current Transducer (Electrically isolated from your current carrying conductor.)

POWER CONSUMPTION

< 1 Watt  (30 mA @ 12 volts)

PCB PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS

Just the Circuit Board 3" X 2"

Circuit mounted on plate  4" X 2.5"

Max wire diameter able to be used with current sensor

0.4 Inches (9.2mm)

~Size 6 AWG

COMMUNICATION STANDARD

RS232 – SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS 9600 BAUD, 8 Data bits, No Parity, No Flow Control

COMMUNICATION CABLE TYPE

Male to Female Straight Through Cable DB 9 PIN

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL

Asynchronous ASCII Numerical Text, no checksum, no handshaking

DATA STRING EXAMPLE

(Standard V,A,W Mode)

000012.1V 00001.0A 00012.1W 00000.0WH

DATA STRING EXAMPLE

(Panel Meter  Mode)

Model L61001-BL (Red)

Or

Model L51001-BL (Green)

*0H 00000.0A

More info on meters at:

http://www.laurels.com/magna_serial.htm

TEXT DELIMITER

Spaces

END OF LINE CHARACTER

CARRIAGE RETURN \r\n

 

 

 

 

Here you see the WattsVIEW sensor being used to show how much power is being

generated from a bicycle generator system.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
OTHER PRODUCTS

SINGLE WIRE CURRENT SENSOR

 

 Honeywell current sensor hall effect transducer DC current solar panel

 

5 WAY  CURRENT SENSOR BOARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEST DRIVE FREE SOFTWARE

FREE PLANS: MAKE YOUR OWN USB POWER MONITOR

 

            

WATCH VIDEO DEMO 1

 

WATCH VIDEO DEMO 2

 

 

 

 

Watch Wind Turbine Video Demo

 

Sunforce 600 Watt wind turbine benchmark test volts, amps, watts, amp hours

 

 

 

 

FREE POWER MONITORING SOFTWARE

Guaranteed 100% Secure - No Spyware / No Malware / No annoying Pop up advertisements.

 

Download and Test drive WattsVIEW® software for windows and you will be able to see simulated data on graphs and charts showing volts, amps, and Watts.  Also Watt Hours.  

The log file display screen will allow you to open up log files and see them on a graph.  Or you can import log files into EXCEL or any other spreadsheet file.

 

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WattsVIEWtm FREE SOFTWARE

Version Serial  3.0

(For Windows)

WattsVIEWtm

Instruction / Owner's Manual

USB to Serial Windows Drivers  HL-340

 LabVIEW Serial Vi Library (LabVIEW 6.1)

 

 

    

 

 

 

VIDEO DEMO

 

EXTRA LARGE WATT METER DISPLAY  

  • RS232 SERIAL compatible

  • Made to work directly with the DC-10,000W Sensor

  • Can be used as stand alone meter to work with your custom software application

  • Perfect for science centers, events, and shows

  • Dimensions: 14 X 9 inches

  • Color: Red
  • Visibility Distance: 200 Yards
  • Natural Wood Frame. The remaining units are USED and may have some cosmetic blemishes on one or more surfaces. They are in great shape otherwise.
  • Camera tripod compatable screw mount on bottom of wooden enclosure.

VIDEO DEMO

$391.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For support questions call or send an email or refer to the instruction manual or the diagram below.  

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CAD DRAWINGS

This section if for designers / hardware integrating engineers who are creating models of an assembled system. 

The 3D Cad files below contain basic measurements of the WattsVIEW  DC-10,000W sensor.

 

 

.IGS FILE PRO-E  .PRT files SOLID WORKS FILE ADOBE PHOTO SHOP .PSD FILE

SPREADSHEETS

 
DATA LOGGING & SPREADSHEETS

Here you can see data collected by WattsVIEW®  during an to charge a Duracell battery powerpack using a pedal power  bicycle generator.  The powerpack has a 28 Amp Hour AGM.  AGM stands for "absorbed glass mat"  which equates to being a sealed / non spillable battery.  

 This data Logging Software saves data to your computer hard drive at a rate 1 sample per second up to 1 sample per hour.  The data is stored into a tab delimited text file like the one shown HERE.

 

 

Sample Data Log File

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Power Monitoring (Volts, Amps, Watts) Sample Data Log File

Below is data from an actual log file created by WattsVIEW®  Data Logging Software.  You can copy this data and paste it into Microsoft Xcel or any other spreadsheet program to create your own graphs and perform analysis.   You can tell by the stamps that the sampling interval was set at a logging interval of about once per second.  The last column in the table provides a very accurate time stamp - giving you more resolution than the typical time stamp.

Date Time Volts Amps Watts Watt Hours seconds counter
2/8/2010 6:21:21 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480081.3
2/8/2010 6:21:22 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480082.2
2/8/2010 6:21:24 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480084.1
2/8/2010 6:21:25 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480085.0
2/8/2010 6:21:26 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480085.5
2/8/2010 6:21:27 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480087.0
2/8/2010 6:21:28 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480087.9
2/8/2010 6:21:31 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480090.6
2/8/2010 6:21:31 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480090.7
2/8/2010 6:21:32 AM 12.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 3348480091.6
2/8/2010 6:21:34 AM 12.8 3.2 41.0 0.0 3348480093.5
2/8/2010 6:21:34 AM 12.8 3.0 38.4 0.1 3348480094.5
2/8/2010 6:21:36 AM 12.8 3.0 38.4 0.1 3348480095.7
2/8/2010 6:21:36 AM 12.8 4.3 55.0 0.1 3348480096.4
2/8/2010 6:21:37 AM 13.0 3.9 50.7 0.1 3348480097.3
2/8/2010 6:21:39 AM 13.3 5.1 67.8 0.1 3348480099.2
2/8/2010 6:21:40 AM 13.7 7.5 102.8 0.2 3348480100.1
2/8/2010 6:21:41 AM 13.7 7.5 102.8 0.2 3348480100.7
2/8/2010 6:21:41 AM 13.7 7.9 108.2 0.2 3348480101.1
2/8/2010 6:21:43 AM 13.7 6.7 91.8 0.2 3348480103.0

  

 

 

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A custom versions of this software with your company logo and name, colors, & artwork is available.  Pricing plans include per sale licensing fee up to world wide distribution rights.

 

  Learn how the  WattsVIEW power sensor was used by Duracell to light part of New York Time Square

(  New Years Eve for the 2nd Consecutive Year)
The video clip below shows human pedal power generators with each having it's own power display in the background.  The WattsVIEW Sensor is installed inside each pedal power generator being used to supply serial port data a small laptop which updates the  Macromedia flash application shown in this video. The WattsVIEW software ran on each pedal power generator system and provided the data needed to calculate total battery charging Amp Hours and Watt Hours through the month of December.  This allowed event  organizers to know that they had enough power to light the "2010" in Time Square at Midnight of New Years Eve.

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 Watch this video to see a customized version Of WattsVIEW used to monitor 9 Pedal Power Bicycle Generators.

Contact us today  for a customized version of WattsVIEW for your company.

 

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This is the perfect product for educators who are looking for ways to teach youth about energy.  Click here to read about some available curriculum .  Below you can see WattsVIEWTM   being used at a 6th grade science camp in Payson Arizona.  

WattsVIEW power monitoring software at school 6th grade science camp in Payson Arizona

A folding table was used to hold a laptop running the WattsVIEWTM power monitoring software, and a projector which was putting the image of the Watts Graph onto a large screen for all to observe during each student's turn.

 

 

 





 

 

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