Troubleshooting the Wireless Pulse Counter

In most cases the Wireless Pulse Counter is just plug and play. But if you do have problems getting readings from your Wireless Pulse Counter, please have a look at this trouble shooting guideline.
I will update this post when needed.

First. Make sure your Tellstick DUO/NET have a firmware equal to, or higher than 12 for DUO or 17 for NET or 79 for RFXtrx433. Here is more information for the Tellsticks, http://developer.telldus.com/blog/2014/04/03/tellduscenter_2.1.2. In this firmware version there has been a correction in the Fineoffset protocol that enables the checksum feature in the protocol. This will ensure that you do not get any false readings.

The WPC does not show up in TelldusCenter (or similar):

• Make sure that the LED on the WPC is blinking once every minute. The LED blink when it transmit data. Even if it has not detected any blinks.
• Make sure that the Tellstick blinks at the same time the WPC LED blink. This indicates that the Tellstick have received and decoded the data.

The WPC show up in TelldusCenter (or similar), but the counter value is not changing:

• Make sure that the "eye" of the WPC can receive pulses. Aim a standard TV-remote to the "eye" and press a button. Make sure that you do this where there is very dim light. The next transmission you get should then be seen as an increased value.
• If the LED blinks more often than once every minute. If it blinks every 10 seconds or so. Then it is likely that you use a USB power pack that is too "smart" for the WPC. Some of the power packs automatically shut down if there is no load. The WPC draws so little power that some of the power packs thinks that nothing is connected and turns off and on. When it restarts all the time, it will always send the same value.

The WPC show up in TelldusCenter (or similar), but the counter value is unreasonably high:

• It is likely that there are false detections. This could be due to light coming in from the sides of the WPC and the Electric meter. Use for example styrofoam to make a tight mounting. Cut out a sheet and make a small hole for the WPC "eye" (the phototransistor) and place it all right on top of the LED on the Electric meter.