need help configuring switch

[wonk]

Hi,
I connected a switch TCRT5000 to a NodeMCU with ESPEasy. The optical digtal sensor is looking to a ferraris counter with a turning wheel. Its normaly HIGH and a count is a LOW impulse for some tenth second. As I do not have a special plugin for this switch, I took the normal switch input plugin here: https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... witch-page. I only changed the GPIO data to D6, where my wire is connected. But it does not work. The green value on the devices tap does not change, althouph I see at the device LED, that the status is changing. What data on the device page do I have to alter?
Gruss, wonk

[ingoiot]

can you measure a voltage on the GPIO pin?
also the overview page is not always that fast.
is there something in the logs?

[wonk]

Hi,
sorry, it is the other way: when LED on sensor is ON, the signal is LOW, when LED ist OFF for a short time, signal goes up to 2.5V.
Some log output:

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66295831: SW : GPIO=12 State=1 Output value=1
66296917: SW : GPIO=12 State=0 Output value=0
66304351: WD : Uptime 1105 ConnectFailures 6490 FreeMem 19216 WiFiStatus WL_CONNECTED ESPeasy internal wifi status: Conn. IP Init
66325617: SW : GPIO=12 State=1 Output value=1
66326717: SW : GPIO=12 State=0 Output value=0
66334351: WD : Uptime 1106 ConnectFailures 6490 FreeMem 19136 WiFiStatus WL_CONNECTED ESPeasy internal wifi status: Conn. IP Init
66347718: SW : GPIO=12 State=1 Output value=1
66347817: SW : GPIO=12 State=0 Output value=0
66357317: SW : GPIO=12 State=1 Output value=1
66358518: SW : GPIO=12 State=0 Output value=0
66364351: WD : Uptime 1106 ConnectFailures 6490 FreeMem 19136 WiFiStatus WL_CONNECTED ESPeasy internal wifi status: Conn. IP Init
66392017: SW : GPIO=12 State=1 Output value=1
66393317: SW : GPIO=12 State=0 Output value=0
66394351: WD : Uptime 1107 ConnectFailures 6490 FreeMem 19136 WiFiStatus WL_CONNECTED ESPeasy internal wifi status: Conn. IP Init

What sort of timecode is the first number?
Although there is a switch of output state, I cannot see this in the green value output.
Gruss, wonk

[TD-er]

The first number is the 'uptime' in msec.
N.B. this may wrap to 0 every 49.7 days

[ingoiot]

maybe this is what you are looking for?

https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... R5000.html

[wonk]

Hi,
thank you, that helps. It is the right plugin, it shows values. But I do not understand configuring. It seems, I can get three values: Delta, Total, Time
What is Delta, Total, Time?
What is the meaning of %value% in this case?
Why do I have to set an interval?
I only know that every 480 turns of the wheel are 1 KWh.
Gruss, wonk

[ingoiot]

dont knmow how this really works,but im guessing that

setting type to total and mode to change,
activating send single event with all values,
setting the formula to %value%/480
at an intervall of 10 sec.
should give you the total amount of used kwh since last reboot. every 10 seconds.