Connecting using the infrared flashing LED
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onMy Smart meter "i-credit 500 PRI", has an 3200 impulse/kWh flashing infared LED.
http://www.securetogether.com/iCredit-family.aspx
Would a device something like hhhh://phk.freebsd.dk/Eldims/
{replace the "hhhh" with "http", as your spam filter didn’t like it?}
work to detect the flashes and convert these into usable pulses. (i think the pulses are about 30ms). (how clean does the signal need to be)? is a sketchy sign wave ok, or does it need to have proper digital shape?
This would then show 100% correct energy usage, and you could just stick it onto the meter?