Wattson OptiSmart Gateway - Received, Installed & Running in 10 minutes ! LIVE USAGE, GENERATION & NET USAGE Accessible from Anywhere to Everyone

Mark Elliott from Energeno just sent me the New Wattson OptiSmart Device, a Wattson Gateway which gets Usage and Generation Signals from the Wattson Transmitter and Broadcasts it to an Online Portal - it is replacing the Wattson Anywhere device & portal that I beta tested for several months before and is much better, especially for the portal part -

Powered by EnergyHive, the Portal gives State of Art Live Usage & Generation info, Power and Energy Graphs, the Part of Energy used at Home vs Imported from the Grid, and much more ...

Check out my portal available to everyone here: http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/DIYESSKit

Here are all the pictures taken during the very easy install ...

New ! DIY ESS Live Cam via UStream on the blogs

Monday, watching my live Generation (Solar + ESS) and Net Usage via Karotz - a webcam electronic pet at home - I thought I should share these information with all, to show that when the live effect of Solar and my Energy Storage System on our Home Power Consumption

Looking for a live standalone webcam solution I finally selected this Logitech Broadcaster cam, which connects directly to my internet router at home and broadcasts the live stream through UStream

Few days after, the package arrives and after an easy set up with my Mac - can be done with the iPhone or iPad also -, the live stream started

After moving the 2 Wattson units downstairs, I ended stacking them like you can see on the picture, pointing the webcam towards them and hit the Broadcast top button ...

I eventually found the embed HTML code on my newly created UStream channel called DIY ESS Live Cam and put it on blogger

DIY ESS Live Cam via UStream is now visible on my two blogs, http://www.myelifenow.com and http://www.diyesskit.com

Arrived from the NL




Here is the beast :-)


Battery, standalone, broadcasting to Ustream, I like these features




Nice, already broadcasting, the Cloud is Red


A new firmware was found during the set up, and uploaded to the device




We are Live !


The iPhone App


UStream account linkage





This stand is pretty neat, and it is also a box where you can put the cam to travel - 2 in 1 -


Testing on this small frame


Live USTREAM feed


It's working !


From the iPhone app


you can control even better, see the battery level, stop and stop broadcasting



MyELifeNow blog integration - top right -


you can even see the live viewers ...


New set up downstairs


UStream iPhone app


This is what I use now to follow my home Generation & Net Usage