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EEVblog:
My net energy meters have been replaced with a new fangled Smart Energy Meter as we call them in Australia.
This gives the option of potential time of day usage using other energy providers that offer low cost off-peak energy rates for battery or EV charging.
I presume I can connect the IR port on the front for capturing the data?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OGYexV34vCU

darkspr1te:
Search you fav tech store for Win7/8/10/11 USB to IR Infrared Optical Adapter for Energy Meter IEC1107 DLMS kWh Meter
if you are wanting wireless then there is a Tuya based device for that but it requires the smartlife/tuya home app and pulling data to other sources is hard.
if you have a HomeAssitant setup then use https://community.home-assistant.io/t/electricity-smart-meter-optical-ir-port/327517/7


darkspr1te

nali:
That IR port is more or less the smartmeter version of a UART0 debug... engineers can upgrade the firmware and do a bit of poking around through there. Don't expect anything tasty though, they're properly locked down.

Gyro:
Do they not provide you with home displays (IHD) in Australia? They do in the UK, which give you individual and combines energy information if you have a smart gas meter too.

They're by no means perfect, but they can provide a fair amount of statistics.

Eg.




They communicate over Zigbee.

woofy:
The home display that came with my smart meter was pretty minimal and the meter doesn't monitor everything I wanted anyway.
I built an ESP based energy monitor that can take up to 8 CT clamp inputs. This sends an MQTT message to Home Assistant every 10 seconds, measuring current, power direction and mains voltage.
I'm currently monitoring 4 items, Grid, Solar, Battery and EV charging. The smart meter would only give me grid info so I didn't bother with it, though I can see what its up to on the monthly reports from Octopus.
Unless grid info is all you require, an energy monitor may be a better option.

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