This page is supposed to help getting [[http://developer.mysmartgrid.de/doku.php?id=fluksousbboard|fluksoUSB]] to work.

There are bits and pieces for most of it floating around the net - alas it doesn't seem to work properly yet.

=== What is fluksoUSB? ===
To answer this you should first of all give [[http://flukso.net/|Flukso]] itself a look. Flukso is an open source web-based community metering application. It basically consists of two devices combined into one:
  * an ATmega based measuring PCB that you can hook up transducers to
  * an Atheros based OpenWRT system
The two of them are linked via UART (for Flukso v1 - it's SPI for Flukso v2 which is going to be available any time soon).
fluksoUSB ist the ATmega part of Flukso


=== Hardware ===
There is a [[fluksousbboard|brilliant description]] on how to get the hardware to work 

The description to fix the sub-1000W-bug can be found [[fluksousbboardbugfix|here]].

=== Software ===
  * You can find software for it [[https://github.com/comsound/flukso/|in comsound's github repo]]. It doesn't give readings below some 1.000 Watts though - still some funny bug in it.
    * has nothing to do with the software, only a hardware-bug, see below
  * domke seems to have put together [[https://github.com/domke/optoreader|something]], too.

=== Issues ===
  * Using [[https://github.com/comsound/flukso/|comsound's github repo]] fluksoUSB only gives "0 Watts" below a load of some 1.000 Watts
    * hardware-bug, see questions

=== Questions ===
  * What stops us from using [[https://github.com/icarus75/flukso/tree/develop/mote/v2|the new flukso code]]?
    * The new flukso uses SPI for communication, which the current hardware cant handle, but the fluksousb v2 can (currently in planning)
  * Why does fluksoUSB only show reasonable values when more than 1.000 Watts are connected?
    * this is due to the offset-error from the ADC of the Atmel, which is higher when running at 5V compared to the 3V in the original flukso v1.
    * To resolv the issue, it is necessary to aply a voltage of about 20mV(for one current clamp, 3 not yet tested) to the ground connector(black wire) of the current clamp. This can be done using a voltage divider(or potentiometer) connected to JP3 1st and last pins. I will provide more detailed instructions (with images) soon.

=== People working on it ===
 * Dominik Keller
    * mission statement: reading smart meter data via optical interface, using a modified FluksoUSB
    * git repo(s): [[https://github.com/domke/optoreader]]
    * blog/other: [[optoreader]]
 * Justin Otherguy
    * mission statement: get the guys working on fluksoUSB onto one virtual table, make fluksoUSB work against volkszaehler
    * git repo(s): -
    * blog/other: -
 * Stephan Platz
    * mission statement: build OpenWRT packages for fluksoUSB
    * git repo(s): [[https://github.com/gonium/msg-flukso]]
    * blog/other: [[customflukso]]
 * Tobias Jeske
    * mission statement: build library for encoding and decoding SML messages, written in C, platform-independent
    * git repo(s): -
    * blog/other: -
 * Maximilian Eckardt
    * mission statement: fix hardware-bugs, make new fluksousb, compatible with flukso v2 and optoreader
    * git repo(s): [[https://github.com/comsound/flukso]]
    * blog/other: -