Tweet-a-Watt Scrambled Output

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Tweet-a-Watt Scrambled Output

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I completed a build of the Tweet-a-Watt using a kit from adafruit. My Kill-a-Watt is the surface mount version. I am receiving data from the transmitter, but nothing of any real use. Any ideas? Sample output below:

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~TP"BANNED~TP"ñÆó&BANNED   ð|ðîð¨BANNED<BANNED
                                                            ðç~TX"g÷
                                                                    õ>BANNED
ðdïÂðð¶BANNED¤BANNED~T^"BANNED#ðâñ¥BANNED/BANNED;BANNED
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~TM"BANNED@BANNED±ïðrðéð©ñ§BANNED~TJ"BANNED¢BANNED?BANNED­ïýðpï£~TL"?BANNED´BANNED«ñ¢BANNED÷BANNED>ïq~TL"@õ5ó~ï×ïFïÛñ¥BANNED%ó¸BANNED?BANNED(ððöðB~TL"<ï
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                                                                               ð~ïñð¨BANNED÷óTI"éî¡BANNED*BANNED!BANNED?BANNED"BANNED¨BANNED~TI"ãï¡BANNED
                                                            BANNED!óÄó&BANNED>BANNED=óÿóq~TI"BANNED,BANNED@BANNED`ïãñ¤BANNED~TI"BANNED¢BANNED:BANNED÷BANNED>BANNED,ó¢~TH"BANNED
            BANNED<BANNED¸BANNED~TI"£BANNED­BANNED,ñ?BANNED¡BANNED§BANNED~TI"BANNED:BANNED£ðð»BANNED|~TI"BANNED*BANNED@BANNED§BANNED
BANNED~TI"ùõ?BANNED·ï%BANNED.BANNED@ñ²ïï

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jamesm
 
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Re: Tweet-a-Watt Scrambled Output

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Have you looked at this page?

http://www.ladyada.net/make/tweetawatt/software.html

It looks to me like you're looking at the raw serial output of the tweet-a-watt. You need a program on the host PC to decode it.

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Re: Tweet-a-Watt Scrambled Output

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Also make sure your baud rate is correct.

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