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Technical Details
- RJ45 to USB Data Cable allows you to download data from your Current Cost Display to a PC
- Open a world, where you can collect data about energy usage
- Makes your Current Cost Display more effective
- Historical data
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Product Description
Using a Data Cable, users can download to their PC the data gathered by their Current Cost Energy Monitor. Being able to see and graph usage gives users a broader understanding of electricity use. RJ45 to USB (A) 'active' cables allow the download of data from the Current Cost display to a PC. The cable includes the prolific (USB-Serial) chipset - the driver can be found on our website. Compatible with ENVI or ENVI R displays
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I ordered one of these with my ENVI 128, confused that it might have turned up late after I received my main unit I found it enclosed in the box with the ENVI.
It worked out-the-box on Ubuntu Karmic, detected as a USB serial controller and attached to ttyUSB0 (iirc), running 'cat /dev/ttyUSB0' immediately read off the XML stream in all it's glory.
No problems with the build quality unlike the ENVI itself, a more general-purpose USB serial controller with a DE-9 connector would have been nice but you can't have everything.
It worked out-the-box on Ubuntu Karmic, detected as a USB serial controller and attached to ttyUSB0 (iirc), running 'cat /dev/ttyUSB0' immediately read off the XML stream in all it's glory.
No problems with the build quality unlike the ENVI itself, a more general-purpose USB serial controller with a DE-9 connector would have been nice but you can't have everything.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Unfortunately this product did not work. I downloaded the XP driver from the Current Cost website. Though advertised as being composed of 32 and 64 bit download, the only alternatives were 'Run' and 'Save'. This could not be installed and the response from Current Cost wsa poor. They said that the download had been tried and tested and to make sure that I had chosen the correct one - XP or Mac. The attachment giving instructions was damaged and could not be opened. I emailed a response to their email but so far have not had a reply - a matter of 9 days to date. Without the data cable working, the energy monitor is a useless toy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Just to put the review into perspective I use the cable in conjunction with the Current Cost Envi and the recommended Techtoniq Energy Station 2.0 software.
Firstly, I found the cable well made and the packaging adequate for posting. However, what I didn't expect was to discover that the driver wasn't recognised by Windows 7. However, I found Current Cost support to be first class and a new driver was sent via e-mail within hours.
As I have already stated I use the Techtoniq Energy Station 2.0 software and found that the cable sends the data without problems from the Envi and displays it in a wide range of formats to truly discover my electricity consumption.
I would have recommended a `Five Star' rating but the initial problems with drivers slightly blemished a very good product.
Firstly, I found the cable well made and the packaging adequate for posting. However, what I didn't expect was to discover that the driver wasn't recognised by Windows 7. However, I found Current Cost support to be first class and a new driver was sent via e-mail within hours.
As I have already stated I use the Techtoniq Energy Station 2.0 software and found that the cable sends the data without problems from the Envi and displays it in a wide range of formats to truly discover my electricity consumption.
I would have recommended a `Five Star' rating but the initial problems with drivers slightly blemished a very good product.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Warning: Not always reliable...
This cable does not seem to offer hardware handshaking when connected to an EnviR display.
This means that you might run into data errors as the EnviR display unit runs at... Read more
This means that you might run into data errors as the EnviR display unit runs at... Read more
Published 4 days ago by awall
Works fine
I bought this to access the historical data on my electricity monitor from British Gas which I think might be a re-badged Current Cost CC128. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Martin Burgess
No longer supported
Unfortunately Current Cost have abandoned support for this cable. They used to offer software to upload the data to Google Power Meter, which has now closed. Read more
Published 23 days ago by MoJo
Why Bother?
Having already purchased a Current Cost meter and been impressed with its functions, I thought it would be great to connect it to the computer. So I purchased this cable. Read more
Published on 14 April 2010 by Mr. Alwyn J. Royall
Hardware OK, driver very poor!
The hardware - an RJ45 , cable and USB dongle, was as described, well made and delivered promptly.. However, the most up to date driver I could find does not support Windows 7... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by David Beale
Rather pathetic
This device was not what I hoped.
Maybe it would have done what it claimed, but it was so badly made that it fell to pieces when I plugged it into my computer. Read more
Maybe it would have done what it claimed, but it was so badly made that it fell to pieces when I plugged it into my computer. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by M. PEERS
Well, it does the job
I was most surprised to receive not the blister packed professional cabling I was expecting but instead a very home made looking cable with the plugs either end not matching (one... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2009 by Mark Webb
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