New install from scratch on a Raspberry Pi 3

[glyn.hudson]

@Joaquin_Lopez

The 1st time I connect to the web interface I have to create a user, isn’t it?

This user will act as the admin user for the web interface?

Yes, correct. By default the pre-built SD card only allows a single Emoncms user (admin). You can change that by editing /var/www/emoncms/settings.php

@Joaquin_Lopez

If I want to read the parameters sent by an Eastron SDM220 modbus connected via an USB-485 converter,

Sorry, I have no experience of this meter. Maybe search the forums? I found this thread:

Eastron Energy SDM220 Meter - EmonTX Direct Pulse Counting?

So, I picked up an Eastron SDM220-Pulse energy meter from China: Aliexpress SDM220-Pulse link Which is a DIN rail mounted power meter, I see some people in Europe are using the 3-phase versions for their monitoring but using the RS485 output. I bought the Pulse version, which looks to have the RS485 actually there but not labelled - RS485<-> USB interface in the post at the moment to test that theory. It looks to reading this manual I found that it has a passive pulse output, so I feed in vol…