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Pros & Cons
Pros
The rainforest eagle-200 is a great way to monitor your energy usage. The data is stored for free by rainforest automation so there are not recurring costs after the first cost of their secured meter interface product. App is okay but the best part is... Read More
The eagle gateway broadcasts a wifi signal that you can connect to with a laptop or smartphone. Relocating the unit closer to the physical meter resolves these issues.
Cons
Rainforest automation is a joke. The api returns malformed xml, and their xml tag usage is very inconsistent. Pg&e says it's a rainforest problem.
Works sometimes. It frequently breaks requiring a reload. Further, the unit crashes regularly, requiring a hard reboot.
Should have been shipped with updated firmware. All i'm probably waiting for is the correct sequence of button(s) to press to reset communication with the meter, and another call to pge to reset their end.
So cal edison no longer accepts registration of such devices. I concur with other this thing is an absolute piece of junk. I know there are others available, and i will be researching the possibilities as this is ridiculous!
Highlights
Quality
Easy set up some new features is made to add new features in the future
My device uses ethernet rather than the built in radio and has been rock steady for about six months now and gives me what appe... Read More
I spoke with pge support and they checked everything they could and even confirmed that the smart meter has the latest firmware
Over the weekend december 7 2019 the smartmetertexascom performed some system change and now apparently these type meters no lo... Read More
Price
This is one of the lowest priced option and does the work well
Youmay also receive your projected next bill and billtodate energy costs by enrolling in budgetassistant alerts
Com worthless and does not even notify you or have the option
Being on variable rates i cant get cost information
Shipping
So far rainforest automation device and cloud service is delivering on the promise and im very happy
It took 1 day for sce electric company to register the device to my electricity account and then the data came streaming in
I created an account on their cloud service for free and then went to southern california edison‘s website logged in and then a... Read More
Waited months for the eagle 200 to get back in stock and as it stands now it was worth the wait
Packaging/appearance
I am a bit of a data junkie so this tiny box is perfect for me to monitor my electricity usage
Apparently the device was supposed to be preprovisioned in their systems and mine somehow wasnt before it was packaged into a box and sold
Competitiveness
The eagle200 does not even show up on the pge approved list only the original eagle does
Ive also hooked this into wattvision as a 34sensor34 and latter has more reporting capabilities
I like that this device will still work without a connection to the rainforest automation cloud compared to the cheaper emporia vue device
The eagle200 charting is more simplistic and doesnt offer as much information as the legacy
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still, great and new. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 130 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 22 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Look for the developer guide at the rainforest site if you need more information
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I wrote a plugin for the vera to pull the data into my home automation system
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre not signed up by then this great device is effectively a paperweight
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Existing enrollments and devices will continue to work and if youre buying and activating before 02012020 you should be good
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Contents of faq below which you will not find on the sce website as it was sent to existing enrollments only
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If your device is currently connected to the meter it should remain connected and shouldcontinue to provide you wit h your usage reads
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Sce s closing of han on january 31 2020 shouldnot impact the existing device to meter connection of your han device
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