[SOLVED] Creating a synthetic variable for pulse counter sensors

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Hi

We have sensors such as water meters, wind and rain guages that transmit a pulse count every x minutes. which then needs to be converted to the actual value using current and previous value.

For example for a water meter where each pulse = 1 litter, and the device transmits every 10 minutes.

If the current read is 5500 pulses

and previous read is 5000 pulses

And I want to display the user the rate of water litters/per 10 minutes

The equation of the syntactic variable of litters per 10 minutes should be (5500-5000) * 1.

current - previous * 1(litter).

Is it possible to query the property previous value in the Analytics Engine?

How else would you recommend calculating such result in ubidots?

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Hi there, you can make that using the new shift()function, as it is not already on our docs you can see an example below:

Synthethic = {{raw_var}} - shift({{raw_var, -1)

With the example above, you will obtain the last value minus the penultimate value of the raw variable time series.

All the best

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Hi Jose

That’s exactly what I was asking for!

it’s always nice to learn that a feature is being added/worked on. Its amazing to discover it’s already there :slight_smile:

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Hi

Is it also possible to access the timestamp of the variable in the analytics engine (and the previous one as well?)

here is the equation I have to create (for a wind speed sensor)

((current value - previous value)(2.25/Tsec)) * 0.62137110/36

Tsec = seconds between time of current and previous

So ideally I’ll be able to subtract timestamp in unix seconds as well.

let me know

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Hi there, you can access to the raw variable timestamp using the dot (.) operator, your calculus should look like the one below:

{{raw_var}}.timestamp - shift({{raw_var}}.timestamp, -1)

All the best

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Hi Jose

I am having issues entering the formula into the synthetic variable of a device. Because I have to also include deviceID, is the correct syntax

{{354043052055631.rssi}}.timestamp - shift({{354043052055631.rssi}}.timestamp,-1) ?

I am trying to test it on an existing device (and not adding it in device type), so it also asks me for device ID, but when I try to either paste it in or create it in the editor, its not working

attempt one

round(({{354043052055631.rssi}} - shift({{354043052055631.rssi}}, -1)) * 2.25/({{354043052055631.rssi}}.timestamp - shift({{354043052055631.rssi}}.timestamp,-1)) * 0.621371*10/36,2)

attempt two

round(({{rssi}} - shift({{rssi}}, -1)) * 2.25/({{rssi}}.timestamp - shift({{{rssi}}.timestamp,-1)) * 0.621371*10/36,2)

neither is working, please advise

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Hi there, please make sure that you are selecting your raw variable from the right panel in the synthetic editor

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All the best

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Ok so there is no way to manually enter deviceID.variable name using syntax like {{deviceID.variable}} ?

For complicated equations such as the one I posted, it is difficult to create it all in-line.

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Hi there, it seems that you were assisted through the embedded support chat, so just let me know if you could solve the issue.

All the best

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Hi Jose

Yes, David indeed helped me, because my broken syntax was causing issues with device types.

end up this with this syntax in the device type:

round(({{counter}}-shift( {{counter}},-1))(2.25/( {{counter}}.timestamp /1000 - shift( {{counter}}.timestamp,-1)/1000))(0.621371*10/36),2)

and it works

(division by 1000 to convert miliseconds to seconds)