Question

Is there a way to configue the Digital Input as a counter. To count the number of times the input was on and store that counter until polled. eg. poll once per hour or once per day?

Answer 1

You can easyle write shell script which count digital input activity .

Just use gpio.sh for digital input tracking.

More information here:

https://wiki.teltonika.lt/view/RUT240_Input/Output

Comments

The wiki link shows how to read the state. Where will I find info on writing a script that saves the counter variable to post it hourly and reset the value after I posted?

Meaning step 1: count the gpio.sh get DIN1  

Step 2: Save the counter in variable?:  for example where is the %ms saved so that I might be able to edit it or create my own variable like %inputcounter

Step 3: Post the variable to my server each hour and not on change of input state? That might mean that I must do it in my shell script, but I am really having a difficult time gathering information on what commands to run in the shell script if I want to complete this task.

Thanks in advance, any information regarding this will help immensely.

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reading the state does not help in counting. the input pulse may be shorter than the reading interval and thus be lost.

the better solution is event-based - to trigger the counter value increase by the input edge.

in order not to lost the counted value during power break, a regular write to a file (not to /tmp!) is needed. do not write too often however, flash memory writing cycles count is limited.