HELP! - Code for SWISSFLOW Meter

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Hi all,
I'm completely new to the Arduino board and have a very limited experience in coding (simple I/O stuff from Director / Lingo back in college).

Can anyone help me interpret and display the results from a Swissflow SF800 flow meter? I've read about using the PulseIn function.

I'd like to keep track of and display...
- ounces per minute - flow rate
- accumulative ounces per session

... and then use a "if then" to make something happen like...
if flow total = 6 ounces
make LED turn on.

Can anyone describe what I need to do in newbie language?

Thanks!

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muha ha! draw me in with one question and ask how to progam?

its a bit complicated to explain in 1 thread post, but for some bare bones basics open the arduino IDE and goto file -> open

navigate to where the arduino program is on your computer, gointo the examples/Digital/BlinkWithoutDelay/ folder and open the pde file

this fairly well documented example file will show you how toggle the status of a LED based on a difference in time

Once you get that down okay, then you can move on with driving and communicating with your meter

after tinkering with different things needed for your idea, it should be a fairly easy matter of changing the BlinkWithoutDelay script to be based on flow data instead of time

Good luck and keep asking, oh and dont forget the reference