I have purchased a DFRobot flow sensor (https://wiki.dfrobot.com/SKU_SEN0550_Gravity_Water_Flow_Sensor_G1_2#target_7) and am trying to make it work with raspberry pi (4B) using python code as mentioned below.

Issue is, no matter what the flow rate is (0 or more), it always gives flow rate between 2.4 ml/min to 3.0 ml/min. Can anyone help where I might be wrong in the code? or is it a faulty sensor?

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time, sys

FLOW_SENSOR_GPIO = 26

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setup(FLOW_SENSOR_GPIO, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down = GPIO.PUD_UP)

global count
count = 0

def countPulse(channel):
global count
if start_counter == 1:
count = count+1

GPIO.add_event_detect(FLOW_SENSOR_GPIO, GPIO.FALLING, callback=countPulse)

while True:
try:
start_counter = 1
time.sleep(1)
start_counter = 0
flow = (count / 150/60)
print("The flow is: %.3f Liter/min" % (flow))
count = 0
time.sleep(2)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print('\nkeyboard interrupt!')
GPIO.cleanup()
sys.exit()