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Wellenbrecher enables wifi-operated plugs when energy production in Germany is greater than consumption

Kotlin 0.17% Swift 6.58% Objective-C 0.05% Dart 78.16% HTML 2.43% Ruby 1.80% JavaScript 10.81%

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wellenbrecher's Introduction

Wellenbrecher

A simple open-source mobile application allowing to control smart wifi plugs and turn them off when the price of electricity is expected to rise due to increased energy consomation.

App Store

Getting Started

The app displays the following features :

Local storage of credentials.
Live chart.
Devices added manually or automatically to app.
The app actively keeps the switches off every 15 minutes when an energy overconsomation is detected.
Possibility to disable automatic mode and receive only reminders.

Compatibility :

Shelly™ devices available on Cloud platform

wellenbrecher's People

Contributors

wellenbrecher's Issues

SMARD API: Ask for Real-Time Data or Predictions

Talk to Bundesnetzagentur to ask for special access to more live data / predictions

Until a solution is available,

release the app as beta
information in settings “beta release, known limitations: SMARD API provides market data with approximately 2 hours delay. Prediction data may become available as real-time data in the future.”

Auto should be on by default

After installation, auto mode should be on by default

Device-specific controls

The user shall be able to control each device individually: on/off.

Reference to SMARD.de

Add “powered by SMARD.de” in plot or settings. This will make people in Bundesnetzagentur happy, will likely help us to get traction

Notification does not trigger power switch

When receiving a notification to turn on devices, devices remain turned off.

Plot: remove green area (BetweenBarsData)

Remove the green area again from the plot. It didn’t work. Unfortunately, it is not possible to show only areas above the red curve.

Plot: add verticalRangeAnnotation

Provide the user with an immediate understanding and validation that the app is working: In the plot, show the “history” of on and off times. Implementation:
Go through data, add verticalRangeAnnotation for each interval where criteria is valid

Improve indication of on/off for buttons

I still don’t know if green means on or off. I am always checking against Shelly. They have these nice icons with a highlighted border. We could try to find something similar. Should be immediately clear. Also, I don’t like the red and green too much. Would be happy if all could be in the same colors, just blue and white - maybe with one additional color, but ideally just white/blue, including the auto button color. Ideally, it should be immediately clear whether auto is on on/off (currently, green indication of menu button), if not, we need to explain. This requires some tests with GUI features, no big brain. If you want, I can play with this - if will also help me to understand how to compile the app.

Stakeholder Requirements and Validation

Requirement 1:
"Wellenreiter shall enable wifi-operated plugs when energy production in Germany is greater than consumption.
Known shortcomings: SMARD API provides market data with approximately 2 hours delay. Prediction data may become available as real-time data in the future.
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