Existing Apps¶

A short discription of the existing apps. You might find this inspiring to create your own digitalSTROM App.

A technical documentation about these apps can be found here

Note that some aspects of this document are considered outdated and should not be used to develop new apps. See the DS Apps article for new paradigms.

Metering¶

This App shows a graph created from your metering data. Metering on the dSS side is only available after a system update. If the metering app is not working after the update, this is most likely an update issue and should be reported.
On the left side of the app you should find a list with all available dSMs. By selecting them, you can load the metering data from this dSM. For the moment it is not possible to select the whole apartment. On the top of the website are several tabs with different time ranges and measurement units. You can select one of them to load the data.
On the right bottom you will find two buttons. One can be used to refresh the view, the other will open a window with the metering data in an exportable format. You can copy it into a text editor and open it afterwards with Excel, to backup the data.

Scene Responder¶

With this app you can configure various actions as a response to different scene calls. As an easy example you can configure a staircase light (Treppenhausbeleuchtung). After switching on the light in your staircase, it will turn off after 5 minutes. Or you have configured the light in your corridor to turn on if the bell is ringing. Then the app allows you to turn off the light again after 10 minutes.
To configure such actions you have to press the button on the right bottom (Aktion hinzufügen). This will open a window where you can enter
a name for the action, the triggering scene call (for example the bell) in a specific zone. Then you can configure the reactions to the scene
call (for example to call scene 0 to turn off the light) and the time between triggering scene call and reaction.

Timed Events¶

The app can be used to execute several actions at a specific time. Maybe you want to automatically turn on the light in the morning. To do this
you can press the button in right bottom of the page. This will open a window where you can configure a name, the actions and the time when the
actions should be executed. There are two ways to configure the time. The first possibility is a periodic action (for example every monday). The second one is a specific date (for example 3.3.2011).

Auto Off¶

This app is similar to the Scene Responder, but does not offer all the possibilities. It can be used to configure a staircase light (Treppenhausbeleuchtung) You can configure a duration and a zone. Then the app will turn off the light the light after the configured time, if
scene 1 is called in this room.

Google Meter¶

Note that this app is deprecated since google has terminated this service. Replacements from other services are available from the developer repositories.

The app provides a configuration interface to pair your digitalSTROM installation with Google powermeter. Only a few steps are necessary to set up the data transfer. All necessary steps are shown in the app. After this, you can visit your personal Google powermeter web site and access your metering graphs. After Google powermeter has analyzed your power consumption for a while, it helps you saving more energy by advising useful hints. Google powermeter also allows you to share your consumption graphs with others or sending emails with weekly reports.

Mailconfig¶

If you want to configure an email account on your dSS, this app would be useful for you. All needed login and server information can be entered in the app and stored in the dSS, so that other apps can use the information to send emails.