Re: xAP interface to Alertme Smartplugs

[Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just had a quick look over their current API and I can't see any way
of
getting at the power consumption figures :-( - either from the plugs or
the hub.  There is a call to turn a plug on/off but that's about it :-(

Even if there was then those remote API calls also suffer from the
following caveat..

"Requests to the API are rate limited. Should a request fail because
of
rate limiting, you will see the following HTTP error: 503 Service
Temporarily Unavailable It is therefore important to handle this error
gracefully. The extent to which requests are limited can be reviewed on
a case-by-case basis. If you believe your application needs less
restrictive rate limiting, please contact support"

Which makes any prospect of getting useful realtime (ish) data from
plugs unlikely -   AlertMe really do need to have some local API calls
for such  applications or the means to handle bucketloads of remote
ones.     I suspect part of their reluctance is that if the internet
connection fails then they have data rates over GPRS to pay for...

So it doesn't look like a xAP conduit is very practical.

Kevin


Kevin Hawkins wrote:
>
>
> AIUI it the AlertMe API actually makes calls to their central server
> (over the internet) rather than to your local AlertMe ZigBee hub -
which
> is a real shame as it introduces latency/dependency . It would be nice
> if at least some appropriate API calls were handled locally. So for me
> this caused a certain loss of interest but I could have got it wrong
as
> I only spent a few minutes looking. I'm not sure if you also need
> their monthly subscribed version for this ?
>
> They haven't yet announced their 'power bundle' yet - ie the hub/plugs
> have they ?
>
> Nearly a purchaser ....
>
> K
>
> Paul Bendall wrote:
> >
> >
> > Good morning all,
> >
> > I not sure if anyone else subscribed to the Alertme newsletter?
They
> > have finally released the Smartplug which monitors power use and
can
> > switch on and off. I'd love to know if anyone is working on an
xAP
> > interface to Alertme?
> >
> > Smartplugs
> > http://www.alertme.com/energy-saving/#save
> <http://www.alertme.com/energy-saving/#save>
> > <http://www.alertme.com/energy-saving/#save
> <http://www.alertme.com/energy-saving/#save>>
> >
> > Forum discussing API
> >
> http://support.alertme.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5503&task=forum
> <http://support.alertme.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5503&task=forum>
>
> >
> <http://support.alertme.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5503&task=forum
> <http://support.alertme.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5503&task=forum>>
> >
> >
>
>



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