IRC Meetings & Protokolle

Agenda for IRC meeting 2011-03-24 9 PM CET

60 members on vz-dev
- how do you use volkszaehler.org?
- how many meters/sensors do you have?
done:
- visualisation for: electric power, water consumption, temperature & many more..
- gotten rid of prototype (is switched off by now!)
- stable API (AJAX/JSON)
- a vz-dev member is now member of official e6 repo (hooray!)

vzlogger:
- support additional sensors: split core transducers (easier installation), killAWatt, eHz (SML), currentCost, 1-Wire
- support additional controllers: fluksoUSB, flukso
overhaul frontend:
- less buttons
- clearer navigation
- more „virtual units“ („g CO2“, „light bulbs“, „Apple TVs“, „km cycling“, „sit-ups“, „power plants“, …)
distribution channels:
- tarball
- .deb, .rpm
- PEAR
implement additional frontends:
- smartphones: iPhone, Android
- retain attention of users:
  - monthly reports as mail, fax
  - moodligths (fnordlicht)
- new visualisation methods ⇒ how can we get more information out of our data?
improve middleware/database performance
implement triggers: send email/sms/twitter based on thresholds:
- no pulses for n hours
- power/temperature exceeds n watts/°C
- consumption of current day/week/month exceeds the value of the previous interval by n%
see wishlist

why we should have all documentation (incl. the list) in english?
should we have some kind of a member survey to get more detailed feedback? is a survey worth the effort?
soc („donation of men hours“, interests, ideas?)