UMet Overview

UMet is a Windows 7/Vista gadget for monitoring usage of your bandwidth allowance.
In its standard gadget mode, it's a small, unobtrusive meter, while still offering a wealth of information including:

1. your account name
2. the percentage of quote used
3. how far into your current billing cycle you are
4. new version available for download (click to install)

When your usage exceeds the billing period, ie you've used 70% of your bandwidth quota in 50% of your billing period, the bar changes to orange.  When you're over quota, the bar changes to red.

 

Options

The optiosn window allows you to configure the meter.

• Title: The text at the top of the meter,  In the above examples, it would be "My Work Plan".
• Username: Your username you use to connect to your internet service.
• Password:  The password you use to connect to your internet service.
• Service: Once the username and password are filled in, all services your account has access to will be listed in the drop down box.  Choose the required one.
• ISP:  Only Internode is currently supported. 

 Once all options have been completed, click OK.





More Info

By clicking on the meter, you are presented with a flyout window, showing usage details, as well as charts detailing your usage over the past thirty days, and twelve months.  
 

  Clicking the "more.." link, will display additional details relating to your service.

Download

The latest version of UMet can be downloaded as a zip file.

Please install with the following instructions:

1. Download the NetUsage.zip file.
2. Extract to a temporary location.
3. Double click the extracted NetUsage.gadget file to install. 

If you still have problems installing, please direct all feedback to UMet's Informer space

Version 2.0 Released

UMet 2.0 has been released!
Download UMet 2.0 (It appears that some versions of Internet Explorer now download this as a zip file, rather than a gadget file. If so, save it, then rename the file from NetUsage.zip to NetUsage.gadget. Double click it and it should install.)
Changes are:

• Support new account types
• Uses Internode's Webtools API 1.5
• Cleaned up UI when loading usage graphs
• Flyout has a more info link to get details about your account

The Main windows is as always. Your account description at the top, the stage of your billing period denoted by the black arrow, and your usage by the bar (green, orange when your usage percent is greater than the percent of billing period elapsed, and red when you're over quote). The Orange download link on the top right, informing you when a new version is available.



The only change to the settings window is that when you've entered or updated your username or password, and tab over the service combobox, it will retrieve all services associated with your account. This change to the Internode API has enabled support for people with multiple services under the same account.


While a lot has changed in the background, the only noticeable changes are that the graphs now have a nice ajax style soft loading, and the additional "more..." link, which when clicked, shows more account detail.




Please leave a comment with your impressions and any suggestions.