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Exetel Usage Meter Gadget

This page is for people who are customers of Exetel Pty. Ltd. internet service providers and wish to install a Windows Vista gadget provide them with basic quota usage information.

Now monitors VOIP costs for current month

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History & Info

There is a whirlpool thread dedicated to this gadget here.

Version 1.83
* Added code for Off-Peak unlimited plans to detect maximum allowed off-peak downloads instead of showing NaN (Sorry it took me so long, been really busy!)
Version 1.82
* Made PlanInfo text smaller for new plans which have larger names, causing the bottom of the left side of the gadget to go over the height of the window
Version 1.81
* Fixed P under Windows 7 RC (this is due to Windows 7 RC not having the Wingdings 3 font), refresh icon is now different
Version 1.80
* Program updated to work with new exetel HTML pages
* Auto checking for new version changed to every 24 hours
* Soon, Version 1.79 and below will not be able to check for new versions
Version 1.79
* Fixed checking for new version interval, much more friendlier now - every 12 Hours
Version 1.78
* Changed invoices to use last 12 months instead of other link
Version 1.77
* Fixed for changes Exetel made to initial login page (Offpeak quota not detecting properly)
Version 1.76
* Fixed for changes Exetel made to account details page
* Fixed for changed Exetel made to initial login page (Offpeak quota not detecting properly)
Version 1.74
* Fixed day by graphs due to minor changes in Exetel website
* Changed Off-Peak quota source (now gets it from your home information page instead of the AUP which means it should be reported correctly for older plans)
* Other minor changes
Version 1.73
* Fixed meter for minor changes to website
* Fixed Off-Peak downloads from AUP
Version 1.72
* New option added to settings (ignore pro-ratering for first month) enable this option to turn off the pro-ratering calculation for the first month if your contract
* Fixed Invoices flyout to use the new exetel HTML page layout
* Changed Credit Card charge to $3.00
* Other minor additions and fixes
Version 1.71
* Fixed Invoices, and Day by Day downloads flyouts, they now work, exetel changed their website
Version 1.70
* Added setting in options to turn on VOIP usage, this will show your current VOIP cost underneath your offpeak usage (experimental at this stage), if you dont have VOIP and you enable this option it will show as N/A, please disable if you do not have it (DISABLED by default)
* Status text made smaller to accomodate for VOIP
Version 1.64
* Added new check box to options "Show Cost Amounts" so that you can hide the costs, it is on by default, NOTE: This also hides the invoices flyout button
Version 1.63
* Fixed problem with Last Updated At no longer in the exetel page
Version 1.62
* Changed update interval to adhere to exetels requirements
Version 1.61
* Changed day by day downloads graph data link from "https://www.exetel.com.au/members/usage_meter_v1.php" to "https://www.exetel.com.au/members/home_details.php" (exetel isnt updating the old one anymore apparently) and altered code to use it
Version 1.60
* Update time is now 1 hour as per new exetel changes
* Update process is now a page longer so that the meter can get the usage up to date accurately
Version 1.50
* Fixed gadget for exetel website changes
Version 1.40
* Hopefully fixed problems with Logging Out
* Title of meter is now updated as soon as you ok the settings
* Failover initial update has been increased to 30 seconds
* Other minor changes
Version 1.30
* Fixed problem with Month meter bar (silly javascript querk http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=909316)
* Also fixed it so that if any of the Meter Bars go over 100% they will just stay at 100% instead of overflowing)
Version 1.20
* Added Check for Updates flyout (second button from the bottom)
* Check for updates flyout button will turn red when a new version is available
* Give gadget the focus, and leave cursor on flyout button for new version number
* Click button for more information and download link to new version
* Version check will be perform 30 seconds after gadget startup, and every 12 hours
* Clicking the manual update button in top right of gadget will also perform a manual version check, a manual version check will automatically open the version check flyout if there is a new version
* Other minor bug fixes and stuff :)
Version 1.10
* Added new flyout, button second from the bottom on the left hand side - Invoices, shows a table and graph for your invoices
* Day by Day graphs now include Peak and Off-Peak only graphs for Downloads and Uploads as well as the combined graphs
* Gadget will now attempt an initial update when it loads, if that fails it will attempt another update 30 seconds later, this is for people having problems with their network/internet taking too long to initialise and startup on system boot
* Other minor bug fixes and stuff :)
Version 1.00
* Updated for new AUP page when download off-peak quota
Version 0.99
* Flyouts now have close button (X in top right corner)
* New flyout - Day by Day Graphs, will show, downloads by day, uploads by day, proj. downloads by day, proj. uploads by day
* You can move your cursor over the bars in the Day by Day graphs to get information about that piece of data
* New engine should update quicker, please tell me if you find any bugs
* Updated About flyout
* Other minor additions

Version 0.95
* Improved visual appearance
* Added Account Information flyout (click the first button from the top on the left hand side)
* Added Monthly Graph flyout (click the second button from the top on the left hand side)
* Added About flyout (click the third button from the top on the left hand side)
* Fixed some minor bugs

Version 0.92
* Fixed bug in Time Parsing where it would say update was older than it really is

Version 0.91
* Fixed bug where data would appear to be 1 extra day out of date when updated from midnight
* Other minor bug fixes

Version 0.9
* Added name for meter, so that you can identify which is which if you have multiple accounts
* Fixed problem where it wasn't logging out
* Fixed problem when two meters tried to update at the same time (cookies are system wide unfortunately), meter will now wait for other meter to finish before updating
* Added display mode in options (I think i added this today i cant remember)
* More information is displayed, you can move your cursor over the bottom of the gadget while it is docked to make it grow while your cursor is over that area
* Spruced up the graphics, mainly in the meter bar areas
* Program now detects invalid password, and shouldn't error if invalid data is downloaded, so its much more robust
* In undocked mode, the meter will show fully
* Added option for payment method, so that program will take into account for different payment methods costing different amounts
* Now supports Pro Ratering for first month for new users

Version 0.3
* First version, very basic, just downloads quota information and displays it


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Download

You can download the latest version of the Exetel Usage Gadget here

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Exetel Usage Gadget (Windows Vista Gadget File)
 
Filename: Exetel.gadget
Size: 112 KB
Uploaded: January 20, 2010
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It was last downloaded on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:47:09 +1100