App to replace IHD

Clairabella

After letting the battery run flat, my IHD has lost the unit price so I'm unable to see how much its costing me per day  I know that I could work it out myself but the IHD is a first generation model from SSE which doesn't show much.
I was wondering if there was a good app that I could use to replace the IHD  I did have a search but they seem to want to know personal information and I'm not sure how safe this is.  Does anyone have any recommendations please?

Astria

If you have an Android/Google based phone you can use Bright: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.hildebrand.brightionic&gl=US

There's a similar app for Apple phones.

You will need to go through their verification process to prove who you are first though.

Chrysalis

A heads up, Bright seem to be a 3rd party, who likely are collecting data, I didnt find anything on the app that isnt on the suppliers website.

Things like live usage are not on the Bright app.

pochase

No application can have live usage as the data is collected only once a day or less often by your energy supplier.

MWT

pochase said:

No application can have live usage as the data is collected only once a day or less often by your energy supplier.

That isn't 100% true as you can do it, but you need a CAD rather than just an IHD and some additional software support.

Hildebrand (suppliers of the Bright app) do sell such a device and with that you can get near live reporting on electricity.

pochase

MWT said:

pochase said:

No application can have live usage as the data is collected only once a day or less often by your energy supplier.

That isn't 100% true as you can do it, but you need a CAD rather than just an IHD and some additional software support.

Hildebrand (suppliers of the Bright app) do sell such a device and with that you can get near live reporting on electricity.

But that is not an application = software, that is a new hardware.

MWT

pochase said:

MWT said:

pochase said:

No application can have live usage as the data is collected only once a day or less often by your energy supplier.

That isn't 100% true as you can do it, but you need a CAD rather than just an IHD and some additional software support.

Hildebrand (suppliers of the Bright app) do sell such a device and with that you can get near live reporting on electricity.

But that is not an application = software, that is a new hardware.

Yes, but you said that no application can do it, Bright can, with the proviso that you need additional hardware.

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Chrysalis said:

A heads up, Bright seem to be a 3rd party, who likely are collecting data, I didnt find anything on the app that isnt on the suppliers website.

The BRIGHT App is produced by Hildebrand. Hildebrand is a Registered DCC Other User that has produced its own security-approved Adapter software. Hildebrand was also a partner in the team that was awarded a contract by BEIS to produce a smart meter tariff comparison tool.

https://smarttariffsmartcomparison.org/home

Over the next few years, price comparison websites will be using tools like this to pull 12 months of smart meter data. The owners of price comparison websites will either have to become a Registered DCC Other User or partner with a company such as Hildebrand.

Personally, I have no problem with Hildebrand collecting my usage data.

Clairabella

Thanks for the replies.  It looks as though I'll just have to make do with Octopus' website and working it out myself .

Phones4Chris

Clairabella said:

Thanks for the replies.  It looks as though I'll just have to make do with Octopus' website and working it out myself .

If you have the GUID of your IHD and it's correctly registered to your address and meter on the DCC, you can download the BRIGHT app and just "register" which involves filling in a couple of details, you don't have to go through any other verification process. If your IHD details aren't correct, that's another matter.

ctdctd

Another vote for Bright - I put it on my phone and set it up with the GUID from my IHD - no other verification needed.

It shows Elec & Gas usage every 30 minutes on a historical basis - in my case it goes back a full year.

The 30 minute usage for the current day is normally about an hour behind real time and there can be gaps in the data but it all catches up after a day or so.