Cthuulu Cthulhu/Octopus API User Guide.

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After you've launched the Cthulhu/Octopus API monitor (henceforth called "the program" for reasons of brevity), you'll see the screen above. My feeling is that while it looks quite daunting, it is in fact quite straight-forward. But opinions may differ:

Cthulhu API Main Screen

Quick Links:

Dates

File locations & Registry Entries

CSV & SQL

Other Options

The Cthulhu/Octopus Energy Usage Monitor is a program which allows you to monitor and forecast your energy usage if you have a smart meter which is recognised by Octopus Energy.

The registered version, a one time fee of £7.50, which includes perpetual upgrades, email support as well as CSV and MS-SQL export.

Dates:

All date fields are editable
There are two date fields, boith of which are editable. These are the Date From, and Date To fields.

Dates must be entered in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS, so 06:20am on 25th September 1961 would be entered as:

1961-09-25T06:10:00Z

The "Z" stands for "ZULU" which is the same as GMT or UTC (and useful if you're coordinating a millitary strike, which is beyond the scope of this program). The "+1" can be omitted in most cases and is to do with daylight saving or summer time, and may be automatically detected! The "T" is a requirement of the Octopus API time format.
If you use the date/time composer, this is automatically added. A video showing how to use the date/time composer is available here.

Files & Registry Entries

Files, Locations & Registry Entries:

Oddly, temporary files are confined to your system "temp" dir. This is usually located in C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\ but may vary, depending on your particular system configuration.

The only temporary file used is "OctopusApi.Dat" which will be deleted on a normal program termination/exit.

If you've opted for the paid version, you'll be able to export your energy usage to a .csv file. This file is called

"OctopusEnergyUse%F-%T.csv"

where %F is the from date and %T is the To date,and is located in your "My documents" folder. This location and name is configurable.

There are many registry entries. These can be found under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CthulhuApi.

It is recommended that you don't fiddle around with these. If you decide to uninstall the program these entries will be completely deleted.


[Picture]

After you've launched the Cthulhu/Octopus API monitor (henceforth called "the program" for reasons of brevity), you'll see the screen above. My feeling is that while it looks quite daunting, it is in fact quite straight-forward. But opinions may differ:

Quick Links: Dates File locations & Registry Entries CSV & SQL Other Options	The Cthulhu/Octopus Energy Usage Monitor is a program which allows you to monitor and forecast your energy usage if you have a smart meter which is recognised by Octopus Energy. The registered version, a one time fee of £7.50, which includes perpetual upgrades, email support as well as CSV and MS-SQL export.

Dates:	All date fields are editable There are two date fields, boith of which are editable. These are the Date From, and Date To fields. Dates must be entered in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS, so 06:20am on 25th September 1961 would be entered as: 1961-09-25T06:10:00Z The "Z" stands for "ZULU" which is the same as GMT or UTC (and useful if you're coordinating a millitary strike, which is beyond the scope of this program). The "+1" can be omitted in most cases and is to do with daylight saving or summer time, and may be automatically detected! The "T" is a requirement of the Octopus API time format. If you use the date/time composer, this is automatically added. A video showing how to use the date/time composer is available here.

Files & Registry Entries	Files, Locations & Registry Entries: Oddly, temporary files are confined to your system "temp" dir. This is usually located in C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\ but may vary, depending on your particular system configuration. The only temporary file used is "OctopusApi.Dat" which will be deleted on a normal program termination/exit. If you've opted for the paid version, you'll be able to export your energy usage to a .csv file. This file is called "OctopusEnergyUse%F-%T.csv" where %F is the from date and %T is the To date,and is located in your "My documents" folder. This location and name is configurable. There are many registry entries. These can be found under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CthulhuApi. It is recommended that you don't fiddle around with these. If you decide to uninstall the program these entries will be completely deleted.