Roommate Albert vs IO

Meter readings from the photos you take anyway. Snap your electricity, gas or water meter with the Camera app whenever you walk past it. Roommate Albert later finds those photos in your library, reads the value and the time each was taken, and hands you a ready-made suggestion. One tap confirms it. HOW IT WORKS • Snap it: with the Camera app, Roommate Albert doesn’t have to be open. A photo from three months ago is found just like one from today. • Find it: in the Review tab, tap Search Photos. The app compares new photos with each meter’s reference photo and reads the serial number, so it tells apart two identical meters in the same basement. • Confirm it: every suggestion arrives filled in with meter, register, value and the date from the photo. A value lower than an earlier one is flagged for correction, because meters never run backwards. FOR YOUR METERS • Electricity, gas, cold water, hot water and heat • Day and night tariff meters as two registers (HT and NT) • Meter replacement: add the new meter as a new device, earlier readings stay, and the statistics show both in one series • Monthly consumption statistics • Enter a reading without a photo by hand under Enter Reading YOUR DATA • Everything stays on your iPhone: photos, recognition and readings are processed on the device. No server, no account. • Nothing enters your history before you confirm it. • Export as a ZIP with a CSV file for spreadsheets and the photos of all readings. • Import data from the previous version under Settings → Import, as often as you like, without duplicates. Reading with the on-device language model requires iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence; without it, text recognition reads on its own. Did the app misread a value or miss a meter? Write to us from Settings → Contact Support. Terms of Use: https://juliankahnert.de/roommate/en/terms/

Forget paper checklists. Check I/Os directly on the machine – where sensors and actuators are located. IO-INSPECTOR is an independent third-party tool for commissioning and functional testing in industrial automation environments. With your iPad or iPhone you can observe, document and - if approved, technically permissible and safety-compliant - switch/control signals on site. Less shouting in the workshop, less manual checking and more clarity right where the work takes place. WHY IO-INSPECTOR? • Project and variable import (for TIA Portal® projects): Import variable lists from common export formats (e.g. .xlsx or .csv). IO-INSPECTOR adopts the structure, data types and comments from the file provided - manual re-entry is not necessary. • HMI View Smart Connector: Quickly connect to your system and conveniently access information relevant to commissioning. The Smart Connector is intended to simplify connection and access to the required displays/views in practice - without having to imply an official manufacturer affiliation. • Fast system connection: Detect and connect devices in the local network quickly and clearly. • Live status and targeted control (OPC UA): Connect to compatible controllers via OPC UA and check signals in real time. • Observe: Track changes immediately. OPC is also accessible via the WebSocket protocol. • Control: Set outputs or markers specifically (Force/Modify), provided this is activated in the environment and meets the safety requirements. • Diagnostics: Identify problems more quickly, such as cabling or logic problems. • Digital documentation (PDF): Check off test steps digitally, add notes (e.g. “Sensor defective”, “Adjustment required”) and export a PDF report with your company logo and timestamp. • Filter and search: Filter by status (“Open”, “Done”) or search directly by symbol name. • Mark changes (round-trip support): Mark typos or name adjustments in the app so that you can later apply them in your engineering project in a controlled manner. • Share and collaborate on projects: Share projects so colleagues can continue with the same project status - including testing status and documentation progress (depending on the sharing/export method chosen). TECHNICAL NOTES/REQUIREMENTS • Compatibility: Developed for environments with SIMATIC® S7-1200 (FW 4.0+) and SIMATIC® S7-1500. • OPC UA: OPC UA must be activated on the CPU. Basic access may not require an additional license depending on your configuration; Actual requirements depend on device, firmware and project configuration. • Signals: Supports digital and analog signals (depending on project/export data and target system). • Network/Offline: Use in the machine's local WLAN; Project-related features can also be available without the Internet (depending on the scope of functions). PRICES • Download IO-INSPECTOR for free to create projects and use network scanning. Upgrade options are available for extended functions (e.g. project import, HMI write access (power tags), PDF export, OPC interface, HMI Smart Connector). • Download IO-INSPECTOR and simplify commissioning. Legal notice/trademark: IO-INSPECTOR is an independent third-party software. SIMATIC®, TIA Portal®, S7® as well as S7-1200 and S7-1500 are trademarks of Siemens AG. This app has no business relationship with Siemens AG and is not developed, supported or distributed by Siemens. All product and company names are used solely to describe compatibility and belong to their respective owners.