Update: TPG Usage Widget
A very minor update to make the widget work with the recent change to the TPG site (seems someone decided they should refer to Downloads instead of Download).
Download TPG Widget version 1.11
Note that previous versions of the widget are no longer functional
August 20th, 2009 at 11:15 am
It took me a while to figure out that the previous version had been permanently disabled. Thanks for updating the widget – very helpful!!
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:25 am
Thanks for the quick update!
August 28th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Thanks so much for the update mate, really happy with this simple widget. Keep up the good work
September 10th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Hey Ethan, Thank you so much for the Widget and for still keeping it up to date with TPG.
Thanks again, you’re a champion!
September 12th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
love this widget, it is awesome. thanks 🙂
September 15th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Cheers for the update. Great job with such a useful and minimal tool.
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 am
Hi,
Thanks for writing this widget. I find it really useful. There is a small bug in the GUI when dealing with large (200GB) plans?
Any chance you can allow for larger numbers (and the layout results thereof)?
Cheers.
October 29th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
My thanks too for this widget, I have it on two computers and can’t do without it. But I’m getting the ‘Error readingTPG data…’ message on both computers today. My billing cycle ended yesterday, could that be related?
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
@Warren: The “Error reading TPG data” will show up when the TPG site can’t be reached or isn’t displaying what the widget is looking for. I have occasionally seen this myself, but normally I just close the dashboard, open it up again and the problem goes away.
Let me know if you see this happening again.
@nobody (or anybody, really): Can you send me a screenshot of this? I’ll have to look into scaling the font size down…
November 6th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Great widget! Thanks!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Hi Ethan,
Where would you like me to send the screenshot?
I should be hitting some large numbers by the end of the month so I can send one then. The email address provided for this post works, if you want to email it to me.
Cheers and thanks for responding and keeping this widget up to date!
May 19th, 2010 at 3:33 am
Thanks for this Widget. It’s convenient and effortless. Pulling up my usage stats is as easy as pushing a button! Cheers!
September 8th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Any chance you can add an option to count uploads to the mix to reflect TPG’s new uploading inclusive plans?
September 19th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
I must be missing something really simple, i cannot get this to work im on the TPG 200gig plan, enter the same username and password which i use to access the account management and the webmail but still cant get it to work, just comes up saying incorrect username and password
September 19th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
@Ben: I’ve will reply via email to get some more info from you, so we can hopefully get this fixed
November 4th, 2010 at 4:55 am
Hey Ben + Ethan,
Not sure if you’ve resolved this yet, but the problem is on line 290 of TPG.js…
var peakUsage = grabSubstring(text, “Peak Downloads used: “, ” MB”);
It needs to be changed to…
var peakUsage = grabSubstring(text, “Downloads used: “, ” MB”);
Because on the 200gig plan there is no peak/off peak.
Thanks,
Steve
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:34 am
I really like this widget, but does ‘usage’ only include downloads, not uploads too?
March 6th, 2011 at 9:58 pm
Can you update this to display uploads as well? The new plans don’t just count downloads any more…
Great work otherwise.
April 10th, 2011 at 6:08 am
Thanks for this widget! Have been using it for a while. However it is inaccurate now.
My TPG ADSL2+ plan counts both downloads and uploads in the usage for peak and off-peak and this widget only displays the download amount. Is it possible to combine both download and upload for the usage?
June 11th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
RE: 200GB Plan
Thanks Steve for providing the fix.
For others, here’s where to find the TPG.js file.
cd ~/Library/Widgets/TPG.wdgt/TPG.js
Then once you have changed line 290 to:
var peakUsage = grabSubstring(text, “Downloads used: “, ” MB”);
Remove the widget from your dashboard, then add a new instance.
September 8th, 2011 at 6:59 am
I can’t seem to log in at all.. and yes I do have the latest version!
October 3rd, 2011 at 2:17 am
Mate my widget says ‘no username or password entered’. How do I go about activating the widget? Thanks.
October 21st, 2016 at 2:40 am
Hello,
Is it possible for this widget to show Uploads as well? I got shaped several days ago as Uploads aren’t shown in the TPG app. I’m on an Off-Net plan.
Cheers,
Steve