JavaScript Bandwidth Tester

WiseLoop JavaScript Bandwidth Tester is a highly customizable jQuery plugin and so, it can be invoked using may argument options:

settings

Installation Directory

• BinPath: specifies the path where the plugin binaries are located; this has to be set if you intend to call the plugin from a different directory.
  Type: string, Default: '.'

Tests To Be Performed

• TestPing: specifies if the pinging time test should be performed
  Type: bool, Default: true
• TestDownload: specifies if the download test should be performed
  Type: bool, Default: true
• TestUpload: specifies if the upload test should be performed
  Type: bool, Default: true

Server Configuration

• ServerPost: specifies a different server data receiver file; this has to be set if the server type does not support '.post' mime file extension (see tutorial section Adapting to a specific server type)
  Type: string, Default: 'server.post'
• Payload: the payload filename that will be downloaded when performing the download test
  Type: string, Default: 'payload.bin'
• UploadSize: the data size that will be sent to server when performing the upload test
  Type: int, Default: 1048576 (1MB)

Graphical User Interface

• Theme: the UI theme; when setting up a theme just point to a css file located under the css subdirectory of the bins directory; .css extension must be omitted
  Type: string, Default: 'default'
• AnimationDuration: animation duration expressed in milliseconds
  Type: int, Default: '400'
• ShowComparison: specifies if a comparison chart will be shown; the comparison chart is a set of common network type speeds
  Type: bool, Default: true
• ShowCost: specifies if the reference internet costs will be shown (TestDownload should be also true);
  Type: bool, Default: true

Speed and other Measure Units

• SpeedMU: speed measure unit; must be one of those: 'bps', 'Bps', 'Kbps', 'KBps', 'Mbps', 'MBps', 'Gbps', 'GBps'
  Type: string, Default: 'Kb'
• PingMU: ping time measure unit; you can set this to anything (ex. 's', 'sec', 'seconds' etc.)
  Type: string, Default: 'seconds'
• Currency: currency used to express the reference internet cost (ex. '$', 'Euro' etc.)
  Type: string, Default: '$'
• BillingPeriod: the time interval which the internet provider sends two invoices (ex. 'month', 'semester', 'year' etc.)
  Type: string, Default: 'month'

Localization

• TitleYou: you label caption text
  Type: string, Default: 'You'
• TitleTime: time label caption text
  Type: string, Default: 'Time'
• TitlePing: ping results title caption text
  Type: string, Default: 'Ping'
• TitleDownload: download results title caption text
  Type: string, Default: 'Download Speed'
• TitleUpload: upload results title caption text
  Type: string, Default: 'Upload Speed'
• TitleCost: internet cost title caption text
  Type: string, Default: 'Internet Costs'
• TextUnitCost: internet cost caption text for the unit price section
  Type: string, Default: 'Unit Price'
• TextCost: internet cost caption text for the total amount section
  Type: string, Default: 'Total Amount'

Constants

• CostPerDownloadByte: the reference internet cost will be calculated using this constant by multiplying it with the measured download speed expressed in bytes/second; this value represents the amount that the user should pay per a single byte download bandwidth
  Type: float, Default: 0.000019073486328125