Opening DiPAgE directly in the browser

DiPAgE can be used without registration and without prior installation directly via the project website. The “App” menu item takes you to the web application. Alternatively, the app can be opened directly via the corresponding app address. The online version and the installed version are based on the same application and basically offer the same range of functions.

No user account is required for use. Neither a username nor a password is needed. Use itself is also free of charge and possible regardless of federal state, type of farm or specialist sector.

Why installation still makes sense

For regular work we recommend installing DiPAgE on the device you use. This places its own app icon on the desktop, in the start menu or on the home screen. The application can then be opened like an ordinary app, without having to visit the website first.

The most important advantage is better availability without an internet connection. An installed DiPAgE app can also be started when there is currently no connection to the internet. The documentation itself can be continued, saved and exported. Only functions that need current online data are then not available.

Installation on a computer or laptop

DiPAgE is not installed via a classic app store. First open the web version in a supported browser. Depending on the browser, you will find an install icon in the address bar or an entry such as “Install app” in the browser menu. In addition, an installation option is offered in the web application.

After installation, DiPAgE has its own icon and opens in its own window. Technically the application remains a so-called Progressive Web App (PWA): it still uses the browser technology of the device, but behaves for the user largely like a standalone application.

Installation on a smartphone or tablet

On mobile devices, too, DiPAgE is installed via the web version. Open the application in the browser and then select in the browser menu – depending on device and browser – a function such as “Install app”, “Add to Home screen” or “Create shortcut”.

The exact name differs between operating systems and browsers. What matters is that the web application is added to the start screen or installed as a web app. DiPAgE can then be started directly via the new icon.

First start and first orientation

DiPAgE is set up so that the actual work takes place in a few central areas: new plant protection measures are documented in the application form, recurring objects and their applications are managed in the Object Manager, and finished plant protection product records are searched, edited, imported and exported in the “Protocols” area.

For first use it makes sense to first create a location or object, then determine the crop, and then select the plant protection product. This “crop first” principle runs deliberately through the application and helps to narrow the product selection down to suitable plant protection products.