iOS Reef Angel Uapp deprecated?

[whamblen]

Hi,

I just got a new iPad and the iOS Reef Angel Uapp (2.0.5) I’ve been using for the last couple years has been removed from the App Store. I’ve been searching the forums for the last 45 minutes looking for another solution.

I found references to the new web based uapp which sounds great but it seems to require the “cloud” WiFi attachment and I have the older non-cloud WiFi attachment.

The web portal kind of works to display status but I cannot click anything on it. In fact I cannot even login on the portal page itself because I can’t click the username and password fields to enter the information into them. I have to make sure I am logged in before clicking the link that loads the Portal. I think this may be an issue with the portal not supporting the mobile Safari web browser (or vice versa depending on your perspective ) because the portal worked fine on my wife’s Mac using Chrome.

Anyway, I’ll spend some more time looking through the forums tonight but if anyone has suggestions on my best course of action to replace the functionality of the old iOS app I’d love to hear them.

- Bill

[rimai]

https://forum.reefangel.com/uapp

[whamblen]

https://forum.reefangel.com/uapp

Are you saying the web based Uapp does *not* require a Cloud WiFi adapter? Because when I tried it yesterday it didn’t work. That, and the following text on the product page, is why I assumed it did require one. There is no such language on the non-cloud adapter’s page (not that it’s absence would preclude it from working with port forwarding configured).

Once the cloud wifi attachment is connected to the cloud server and your controller is setup, you will be able to control and monitor anywhere using the web based Uapp without any need of setting up port forwarding or anythihng else.

When I tried the web based Uapp, I used the same Name, IP Address, and Port that are working with the iOS app on the old iPad. I tried it both with my forum username/password in the Cloud Server section and with that section left blank. I tried it both ways after making sure that I was already authenticated to the forum in case there was some kind of cookie dependency. Nothing. No data on the status page. Can’t download labels. All relays showing off. Cloud Server usually shows “Connecting...”. Last Connected is always “never”. Forum username is always “Unknown”.

- Bill

[whamblen]

I poked around in the web based Uapp some more. With forum credentials in the Cloud Server section, I can get it to show “Connected” instead of an infinite Connecting... but there is still no data. With or without those credentials in place The “Get RA version” command will return 1.1.3 I hadn’t tried that yesterday. Maybe it’s something...

[rimai]

With the regular wifi attachment, you should not enter the cloud credentials. Just name, ip address and port.
Also, because it cannot talk over https, you will need to load the uapp without ssl.
http://forum.reefangel.com/uapp

[whamblen]

Okay, it’s working now. I’m not sure exactly which bit of saved information was causing the problem but unless you changed something on the server side there was something in my browser. Maybe a cookie from entering cloud server credentials during the first attempt? I don’t remember which way I tried first.

Anyway, in detail for future reference, here is what worked.

• Clear the browser cache/history/cookies/etc
  Go to http://forum.reefangel.com/uapp
  Load the Settings page
  Press Add Controller
  Input only the IP and port
  Press Save
  Load the Status page
  Press the hamburger button and select Download Labels from Portal
  Press the Refresh button
  Success!
  
  And thanks Roberto!

[acabano]

is the IP and port value, from the Portal? "Reef Angel wifi address"

[rimai]

Only if the controller is communicating with the Portal, which doesn't seem to be your case. Your banner is empty.

[acabano]

Hi Roberto, my controller is communicating with the portal, and I don't have portal key enabled.


Reef Angel wifi address: xx.xxx.xx.xxx:2000
My reefangelid: acaxxxxx
Connection Status: Ready

Last Update: 8/16/2021, 5:14:07 PM
Displaying data from: Reef Angel Controller (live)

[rimai]

It is not sending data to the portal...
You may need to update: https://forum.reefangel.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4601

[acabano]

thank you Roberto!

[acabano]

looks like Uapp is still down on my setup.

[rimai]

Are you using the web based UApp?
https://forum.reefangel.com/UApp/

[acabano]

yes i am, cloud status: disconnected

[rimai]

Do you have the cloud wifi attachment?
If not, you can't use the cloud server.
Make sure to not enter the cloud username and password when creating the profile. Enter only the ip address and port

[acabano]

web base Uapp.JPG (54.21 KiB) Viewed 6643 times

I have a RA star board, with ip address and port, still no luck with web based UApp.

[rimai]

Ahh. Ok.
Does it say cloud connected on the screen of your RA*?
With RA*, you should create a profile with both ip address and port left blank and just enter your forum username and password. They are both case sensitive.

[acabano]

sorry my controller is RA with ATMega328P

Reef Angel Controller
Technical Data
ATMega328P microcontroller running at 16MHz
32K Flash memory for coding
128x128 Color LCD screen
64K EEprom memory (2 banks of 32K)
Real time clock
Battery backup for clock settings
Thumb joystick with center select push-button
PH monitoring
3 temperature probe ports
2 float switch ports
Serial TTL port

[rimai]

You can't use the cloud server then.
Create a new profile and make sure to enter only the ip address and port. Don't enter username nor password.