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binder · Post by **binder** » Fri May 10, 2013 6:21 am

mudcat1 wrote:
binder wrote:so are all the issues taken care of so far? is there anything that i need to investigate with the pending new release?
Curt,
After play with the new code I see a few things that look suspicious. When going into Setting -> Controller Information -> Controller:Labels, the item listed in the 4th position after Temp Sensor 3 says @2131427826 if I select it, it defaults to pH.

When going into Setting -> Controller Information -> Controller:Visibility, the Temp Sensor 1 item is missing. The item in the first position is Temp Sensor 2.

Other than that everything looks great so far. I really like the improvements. One question is there a way to display the current status of the ATO Low and ATO High float switches on the Android Controller display screen?

Thanks,
John

I will look into the labels item that you described.

Yes, temp sensor 1 is missing on purpose. I haven't had anybody ask for removing or hiding it. I believe everybody has at least 1 temp sensor and wants to view it. It is pretty easy to add in the code to allow it to be hidden.

No, I have not added in the displaying of the ATO status. I plan on doing that and thought about it with this release but have't had a chance to code it. I was thinking of doing the update and then adding it in the next minor update. Would you rather I include it in this update?

mudcat1 · Post by **mudcat1** » Fri May 10, 2013 7:33 am

binder wrote:
mudcat1 wrote:
binder wrote:so are all the issues taken care of so far? is there anything that i need to investigate with the pending new release?
Curt,
After play with the new code I see a few things that look suspicious. When going into Setting -> Controller Information -> Controller:Labels, the item listed in the 4th position after Temp Sensor 3 says @2131427826 if I select it, it defaults to pH.

When going into Setting -> Controller Information -> Controller:Visibility, the Temp Sensor 1 item is missing. The item in the first position is Temp Sensor 2.

Other than that everything looks great so far. I really like the improvements. One question is there a way to display the current status of the ATO Low and ATO High float switches on the Android Controller display screen?

Thanks,
John

I will look into the labels item that you described.

Yes, temp sensor 1 is missing on purpose. I haven't had anybody ask for removing or hiding it. I believe everybody has at least 1 temp sensor and wants to view it. It is pretty easy to add in the code to allow it to be hidden.

That makes perfect sense. I just made the casual observation that it was missing while I was testing the new app.

No, I have not added in the displaying of the ATO status. I plan on doing that and thought about it with this release but have't had a chance to code it. I was thinking of doing the update and then adding it in the next minor update. Would you rather I include it in this update?

Well I currently use my ATO Low float switch to monitor whether my ATO reservior is empty and my ATO High float switch to monitor a sump overflow, so if you can give us the option of putting the ATO switch statuses on the display screen with a customizable the label that would be great.

And if you can easily accomplish that by this planned release, that would be nice too. But since this is Mothers day weekend, I don't want you to stress over it, if you would rather spend time with your Mom.

Thanks for your help and consideration,
John

cosmith71 · Post by **cosmith71** » Fri May 10, 2013 7:47 am

How about an option for 1 minute refreshes?

--Colin

binder · Post by **binder** » Fri May 10, 2013 7:59 am

mudcat1 wrote:
binder wrote:
mudcat1 wrote: Curt,
After play with the new code I see a few things that look suspicious. When going into Setting -> Controller Information -> Controller:Labels, the item listed in the 4th position after Temp Sensor 3 says @2131427826 if I select it, it defaults to pH.

When going into Setting -> Controller Information -> Controller:Visibility, the Temp Sensor 1 item is missing. The item in the first position is Temp Sensor 2.

Other than that everything looks great so far. I really like the improvements. One question is there a way to display the current status of the ATO Low and ATO High float switches on the Android Controller display screen?

Thanks,
John
I will look into the labels item that you described.

Yes, temp sensor 1 is missing on purpose. I haven't had anybody ask for removing or hiding it. I believe everybody has at least 1 temp sensor and wants to view it. It is pretty easy to add in the code to allow it to be hidden.

That makes perfect sense. I just made the casual observation that it was missing while I was testing the new app.

No, I have not added in the displaying of the ATO status. I plan on doing that and thought about it with this release but have't had a chance to code it. I was thinking of doing the update and then adding it in the next minor update. Would you rather I include it in this update?

Well I currently use my ATO Low float switch to monitor whether my ATO reservior is empty and my ATO High float switch to monitor a sump overflow, so if you can give us the option of putting the ATO switch statuses on the display screen with a customizable the label that would be great.

And if you can easily accomplish that by this planned release, that would be nice too. But since this is Mothers day weekend, I don't want you to stress over it, if you would rather spend time with your Mom.

Thanks for your help and consideration,
John

ok, i will see what i can do. it may just be a simple text display for the status of it initially and then improve or add graphical part of it later.

binder · Post by **binder** » Fri May 10, 2013 8:00 am

cosmith71 wrote:How about an option for 1 minute refreshes?

--Colin

That is simple enough to add. Nobody had suggested that yet but its easy to do.

cosmith71 · Post by **cosmith71** » Fri May 10, 2013 8:13 am

Thanks. I have a dedicated tablet control panel on my tank so 1 minute would be great!

--Colin

enigma32 · Post by **enigma32** » Fri May 10, 2013 8:38 am

I've played with the pre-release for a bit.. seems very nice so far!

Question: Is there an option to hide the Daylight and Actinic control channels for those of us that have other fixtures? (in my case, AI Sol)

Minor bug in the last release that I can't test easily in the pre-release: After installing the app, before configuration has been completed, the app still tries to contact the controller (resulting in error notifications every now and then).

mudcat1 · Post by **mudcat1** » Fri May 10, 2013 12:04 pm

enigma32 wrote:I've played with the pre-release for a bit.. seems very nice so far!

Question: Is there an option to hide the Daylight and Actinic control channels for those of us that have other fixtures? (in my case, AI Sol)

Minor bug in the last release that I can't test easily in the pre-release: After installing the app, before configuration has been completed, the app still tries to contact the controller (resulting in error notifications every now and then).

Enigma,
Yes, if you don't want to display the Daylight and Actinic control channels go to Settings -> Controller Information -> Controller: Visibility and uncheck Daylight Channel and Actinic Channel.

mudcat1 · Post by **mudcat1** » Fri May 10, 2013 12:25 pm

Curt,
I doubt that it will help you with your Android coding, but I noticed that Roberto added the ability to customize the ATO status labels in the RA Portal.

: RAPortal ATO Status.jpg (17.17 KiB) Viewed 6283 times

binder · Post by **binder** » Fri May 10, 2013 1:04 pm

enigma32 wrote:I've played with the pre-release for a bit.. seems very nice so far!

Minor bug in the last release that I can't test easily in the pre-release: After installing the app, before configuration has been completed, the app still tries to contact the controller (resulting in error notifications every now and then).

Hmmm,...I will have to check on this. I try to not have the app communicate until it is configured but I may be missing something. I will look more closely.
The first run configuration needs to be improved drastically and will be.

Thanks for the feedbak.

binder · Post by **binder** » Fri May 10, 2013 1:07 pm

mudcat1 wrote:Curt,
I doubt that it will help you with your Android coding, but I noticed that Roberto added the ability to customize the ATO status labels in the RA Portal.
RAPortal ATO Status.jpg

That is good. I can pull those labels to be stored. I still have code in the ability to store and display the code but the portal labels can be downloaded and stored so you dont have to manually enter them.

What does the green circle mean and red circle mean? I know it has been posted before but I cant remember.

cosmith71 · Post by **cosmith71** » Fri May 10, 2013 1:12 pm

ATO Low: Red=open, green=closed

ATO Hi: Red=closed, green=open

I think.

--Colin

enigma32 · Post by **enigma32** » Fri May 10, 2013 2:24 pm

@mudcat1: Thanks! Don't know how I missed that...

Mike S · Post by **Mike S** » Fri May 10, 2013 9:14 pm

Curt

Just a minor note on the new version. On my nexus 10 the text on the right "Main Relay" gets cut off on the controller screen.

mudcat1 · Post by **mudcat1** » Fri May 10, 2013 9:38 pm

Mike S wrote:Curt

Just a minor note on the new version. On my nexus 10 the text on the right "Main Relay" gets cut off on the controller screen.

Part of the letter "y" in the word Main Relay is cut off on the right side of my LG-P999 smartphone too when on the controller screen.

binder · Post by **binder** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:55 am

yeah, if you are viewing the controller screen, the text to the right for main relay will get cut off a little. there's not much i can do about that because I use another library to handle that. it does it for all the text in that indicator bar o the right. I can check if there is anything i can do but I'm not sure.

binder · Post by **binder** » Sat May 11, 2013 4:05 pm

cosmith71 wrote:Thanks. I have a dedicated tablet control panel on my tank so 1 minute would be great!

--Colin

Added and ready for next release.

binder · Post by **binder** » Sat May 11, 2013 4:08 pm

enigma32 wrote: Minor bug in the last release that I can't test easily in the pre-release: After installing the app, before configuration has been completed, the app still tries to contact the controller (resulting in error notifications every now and then).

This should be fixed now. I switched the way the service runs and operates. There is no longer going to be a service running in the background. The service only starts up when prompted, runs and then stops (exactly like the auto update service).

binder · Post by **binder** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:51 am

I'm adding in the ATO port displaying now. I'm initially just going to have TEXT labels displaying the status, then moving on to mimic the portal with the RED/GREEN dots.

Just to be clear (because I always forget these no matter how many times I ask),

ATO value of 1 means that it is ACTIVE or ON and the dot is GREEN
ATO value of 0 means that it is INACTIVE or OFF and the dot is RED

Is this correct or do I have things backwards? I'm thinking it is correct because that is how it is displaying for me on the portal but I wanted some confirmation.

cosmith71 · Post by **cosmith71** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:54 am

binder wrote:I'm adding in the ATO port displaying now. I'm initially just going to have TEXT labels displaying the status, then moving on to mimic the portal with the RED/GREEN dots.

Just to be clear (because I always forget these no matter how many times I ask),

ATO value of 1 means that it is ACTIVE or ON and the dot is GREEN
ATO value of 0 means that it is INACTIVE or OFF and the dot is RED

Is this correct or do I have things backwards? I'm thinking it is correct because that is how it is displaying for me on the portal but I wanted some confirmation.

ATOHigh is reversed from ATOLow. It confuses the heck out of me.

--Colin

binder · Post by **binder** » Sun May 12, 2013 8:00 am

cosmith71 wrote:ATOHigh is reversed from ATOLow. It confuses the heck out of me.
--Colin

Yeah, they are flipped in the StandardATO function.

binder · Post by **binder** » Sun May 12, 2013 5:57 pm

Thanks for all the feedback. I just added a RC2 release for 0.9.0. (http://curtbinder.info/apps/) I fixed a lot of stuff you guys mentioned from the RC1 release. This is most likely going to be the final release. Feel free to install it if you like, it will still get updated when it's officially released through the Play Store.
I fixed:

Added 1 minute refresh interval
Fixed the PH label not showing up in the Labels Preferences
Stopped the service from running in the background. It only runs when necessary and stops.
Fixed the last letter in the Title Indicator from being cut off.
Added ATO High and Low status to the controller page

That's about all that I fixed over the weekend. Thanks again for all your feedback. Unless there's anything major with the app, this will probably be officially released in a couple days.

mudcat1 · Post by **mudcat1** » Sun May 12, 2013 9:14 pm

Curt,
I just install RC2. It looks great! Thank you for adding the ato float status. It also appears that you fixed all of the issues that I reported.
Thanks again,
John

dapg8gt · Post by **dapg8gt** » Sun May 12, 2013 9:41 pm

EDIT:NEVERMIND FOUND IT ON PAGE 24:)

is my IP ok to use on away adress? Uverse router 2wire? Or do I need a dynamic ip?

Newbie here just need a point in the right direction of using this app. This is my first droid phone and I came from the iphone app that displayed all the relays and was able to use them. So is there a post describing what I have to do in order for the app to function? All I have now are the values of my controller. No relays even showing on the screen. I tried controller and portal option. Is there a step im missing somewhere? The iphone app was working and I have port forwarding right just need to know what else I have to do. Thanks in advance this galaxy s4 is nice but the learning curve from the iphone is huge

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Sun May 12, 2013 10:36 pm

ip is fine.
I use ip on my away profile, but I have static ip.

dapg8gt · Post by **dapg8gt** » Sun May 12, 2013 10:41 pm

Would I have to check with my isp to see if I have a static ip? Or is there another way?

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Mon May 13, 2013 8:20 am

You would have to check with your ISP.
But if you have dynamic, it is easy to setup dyndns service.
A free one is www.dyndns.info, but doesn't integrate with routers

Check your router to see which ones can be directly integrated with it.

cosmith71 · Post by **cosmith71** » Mon May 13, 2013 2:15 pm

I use no-ip.com. There is a utility that installs on your PC and updates your address with them automatically as long as your pc is running. This eliminates the need for your router to be compatible with the DNS service.

--Colin

binder · Post by **binder** » Mon May 13, 2013 7:00 pm

Just released to the Play Store. Be on the lookout. Also updated the screenshots on the Play Store.

dapg8gt · Post by **dapg8gt** » Mon May 13, 2013 9:10 pm

Thanks for the info guys appreciate it. Ive been all good for a few days and havent had to change anything how often would the ip change if it was to?

Absolutely love the android app just downloaded the update and I still need to figure out how to use it(app) to its potential. Leaps and bounds above the iphone app. Great job OP thanks

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