RK net module help! FIGURED IT oUT!!!!

[350gt]

For those of you running a reef keeper with a net module and running the mymobilereef app....


how did you get the app to work?


i have the module hooked up and is visible from my Mac and my notebook but the app cannot find it. I know it has something to do with the URL, I only have the IP address, should that be enough?

on my notebook and Mac, I can view and rename everything but cannot adjust the settings or turn them on or off...


all my modules are up to date and all have the 2.0 version for the application to work....


I have looked at the DA site but its a bit complicated...

[rrasco]

I assume you are talking about the app on your phone.

If so, there are two cases in which you could access the RK. One, if your phone is connected to your wifi, you can use the private internal IP of the RK to access the device. If your phone is NOT on your wifi, you need to setup NAT in order for your router to know to forward the traffic to the RK from an external port. You will need your public WAN IP for you home network in order to accomplish this.

[350gt]

Yes my phone is on my network when I'm home....

i know you have to do some port forwarding to have access away from home but I just need to 1st figure how to get the app to even recognize the module.... My notebook and Mac do, even my phone when I use the browser.

[rrasco]

Interesting. Without ever actually handling a store bought controller, I'm not quite sure.

What settings does it ask for? Does it have a port value defined?

[350gt]

When in logging on to the app all it ask for is the name, password, and urL.... I have the name and password set as I can log on from my Mac... I just can't control a thing.

[rrasco]

That's weird you can't control anything. I'm not much help with that part since I have no experience with a RK. I can only help with the networking aspect of it.

What are you renaming and viewing? Outlets?

[350gt]

Yes the outlets.... Which is awesome.

I would tend to forget which channel was which... Now on my head unit it looks like..

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww125/gsrt5/3E4E93CE-4E12-4305-8F57-6D453E9FA413-556-0000004CA95B1F25.jpg

[rrasco]

Odd. Maybe someone else will chime in since I don't know anything about RKEs.

[350gt]

I'm hoping....

will probably figure it tonight or tomorrow... It's probably something so simple

[mkengr45]

Did you go to settings on the app and put in your IP address with the port forwarded at the end? Mine looks like this

Username
Password
http://###.##.###.##:forwarded port

Where the port is whatever you set it up as. You got my number man, give me a call if you don't figure it out. Chris (BigPun) and I are transferring everything into my new half circle tank tonight....he runs a RKE also I believe. Give me a call if you like. I've used the DA net module for a while, and turn stuff on and off from iPod, phone, work computer, etc...all the time.

Randy

[rrasco]

If he is using it internally he shouldn't need to define a port unless the RKE doesn't use port 80.

[350gt]

Did you go to settings on the app and put in your IP address with the port forwarded at the end? Mine looks like this

Username
Password
http://###.##.###.##:forwarded port

Where the port is whatever you set it up as. You got my number man, give me a call if you don't figure it out. Chris (BigPun) and I are transferring everything into my new half circle tank tonight....he runs a RKE also I believe. Give me a call if you like. I've used the DA net module for a while, and turn stuff on and off from iPod, phone, work computer, etc...all the time.

Randy


Tried that too... It was :80 and nothing..


Idk I gave up earlier as I have to reset it cause I locked myself out.. Lol

[350gt]

Finally figured it out......


have to say this is awesome..... I think it's worth it for the cool factor alone..

being able to see my tanks parameters, well the only ones I have set up so far on my reef keeper from my couch..Being able to shut stuff off from my phone if needed.....

well I got it working on my home network... Now to get it working outside my network will be a little challenge..


this is from the ireef app, I didn't have any other status on yet just oh and temp...

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww125/gsrt5/D064D24D-0D96-496F-B7B8-93FBF3F51FE5-556-000000946D6A198A.jpg


i will probably be using the mymobilereef app more..

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww125/gsrt5/AA3D1CA9-1491-482F-93F6-C3AB97D0D00B-556-0000009473C0A3CE.jpg


then if you need to turn something off.....

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww125/gsrt5/183436A4-0349-40A6-8037-E79DFE3D70C0-556-000000947A10BEED.jpg


Awesome IMO.........


Chris I know you want one now... Lol

[350gt]

Lol rrasco.... Only mistake I was making was not putting http:// before my IP address..... Told you it was going to be something simple that I overlooked..... I'm a idiot...

[350gt]

Too bad the phone can't do it, that I know of...


But you can hop online and see graphs of your system and what it's been doing....

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww125/gsrt5/B38BAEF8-302F-4D73-AF51-6ABB6B281613-915-000000994153098D.jpg

i guess this would be useful for a number of things.. Could of use this awhile back when my PH was erratic..

[ElChicano]

This is nice.. Now I know what im getting on pay day.. LOL

[350gt]

Lol.... I would.

I mean it's a cool gadget.. I can't see why someone wouldn't like it....

[rrasco]

Haha...it's always something stupid simple. I should have suggested various URL formatting.