[phillipsdf]

App version is 2.2.4. I had the fixed 2.2.5 from last summer — but I got a new iPad and iPhone last fall, so had to re-download all apps from the App Store. As of now, the App Store shows that OpenSprinkler’s “current” version is 2.2.4, updated a year ago (see attachment). 2.2.5 is not available.

Web access directly to the hardware works fine, and the website shows 2.2.5.

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[phillipsdf]

Awesome — that’s great news. Thanks Ray.

[phillipsdf]

Totally agree — this is a minor (like 1 line) code change, could easily be incorporated into a subsequent firmware release. The sight overlap of capabilities far from unique, and a “daily” (i.e. 1-day interval) watering pattern is pretty usual stuff.

As a long-time developer, I honestly do appreciate the purity of the “no overlap” school of thought. But I’ve since spent decades working with UX design teams who’ve convinced me that the user’s convenience is more important.

[phillipsdf]

No offense, but that’s not really much of an answer beyond “it’s that way just because”. “Interval” suggests a regular pattern, while the Weekly function is, in every single other app I’ve ever used, intended for custom distributions by specific weekday. Is there some sort of boundary problem with the code that it can’t handle an iteration of 1? Or did the developers simply overlook that fundamental use case? Those things happen, no big deal — but there are actual solutions.

[phillipsdf]

Updated to 1.8.2 this morning. All good — thanks Samer!

[phillipsdf]

Thanks Samer – I get the usefulness of the build — but you are in fact populating the Version field in the OS Settings record with that, which is non-standard. Have you thought of using “1.8.0 (build 172)” or such?

[phillipsdf]

Sorry for the confusion, Samer — I couldn’t get to the About screen in the app, and seeing the app version in the web interface doesn’t seem relevant. I had to add the demo site to get to the About screen, as without a successfully connected controller, the Manage Sites screen is the only one available (that seems a bit odd). So I’m on app version 1.8.1, which doesn’t agree with the 172 I see in Settings/General/iPhone Storage/OpenSprinkler (also odd) — doesn’t look like that’s getting updated in the source code.

[phillipsdf]

Update: downloaded the new version supplied on the App Store this morning. iPhone shows version 176 now. Tried the reset wireless option — had to re-connect the controller to my access point, after which the problem remains — I can connect via HTTP on a. browser, but the app continues to fail every time.

[phillipsdf]

I’d agree it doesn’t appear related to the hardware or firmware — connecting using a web browser continues to work without issue. The v3.0 device has been operating for a few months now since install, and it’s been flawless.

I’ve force-killed the app a number of times, as well as outright deleting it and redownloading it from the App Store multiple times. No luck. As I mentioned, I also restarted the controller and the access point just to be thorough.

Feel free to ping me if there’s any other information I can supply.

[phillipsdf]

Regarding the “crashing” – thanks for the in-depth info, really interested in hearing that — and thanks for addressing it!

[phillipsdf]

no problem adding the demo.

[phillipsdf]

Just downloaded 1.7.9, again. Incidentally, after redownloading the app, Settings/General/iPhone Storage still shows OpenSprinkler “174”, not 179.

“Scan For Device” searches for all versions and comes up empty: “No devices were detected on your network”. Manually adding the controller, after entering the name and password I get “Check IP/Port and try again”. This is all while I can easily get to the controller via a web browser. on the phone.

If I log into OpenSprinkler.com inside the app, it repopulates my sites with the correct data — except that hitting connect only gets me “unable to connect to <name>.

[phillipsdf]

Nope, local connection. No SSL, all inside our in-house router (AirPort Extreme). Up until this morning, all worked great (your app still freezes way too much requiring a close/restart, but that’s another issue). This morning, both iPhones and iPads are unable to connect. The IOS app can’t even find the controller to add it again.

I can still access the controller via Safari on either my Mac or iPhone, so I know the controller is actually still reachable, but that’s it. I’ve tried restarting the controller, the router and the phone. No difference.

for the controller:
App Version: 1.8.0
Firmware: 2.1.8
Hardware Version: 3.0-AC

for IOS:
iPhone 11.4.1, iPAd 12.0 beta
OpenSprinkler app shows version 174

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