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WeatherCat => WeatherCat iOS Clients => Topic started by: The Grand Poohbah on April 11, 2012, 11:06:00 PM

Title: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: The Grand Poohbah on April 11, 2012, 11:06:00 PM
Please put your descriptions of problems with the iOS client in this topic. Include any steps for reproducing the problem. If the App crashes, try to make it crash again and tell how you did it.
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: N8NOE on April 15, 2012, 03:24:10 PM
iOS app, does not work with LWC2, but did find WeatherCat..
Still NOT sure waht I need to update to, WeatherCat or LWC2 latest?..
Title: Client will only work with WeatherCat (Re: iOS Client Bugs)
Post by: elagache on April 15, 2012, 04:31:58 PM
Dear N8NOE and WeatherCat fans,

iOS app, does not work with LWC2, but did find WeatherCat..
Still NOT sure waht I need to update to, WeatherCat or LWC2 latest?..

The iOS client will only work with WeatherCat.  WeatherCat is an evolution of LWC, but not the same program and in particular Stu revised the protocol between the main program and any connected clients.  So if you want to run the iOS client, you'll need to upgrade to da' Cat!  [cat]  Fortunately, WeatherCat converts all your data, preferences files and so.  It is about as painless an upgrade process as has ever existed.

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: dogear on May 19, 2012, 02:32:17 PM
Version 1.0 (120402) daily precitation only seems to work whilst its actually raining. The client for OS 10 seems to represent daily precipitation for a 24 hr period whereas the IOS client seems to represnt daily precipitation over a much shorter period. Cheers
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: The Grand Poohbah on May 21, 2012, 10:51:29 PM
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Version 1.0 (120402) daily precitation only seems to work whilst its actually raining. The client for OS 10 seems to represent daily precipitation for a 24 hr period whereas the IOS client seems to represnt daily precipitation over a much shorter period. Cheers

I assume you are referring to the "Precipitation per day" row in WeatherCat for iOS. This is the value provided by the server and should represent the accumulated precipitation since midnight. Unfortunately, I can't test this since it stopped raining here and won't resume until September. If you can record actual versus reported by Mac OS-X and iOS clients and send it to me in a message, that would be helpful.

--grand
Title: Bummer when weather won't cooperate!! (Re: iOS Client)
Post by: elagache on May 21, 2012, 11:14:25 PM
Dear Grand and WeatherCat fans,

Unfortunately, I can't test this since it stopped raining here and won't resume until September.

 ;) Isn't that most inconvenient?  You'd think that Mother Nature would understand when you are a weather software developer and would cooperate with a suitable mix of extremes!! [lol2]

Nevermind that at least in California . . . . it already feels mighty dry!  [sweat2]

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: dogear on May 22, 2012, 09:20:19 AM
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Version 1.0 (120402) daily precitation only seems to work whilst its actually raining. The client for OS 10 seems to represent daily precipitation for a 24 hr period whereas the IOS client seems to represnt daily precipitation over a much shorter period. Cheers

I assume you are referring to the "Precipitation per day" row in WeatherCat for iOS. This is the value provided by the server and should represent the accumulated precipitation since midnight. Unfortunately, I can't test this since it stopped raining here and won't resume until September. If you can record actual versus reported by Mac OS-X and iOS clients and send it to me in a message, that would be helpful.

--grand

Supposed to rain here for the next 3 or 4 days so hopefully I will have data to send. Cheers
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: southwye on August 30, 2012, 06:02:27 PM
If you need some guaranteed daily rainfall, I suggest a ticket to the UK would be in order.

I've just got back from our equivalent of your "county show".  Walking boots and lower legs plastered in gloopy mud - attendance levels were way down as were the cattle and sheep entries for fat-stock judging.  We are told that this meteorological state of affairs will continue until such time as the Jet Stream moves north - so suspect it will be further week's of cool, wet and windy weather blending imperceptibly into a cool wet and windy autumn!

The joys of English weather!!

Mike H   
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs? Ver. 1.10 Build 1284
Post by: N8NOE on October 04, 2012, 09:56:34 PM
Hey All, I just have been noticing troubles Connecting to my Home WeahterCat from the iPhone.
I'm running WC 1.10 Build 1284 at home and an internal connection is fine and connects, But the Internet does not now?..
Not sure this is a bug, or I may have to open a Port that was not before?..
But if you have an answer, I'm ready. or just letting someone know?..
Jeff-N8NOE
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: WCDev on October 05, 2012, 04:53:02 PM
Hi Jeff,
There haven't been any changes in the client interface. I'd check your external IP address (it may have changed) and if necessary update any dyndns service you are using.

More details in the manual and on the wiki at:
http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/WeatherCat_Clients

Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs? Ver. 1.10 Build 1284
Post by: The Grand Poohbah on October 08, 2012, 05:20:50 PM
Hey All, I just have been noticing troubles Connecting to my Home WeahterCat from the iPhone.
I'm running WC 1.10 Build 1284 at home and an internal connection is fine and connects, But the Internet does not now?..
Not sure this is a bug, or I may have to open a Port that was not before?..
But if you have an answer, I'm ready. or just letting someone know?..
Jeff-N8NOE
Try connecting over the Internet using the desktop client app that's provided with the WeatherCat download. If you can connect with the desktop client and cannot with the iOS client, check the iOS client URL to make sure it has the same URL as the desktop client.
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: timl2k12 on November 03, 2012, 01:54:32 PM
The pressure, when shown in inches of Mercury, only goes out to one decimal place. That is pretty useless.  :D It would be nice to have the option of displaying pressure in millibars without having to display temperature in metric.
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: staze on November 27, 2014, 06:36:47 PM
Having an issue where the Desktop client will connect just fine, but the iOS app refuses to connect over the internet. Running version 1.4 of the iOS app, and version 2.0.1 of WC. iOS 8.1.

Any thoughts?
Title: Both Mac and iOS version using Internet? (Re: iOS Client Bugs)
Post by: elagache on November 27, 2014, 08:09:33 PM
Dear staze and WeatherCat troubleshooters,

Having an issue where the Desktop client will connect just fine, but the iOS app refuses to connect over the internet.

Unfortunately, I've never bothered to set up access from the internet so I can't help you.  Have you tried the troubleshooting tips on the Wiki?

http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/WeatherCat_Clients (http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/WeatherCat_Clients)

Just to make sure that we are on the same page.  The Mac WeatherCatClient is also connecting to WeatherCat via an Internet proxy?

Hopefully someone else can chime in who has more experience.

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: Both Mac and iOS version using Internet? (Re: iOS Client Bugs)
Post by: staze on November 27, 2014, 08:11:03 PM
Dear staze and WeatherCat troubleshooters,

Having an issue where the Desktop client will connect just fine, but the iOS app refuses to connect over the internet.

Unfortunately, I've never bothered to set up access from the internet so I can't help you.  Have you tried the troubleshooting tips on the Wiki?

http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/WeatherCat_Clients (http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/WeatherCat_Clients)

Just to make sure that we are on the same page.  The Mac WeatherCatClient is also connecting to WeatherCat via an Internet proxy?

Hopefully someone else can chime in who has more experience.

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

No proxy. But yes, WeatherCatClient Desktop client works great. No idea why the iPhone client doesn't work sometimes. I have port forwarding set up just fine. I'm, I guess, more curious if others have seen this.
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: SeanA on November 28, 2014, 10:16:33 AM
Make sure you have reserved your computer address on the router.
Make sure the account Dyndns IP address is that of the computer you are using for the IOS.

Cheers
Sean [cheers1]
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: Blicj11 on November 28, 2014, 04:36:41 PM
This happened to me just last week. After checking port forwarding and finding everything was set correct, I used the Network Utility in OS X to check the ports and they were not being forwarded. I turned off my router and let it sit for 60 seconds, After I restarted it, I then restarted WeatherCat and the iOS client started working again.

When you very first start the 'Cat, its log gives you one message that tells you that it was able to bind to one of those ports (usually the first one in the range), or it tells you that it was unable to bind to any of those ports.

Bottom line is that if the iOS client is not working it can only be that either the ports aren't forwarded or the setting for your IP address is wrong in the app.
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: staze on November 28, 2014, 07:08:53 PM
Yeah, it's not the router. As I said, the Desktop client works fine. Just did a port scan, and 49250 is open and forwarding. Server has a static IP within my network.

I did manage to get it to work by turning off wifi (so it works on cellular), but that makes no sense since again, the Desktop client works fine on the SAME wifi network as the iOS client doesn't. Turning wifi back on breaks the connection again, but all the while, the Desktop client works fine.

Do we know if it's doing anything different than the Desktop client as relates to establishing the connection? Any kind of excess DNS queries, etc?
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: staze on November 28, 2014, 07:19:41 PM
Found the issue. Wifi network is being provided by a Comcast cable modem, which for the firewall settings had "block peer-to-peer applications", which apparently the iOS application triggers, but the desktop app does not.

Ah well, disabled that block, and it works fine now. Hopefully that'll help someone else.

Thanks!
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: Blicj11 on November 28, 2014, 08:29:45 PM
I added a sentence to the Wiki about this. However, that sentence may need to be tweaked. Check it out at http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/Client_Troubleshooting
Title: Re: iOS Client Bugs
Post by: staze on November 28, 2014, 08:31:07 PM
I added a sentence to the Wiki about this. However, that sentence may need to be tweaked. Check it out at http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/Client_Troubleshooting

Cool, thanks. I'm kind of curious why the iOS app gets blocked, but the desktop app doesn't.