Haiku HAI and the iPAD

[lupinglade]

@heffneil: It should be showing it, have you tried restarting HaikuHelper, does that make any difference? I'll see if I can find the problem.

By the way... We've got Extended Setup support for rooms ;-)


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[heffneil]

I haven't restarted it yet but I will try. One thing I noticed that might be an issue is that when you press a button it always asks for confirmation. Any way to disable this option? I would prefer to push the button and it operate. Especially if I replace am omnitouch I don't want to have to press more buttons to make things happen.

Thanks!

Neil

 

[lupinglade]

This is intentional to avoid it being pushed by accident. You can use the quick button menu (swipe up from the bottom of the screen) to bring up a list of favourite buttons that you can enable with a single tap. Also there is a quick menu in the Status tab's top right corner (the action button there).

 

[heffneil]

Cool I will check that out I am still very new to the product.

 

[heffneil]

Restart corrected the sunset and sunrise. Thanks!

 

[bighorn]

Can someone pls help me configure my Apple Airport Extreme to port map so I can access my OmniPro2 via my iPad using Haiku? I've been an apple user for many years, but for life of me I cannot figure out how to forward the ports to access my OmniPro2 outside my Wi-Fi network. I obviously need some detailed instructions because the Data Mapping functionality on my Apple router isn't too intuitive. Many thanks!

 

[lupinglade]

@heffneil: HaikuHelper 1.1 will fix the sunset/sunrise not being refreshed.

@bighorn:

Its quite easy to do, run Airport Utility and connect to your router:

- Click the Advanced icon (the gear) and then click the Port Mapping tab.

- Click the [ + ] button to add a port mapping

- For Public UDP Port(s) and Public TCP Port(s) enter 4369

- For Private IP Address enter the IP address of your HAI controller as it is set on your network.

- For Private UDP Port(s) and Public UDP Port(s) enter 4369 or the port your controller uses if its different. The default is 4369.

- Click Continue.

- Enter "HAI controller" or any other descriptive name for the Description field

- Click Done.

- Click Update.

That's it... you should now be able to connect to your HAI controller via your Internet IP on port 4369

You can find out what your Internet IP is by going to http://www.whatismyip.com/

You can also sign up with a Dynamic DNS provider to have a hostname/domain address that you can use such as myhome.dynd.org. They usually provide a little app that runs on your computer that updates the domain to point to your IP address.

 

[lupinglade]

Here's a big one!

function onConnect() {
controller.refreshAudioZones();
helper.sendNotification(controller, 'Hello Push Notification World!');
}
function onAudioZonePowerOn(audioZone) {
helper.say('Audio zone ' + audioZone.bestDescription() + ' on');
}
function onAudioZonePowerOff(audioZone) {
helper.say('Audio zone ' + audioZone.bestDescription() + ' off');
}

Javascript code to run your controller anyone?

 

[Desert_AIP]

Just bought your app and started playing with it (my first Apple product).
So far I'm very impressed. Very easy setup.
I know I need to go back and read all the pages in this thread for tips.

Two quick questions.
I only have a sinlge Area in my setup, so it isn't named (PCAccess won't allow me to).
In the Status page it shows the "Areas" header, but no entry for the area (because it doesn't have a name).
So there is just a black banner.
Is there any way to make it show the status for a single area install?

Also, I have a lot of placeholder zone entries for future contact installs. Right now they are all zone type auxiliary in PCAccess.
So the Omni ignores them.
But they are all showing as not secure on the status page.
Is there anyway to ignore a zone and not display it?
Can I ignore auxiliary zones?
Alternatively can I move the zone status section to the bottom?
Right now on the status page I have to scroll down several times to see the thermostats and temperature sensors on the status page.

Thanks for a great App!

 

[lupinglade]

@Desert_AIP: a single area should still show up. What model is your controller? Haiku does not require a name to be set on areas, instead it checks to make sure it's an enabled area.

For the future zones, I would suggest removing the name in PC Access and instead setting the description field. That will get them to not be displayed.

 

[Desert_AIP]

Omnipro II with the recently updated firmware.
The banner "Area" is displayed with no info, then the unsecured zone banner next.
In PCAccess with one area, there is no option to name a single area.
I assume with no name nothing will be displayed.

I guess I'll have to edit my file. A little disappointing, but minor.
Omni ignores the aux zones and doesn't constantly cycle "zone not ready" for them on the console.
I see that Haiku does cycle through them all in the message bar. I really don't care if my occupancy sensors are not ready, they're used for automation not security. Probably why Omni ignores them.

 

[jharrell]

I made mention of the aux zone issue a few times earlier in the thread. This issue is compounded by the fact that it has long been recommend that if you want to show a aux zone then you should make a message for it and show that, now in Haiku for my rain sensor it shows both zone not ready and the message, but the Omni consoles only show the message, which is why it was done to begin with. Console behavior should be the gold standard so that behavior doesn't clash like this.

Also removing the zone name is a step down, all my programming would read that reads "if rain sensor not ready" now becomes "if zone 13 not ready" no thanks.

Another issue that still persists related is that messages shown with no beep still chime when Haiku opens and retrieve displayed messages, very annoying. Messages shown even with a beep should only chime in Haiku if they are shown while Haiku is running, if you login an hour after a message is shown, the message should never create a noise in Haiku even if it is still up, that would be a like a console beeping when I walk up to it because a message is displayed. It's oh so wonderful to pull up Haiku a night to arm my system with my wife already asleep only to have it make a nice loud chime because the rain sensor was tripped 4 hours ago.

Fix these two issues and Haiku will be perfect as far as I am concerned.

 

[heffneil]

lupinglade I personally messaged you but the refresh rate of the app seems really slow. When I try to bring up the status of the control section it is really slow to refresh. Also when I arm my alarm for night it takes at least 30 seconds. I am not sure why but this is on my iphone and it is when the app hasn't been ran for a while. I use other apps which seem to not be as slow...

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Neil

 

[gf5300]

Yep.
I love haiku and I mean this to be constructive crticism.
Those of us who use both Haiku and snaplink know that Haiku is hands down the best app with one exception: Snaplink is way faster to refresh. While Haiku may take 15-20 seconds to load and update once started, Snaplink is almost instantaneous (literally).
I use Haiku but my wife uses Snaplink exclusively for this reason. She says that Haiku takes too long.
These observations have been made over the couse a a few months now and with the same devices (iphone, ipods and ipads) and in the same network.
Just trying to help.
I am a Haiku fan and I would like to see Haiku beat Snaplink in every repect.

 

[Desert_AIP]

Ok, I figured out if I delete the HAI short name but not the long one, Haiku ignores the zone and I can still keep my placeholder's in the PCAccess file.
I like the customization features.

I would like to be able to rename the HLC scenes from "A", "B", etc.
I use more descriptive names, and name them in both the HLC and UPB areas in PCAccess to make it easier to program and use.

Thanks!