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  • randman
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    Originally posted by Steve Q View Post
    In HS3 setup there is a setting “enable event processing”. If you uncheck this box, will it prevent the mobile app from running events?

    I haven't tried that, but since it's a not a user-specific setting, it doesn't sound like it would be useful for my use-case. My use case is: I want to use one user for my iPhone, which will have access to all events. But for my wife, use another user which doesn't have access to events. As mentioned earlier, looks like it started working after my initial post (i.e. events no longer show up for the new user), but HomeSeer Mobile shows some error messages.

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  • randman
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    Originally posted by randman View Post
    I'm looking into setting up HomeSeer Mobile (iOS version) in other family member's iOS devices. I don't want them to be able to run events. In Setup->Network, I created a new user with "Normal" user rights, but I unchecked "Event Access". When this user is logged on HomeSeer Mobile, events still show up and can be executed by the user. I then changed the user to have "Guest" user rights. Same problem. The user can still see events and run them. Seems like HomeSeer Mobile isn't checking the rights to run (or not run) events. An even fancier feature would be to be able to specify, for each event, which users are allowed to run the event. But for now, I'd be happy to be able to specify all or nothing based on user rights.

    I successfully tested that specifying which users can access devices works properly with HomeSeer mobile, so I can specify what devices a particular user shouldn't be able to see.

    EDIT: an hour later, I logged in again as the new user with only Guest user rights. This time, when I select Events in HomeSeer Mobile, a message on the bottom of the screen comes up saying:

    We are having a difficult time talking to HomesSeer. Details...

    When I click on Details..., I get a dialog box saying:

    Error
    An unexpected error has occurred.
    Value cannot be null.
    Parameter name: source

    So, don't know why that same user was able to see events earlier (even after restarting HomeSeer Mobile), but now, events don't show up (as desired), but I get above error messages (ideally, if the user doesn't have access to events, the Events button on the bottom of the screen shouldn't even show up).

    Thanks.
    Note: when I click on Events, no events show up (as desired), but I get the aforementioned errors in HomeSeer Mobile. Also, the HomeSeer log says:

    "Error In JSON request getting events: Objecdt reference not set to an instance of an object."


    Anyway, overall, HomeSeer Mobile is working well for me. I'm not sure I'm a big fan of some of the grouping. For many devices, it makes sense to group them together, but for some devices, I'd prefer flat approach. For example, the HSM200 devices are grouped together. But IMO, HSM200 child device functionalities Luminance, Motion, Temperature aren't really related to each other from an end user's perspective and makes more sense to show them on the main screen rather than having to drill down to them (one more click) to see the details of Temperature, etc.

    But, anyway, nice job on Homeseer Mobile 1.0!

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  • macromark
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    Originally posted by mbg0333 View Post
    How did you accomplish your button like Floods? What Row, column and column span? How did you do the toggle.?
    In the iOS version change the widget size to "slim" and enable the "Use as Toggle" option.

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  • Steve Q
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    In HS3 setup there is a setting “enable event processing”. If you uncheck this box, will it prevent the mobile app from running events?

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  • mbg0333
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    How did you accomplish your button like Floods? What Row, column and column span? How did you do the toggle.?

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  • randman
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    I'm looking into setting up HomeSeer Mobile (iOS version) in other family member's iOS devices. I don't want them to be able to run events. In Setup->Network, I created a new user with "Normal" user rights, but I unchecked "Event Access". When this user is logged on HomeSeer Mobile, events still show up and can be executed by the user. I then changed the user to have "Guest" user rights. Same problem. The user can still see events and run them. Seems like HomeSeer Mobile isn't checking the rights to run (or not run) events. An even fancier feature would be to be able to specify, for each event, which users are allowed to run the event. But for now, I'd be happy to be able to specify all or nothing based on user rights.

    I successfully tested that specifying which users can access devices works properly with HomeSeer mobile, so I can specify what devices a particular user shouldn't be able to see.

    EDIT: an hour later, I logged in again as the new user with only Guest user rights. This time, when I select Events in HomeSeer Mobile, a message on the bottom of the screen comes up saying:

    We are having a difficult time talking to HomesSeer. Details...

    When I click on Details..., I get a dialog box saying:

    Error
    An unexpected error has occurred.
    Value cannot be null.
    Parameter name: source

    So, don't know why that same user was able to see events earlier (even after restarting HomeSeer Mobile), but now, events don't show up (as desired), but I get above error messages (ideally, if the user doesn't have access to events, the Events button on the bottom of the screen shouldn't even show up).

    Thanks.

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  • randman
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    Originally posted by rjh View Post
    Looks like there is an issue with direct SSL connections, we will get it fixed in the next update.



    Thanks. I created a new server.pfx (apparently, the default certificate expired last December). When I try to connect using <DDNS server name>:<https port>, HomeSeer Mobile pops up with the message:


    Unexpected error. Please try again. An unexpected network error has occurred.

    HomeSeer log says:
    Authenticating SSL stream: A call to SSPI failed, see inner exception.
    Authenticating SSL stream: The function requested is not supported.

    I can use non-SSL with IP and I can also use MyHS. I'm looking forward to the update.

    Thanks.

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  • Steve Q
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    Originally posted by drhtmal View Post

    Currently there is no easy way to backup the config on the app. This is a significant short coming in the app at this time. You can't even save the config from one device and restore it to a different device. HS has stated that these features are on the road map but have not indicated when they will be released. It is a nice app for version 1.
    It is not clear to me where the data is actually stored. Is it my local HS3 computer, is it the mobile app, is it myHS3? Knowing where my data resides is important for me. It will help me make decisions on how to use this app.

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  • rjh
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    Looks like there is an issue with direct SSL connections, we will get it fixed in the next update.

    Originally posted by randman View Post
    I'm using the iOS version of HomeSeer Mobile with HS3 running on Windows 10. I tried logging in 3 different ways:

    1. myHS: I can login just fine.

    2. <server>:<http port>: using http, I can login just fine.

    3. <server>:<https port>: using https (where <https port> is in the Setup->Labs tab), I can't login. HomeSeer Mobile gives me this error message:
    "Unexpected error. Please try again. An unexpected network error has occurred".

    The HS3 log has an error message saying:

    "Authenticating SSL stream: Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream."

    I can use a web browser using https://<server>:<https port>. The first time I use Chrome with this URL, I got a NET:ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID, but after proceeding, I can login and I don't get the error again on subsequent logins.

    I'm not sure why HomeSeer Mobile (iOS version) can't use https. Do I need to create my own SSL certificates? I created SSL certificates a long time ago, but after I migrated to a newer server, I have been using the default certificate. Not sure what the procedure would be (I saw some old threads but not sure if the info is up to date).


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  • drhtmal
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    Originally posted by Steve Q View Post
    I would however like more information about how to backup the app data...
    Currently there is no easy way to backup the config on the app. This is a significant short coming in the app at this time. You can't even save the config from one device and restore it to a different device. HS has stated that these features are on the road map but have not indicated when they will be released. It is a nice app for version 1.

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  • Steve Q
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    Great app HS👍👍👍. After working with it for many days, I am very impressed with the responsiveness and reliability of this app. I have used ion my iPad and iPhone in many different places and it has always connected very quickly and worked very well. I have been using the Apple Home app since it was introduced; I like it very much. But it is very temperamental and it often takes 1-2 minutes to connect. The HS3 Mobile app is much faster. And it allows me to control all my 438 HS3 devices. I use dashboards to control everything. I really like having all the devices in a room on the same page (see attachment).

    I have not found any major bugs. I would however like more information about how to backup the app data and more information about SSL and HTTPS as it relates to the use of this app.

    Thanks for a great app.

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  • randman
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    I'm using the iOS version of HomeSeer Mobile with HS3 running on Windows 10. I tried logging in 3 different ways:

    1. myHS: I can login just fine.

    2. <server>:<http port>: using http, I can login just fine.

    3. <server>:<https port>: using https (where <https port> is in the Setup->Labs tab), I can't login. HomeSeer Mobile gives me this error message:
    "Unexpected error. Please try again. An unexpected network error has occurred".

    The HS3 log has an error message saying:

    "Authenticating SSL stream: Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream."

    I can use a web browser using https://<server>:<https port>. The first time I use Chrome with this URL, I got a NET:ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID, but after proceeding, I can login and I don't get the error again on subsequent logins.

    I'm not sure why HomeSeer Mobile (iOS version) can't use https. Do I need to create my own SSL certificates? I created SSL certificates a long time ago, but after I migrated to a newer server, I have been using the default certificate. Not sure what the procedure would be (I saw some old threads but not sure if the info is up to date).



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  • PilotC150
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    Good to see this finally go GA! I was a little unsure about upgrading my HS3 to a beta version just to test the iOS app.

    The biggest thing I'd like to see is the ability control dim level from the dashboard. Even if it was only available for a "Wide" widget, it would still be nice to have. Or maybe just a single tap to bring up a slider to change dim level. Also, when I remove sections from a widget like the title bar, the "Floor | Room" line and the status line (since the icon that displays tells of the status) the widget is still the same height, so there is a lot of wasted space).

    EDIT: I just found another post (that I should have looked for before) that explains how to use the Row, Column and Column Span settings within a Device settings in Home Seer to control how this displays. I had no idea what these fields were for before but now after setting them correctly it shows me what I wanted to see. Now I'm super happy with what I can do with this app!

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  • Steve Q
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    Originally posted by macromark View Post

    Gentle reminder that this is the first release or the app... more features to come.
    Fair enough🙂

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  • smuskiew73
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    Happy to finally see this available for iOS!

    Just tried it out on my iPad, looks good so far except that in the Devices view I don't seem to have all my devices visible. I tried changing the filters for Floor and Room to "All" and still don't see them. Appears that it's the most recently added devices that aren't showing up, ones that I've had in Homeseer for awhile are all there (almost like it's only loading the first 50 devices or so?)

    Also I had tried to use the app on an much older iPad (still running iOS 9.x, no longer able to upgrade it). Although the app store allows loading Homeseer Mobile it doesn't seem to be able to log in successfully (just gives "Unexpected error. Please try again. An unexpected network error has occurred."). I'm sure it probably has something to do with the older version of iOS and something being too old to be compatible in the app...so you might want to look into limiting the App from installing on older iOS versions (seems like a lot of Apps are like this, they give a message like "XXXX is not compatible with this iPad" if you try to install them.)

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