Hi,
Not sure if this has been posted already but I found some previous threads where where people were trying to have some permanently powered Android tablets as HStouch around their house. Unfortunately even with the "Stay Connected" checkbox enabled, if the tablet ever went into screen off/standby the HStouch client would disconnect after an hour or so, making it slow to get started once re-activated.
I've just been trying to find a solution with this on my HomeSeer setup, and I'm pretty sure I have it working now:
1) Maintain a wake lock, specifically "PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK". This allows the screen to turn off, but the CPU and WiFi remain active. There are of course battery use implications but for permanently powered tablets this is fine.
Now, HomeSeer could implement this within their HSTouch app as an option. Until then, there is a free app on the play store called Wake Lock - Power Manager that works great for me.
2) Make sure your WiFi stays connected. One of my tablets (new Kogan Agora) is fine, but the other (Telstra T-Touch) would lose WiFi connection overnight. So far the free app Wifi Fixer has done the job for me for the last couple of days, will see how it goes.
Not sure if this has been posted already but I found some previous threads where where people were trying to have some permanently powered Android tablets as HStouch around their house. Unfortunately even with the "Stay Connected" checkbox enabled, if the tablet ever went into screen off/standby the HStouch client would disconnect after an hour or so, making it slow to get started once re-activated.
I've just been trying to find a solution with this on my HomeSeer setup, and I'm pretty sure I have it working now:
1) Maintain a wake lock, specifically "PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK". This allows the screen to turn off, but the CPU and WiFi remain active. There are of course battery use implications but for permanently powered tablets this is fine.
Now, HomeSeer could implement this within their HSTouch app as an option. Until then, there is a free app on the play store called Wake Lock - Power Manager that works great for me.
2) Make sure your WiFi stays connected. One of my tablets (new Kogan Agora) is fine, but the other (Telstra T-Touch) would lose WiFi connection overnight. So far the free app Wifi Fixer has done the job for me for the last couple of days, will see how it goes.
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