iOS App

[Uwe]

Anyone search for 'VCDS-Mobile' in the App Store recently?

-Uwe-

 

[jakematic]

Love the beeper function too !

HAPPY SNOOPY DANCE !!!

 

[jakematic]

I have one request for Shaun though... I'd like it to play this as a 'ringtone' when you press the button:

<runs> <hides>

 

[golfi_vend]

Response for Knight Rider.

I'm too old for this "stuff". He said "stuff"

 

[romad]

And it DOESN'T require iOS 7 or newer! Yeah!

 

[solomon]

I like it.... Now for the first "serious" enhancement request (with all due respect to jakematic ) - Can you guys make this work when the iDevice is sourcing the WiFi network via the built-in iOS7 "personal hotspot"? It worked great on my home network (where of course I already know the IP) but says it's not connected when my phone is in hotspot mode.

iPhone4S, iOS7.0.4 legitimately enabled Personal Hotspot (T-Mobile USA).

 

[Uwe]

Honestly, I'm not sure that's possible.

-Uwe-

 

[jakematic]

Huh, I haven't had a chance to try with hotspot yet.... good catch solomon.

Having used Fing and iNet in hostpot mode before I do know:

• they usually try to scan the WAN connection
• my guess is they try WAN as it's the default gateway
• I've had to manually have them search in this mode
• the DHCP range is 172.20.10.X with iOS 6 and later

I bet if the broadcast packet was sent to the 172 network it would pick it right up.

That said, it would mean hardcoding the app... which as a programmer gives me the shivers.
There should be a way to find the subnet of the broadcasting hotspot and check it though.

 

[solomon]

the DHCP range is 172.20.10.X with iOS 6 and later
I bet if the broadcast packet was sent to the 172 network it would pick it right up.

That said, it would mean hardcoding the app... which as a programmer gives me the shivers.
There should be a way to find the subnet of the broadcasting hotspot and check it though.

I was going to give jakematic credit for steering me to those tools and suggest the following:
-offer a user-configurable subnet to scan (defaulting to 172.20.10.xxx would be ideal, but as long as I can set-it-and-forget-it I'd be happy)

I've not tried playing with ifconfig or similar (my iPhone is jailbroken) to see, but I'd imagine there are well-defined networks corresponding to WiFi and Cellular. Whether Apple allows mere userland apps much access is another story

I tried hotspot first (well Ok, second - I did try WiFi to be sure it worked) because that's exactly the usage model that limited me in Germany I foolishly (I was really busy, the dog ate my homework, etc) didn't try the setup in the US and then found in Germany that I didn't know the IP of the Hex-Net on my hotspot Plus I could see this being a common "help a buddy" mode where I just use my own phone hotspot network to connect Hex-Net.

Richard

 

[jakematic]

It should be 172.20.10.0/28 on bridge0

I *think* the iPhone is .2 for some reason but can't find anything to corroborate that.


Edit: I can't test it because my hotspot keeps shutting off - will try to debug that later

 

[jakematic]

Ooooh... look what just showed up in the App Store

 

[romad]

So, did it improve your hotspot problems?

 

[jakematic]

So, did it improve your hotspot problems?

I'll be lucky if I get to test this before Saturday unfortunately.

 

[Bruce]

So even when we are away at the Automechanika Frankfurt, the Ross-Tech team keeps working.....

 

[jakematic]

I would expect no less innovation from the Team who created the best automotive diagnostic platform available

 

[solomon]

Sorry it took me a few days to get a round tuit, but I was able to test 1.0.1 in hotspot mode and it simply works! The app shows "Connected to network: Not Found" but auto-detects the HN and connects up to it quite easily.

Thanks Ross-Tech, this makes a HUGE difference in the usability on iOS HotSpot!!!!

Richard

 

[audibmi]

without a hex net to test yet, does the ios app scale in resolution according to the device used? i.e.,will the icons and text on a larger device such as an ipad air look more grainy compared to smaller device such as iphone?

 

[Uwe]

Not having a HEX-NET doesn't prevent you from downloading and installing the app.

Remember, the app doesn't do much except locate the HEX-NET for you on your network and then open a browser, either separately or in the app itself, so in the end, what really matters is the browser.

-Uwe-

 

[audibmi]

thanks for the quick reply uwe! I've download the app to both my iphone and ipad already, but without a hex net device, it won't allow me to proceed to the browser.

as a comparison, with a Lenovo thinkpad 10" tablet running windows 8 running vcds (not mobile), I found the user interface windows could not be maximized to fill the entire display. I was hoping vcds mobile browser would allow the screen real estate to be fully utilized.

 

[Santos]

Did you tweak the window size in the options screen?