Android app for the Classic

[Graham]

Graham, I just downloaded the latest version and started with a remove and install followed smoothly...  BUT I have not looked at the Classic other than to confirm that the WBjr is blinking, and it is,  when I got there I started the old version and I had the SoC screen and now it is not recognizing there is a WBjr....

I went down to the classic and double checked the IP address , came back up checked with the MN Local App, shut down ... then opened  your APP and the SoC screen is back....?

Any ideas?

Is it possible your whizbang current is at 0.0?
The code determines if the whizbangJr is installed if the value at 4371 is not 0.0 at startup, I'll admit that's a bit of a hack, maybe I should be using some other field...


Graham.

[Graham]

thanks guys, I went to Grahams link > PLay Store and did another uninstall before loading 2.4.7...

MUCH faster than the older version I had..

Graham, which older version still starts with the Amps/Watts leaving the battery ( Consumption IIRC) and an image of a battery  showing the SOC?   I like seeing that first thing in the AM.

thanks,
ej

I've had a few request to put the order back the way it was
so let's have a vote on the tab ordering, the only constraint I have is that the Calendar and live chart can't be next to each other since they each use a lot of memory.

Currently I have the following;

One or more classics without a WhizbangJr, the tabs are:

Power | Energy | Live Chart | Temperature | Day Log Chart | Hour Log Chart | Calendar | Info | Messages | About

A single classic with a WhizbangJr, the tabs are:

State Of Charge | Consumption | Power | Energy | Capacity | Live Chart | Temperature | Day Log Chart | Hour Log Chart | Calendar | Info | Messages | About

More than one classic with a WhizbangJr  with System view enabled, the tabs are:

State Of Charge | System | Power | Energy | Capacity | Live Chart | Temperature | Day Log Chart | Hour Log Chart | Calendar | Info | Messages | About

A Morningstar Tri-Star MPPT, the tabs are:

Power | Energy | Live Chart | Temperature | About


let me know how you would like to see as the tab order

Graham.

[Graham]

Graham - was thinking about the charging a bit more.

This would be the ideal charge status page

Charge state
Battery voltage
Temperature compensated voltage
System amps
Absorb Timer ( modbus 4139 Absorb Time Up/Down Counter Goes to Float when it reaches 0)
Float time

...

Larry

I posted another test version in dropbox that has this data in the Messages tab, let me know what you think.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z04q8hpw5ibpwfd/AACbRXpllos-IuLR6Z4pGWska?dl=0


Graham.

[mike90045]

Wait ?
Does one app do BOTH Classic and MorningstarTS ?

[ClassicCrazy]

Graham - was thinking about the charging a bit more.

This would be the ideal charge status page

Charge state
Battery voltage
Temperature compensated voltage
System amps
Absorb Timer ( modbus 4139 Absorb Time Up/Down Counter Goes to Float when it reaches 0)
Float time

...

Larry

I posted another test version in dropbox that has this data in the Messages tab, let me know what you think.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z04q8hpw5ibpwfd/AACbRXpllos-IuLR6Z4pGWska?dl=0


Graham.

I have this new test version loaded up and I see in the Messages tab
Target Battery Voltage  and the current voltage
Battery current ( System amps)
Float time
Absorb time

They all seem to be live - at least I can see the current and voltages change
So looks good ! 
Only thing I could see different is the Absorb and Float time converted from seconds to minutes or hours and minutes ? But I don't mind pulling out the calculator if I need to. The thing is I find this page very useful - at a glance can see exactly what the Classic is doing .

As far as the order of the tabs, - this way it is in the test version is fine for me - I guess it doesn't matter to me - I don't mind scrolling to which ever window I need.
The SOC screen came right up this time.
Thanks again for you development and trying out all these new things.
I loaded this on the tablet - I have not figured out how to get an apk file onto Bluestacks other than from the playstore. I guess I could load dropbox app on bluestacks and then download it on that way .
Larry

[Graham]

...
I loaded this on the tablet - I have not figured out how to get an apk file onto Bluestacks other than from the playstore. I guess I could load dropbox app on bluestacks and then download it on that way .
Larry

Try dragging the apk file from Windows explorer to BlueStacks

Graham.

[Graham]

Wait ?
Does one app do BOTH Classic and MorningstarTS ?

Should still work
I no longer have my TriStar for testing but I haven't had any complaints



Graham

[ClassicCrazy]

...
I loaded this on the tablet - I have not figured out how to get an apk file onto Bluestacks other than from the playstore. I guess I could load dropbox app on bluestacks and then download it on that way .
Larry

Try dragging the apk file from Windows explorer to BlueStacks
Graham.

Yeah that worked - just dragged it in and apk  installed and updated the old one.
And now I also see a whole row of options on side of bluestack screen to load apks or transfer over windows files. That goes invisible on full screen so that is why I didn't see it before .

Anyway test version running fine on Bluestacks.
here is screen capture of new tab

Larry

[Westbranch]

Hi Graham, The sun just went down and I came in to check the SoC ,pg 1 with the battery, at first it was not there, after watching it on and off 4 hrs,  then I went back to LIVE and scrolled my way to SoC (back again) and see 0%??  screen saver came on and I swiped the screen and now the SoC 95% is there again....

I don't know but something seems a bit unstable, or is it because I now have +2A incoming to the battery? Nope, now  I see -2.6A... Gremlins in the code..

[Graham]

Hi Graham, The sun just went down and I came in to check the SoC ,pg 1 with the battery, at first it was not there, after watching it on and off 4 hrs,  then I went back to LIVE and scrolled my way to SoC (back again) and see 0%??  screen saver came on and I swiped the screen and now the SoC 95% is there again....

I don't know but something seems a bit unstable, or is it because I now have +2A incoming to the battery? Nope, now  I see -2.6A... Gremlins in the code..

posted another update of the test version to dropbox, let me know if it's any better.
When the app starts for the first time it has to load all the logs from the classic, after that it only loads the latest log entry
it might be busy for a minute or so for the initial run.
Make sure you uninstall before since I didn't change the version # from the last test build

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z04q8hpw5ibpwfd/AACbRXpllos-IuLR6Z4pGWska?dl=0


Graham.

[Westbranch]

Morning Graham, well I had a bit of  a go so far..  uninstalled last version from yesterday, used the facility via you URL ay end if sig line, then to your link to latest version and installed it direct as well as pasting into my DROPBOX...  fire it up and Avast does not like it as it did not come from Play store... tell it to IGNORE etc. and it did not recognize/find Classic. Shut off TAB and reboot .... no app in the list, repeat as above.... now have App loaded and running but again \no so\c page, starts at Power page..??

Oh ya, when I saw it was not finding the Classic I went down and 'committed' the static  IP addr. again...

Question, if it needs to know WBJr is present to show SoC, why does it show WBjr Amps data on LIVE CHART?

maybe it will find itself in the wilderness..
cheers

ADD:well it finally found itself about 1 hr later..??

[ClassicCrazy]

I just uninstalled Bluestacks - it worked until today it wouldn't play the app unless I either paid some $ or loaded up some game or other app. I didn't want to do that - only want to run the Classic Monitor app !

So I searched around and there a bunch of Windows android emulators .  People want them to do all kinds of complicated gaming stuff. I am just happy to run this simple app ! I finally settled on Memu because of good reviews and XDA has topic on it too.
http://www.memuplay.com/
I installed base version then updated that to their Kitkat update.
Runs Classic Monitor app  fine - will see how it goes over time.

test version has been running fine but I noticed the Consumption Tab is missing .

Larry

[Resthome]

I just uninstalled Bluestacks - it worked until today it wouldn't play the app unless I either paid some $ or loaded up some game or other app. I didn't want to do that - only want to run the Classic Monitor app !

So I searched around and there a bunch of Windows android emulators .  People want them to do all kinds of complicated gaming stuff. I am just happy to run this simple app ! I finally settled on Memu because of good reviews and XDA has topic on it too.
http://www.memuplay.com/
I installed base version then updated that to their Kitkat update.
Runs Classic Monitor app  fine - will see how it goes over time.

test version has been running fine but I noticed the Consumption Tab is missing .

Larry

Yeah BlueStacks does that. I just tell it to go ahead and then delete them all. Most of the time it never puts anything on. Let me know how Memu works out.

[Graham]

Morning Graham, well I had a bit of  a go so far..  uninstalled last version from yesterday, used the facility via you URL ay end if sig line, then to your link to latest version and installed it direct as well as pasting into my DROPBOX...  fire it up and Avast does not like it as it did not come from Play store... tell it to IGNORE etc. and it did not recognize/find Classic. Shut off TAB and reboot .... no app in the list, repeat as above.... now have App loaded and running but again \no so\c page, starts at Power page..??

Oh ya, when I saw it was not finding the Classic I went down and 'committed' the static  IP addr. again...

Question, if it needs to know WBJr is present to show SoC, why does it show WBjr Amps data on LIVE CHART?

maybe it will find itself in the wilderness..
cheers

ADD:well it finally found itself about 1 hr later..??

You might have to Allow app installs from 'unknown sources' http://www.androidcentral.com/allow-app-installs-unknown-sources
this will allow install outside of the playstore like dropbox etc.

Without the whisbangjr, you should not get the SOC | Consumption or System | Capacity + the wbjr Amp line in the chart,
the SOC is now the second tab after power.
I must have a bug in the tab component, someone else was saying the the tab names did not match the content, got back to normal after a restart.


Graham.

[mike90045]

.....you could just take a snapshot of any screen using the share icon in the app.

argh, it just wants to send it offboard somewhere, won't give me any choice to store locally.  I have limited internet on the ranch, and it'd be useful to save it simply as a photo, and not send it to hangouts, drive, messanger, ,,,,,,,