My school system will not allow my personal phone to connect to their internet. So my phone can not communicate to the console through the internal network. Also the console does not have an external ip address since it is located on the school system's internet for my phone to connect to it via 3g.
However, my school does have a guest internet account which is ONLY available through the wireless connection. I have already asked my IT department if the console could be wired directly into the guest internet, they said no.
So,... I already know the answer to this question but I must ask: Does the Element Console have wireless capabilities?
If not, is it possible to buy a USB wireless card for the Element console. And if wireless cards are supported by the Element, it is easy to install and configure within the console's interface?
If I'm reading this correctly, your saying that the lighting network is routed thru or part of the schools IT network. In general, ETC does not recommend this kind of setup and in almost all instances, there's no reason to setup the lighting control system thru a building backbone.
Most lighting networks, being stand-alone, are easy to add a WiFi router to and that in turn makes it easy to connect a iPhone/iPad device running the appropriate ETC App.
That's not to say that it's appropriate for students to do this or have access, without approval from those adults that manage the system.
It's awesome that you can now access the encoder sliders, though you can only see the first couple letters of each parameter, which could be tricky with lights with more advanced features.
Also, please please PLEASE allow me to boot directly into Live mode instead of ChanCheck. This was the worst thing to happen to the iPhone app...
Just to be clear, you can download the free version, but it won't actually do anything or allow you to at least see what the screen layouts are like, etc... UNLESS you actually go and setup the entire WiFi system to enable connection, configure console, etc.... in other words get the system up and operational. At that point and after all that work, the free version drops you after 10 minutes of use. Or pay the $53 for full blown off the bat, which is cheap in any event.
Seems it would be useful to at least have the demo version allow you to play a bit before deciding to set up the entire WiFi rig.
@Gecko - Chan Check Mode vs Live Mode is a function of the console, not the RFR. The aRFR, the iRFR, and the actual hardware RFR all get their functions from the console itself. (I agree, though... it should at lease be an option in the console.)
@Steve - The RFR's (i- and a- included) will connect to a laptop running the offline software. Just put your phone and laptop on the same WiFi, fill in the fields for your laptop's info (IP, Name) in the app, and you'll at least get to page through the screens. Just like above, the RFR's get 99% of their data from the console itself. I'm sure it'll still drop you after 10 minutes, tho.
[edited by: jfuchs at 4:21 PM (GMT -6) on Fri, Oct 21 2011]
@Steve - The RFR's (i- and a- included) will connect to a laptop running the offline software. Just put your phone and laptop on the same WiFi, fill in the fields for your laptop's info (IP, Name) in the app, and you'll at least get to page through the screens. Just like above, the RFR's get 99% of their data from the console itself. I'm sure it'll still drop you after 10 minutes, tho."
Yeah,, great. My home laptop does have EOL on it, but my WiFi is MAC address filtered, as well as WAP encoded. So I have to do a re-config. to view a demo ?.
@jfuchs - That's an interesting point. I distinctly remember this change occurring during the last iRFR update... though it's possible that I updated the console software right around the same time - which could be responsible for the change. Either way, I'll try to request the change for a console option as well.
@jfuchs - That's an interesting point. I distinctly remember this change occurring during the last iRFR update... though it's possible that I updated the console software right around the same time - which could be responsible for the change. Either way, I'll try to request the change for a console option as well.
