Click to Install BBQ Remote App from your iPhone
Current Beta Version: 1.0.2 for Beta Testers Only
Last Updated: 5/22/2013 - 10:47 a.m. Central Time
We are no longer accepting any more beta testers for the BBQ Remote App. Thanks for everyone for their feedback. We have made some changes and are trying to get the latest version to the App Store for iPhone and Android.
If anyone has any questions/feedback or comments, feel free to send us an email.
Thanks
AppDesignGeeks
Hi Everyone,
We have received a lot of feedback from people testing the iPhone and Android App for the BBQ Guru.
I have noticed that there are a lot of people trying to download and install the app from the website. If you are unable to download and install this means that the app certificate has not been signed with your specific device id (UDID).
Once the app is released to the app store for iPhone and Android this is no longer an issue. The website link is only used for beta testers.
We have received a lot of feedback from some of the beta testers and we are currently in the process of updating/enhancing the app and will be releasing it to the app stores soon.
Sorry for not getting this out sooner but we were pulled away on another mobile project.
I will post some more information on the website of some upcoming features in the app. Such as a twitter like stream where people can post pictures and text of their cooks and other people who have the app will be able to veiw. You will also be able to upload the pics directly to twitter and facebook.
I will post some updated screenshots on the website when they are available. If anyone has some ideas they would like to see in the app. Please email appdesigngeeks@gmail.com
Thank You
AppDesignGeeks
Please make sure that the following items have been addressed....
- Before you can Install the BBQ Remote app, you will need to email your UDID information to appdesigngeeks@gmail.com - Download and use UDID Sender to get your device UDID (free App from AppStore)
- Firmware 1.1 installed
- Your Wifi Guru will need to be set to port 80
- Your wireless router will have to have port forwarding configured
- Use the following webpage to find your external ip address: External IP
- Wifi Guru must be set to infrastructure mode
Enhancements & Bug Fixes
- 8-23-2012 - Fixed saving issue with Target Temp on Home Tab
- 8-15-2012 - There is now a webportal that registered users can view/review a history of all of their past cooks and view a detailed graph. http://appdesigngeeks.com/appdesign/bbqguru/login.php
- 8-14-2012 - Fixed initial loading time when getting cook data
- 8-12-2012 - Enabled Username and Password for device security
Future Enhancements Requests
- Webportal will show more user information after login
- Timer in the app
- Monitor Mode for app
- iPad/Android specific Tablet version
- Ability to add notes to the cook history
- User defined and saved Probe Profiles/settings
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I need to enable the Wifi Guru for Infrastructure and Port Forwarding?
There are a couple of reasons that port forwarding and port 80 is used for our app. Our app does graphing and keeps a history of your cooks for you on our servers. There will be a webportal piece of the app that will allow you to login and view a detailed graph of the complete cook, add notes, and view past history. To do a proper graph we need to be able to poll the Wifi Guru at constant intervals and collect temperature data. We could have allowed the mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android device) to do the polling and store the file directly on the device itself. But this would have mulitple points of failure with creating a proper log file for graphing history.
For example:
- If you are doing an 8 hour cook and you only have the Wifi Guru configured for Adhoc mode your Mobile device would have to always be in range of your Wifi Guru. If it dropped the connection and can no longer poll the Wifi Guru, now your log file is going to be inaccurate. If you dont reconnect right way you could have hours of missing tempreature data.
- Lets say you happen to keep your Mobile device in range for 8 hours, you would have to keep the BBQ Remote app up and running for the complete 8 hours otherwise if you put the app in the background Apple iOS will shut it down after 10 min to save battery. (This is an Apple Limitation and cannot be changed. They dont want users to have a ton of apps running in the background because it would put a huge drain on the battery). Once again this would cause you to have an inaccurate log file.
- One more example would be if you had to leave for any reason to run to the store or whatever, your Mobile device is going to lose connection and again not be able to poll the Wifi Guru and collect temperature data.
Our solution for this is to have you set up infrastructure mode and allow your Wifi Guru to connect to www.appdesigngeeks.com server hosted on GoDaddy. The server will do all of the polling and logging for you and keep a history stored on the server. This way if your Mobile device loses connection, battery dies, or Mobile device goes into sleep mode our server will continue to poll the Wifi Guru and collect temperature data.
Why do I need to register?
So after you register, our server will have your device information to connect to the Wifi Guru once you start cooking. All of the data is encrypted and stored securely in our database. You will be able to login from any Mobile device that has BBQ Remote app installed without having to configure the connection settings to your Wifi Guru each time.
Will port 80 be secure from the outside world?
Yes, The latest version 0.3 and higher now supports the Wifi Guru Username and Password for secure access to your Wifi Guru device.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Thank You
appDesignGeeks