[Widget] Detect Power Outages

[subman]

My lights on....so I guess power is on

[subman]

I would prefer a piece of hardware that plugs into the actual circuit(s) and draws an ip so I know if that circuit is out as my router is on a different circuit.

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by subman

I would prefer a piece of hardware that plugs into the actual circuit(s) and draws an ip so I know if that circuit is out as my router is on a different circuit.

If you have any controllers or other networked devices on your reef then you could monitor that IP instead of the router ip.

[Nano]

not sure I'll partake on this. It always seems fishy (sorry for the pun) when people come on here and their first post is an advertisement. And then Nothing after that

[subman]

Originally Posted by Snaz

If you have any controllers or other networked devices on your reef then you could monitor that IP instead of the router ip.

GREAT IDEA! Ill monitor my profilux when I set it back up.

[vrgomes]

Hi there =)

So regarding the first question about Iphone app I have a lot of request for that platform but I don't have resources to invest on Iphone platform right now. I will try in the future to also port this and other applications to there.
You can also move to the dark side of the force, Android

Regarding the IP adress, this application can monitor any IP, URL or DNS (for example www.MyHome.com), it don't have to be the Router IP. Just give the widget the input and it try to reach it through Ping or port-scann. You just have to make sure that the IP is exposed to the internet.

If you have any sugestions or malfunctions just say it.
Hope the application helps you as it helps me =)

Greetings.

[reefme]

I had a samsung but the battery only last me half day.

[Snaz]

It works as advertised usually but a few comments.

- The IP that it pulls using the automatic "Find my IP" is your public IP on the WAN device before your router, like an ADSL modem(PPPoE) or cable modem and so the IP it discovers is not necessarily the router IP unless the two devices are in fact one. Like Telus@Home router/modem combo. If your power goes down then it will alert so not a big deal but to be clear it is not the router that it monitors but the modem.

- The alerts were not reliable. I would set for a one minute update and sometimes the widget would change to a random setting: off, on, half/half.

- Only once did I get a taskbar notification that my power was down. Without this function working 100% it is not recommended to use this product until fixed.

- I mentioned in an above post that you could probably monitor any connected device on your local network but I have not tested this and I do not know if it is yet possible with this application. To do this to work you would need to configure a port on your router to forward the ping request to the selected device and this is not a procedure for novices.

Summary: The inconsistent notifications to me mean this application is not ready for production use just yet. Good start developer but more work is needed.

My device: Galaxy Nexus 4.04