New free MFD/ICP app to control Falcon BMS from touch devices
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z just to let everyone know what’s going on: I’m currently away from my bms machine and home sailing the world. sadly the publisher of the iOS app has decided due to company politics to remove the app from the iOS app store a few weeks back. I’m talking to them and there is a good chance that they will publish it again, making it once more available in all the platforms. I’m sure the bms team understands why/how company politics sometimes get into the way and how working around that can be a hassle.
as of now the app works on Android, windows and Linux, so if you absolutely must run it and have an iOS device, find a cheap Android tablet. it’ll probably take me 2-3 falcon weeks to sort this out with the publisher…
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@kungfoo just publish on git and you’re good, why bother with corpo-crap, eh?
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@white_fang the biggest problem with that it’s that building the app for iOS is actually far from trivial. building the APK for Android for instance is as simple as
gradle assemble
once you have the toolchain installed. XCode is a nightmare, but I’ll see what can be done. If the company politics turn out to be too complicated to work with, then this is probably the way. -
Quick question. Will this work if I have my tablet plugged into my pc through USB connection instead of on my wi fi network? I have a tablet that I want to use for this but it is older and the security updates are no longer updated by the company (Samsung Tab A) and I am concerned with leaving it on my active wi fi network without it being fully secure. Thanks for the help.
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@Spcialist40k
dunno for iOs , but android YES. I’m using (ethernet via usb - “usb tethering”) this way for a long time.Option of manually entering ip for server and client app almost since a year now, so it works fine, I’ve tried it.
But, you shouldn’t be worried for a tablet security if it is “clean” tablet on wi-fi, … I mean no personal data on it… just used for ICP-MFD … reset your tablet to default and install just MFD software… that way there’s nothing to “steal” from it. - Don’t even need google account… just skip it, … if need can be added later.
- on the other hand, if you’re “scared” of wi-fi intrusion via tablet’s wi-fi… that would mean that attacker already have connection with your router wi-fi… so it has already been penetrated… but I wouldn’t go that far … wpa2 still provides pretty good “problem” for any wi-fi intrusion…
… if you think that you’re a “victim” of wi-fi attacks, just change wi-fi password periodically , month or two… and do a good password , long one, will take months or years to crack a hash
- on the other hand, if you’re “scared” of wi-fi intrusion via tablet’s wi-fi… that would mean that attacker already have connection with your router wi-fi… so it has already been penetrated… but I wouldn’t go that far … wpa2 still provides pretty good “problem” for any wi-fi intrusion…
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@white_fang think you so much for the help. I really appreciate the information. I was pretty concerned about using the tablet since it was out of its factory support window. Thanks again.
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@kungfoo Hello, I am a very happy user with your application, unfortunately I have not been able to get it to work with 4.37… does it need to be updated somehow?
Thank you for your work, it is of high value to me. Regards mate
Edit : for Android -
Works OK here. Can you explain the problem?
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@CriticalMass I’ll have to work more conscientiously perhaps. Basically I start the server, turn on and start the App on the tablet, start falcon… And nothing… xD
I perform the same procedure as in 4.36
But if it works for you then I have the problem, I’m doing something wrong. Thank you, I’ll try again later. -
@Apolo27 You need to enable rtt export, might be your issue
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@Apolo27 Do you get stuck on the ‘connecting’ screen? Or does it simply not show the mfds after connecting?
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@kungfoo That is the case, the tablet does not show the image of the MFDs, it works if I press the buttons, even if it does not have an image
Thank you very much for your answer, I will follow your advice. And again thank you for your work on this application. i really love it
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An update on iOS availability of the app: I’ve worked with the publisher of the app (they’re enabling it to be freely available on the app store) to make the app available again.
The app is re-published as version
1.3.2
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@kungfoo Thanks a lot. And the new icon is right on.
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@kungfoo I don’t get a connection after putting in my fixed IP address and refreshing at 30.
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@jc1 - are you running the server?
- are you sure the ip is correct?
- did you allow the server process in Windows firewall when promted?
- did you allow the app to connect to the network in ios?
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@kungfoo The answer to all the questions except the third one is yes. My answer to the third question is: I don’t get any Windows firewall prompts.
My ip address from ipconfg is: 10.0.0.219
This is what happens when I run the falcon-bms-control-server.exe
I typed in my server address in your Apple app Server IP box.
Next is a screen shot from my iPhone after clicking on your Apple app icon:
It just hangs there.
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@jc1 said in New free MFD/ICP app to control Falcon BMS from touch devices:
I don’t get any Windows firewall prompts.
Yes it can, bloody thing sometimes doesn’t trigger for incoming connections. Had same problem year or two back.
Just go to advanced firewall control panel and setup connection manually to “allow” for the server program (exe). - there are guides on google , its a bit tricky but not hard.You need “incoming” not outgoing.