Hi all, Newbie here. So I purchased a VeraLite and hooked it up in our old home we just finished remodeling for a vacation rental. I was successful in pairing five Schlage electronic door locks and three GE ?Smart? light switches with it. This was two days ago. I played with it both on my laptop and phone (android) and everything worked fine with the exception that I could not get it to send me notifications (email or text) that a particular pin code had been entered in a door lock. All of the pins were entered successfully from my laptop, but no notifications. So that?s question #1: How do I get it to send me a notification when a particular pin is entered?
Question #2 is more pressing. I?m now home (and 1000 miles away), and using the same login method I used repeatedly when I was at the other house doesn?t work. I get as far as ?redirecting to the controller? and the spinning circle that never stops spinning. This has gone on for 24 hours now. And then tonight I get a message at login that it now doesn?t recognize my username or password (???) so I reset the password and again get only far as redirecting to the controller and the spinning circle.
I have no idea what to do at this point and any help would be much appreciated.
Look into using the Vera Alerts plugin and it’s accompanying Android app.(It can be used with non-Andorid devices as well.
Question #2 is more pressing. I?m now home (and 1000 miles away), and using the same login method I used repeatedly when I was at the other house doesn?t work. I get as far as ?redirecting to the controller? and the spinning circle that never stops spinning. This has gone on for 24 hours now. And then tonight I get a message at login that it now doesn?t recognize my username or password (???) so I reset the password and again get only far as redirecting to the controller and the spinning circle.
It sounds like you may be trying to use the wrong account and portal. What user interface(UI) version is installed on your Vera?
Update: I spoke with tech support last night and the issue seems to be with Safari. I downloaded Firefox onto my MacPro and all appears well now. I have logged in several times and everything appears to be working.
Just for grins, I emptied the cache for Safari as suggested by the tech support guy (I empty it routinely anyway), but Safari still doesn?t allow me to get past the ‘re-directing to controller’ page. Not a problem now because of the browser fix (Firefox).
I still can?t login to my Samsung Vera phone app because it continues to tell me it doesn?t recognize the username or password. I tried uninstalling it and then reinstalling the app, and it still won?t let me log in. Any suggestions for that? Is there a better app out there? I saw several suggestions to use AutHomation HD, and when I google it, it directs me to Google Play which then tells me it doesn?t exist. Like I said, I?m very new to all of this and any help/direction would be greatly appreciated.
[quote=“Iceman, post:3, topic:187332”]Update: I spoke with tech support last night and the issue seems to be with Safari. I downloaded Firefox onto my MacPro and all appears well now. I have logged in several times and everything appears to be working.
Just for grins, I emptied the cache for Safari as suggested by the tech support guy (I empty it routinely anyway), but Safari still doesn?t allow me to get past the ‘re-directing to controller’ page. Not a problem now because of the browser fix (Firefox).
I still can?t login to my Samsung Vera phone app because it continues to tell me it doesn?t recognize the username or password. I tried uninstalling it and then reinstalling the app, and it still won?t let me log in. Any suggestions for that? Is there a better app out there? I saw several suggestions to use AutHomation HD, and when I google it, it directs me to Google Play which then tells me it doesn?t exist. Like I said, I?m very new to all of this and any help/direction would be greatly appreciated.
AutHomationHD is very popular and free, but not my first choice based on looks. Doesn’t hurt to try it out… Its free and anything is better the the stock vera one. Download here. http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,25219.0.html
I agree AutHomationHD is very popular and free but, the developer has stopped updating it. You might consider this when you are choosing an app. It was my favorite and I am concerned it may become less and less reliable as MCV moves forward with their firmware updates.
Thanks for all the help, everyone. I am definitely not impressed with the Vera UI7 mobile phone app. If I rule out the AutHomationHD app due to lack of developer support, and at the risk of making a mistake like asking what is the best oil to use on a motorcycle forum…is there another app for androids (Samsung Galaxy 4) that seems to rate high on this forum?
Thanks for all the help, everyone. I am definitely not impressed with the Vera UI7 mobile phone app. If I rule out the AutHomationHD app due to lack of developer support, and at the risk of making a mistake like asking what is the best oil to use on a motorcycle forum…is there another app for androids (Samsung Galaxy 4) that seems to rate high on this forum?[/quote]
I personally use ImperiHome and have used AutHomationHD in the past.
You don’t have to only install one and your don’t have to live with your first choice. You can use two or three at a time if you want. AutHomationHD is free and take 5 min to install go ahead a give it a spin.
You can leave the vera app installed while you test it.
http://www.imperihome.com/video/
Imperihome has a free version you can try out with a few limitations and the PRO cost less then 7.00
Try that out too.
I like the customization and choice of useing my own icons, colors and placement in the tile setup of imperihome. Ofcourse this means more setup but a full custom layout. I don’t list a list of devices like in the stock vera app.
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