Has anyone else got this iPad App, and have you got it running yet?
The App is supposed to allow two way communication between an iPad and ones Raspberry Pi. The app allows one to set up various controls on the iPad, which can control or be controlled by the Pi. It could be useful for controlling a Camera or a Robot etc. remotely from your iPad.
At present, I am having limited success in communicating with my Pi, and wonder if anyone has the App and whether they have got it working properly.
Mike
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SwanseaMick
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Re: RasPiConnect App for iPad
HI, I just tried the app and it looks quite good so far. it has a lot of different visualization types.
however I switched back to NetIO ( http://netio.davideickhoff.de/ ) because it fits better to my other hardware projects since you don't need to implement the XML parsing and adapt their 'protocol'. On NetIO you can just send whatever commands you want to send.. without any proprietary communication protocol. also, the design is cleaner and looks a little more professional. (although you can customize it a lot).
hope this helps!
however I switched back to NetIO ( http://netio.davideickhoff.de/ ) because it fits better to my other hardware projects since you don't need to implement the XML parsing and adapt their 'protocol'. On NetIO you can just send whatever commands you want to send.. without any proprietary communication protocol. also, the design is cleaner and looks a little more professional. (although you can customize it a lot).
hope this helps!
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SwanseaMick
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Re: RasPiConnect App for iPad
Mark552,
Whilst the RasPiConnect app does use XML to communicate as you say, the parsing is done for you, and doesn't get in the way. I know little or nothing about XML, but after a few hiccups getting it going, I easily managed to modify the RasPiconnectServer, to amend what it sends back to iPad in response to a request from the RasPiConnect App.
It is early days yet, but I am going to try streaming the RPi Camera output directly back to my iPad, amongst other ideas.
I hadn't heard of NetIO before, but looking at the write up, it wasn't designed specifically for the Pi, so more programming may be required to get it to working on the Pi.
Personally, I like the simplicity of the RasPiConnect app, but not having NetIO, I may be false in my assumptions.
Mike
Whilst the RasPiConnect app does use XML to communicate as you say, the parsing is done for you, and doesn't get in the way. I know little or nothing about XML, but after a few hiccups getting it going, I easily managed to modify the RasPiconnectServer, to amend what it sends back to iPad in response to a request from the RasPiConnect App.
It is early days yet, but I am going to try streaming the RPi Camera output directly back to my iPad, amongst other ideas.
I hadn't heard of NetIO before, but looking at the write up, it wasn't designed specifically for the Pi, so more programming may be required to get it to working on the Pi.
Personally, I like the simplicity of the RasPiConnect app, but not having NetIO, I may be false in my assumptions.
Mike
Re: RasPiConnect App for iPad
yes, thats right - simplicity is all we want 
streaming a camera is also possible with netio through a webview.. and for me (I am not a programming expert) the python programs/exmaples provided on the netio website work fine.. My LED was blinking in just a few minutes
anyway, I think both apps have room for improvements but for me, I really like the browser layouting and configuration editor (UI-Designer) .. and call me old fashioned, but I still feel more comfortable with a mouse and a big screen rather than doing everything on my small phone.
and I even like the 'not designed for rpi' part very much, so I can use the same app for controlling my arduino and my samsung tv.. (haha maybe I am a little subjective but I am very satisfied ^^ )
streaming a camera is also possible with netio through a webview.. and for me (I am not a programming expert) the python programs/exmaples provided on the netio website work fine.. My LED was blinking in just a few minutes
anyway, I think both apps have room for improvements but for me, I really like the browser layouting and configuration editor (UI-Designer) .. and call me old fashioned, but I still feel more comfortable with a mouse and a big screen rather than doing everything on my small phone.
and I even like the 'not designed for rpi' part very much, so I can use the same app for controlling my arduino and my samsung tv.. (haha maybe I am a little subjective but I am very satisfied ^^ )
Re: RasPiConnect App for iPad
I have got raspiconnect working.
Managed to send a video image back to the ipad and also from the iPad control a robot I have built.
What problems are you having?
Managed to send a video image back to the ipad and also from the iPad control a robot I have built.
What problems are you having?
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randallsussex
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Re: RasPiConnect App for iPad
Hi,
I've got RasPiConnect up and running on my ipad and iphone. On the latest version they now support a rawmode driver that just sends a comma delimited string to the server that is simple to parse.
it's not robust, not readable (like XML or JSON), but I just need a tiny bit of parser to make it work. Someone posted a server for and Arduino on the support forum.
I'm sticking with the XML for the Raspberry Pi, but I'm using rawmode for the Arduino. And I can have both types on the same ipad page. How cool is that?
Randall in the woods
I've got RasPiConnect up and running on my ipad and iphone. On the latest version they now support a rawmode driver that just sends a comma delimited string to the server that is simple to parse.
it's not robust, not readable (like XML or JSON), but I just need a tiny bit of parser to make it work. Someone posted a server for and Arduino on the support forum.
I'm sticking with the XML for the Raspberry Pi, but I'm using rawmode for the Arduino. And I can have both types on the same ipad page. How cool is that?
Randall in the woods