WiFi and Crestron Mobile Pro iPad/iPhone Connection
Adam Zatorski
First, I’ll summarize what I learned earlier from the Crestron Yahoo Group:
1. WMM (wireless multi-media) a setting on many of today’s routers, when turned ‘off’, will improve connection/re-connection performance in the ‘Crestron Mobile Pro/G software.’
AND
2. A ‘Network Settings’ Reset can and should be performed after the iOS device (iPhone or iPad) undergoes an Apple update. DISCLAIMER***: please read below for details on what happens when a reset is performed.
Has anyone experimented with this and seen an impact on either traditional Command Fusion/JavaScript CIP/Javascript Crestron Mobile implementation?
The complete post has been pasted below for those who are interested.
From Crestron Yahoo Group
Thanks glad it helped. I started having another problem
after either an IOS or Mobile Pro update on my iPad to where it would popup
after the auto-lock put it to sleep and then when you unlocked it you would get
the message that WiFi had been powered off... It was driving me crazy since it
was working perfect. After this popup Mobile Pro would be sitting at the select
a system screen and once you reconnect it was like the Crestron processor had
rebooted you were at the beginning so reselect room, sources etc.. real PIA.
After much digging for a solution I found a very simple fix go into iPad
settings, General scroll down and select reset, then reset network settings.
You will loose network passwords and probably anything else related to
networking and it will also reboot your iPad heads up for people that are jail
broke and teathered. Once again I have a great functioning iPad/Mobile Pro
combination, I woke up this morning and after unlocking the iPad, Mobile Pro
was sitting right where I left it page wise and was connected press of a button
and I got immediate response. I read that its good to do the network reset
after IOS update. Once again hope this helps somebody else.
Jason
--- In Cres...@yahoogroups.com,
"innoventgroup" <innoventgroup@...>
wrote:
>
> Yo Jason,
>
> You are a genius!! you have just solved the one and only issue that has
plagued me since I started installing iPads, iTouches, and iPhones as control
interfaces for my clients. To give you an idea of how much you helped, think of
how wonderful it would be to deal with that problem in an install where the
client had 2 iPads, 7 iTouchs, and 2 iPhones. Bro... YOU DA MAN!!!
>
> Thanks,
> DAVE
>
> --- In Cres...@yahoogroups.com,
"jasongt30721" <jaevans_cg@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks and no problem I just hope this helps others.
> >
> > One more thing not Mobile Pro related but AV related is that I have
had AirPlay streaming perfectly now. Prior I was lucky to get 2Mbs on a 30Mb
internet connection steady running speedtest app on iphone/ipad granted that
was across internet and AirPlay is LAN traffic. Watching the traffic monitor of
the wireless interface on router while ipad is streaming music from top 100
music app to AppleTV which usually worked for a song or 2 then would start
cutting in and out and eventually drop AirPlay connection if you were in the
bathroom or on patio. It has streamed great using almost 1Mbs while sending
from iPad to AppleTV so that 2Mb speedtest must have been best I could do speed
wise from iPad/iPhone to access point when you factor in the bandwidth when
next song loads, email checking etc. it maxed it causing AirPlay to get
dropped. I'm 15 songs in with out a hitch and running speedtests on iPhone
several times even back to back getting 13Mbs in and 2Mbs out steady each test
with out any interruption to AirPlay.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > --- In Cres...@yahoogroups.com,
"lunartech" <lunartech@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Great post!
> > >
> > > Thanks a bunch Jason!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Cres...@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Cres...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf
> > > Of jasongt30721
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:16 PM
> > > To: Cres...@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Crestron] WiFi and Mobile Pro iPad/iPhone Connection
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In trying to get WiFi working better around the house I stumbled
upon what
> > > seems to be a fix atleast for me with the crestron app
constantly hanging or
> > > taking way to long connect after ipad/iphone goes to
sleep/locked. I have
> > > had issues with apple airport extreme would drop connection
seemed like
> > > every 2 mins or so according to log events, so I changeg to
airport express
> > > since had one laying around worked better until recently
(firmware
> > > update,ios update, crestron app update real close together) then
started
> > > getting stuck at updating or dropping to the connection list on
the
> > > ipad/iphone app. I have a buffalo wzr-hp-g300nh that has sucked
from day one
> > > running dd-wrt, I left wireless turned off and just used as
router since it
> > > also provides vpn access, after updating the firmware with
latest dd-wrt
> > > version which broke even more things I was ready to toss it.
After reading
> > > buffalo's forum reading several posts about openwrt running so
much better I
> > > thought why not so loaded it up and range was better and speed
better but
> > > not great. I got around 8Mbs with -40db signal 6ft away and
3.5Mbs with
> > > -65db 28 feet away. Found another post in openwrt forum about
the driver in
> > > openwrt not being not fully compatible with the routers wireless
chipset,
> > > and needed to disable WMM (Wireless Multimedia). Once I disabled
the WMM my
> > > signals were better db wise by around -4db both far and near and
speeds much
> > > better 13Mbs anywhere I go inside and outside on patio. When I
picked up
> > > ipad that had mobile pro running but had not been used in 3 hrs
or so, it
> > > was ready immediately so I hit a button because I figured it was
locked up
> > > or something and it immediately change pages and controlled the
system.
> > > Every attempt to let ipad fall asleep/lock and sit untouched for
dif amounts
> > > of time the app has been ready once I slide to unlock its
working. So maybe
> > > I just got lucky with this but something to check if the access
points your
> > > using has a place to disable WMM and give it a try. I know in my
router logs
> > > and also airport log I was seeing disconnect and deauthinication
events
> > > every cpl minutes from ipad/iphone and now I haven't seen any
reoccurring
> > > entries. Hope this helps others get a steady WiFi connection and
reliably
> > > working mobile pro app once again.
> > >
> > > Jason
Adam Zatorski
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