Installing Android

[Bobpick]

I have a new RCA tablet (Thanks, Mrs. Claus), running Android 4.4.

The Google Play store says HG is compatible with my tablet, however, I'm getting just past the web address and password stage.

I put the following in for the address: http://x.x.x.x/hg/html/index.html?63553217798749.1#page_control

And then it just sits there trying to connect. Any ideas?

I did uninstall and then reinstall it.. no joy.

[nolio]

Hi,
In address, you have just to place "xx.xx.xx.xx".
Bye

[Bobpick]

That didn't work either.

I did:

http://x.x.x.x, and just x.x.x.x

Still spinning.

[nolio]

Did you try without the android app : http://x.x.x.x  in a web browser ?

[mvdarend]

As you're hiding the IP address, I'm assuming that you are entering your public IP? is that correct?

Try using the internal IP of the HomeGenie machine, if you want to access HomeGenie from outside your network you'll need to configure port forwarding on your router.

[Bobpick]

Did you try without the android app : http://x.x.x.x  in a web browser ?

Yes. It chokes in the browser.

[Bobpick]

As you're hiding the IP address, I'm assuming that you are entering your public IP? is that correct?

Try using the internal IP of the HomeGenie machine, if you want to access HomeGenie from outside your network you'll need to configure port forwarding on your router.

The address I am using is the IP for the network. It starts with 192.....

I'm thinking I have the network settings too strict.

[nolio]

Are sure you don't have an application which lock other applications ? Something like "Secure(AppLock)", ...
You try with the web browser on your android ? (not on a computer).

[Bobpick]

Right... tried it on the tablet browser - nothing.

And no applock apps either.

[bkenobi]

You need to open the settings on your firewall.  In my case, when I was running on Windows, I had to open the Windows firewall.  With Raspberry Pi, I didn't have to do anything.  When I was trying to connect from outside the network, I had to open the settings on my router AND on the modem (which has a second router I don't really use).

Can you connect to HG from the machine HG is running on?

[Jaxsurf]

Your DNS settings may have gotten screwed up. I had the same problem.

[Bobpick]

Can you be more specific on how the DNS settings were screwed up?

[Bobpick]

You need to open the settings on your firewall.  In my case, when I was running on Windows, I had to open the Windows firewall.  With Raspberry Pi, I didn't have to do anything.  When I was trying to connect from outside the network, I had to open the settings on my router AND on the modem (which has a second router I don't really use).

Can you connect to HG from the machine HG is running on?

I changed the firewall settings to allow HG through private and public.

I can connect to HG on the computer it is installed on.

[bkenobi]

You mean, you changed the Windows firewall or your router's settings?  If you are running WinXP or newer, you need to add homegenie.exe to the firewall to expose it to network traffic.  If you don't, you can see HG from the local ping port (127.0.0.1), but not from a different computer via it's intranet address (192.168.x.x).  If you use port forwarding on your router to send port 80 (or whatever you changed it to in HG) to that intranet address (192.168.x.x), you can then connect to HG from anywhere in the world via your external internet IP.

[Bobpick]

I've done everything as suggested - and still it does not connect.

Could Android 4.4 not be compatible?