Interesting, will try it out later when I am at home. The account I setup in the app returns the “No doors found” error, but then when I click to “add door” it returns an error “Organization not found for user”.
When I login with the new account I created and click to “add door” it gives more detail:
Power up your Garadget via microUSB connector on the back using included adapter or any other powered USB port
Make sure LED is blinking blue. If it isn’t, press and hold the ‘M’ button until it does.
Disconnect from your WiFi network and connect to the new WiFi hotspot created by Garadget. It will appear as Photon-XXXX on your network list.
Waiting for WiFi connection with Garadget
Will try later today and update my status. Thanks.
Im having a connection issue also. Im using the web setup. Device takes a few minutes to show up under my wifi. When i select the device Photonxxxx it wont connect. I have tried it a dozen times. Any thoughts?
If your device is unable to connect to PHOTON-XXXX, I’d suggest making sure you’re keep it about a foot away from Garadget during the setup. Also worth trying with different device just to see if the result is the same.
Try powering down and powering up Garadget again. Also logging out and logging back in. It may take some of this traditional technology voodoo for Particle network to report the device to the client software.
I was finally able to connect to WiFi after many unsuccessful attempts at using the Android app by using the Web app. So my advice would be to do ALL of your startup configuration from creating your account to setting up your Garadget from the web app on either a your smart phone, tablet, laptop, or other device that can switch between wireless networks. After configured in the web app you can then try and connect with the Android or Apple IOS app.
I did have to create another login using a different email address than I had created in the Android app, not ideal but what do you do?. You will need to login to the site and create a new account. I had created previously an account from the Android app, but that account wouldn’t allow me to see or configure my Garadget from the web app.
Once you have created your account in the web app you should see your available Garadget appear as “PHOTON-XXXX” while still in the web app. You should be able to select it and provide it your WiFi network SSID and password. At that point it will drop off your list. You will need to change your device’s WiFi to connect to a new SSID being broadcast as “PHOTON-XXXX”, this being the device you just added connection to your WiFi. Your Garadget should likely have changed from blinking dark blue to pulsing a light blue while flashing it’s laser at your garage door. All still while in the web app you will then need to switch your device’s WiFi back to your home’s WiFi. It took several minutes for my Garadget at this point to show up in the web app or the Android app which time I used to align the garage door reflector pad and verify my push button wires were firmly plugged in. But at this point I am able to log into the Garadget Android app with the new account I had created and see and function my garage door. So again, my advice is to use the web app from start to finish on creating your account and configuring, and then once complete you should be fine to switch over to the Android or IOS app.
After using the Garadget it functions well in the Android app, but from my limited testing before having to leave for work it didn’t quickly register that a physical garage door button press had opened the door. But when I pressed in the app to open the door it updated in the app and became in sync with the actual state of the door. Functioning the door again in the app closed the door correctly, so maybe there is some time delay on updating the status of the door in the app (I only waited less than a minute). Aside from that I have yet to have the SmartThings plugin (device handler and smart app) connect to or function the device. I only get a “Error - bad state. Unable to complete page configuration.” error after entering my account email and password. I’m sure these issues will be worked out over time, and I’m pretty excited for this device.
No problem, I thought I would do a brief write up and save a few others from the stresses of trying to setup in the Android or IOS app. After another test from work I had my wife at home open the garage with the push button and I was able to see it open in real time in the app! So the issue of not seeing the state of the door seems to have been resolved.
Still any update on SmartThings integration would be much appreciated.
I’ve got the SmartThings app running now! I just needed to follow the instruction and enable the oAuth setting from the SmartThings IDE site for this SmartApp. Thanks. The only thing not working at all for me is the Android app which just returns a generic “Unfortunately, Garadget has stopped” shortly after opening, but before loading my door. At this point I intend to use Garadget mainly through SmartThings so not having the Android app working isn’t a big concern at this time. I’ll be more than willing to try out updated versions or workarounds if needed, but my Garadget is as functional right now as I had intended it to be. Thanks for your support.
I had tried clearing the cache before I wrote that I was having issues with the Android app. Now with the latest version of the application that published this weekend the app seems to be running just fine. Despite clearing the app’s cache and force stopping it I was getting this error:
Parse error
nme=
OK
If I clicked OK the application loads and works, but incorrectly lists my garage as “Warehouse”. The application still functioned my garage, but had the wrong name. In my account I had my garage labeled as “Garage”, which is how it displayed in the web app. When I went to settings it had a different name “Home” that when I changed updated on the web app and now the Android app loads without error.
@ndude07, Thanks for your report. I’ll look some more into default naming situation.
Sounds like your account is all set and running. Please share the installation pics if not too much trouble.