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Brightsign App access not possible on router without internet!!

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 HI

iOS 10 and above do not allow access to a wifi network that does not have an internet connection. 

Seeing as most of the time I use a closed network to control art gallery video walls I never have internet access on the router. 

So I cannot access the Brightsigns and cannot control them.

Either an Android app needs to be developed or a way to get this working on a non internet connection router.

 

I cannot find any solutions to this on the forum but please forward me if there is something

 

thanks 

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    Brandon

    That sounds like a particularly debilitating "feature" if that's true.

    What functionality of the app do you need? You can do everything the app does by other means.

    User variables or custom device page is at http://IPADDDRESS_OF_PLAYER:8008/
    Diagnostic Web Server is at http://IP_ADDRESS_OF_PLAYER/index.html
    App "commands" are really just UDP messages sent. You can get the UDP event list from http://IP_ADDRESS_OF_PLAYER:8008/GetUDPEvents

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    semi

    ok thanks

    I guess I will have to use a laptop plugged into the router from now on. 

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    Brandon

    A laptop is one solution.
    You could also use Android to send UDP, or even a custom device webpage that uses the player's own Local Web Server to send UDP, if that's what you're after.

    Note: You can retrieve available UDP events from the local web server via http://x.x.x.x:8008/GetUDPEvents

    It does seem that iOS 10 has somehow changed the connection behavior to routers with no Internet connection, based on this discussion:
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7705927?start=0&tstart=0
    Some users posted workarounds there, not sure if any of them will work for your situation.

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