suggestion to improve the web interface

[LOTUS50GOD]

Curt,
Would it be possible to have red and green lights in a column next to on/off... This way you can look at the screen and see what is on and off at a glance without reading..

Next... Could you please look into adding the smtp and email information from the web.. I hate typing in my emails from the controllers interface

 

[Aquaduck]

Oooh, I like that idea. I would also like the default web page to be the status page. I don't see the point to having a blank screen with a menu bar. When accessing this over my mobile phone I have to enter my password in twice because of this. 99% of the time when I access my tank from work I go straight to the status page anyway. I would like the font to be bigger too.

 

[dougchambers]

While we are making a christmas list, what about a status screen from the webserver that is not password protected and does not have functionality to change settings. Then you could link a frame in your home page to the generic status HTML page on the controller. It would be a great way to create a visual link of your settings to a home webpage.

Happy Holidays Curt!

-Doug

 

[wiszmaster]

agreed - this was on my TO MENTION list as well ... the status page by default.
and as AquaDuck said - a version fo the status page with RED & GREEN status ....

 

[vid151]

we can edit the web pages ourselves now...

I am now using the status page as the main page, this is a simple edit of the INDEX.HTM in notepad


Dave

 

[kbecker]

Becareful of how much additions you are trying to pack onto the device, it has a limited memory space. The webpages on the device itself are for maintance (much like those on your routers / gateways) .. not pubic domain. If you want your controller stats to be view by the public it is MUCH safer to have scripts query the controller and post the data.

 

[Aquaduck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8625756#post8625756 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by vid151
we can edit the web pages ourselves now...

I am now using the status page as the main page, this is a simple edit of the INDEX.HTM in notepad


Dave

How are you doing this? We're not talking about using Aquanotes but the built in web-server of the ACIII controller itself. I see no way to change those pages without a firmware update/upgrade.

 

[dougchambers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8625984#post8625984 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kbecker
Becareful of how much additions you are trying to pack onto the device, it has a limited memory space. The webpages on the device itself are for maintance (much like those on your routers / gateways) .. not pubic domain. If you want your controller stats to be view by the public it is MUCH safer to have scripts query the controller and post the data.

"It's just memory..." and "It's just a few lines of code..." are two of my favorite responses, until I have to write the code. Occupational hazard given my employer.

 

[kbecker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8626935#post8626935 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aquaduck
How are you doing this? We're not talking about using Aquanotes but the built in web-server of the ACIII controller itself. I see no way to change those pages without a firmware update/upgrade.

You can download the latest beta firm ware, edit the html pages, then upload them to the controller.

 

[Aquaduck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8627823#post8627823 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kbecker
You can download the latest beta firm ware, edit the html pages, then upload them to the controller.

That's cool. I didn't know you could do that.

 

[Slickdonkey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8624745#post8624745 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Aquaduck
Oooh, I like that idea. I would also like the default web page to be the status page. I don't see the point to having a blank screen with a menu bar.

So true! I always wondered about this. And it still gets me every time. "Why don't I see anything? Oh yeah, I have to click the status button..."

 

[clp]

Lotusgood, your requests are already on the wish list. Won't be on the next release but probably on the next one.
Yes, you can modify the AquaController's web pages, with the latest firmware update tool, however, I don't recommend it. Only the default web pages will be supported on the controller, so make any modifications at your own risk.

Curt

 

[gotfrogs]

Curt, has an update been made that allows you to display the status without logging in? Either with an AC3 or Aquanotes?

 

[collins]

Great wish list. I would love to be able to completely configure the controller via the web interface.

I would like to also add season table modifications to that list if I could. Even an explanation of a telnet command that can accomplish the task would be great.

In fact, while I'm dreaming - documentation of telnet commands to do any of the configuration changes, besides switch states would be most welcome.

 

[clp]

No, we haven't updated the firmware for guest login. I'm not so sure that is a good idea, as the more open you make the system the more tempting it is for someone to try and hack in.
Documenting and supporting the API that AquaNotes uses for program modifications/configuration changes is not going to happen. It is a very complex process, and if done incorrectly will result in erratic operation of the controller.
If you wish to write your own AquaNotes program you could use the http interface to submit modified web pages to the controller.

Curt

 

[collins]

I have written software that queries the controller, writes to a database and graphs the information. I can understand not wanting to release an API, I was just hoping for more telnet instructions.

Thanks anyways

 

[lvreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9847064#post9847064 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clp
No, we haven't updated the firmware for guest login. I'm not so sure that is a good idea, as the more open you make the system the more tempting it is for someone to try and hack in.
Curt

I agree with you Curt. However you shouldn't be to concerned about security. There are countless products that default to wide open security (every home networking product).
Again another option would be to include a links field that is user editable.

 

[lvreefer]

I Just thought of something. Is the imbedded web server java based? I know the graph is.

 

[RokleM]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9853304#post9853304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lvreefer
I agree with you Curt. However you shouldn't be to concerned about security. There are countless products that default to wide open security (every home networking product).
Again another option would be to include a links field that is user editable.

No offense, but NOOOOO WAY do I support this statement. The second you start to ignore security is the second they find an exploit and turn your tank up to 95 and crash it Yes, completely open "systems" are more prone to attack, but that doesn't leave you somehow not vulnerable. Being a network engineer, you of all people should know better

Which leads me to my next point and request, SSL web interface

 

[lvreefer]

None taken. But at first I was a little flamed at;“Being a network engineer, you of all people should know better”. Okay, I’m over it. I didn’t mean have none. I simply meant that every networking product on the shelf has wide open security out of the box. The user has to implement some form of security in which the product supports. SSL and/or SSH would be a good idea but I can not see how an Aqua Controller could handle these request. You would have to turn the controller into a fat client. At that point you might as well move all of the code off of the AC and have it only as a TTL interface.
The original point that I DID NOT make clear, was to leave the top level security to the gear that can handle it; firewalls (soft and hardware), router(s), antivirus/malware scanner, and a web server (well apache). Adding this additional functionality to an Aqua controller would either make it slower to respond or raise the price dramatically. Since most of us that are using the AC’s web interface are broadband online as well, I figure we already have the gear.