Option to change HTTP server port. You can change the port used by the Stoker HTTP server by using a menu option on the front panel, under “Main -> System Info -> Port”. The range of valid ports is 1 – 65535. This is fairly large range so just hold down the + or – … Read more
There have been some issues found for the new 2.7.0.x releases. These have been removed temporarily. The issues result in the Stoker ceasing to be operational immediately after upgrade. If you have upgraded and the Stoker is working, then this warning can be ignored. Update: The problem seems to be that the Stoker sometimes fails … Read more
Fix blower disassociation on web page Option for outputting the version number of firmware from JSON. Example: http://192.168.0.1/stoker.json?version=true The output: { “stoker” : { “version” : “2.7.0.7”, “sensors” : [ { “id” : id, “name” : name, “al” : al, “ta” : ta, “th” : th, “tl” : tl, “tc” : tc, “blower” : blower_id … Read more
A few minor updates for speed. New favicon.ico JSONP support. The firwmare will now allow the JSON GET request to specify a callback parameter. Example: http://192.168.0.1/stoker.json?callback=parseResponse The Stoker will send back the JSON response wrapped in parseResponse. Version 2.7.0.1 Twitter and static IP addresses When using the Twitter functionality with a static IP address … Read more
Update Twitter capabilities to handle twitter.com’s retirement of Basic Authentication in favor of OAuth. Twitter is migrating to a new authentication method called OAuth. This is a clever algorithm that allows bits of user data (pictures, videos, tweets, etc) to be shared between sites and applications without having to share usernames and passwords. Unfortunately, this … Read more
Notes: Only enable LED on sensors which are alarming Version 2.1.326
JSON support. To request the current Stoker status in JSON format, “GET” the page at “http://stoker_ip/stoker.json”. The format is: { “stoker” : { “sensors” : [ { “id” : id, “name” : name, “al” : al, “ta” : ta, “th” : th, “tl” : tl, “tc” : tc, “blower” : blower_id }, … ], “blowers” … Read more
There’s one more small development project I’m working on and that’s to bring JSON support for web access. After that, I think it’s best to stop adding new stuff and fix the broken stuff. There are two major concerns I would like to address. StokerLog losing connection Bug where the fan remains on right after … Read more
Create a read-only page. The settings are at ro.html. This new web page will allow Stoker to serve up a non-modifiable web page. When you enable the “read-only” mode, the regular web page will have all of its input boxes disabled. When you enable read-only mode, you will need to supply a password. To disable … Read more
More info for Twitter support on the Stoker. Tweets will only work if you are using DHCP on the Stoker. The reason is there are bugs in using static IP addresses where the user cannot specify the gateway IP or the DNS IP addresses. Until this is fixed, the only way to set these values … Read more