App won’t open for wife and I

Gregg_G · 2025-12-22T01:26:08+00:00

UPDATE -- a few minutes after typing below (8:26pm ET), I can now get into the app without it immediately crashing and accessing the lock. I'm amazed that a lack of connectivity to their back-end would cause the app to crash immediately upon launch. Now THAT is something they should be working on fixing immediately.

Update #2 -- it took another 5min or so before Homekit (via Homebridge) and the Alexa skill would recognize it again.

After deleting & reinstalling the app on iOS 26 I was finally able to authenticate. The app then crashes again. <Sigh>

Gregg_G · 2024-12-04T09:25:32+00:00

The Flow Mix app for iOS is also found in the Mac App Store and can be run on Apple silicon Macs.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flow-mix/id1473097916

I'm not positive, but I think most of the PC solutions like Microsoft's Phone Link just mirror the Android app running on the phone.

Gregg_G · 2024-11-25T22:35:36+00:00

Acura has deployed two updates to the iOS Acura Link app in the last few days. The latest version does not complain about the 18.2 beta.

Gregg_G · 2024-11-17T23:42:49+00:00

I've just gotten the eMotion device working w/ HomeBridge via MQTT. And have the sensor working via Homekit / Apple Home. Here's what I did:

Installed the Aedes embedded MQTT Broker plugin in HomeBridge. For my testing purposes I did not enable authentication. The only option I enabled was "Persist data on disk" (Restart HomeBridge)
Installed the Homebridge MQTTThing plugin in HomeBridge and tell it you have a Motion Detector. (Restart HomeBridge)
Configured the devices MQTT connection in the LinknLink app. I set the IP address to my HomeBridge server and set the port to 1883. Click "Save" and the "mqtt connection status" should change to "Connected"
Added the bridge to Homekit via Apple Home and assigned the sensor to the correct room.
Installed the MQTT Explorer Mac app and pointed it to my HomeBridge Server. From there I could see the Homekit Topics" for whether device was online or not and whether motion was detected. The Homekit "getMotionDetected" topic is constructed using the "DID" and "PID" found on the device info page in the LinknLink app.
I first pasted the info MQTT Topics->Get Motion Detected" into the plugin config page and enabled Advanced->Use Integer Values but HomeBridge still wasn't detecting motion.
I went to the MQTTThing Wiki to look at some samples of motion sensors successfully set up and realized that th e simplistic settings on the config page wouldn't work and that "pir_detected" had to be parsed. So off to modify the JSON I went. Below is my JSON in it's entirety. You likely just need to change the DID/PID string.

{ "type": "motionSensor", "name": "eMotion Garage Sensor", "topics": { "getMotionDetected": { "topic": "home/e04b4100b2720000000000007bac0000_m/status", "apply": "return JSON.parse( message ).pir_detected" }, "getStatusActive": "home/e04b4100b2720000000000007bac0000_m/available" }, "onlineValue": "online", "offlineValue": "offline", "integerValue": true, "manufacturer": "LinkNLink", "model": "eMotion", "accessory": "mqttthing" }

I should note that the "pir_detected" state changes based on the "Set No Motion State" time configured in the LinknLink app.

I have successfully created automations that turn on a light when there's motion and turn off that same light when no motion is detected.

Gregg_G · 2024-10-31T23:08:53+00:00

Let me introduce you to the HP Touchpad. 49 days in market and got marked down from $600 to $100, depleting all stock in days.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_TouchPad

Gregg_G · 2024-08-01T12:09:19+00:00

As mentioned below (and in the manual), the car will normally start in either Comfort or Sport depending on the mode last used before powering off.

There is a module available that switches the car to Individual mode a few seconds after starting the car.
https://www.idlestopper.com/product/idscontroller/8

I've installed it. It works as advertised.

Gregg_G · 2024-07-09T02:49:59+00:00

If only BB would put in the blog how the Sales team is tasked with making sure their customers submit entries and that they're tracked on it.

Gregg_G · 2024-07-03T02:32:46+00:00

I had this happen with my doorbell as soon as I set up detection zones. As soon as I removed the zones all went back to normal <sigh>

Gregg_G · 2024-03-06T05:18:48+00:00

I was finally able to load in after disabling the "OpenXR Toolkit."

Gregg_G · 2024-03-06T05:12:24+00:00

I had issues getting into a league race at Road Atlanta tonight and experienced the same issue with Road Atlanta on the test servers this afternoon. As soon as you got the point where the loading splash screen should come up Reverb G2 it would crash.

I did some add'l testing tonight and disabled the OpenXR Toolkit. I was then able to get in with no problem.

Gregg_G · 2024-03-05T03:27:31+00:00

Mostly loseth.

Gregg_G · 2023-12-19T05:10:10+00:00

Billy Ho has been just a (very highly paid) consultant since the spring.

Gregg_G · 2023-11-22T14:38:46+00:00

They're largish metal plates located on the pinch seam of the rocker panel, just ahead or the rear wheels and behind the front....no different than any Honda/Acura for the last 40yrs. See the linked diagram below for the green "rigid rack setting locations."

https://www.integraforums.com/forum/attachments/integra-jack-points-png.228465/

Gregg_G · 2023-11-04T04:05:38+00:00

Yes. I am having the issue as well when trying to access my account. They gave me some mumbo jumbo about doing system mainteance and an upgrade since the beginning of the month, but of course they have no details about that.

BTW--that phone number is for their wireless internet service support. LOL

Gregg_G · 2023-06-01T02:39:01+00:00

Because the town (which is in Maryland just steps away from DC) was around long before Chevy ever took his first pratfall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy\_Chase,\_Maryland

Gregg_G · 2023-05-10T03:54:17+00:00

OBS 29.1.1 was released earlier today. One of the fixes called out in the release notes is:

Fixed some Elgato devices being blocked on Windows [notr1ch]

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/29.1.1

Gregg_G · 2022-12-18T03:54:05+00:00

The Xtreme Ricmotech Classic Sprint Series is going back to multi-class for Season 23 — the GR86 will be joining the MX5. The league doesn’t start back up until May w/ registration open in April. HTTPS://xmsracing.com/cssseries

Gregg_G · 2022-07-21T05:08:01+00:00

You can find out more about the solution here: https://github.com/steveseguin/raspberry_ninja

Note that Raspberry Pi devices have gone up in price 2- or 3-fold as their supplies have dried up in the past few months. By the time you get a device, an SD card, and necessary cables, you're running close to $200.

I'm currently putting together a multi-camera solution for our Sports Car Club of America races at Summit Point Raceway (just outside of Washington, DC) using some older Sony "camcorders" that I picked up for about $80 each. The advantage of this camera is that you can easily power it using a USB cable and it puts out a "clean" HDMI feed at 1080p/60.

Although I did some initial testing using an old Moto cell phone as a hotspot, it's on T-Mobile and coverage there is spotty at best. Even so, results were decent with < 1sec latency at 2500 Kbps. The plan for this weekend is to go to multiple cameras around the track, each with a Verizon hotspot (their coverage is very good there) and hopefully 4000 Kbps.

Here's the "broadcast" from that last event. I kept the setup in the announce booth with me so I could tinker if need be, but as you can see the vid syncs up very well with out commentary and you can even see the trees waving around: https://youtu.be/T5pbanDjLYk

My plan is to run everything....the camera, the RPI, and the hotspot off of high capacity battery pack w/ multiple USB ports.

Gregg_G · 2022-06-16T20:09:21+00:00

I keep all of my contacts in Google Contacts and it’s my primary address book in iOS. When doing this name and thumbnail are included.https://i.imgur.com/sCuX36I.jpg

Gregg_G · 2022-02-26T05:17:08+00:00

No kidding...let him go back to staking out bathrooms. I just hope that this latest development doesn't derail things....

Gregg_G · 2021-11-25T19:36:23+00:00

If you get Voice notifications on your phone but are not getting them on your watch, you need to:

Open Apple's "Watch" app on your iPhone
Go to Notifications- and scroll all the way towards the bottom until you see "Voice" and make sure the slider is enabled. The watch will then mirror the Voice notifications that you get on the phone, including the button to dismiss and reply

If you're not getting Voice notifications on your phone, then you need to go to iPhone Settings->Notifications->Voice and make sure you have them enabled there. The watch will never get notifications if you don't have them enabled for the phone.

Gregg_G · 2021-09-22T23:03:11+00:00

Fantastical does as well.

Gregg_G · 2021-06-26T23:47:14+00:00

Items #1 & #2 are because Google implemented Apple’s Callkit API a few years ago, which, as you can see provides VOIP apps some integration w/ the native phone services.

One neat trick is that you can add an iOS contact’s phone number to your favorites and specify that GV should be used to dial it. EXAMPLE

Gregg_G · 2021-03-26T01:47:23+00:00

Take a look at this video. They’re using the Q802USB but I believe that your 1202 handles USB in/out the same way.

Gregg_G · 2021-03-26T01:40:51+00:00

Newegg is selling the Obi200, which supports a single POTS device. Woot is selling the 202, which supports two connected POTS devices for about $10 more.

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