NetIO app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 9728 ratings )

Utilities Entertainment
Developer: Luvago

10.99 USD

Current version: 2.1.5, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Sep 2011
App size: 4.59 Mb

Control all devices through the local network or 3G! NetIO is a generic remote controller for your iPhone/iPad which simply sends and reads strings over a network socket. You can easily communicate with micro controllers connected to your LAN (for example AVR-Board, Arduino Board, reembox, raspberry pi, self made hardware) or with other computers.
Control your RFM12 power outlets, infrared devices or read sensor data like temperature.. there are endless possibilities!
Build your own remote control with the online editor on my website without knowing how to create iOS applications and reuse your config in other apps like an OSX Dashboard Widget (also available on my website).

Features:
- generic view rendering (button, slider, label, switch, text-inputs, colorpicker) with many customisation options
- sending, receiving data
- use calculations to display raw sensor data
- change colours and images during runtime
- use custom icons with iTunes FileSharing
- reconnect after connection errors
- support for multiple receivers
- supports low level TCP socket, UDP, HTTP and HTTPS connections
- send requests continuously while holding down a button
- send impulses with a specified delay
- sync configurations with online UI-Designer
- display responses on labels every X miliseconds (interval updates)
- scrollable pages
- support for all orientations (ipad)
- utf-8 support

Important: This application needs some hardware or software to connect to. Without such a thing nothing will happen! Please contact me if you have any problems!

The configuration file default.json will be available in the iTunes Filesharing after the first start.

More information and configuration instructions are available at www.netioapp.com. There is also a demo video, which shows a working scenario where you can control IR devices and some power connectors.
(Demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWm2Q_TL4HY )

If there are any problems please write a mail!

Pros and cons of NetIO app for iPhone and iPad

NetIO app good for

This is the best application to control microcontroller+network connection based DIY systems. After 3 hours of purchase this app, Im able to control my ligths (on/off and also dim) and control my sound system only with PIC18F482, RN171 WiFi module, relays and some other components. Very easy to create GUIs. Thanks for your great work... Mikroişlemci+Network Bağlantısı ile yapmış olduğunuz cihazları kontrol etmek için en iyi uygulama.Programı satın aldıktan 3 saat sonra evimdeki ışıkları (açma/kapama ve dimleme şelkinde) ve ses sistemimi sadece 18F452, RN171 WiFi modülü, röleler ve diğer malzemeler ile kontrol etmeye başladım. Grafik ara yüzü kolayca hazırlanıyor. Uygulamayı yapanlara teşekkürler.

Its like a joke... Extremely easy to use over web ui designer to make an app for iPhone

works perfectly with my arduino ethernet, has nice graphics, easy to configure and support is really good

Some bad moments

I bought this app a while back. I like the way it,is set up. I got all my buttons setup on my and updated to my ipad but I cannot get this app to send a signal to my Arduino. I have ports setup correctly, correct IP address still a no go. I still havent found a simple plain sketch to turn on an led. The weight just has dead ends. I emailed him and hes not sure about Arduino. Ive got a bunch of other apps to work but none like this one with being able to make the buttons and not change them while in the program. Just a simple blink led arduino sketch that makes this app work would turn my one star into a 5.

This app is excellent and I encourage anyone who wants to remote control their micro controller to purchase it. It is fast, easy, and versatile. At first, the idea if having to send back a response string to avoid the necessity to reboot the TCP connection confused me a little, but now I understand it well.

This app and the required programming is definitely not simple enough for a new programmer. I found the documentation very lacking in examples to help the user understand how to implement the different functions and options. Some of the UI options are not even explained or discussed anywhere! The sample server file NetIO supplies also has what I consider to be a huge bug where as soon as you close the app, the server closes so when you reopen the app, it cannot connect. For anyone looking to buy this app, know that you WILL need to create your own python server script for this to work properly. The app also sometimes fails to sync with the UI designs I have saved online. Overall its a good concept and I can tell quite a bit of work went into it but for $7.99 it should have been a little better documented to help a new programmer get up and running.

If you own an Arduino that has an ethernet connection than this is a must have app!! Completely customizable, from buttons to backgrounds. This app flawlessly transfers data from iphone to arduino and back. I have used to read and set a temperature from my iphone and remotely turn pins on and off. There is a little bit of a learning curve when getting started, but if you have any knowledge of programming than you will have no problem.

I was excited to find this app and now that I’ve finally figure it out, I’m very pleased with it. I did find the documentation a bit lacking with regard to examples for responseParse. Some additional examples would be helpful, especially since the version of regex is JavaScript specific and, therefore, a bit different than other versions. Also, I had to root around to find out how to delete configuration files I had created and there was no good documentation about how to duplicate configurations. I ended up downloading a configuration, edited it in a text editor and then uploaded it, only to discover I needed to make some additional changes. All this said, I’m very happy this application is available, as it has made accessing my devices and data a whole lot easier than not having it.

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