Hi Pablo, First of all, how do you know that it would work under iOS 5? I have 3 WiFi thermostats and I use iOS 6 and it works perfectly fine.
Now, here is what I think maybe is your problem and this is something that nothing to do with Apple and everything with your WiFi router or access point. When I first installed my WiFi thermostat I used an older Netgear Wireless Access Point which supported only the "WEP" security protocol. I was not able to successfully setupt the WiFi thermostat because of this. I then bought an Airport Express and used the more recent and much more secure WPA/WPA2 protocol and my thermostat setup went without a hitch. I know for a fact that this was the problem because I had the same Netgear Wireless Access Point at my business and I had the same problem, I replaced it with an Airport Express and it's no problem. The setup is somewhat involved and I would certainly not have been able to do it without sighted help and the physical installation of the thermostat in my case required the installer to run a new cable from my furnace to the thermostat because the WiFi thermostat needs a 24 Volt power connection to power the WiFi module, the alternative is to install it near a regular wall power outlet and use an AC adapter to power the thermostat, but then you do of course have a cable dangling from the thermostat down the wall to the outlet and it's a much cleaner way to use a 4-conductor cable where 1 lead is used to deliver the 24 Volts from the appropriate terminal on your HVac or furnace. Once the thermostat is installed, you put in batteries which are for the case of power failures and you test that everything works you have to use the iPhone app to connect the thermostat. Among other things you have to enter a 5-digit pairing code which is displayed on the thermostat, once again, if you have no vision at all there is no way to complete this without sighted help. I have no idea where you are at, whether you have installed the unit correctly and all that. You first have to go into "Settings" and "WiFi" on your iPhone and connect directly to your thermostat, it will initially show up as it's own network and it is named "Thermostat" and a string of numbers. After you are successfully connected you then open the Radio Thermostat app and here you follow the steps and at some point you are presented with a list of available WiFi networks to connect to. Here you pick your WiFi and this is where the security protocol is important. If your access point uses WEP it will show up and I think it will even ask for the password, but it will not connect. As soon as I changed my access point and set up my WiFi using WPA/WPA2 I entered my WiFi password and the setup process continued as expected. Once you are connected to your WiFi from within the app you then have to go back to the WiFi in the Settings app and reconnect to your own home WiFi, then go back to the app and continue. You also do have to set up an account on the Radio Thermostat website and you will need your user name and password during the setup. Installing and connecting one of these is not extremely difficult, but neither is it super easy and it definitely requires a reasonable understanding on how this sort of thing works and you have to follow the instructions. Having sighted assistance is necessary at various points and definitely useful if you have it from start to finish. It's been well over a year since I connected mine so I can't recall all the steps exactly, but it was frustrating at first for me as well until I realized I needed new access points. As I said, this has nothing to do with iOS 6 or Apple, it's just that most new devices do not support WEP anymore because it is not nearly as secure as WPA/WPA2. Now having said all that, my thermostat at home and the 2 at my business (each floor of my retail store has separate furnaces) are up and running and have never stopped working perfectly and I just wanted to mention that so you know you have something good to look forward to once you have your thermostat properly installed and connected. Good luck, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
