Walter Magoo (Alfalfa)
Works as described if you connect to the correct LAN. I connect all of my IOT devices using guest netwoks so they're isolated from my main network. It took me a while to figure out why Awnet couldn't find my PWS, even though my phone was connected to the same guest network. It appears clients on guest networks can't interact with each other (makes sense) unless you allow the guest network to connect to your main network. Once I did this, the app worked fine. Remember to re-isolate guest after.
A Google user
The app does work but it's completely non-intuitive. I finally had success by doing the following: putting my phone in airplane mode, enabling wifi but disabling wifi calling and connecting to my router with the 5.0 GHz channel disabled (despite advice from the manufacturer that that isn't necessary with the new model, 2902A), and then running the app. Once you get to the screen with MAC address, you can re-enable your 5.0 GHz channel and turn your cellular antenna back on. Good luck.
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Ambient Weather
June 8, 2020
Hi, we apologize for any issue you might be having! Could you send details of what you are experiencing to our customer support at eedelman@ambientweather.com? We'll get you up and running.
You may need to temporarily turn of mobile services on your phone until the console connects to Wi-Fi, and you can turn it back on once connected.
Ken Strandberg
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I like having remote access to monitoring; I like the device. But, apparently there are two versions or two tools for setting up your Ambient Weather device. With this one I spent over an hour trying to get my simple temperature sensor to connect, and nothing worked. The interface didn't look the same as what's in the help/support tree and the instructions in this tool didn't work on my device. There is another app called Ambient Tool. Once I found the 2nd Ambient Tool, the interface matched the online instructions and it took a minute to get connected and for my account to get updated. Be sure to get the right tool.
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