There has been some confusion over logging in to our eisy units since the major upgrade to the 6.0/7.2 versions. I have figured all that out and can sign in to my eisy with my local eisy username and password using port 8443, or using my portal password by not specifying any port and of course using the IoX Finder.

By the way, I did not clear my java cache nor did I renew by rerunning the startup java script needed after every upgrade. I have had no errors or issues. From the UDI team, must I still do this?

It seems to me that I read somewhere in the forums, that I of course cannot find, that one can login to the new browser/web based UI using one's local username and password by specifying a port and I thought that was port 8080. I've tried multiple browsers and my browsers report nothing is there, i.e. "looks like nothing is there" or similar reply for each browser.

Is there a way to login to the new web/browser based UI using one's local username and password or is this fully entrenched in the cloud via the portal. After updating to 7.2, I forgot to sync my UDI Mobile and before doing that I could not access any of my variables using the web/browser based UI. After the sync to UDI mobile, all my variables came through. Prior to that had an error loading variables (1), or similar language buyt there was a (1) at the end.

Thanks for your information and insight.

John

3 hours ago, johnjces said:

Is there a way to login to the new web/browser based UI using one's local username and password or is this fully entrenched in the cloud via the portal.

No, that's not possible. And if anyone wrote that on the forum, that would have been incorrect.

eisy-ui only works on port 80 or 443, and it only works with your portal credentials. But this does not mean this is "entrenched in the cloud".

Except for the first login, eisy-ui can fully function without internet connectivity (Except of course for some plugins or for some features like portal approval). Without connectivity, you can login and use your eisy.

Ref:

https://wiki.universal-devices.com/Eisy:User_Guide#Using_eisy_without_connectivity

@bmercier

Thank-you! Again, just I "thought" I read something about it at port 8080 in a forum post here. I guess I got confused regarding port 8080 in the mulitpage Forum Post/Topic "Questions after update to IoX v.6.0.0"

Regarding clearing the java cache and running the start.jnlp again, is that really still needed? I didn't do it, everything works fine, but should that still be done moving forward.

Lastly, I probably should create a new post but I'll try it here; In the new web/browser based gui, when I try to load my programs, any program, I get Error Loading Variables (1). I realize that the new UI is not at 100 percent, but just checking. Is this my error or a not yet mature UI error?

13 hours ago, johnjces said:

Lastly, I probably should create a new post but I'll try it here; In the new web/browser based gui, when I try to load my programs, any program, I get Error Loading Variables (1). I realize that the new UI is not at 100 percent, but just checking. Is this my error or a not yet mature UI error?

That's a bug, and I'm pretty sure I know the cause.

First of all, to display programs, the UI needs to load the resources a program may be referring to, such as variables.

This calls a rest API that returns the variables. If an IoX never had variables, the API fails with a 404. This is probably what is happening here.

So here's a work-around:

Go to the admin console, programs, and make sure you have at lease 1 state variable and 1 integer variable. That should clear up the error.

You probably can delete them as well, this is likely to still work afterward if you don't want to keep "dummy" variables.

@johnjces, with regard to port 8080, it is available as follows, this may be what you were trying to remember: When using local credentials, you can access the REST interface using http at port 8080, for example: http://IoX_Username:IoX_Password@BOX_IP_ADDRESS:8080/RESTcommand

When using ISY Portal credentials, you can access the REST interface using http at port 80(which is the default http port, so it does not have to be explicitly specified), for example:

http://ISY_portal_username:ISY_Portal_password@BOX_IP_ADDRESS/RESTcommand