Bobby - Universal Remote Control software for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch

Bobby - Installing Global Cache

2010-03-05T16:12:33Z

Bob Milani

The video demonstrates how to set up the Global Cache� equipment and make it ready to work with Bobby. It gives you the basic information about IR-Learner, GC Blaster and IR-Out.

If you need more info click here

Bobby - Installing Global Cache

2010-03-05T16:11:23Z

Bob Milani

The video demonstrates how to set up the Global Cache� equipment and make it ready to work with Bobby. It gives you the basic information about IR-Learner, GC Blaster and IR-Out.

If you need more info click here

Using IP camera

2010-03-05T15:50:22Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 10

Once added, IP Cameras can be controlled from a separate category in Control Devices list or on the Location screen.

Tapto open the list of control devices.

Select IP Cameras

Tap to proceed.

Select an IP Camera

Tap to select the desired IP camera.

Select "Show IP camera"

Tap to start the selected IP camera.

Launching IP camera from Locations screen

To view live video feed from the selected IP camera tap .

Adjust IP camera position

If the IP camera supports pan and tilt, tapping on the up, down, left and right buttons will the camera into the desirable position/respective direction: right, left, up, down. Now tap to move the IP camera to the right.

Use Zoom

Using + and - buttons, zoom can be adjusted for those IP cameras that support this option. Tap to zoom in the image.

Take a snapshot

To take a snapshot of the current view tap in the navigation panel. The snapshot will be added to your Photo Albums folder.

Tap "Home"

Tap to exit IP Camera management screen.

The IP camera position is adjusted

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Add an IP Camera

2010-03-05T15:49:02Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 24

If you have an IP camera or would like to use an external IP camera with known URL, you can control them from Bobby.

Tapto open the list of control devices.

Select the type of the object

Tap to proceed.

Adding a New IP Camera

Tap to add a new IP camera.

New IP Camera settings

"General" group contains the name, the URL and the model of IP camera. URL and Model are required fields.

"User Info" settings must be specified if the IP camera requires authorization.

Tapto continue.

Specify the name for the IP Camera

Enter the desired name in the text field and tap .

The title has been specified

Now tap .

Specify the URL of the IP camera

Specify the URL of the IP camera and tap.

Open IP camera models list

Tapto open the list of available IP camera models.

Select the model of IP camera

Tap to select the model of your IP camera.

Tap "Done"

Tap to save the selected model.

Switching to authorization mode

Leave the default settings if the IP camera does not lay any limitations on access rights. If the IP camera requires authorization tapto switch the anonymous mode off.

Specify login data

Now that login and password tabs are active specify your authorization data. To enter editing mode tap.

Appearance settings

Changing appearance allows you to select an image for your IP camera.

Tap.

Choose the image from the library

contains images for the current image type.

shows all images.

allows you to access the images uploaded to MyBobby.

gives you access to the Images from the iPhone photo library.

Now tap to choose the default image from the Recommended tab.

Return to IP camera settings

Tap in navigation panel to return to IP camera settings window.

IP camera settings

Tap to save the IP camera settings.

New IP camera appears on IP Cameras screen

Tap to return to the Location screen.

Enter Location edit mode

Tap.

Add a new object to Location screen

Tapin navigation bar to add a new object to the Location screen.

Select the type of the object

Tap.

Select the IP Camera

Tapto add the IP camera to the Location Screen.

New IP Camera appears on Location screen

Tapto exit Edit mode.

Configuration is complete

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Locations

2010-03-05T15:47:59Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 17

Locations

To add a remote, an IP camera or a macro to the location screen, press in the navigation bar, then use [+] button in the navigation bar to add items to the racks.

Tap to continue.

Locations may be edited or created.

Tap to continue.

Create new location

Tap button in the navigation bar.

Location settings

Tap to specify the location name.

Specify the location name

Tap to continue.

Specify the location name

Tap to continue.

Location settings

Tap to choose background image.

Choose background image

Tap to use Recommended image.

Choose background image

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Location settings

Tap to choose text color. The names of the objects on the Location screen will be diplayed in the selected color.

Choose text color

Tap to continue.

Save the selected text color

Tap to save the changes.

Location settings.

Tap to create a new location.

Locations

Tap on the new location to select it.

Locations

Tap to continue.

Location is selected

To add objects to the Location screen tap .

The procedure of adding remotes, IP cameras and macros is described in the corresponding articles. The next step displays the Location screen with the objects.

Demonstration is completed

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Backup & restore

2010-03-05T15:46:28Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 15

You can create a Bobby backup and store all your Bobby data and settings safely in "My backups" section of Bobby website

Note: In order to use the backup/restore functionality, you must be logged in to your Bobby account.

Tap to continue.

Backup

Tap to continue.

Specify the name for the backup file.

Tap to continue.

Upload backup

Tap in Navigation bar.

Backup uploaded

Tap to continue.

Now we are going to remove some objects to show you how Restore works

Tap to enter Edit mode.

Removing objects

Tap to save the changes.

Removing confirmation

Tap to save changes.

Restore the objects

Tap to open "Settings".

Restore the objects

Tap to choose backup.

Choose backup

Select the backup file.

Alert appears

Tap to continue.

Bobby restarted

Tap "Yes" to continue.

Restore

Tap to continue.

Bobby data and settings are restored

You can manage your backup files in "My Bobby" section of the Bobby web portal.

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation

Peer-To-Peer sharing

2010-03-05T15:45:21Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 15

on iPhone1...

If you have remotes (or macros, IP cameras and locations) that need to be transferred to another iPhone you may use Peer-To-Peer sharing. This How-To shows how to share "X-10 IR543AH" remote listed in My Remotes.

To begin, you need to move to the Main screen. Tap

Peer-to-Peer sharing enables Bobby users to exchange Remotes, Macros, IP Cameras, Locations and Gateways info over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

Both the sending and the receiving iPhone/iPod touch must be connected to the same sub-network for Wi-Fi connection, or must be within the required distance for Bluetooth connection.
Peer-to-peer sharing requires both iPhones/iPod touches to use the same version of Bobby.

To start peer-to-peer sharing, open the "Settings" tab and select "Sharing", or tap on the main screen.

Sharing

Tap to continue.

You can share Remotes, Macros, IP Cameras, Locations, All Objects, or send your Gateways info

Tap to share a remote.

Remotes

Select the remotes you want to share.

Sharing

Tap to start sharing.

on iPhone2

Open the "Settings" tab and choose "Sharing", or tap on the main screen.

Receiving

Tap to start receiving.

Now on iPhone2 wait for iPhone1

Tap to continue.

on iPhone 1

Choose connection method.

on iPhone2

Tap to receive the object.

Transferring...

Tap to continue.

Object successfully shared.

Tap Home on iPhone2 to see the new remote.

on iPhone2

Tap to open the list of control devices.

Demonstration complete

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Guide

2010-03-05T15:44:31Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 20

Guide

Tap to open Guide.

Guide

Tap to download TV listings.

Guide

This is the TV Listings table; its elements are described in the next steps.

Use the Time bar to change the TV listings time slot. Time may be shifted by tapping on the right and left arrows, or by rolling the time picker. You can use the "Scrolling speed" option of the "Settings" screen to adjust the picker's scrolling speed. Tap to shift the time slot.

Time has been shifted

Tap to add the channel to "Favorites".

Show favorite programs only.

Tap to open "Favorites".

Tap on "Favorites" to switch from viewing only your favorites to viewing all TV listings, and vice versa

Tap to open "APLHD" details.

Channel details are displayed

Tap to return to "Favorites".

"Favorites"

Tap to view program details.

Program details

Tap to return to "Favorites".

"Favorites"

Tap to return to the Guide's main screen.

Guide

Tap to choose the remote for channel switching and volume control.

Choose the remote

Note: in order to use channel switching and volume control, the remote must have buttons with these roles assigned.

Tap to continue.

Now you can use channel switching.

Tap to switch channel.

Channel switching

Tap to continue.

Guide

Tap to activate volume control.

Volume accelerometer is activated. Tilt iPhone (or iPod touch) up or down to adjust the volume level. Direction and angle control speed and direction of volume adjustment.

Tap in order to turn off Volume accelerometer functionality.

Tap to see another feature of Bobby.

Map screen shows Bobby users and channels they are watching.

shows default location on the World map and Local map.

Note: To be able to switch channels from Guide, you need to have the channel and the corresponding lineup added to your current subscription. If you don't want to share the information on the channel you are watching, switch off the "Channel reporting" option in the Settings screen.

Scroll to continue.

"World map" mode shows Bobby users all around the world, grouped by locations

Tap to switch to Location mode.

"Local map" shows individual Bobby users, and you can switch your TV to the channel they are watching.

Tap user marker to open channel information.

Tap to switch the channel.

Switching the channel

Note: you can only switch to channels that belong to your active lineup.

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Creating a New Remote

2010-03-05T15:43:29Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 13

A remote control may be created within the application, or downloaded from the server and customized.

Tap to open the list of Control Devices.

Accessing Remotes screen

Tap to open Remotes screen.

Creating a New Remote

Tap to create a new remote control.

New remote settings

"General" group represents the name of the remote and its category. You must choose a Category to correctly upload a remote, but you may leave it blank when using the remote locally.

Gateway must be configured in order to transmit the IR signal to the controlled device. Connector value represents the socket number for the IR emitter which points to the controlled device.

Tap to continue.

Specify a name for the remote

Tap to continue.

Apply name changes

Enter the remote name and tap

The remote name has been specified

Move to "Appearance" group by tapping .

The "Appearance" settings may be used to change the look-and-feel of the remote and its icon on the Location screen

is the image for remote body.

is the picture which is shown under "Remote image".

enables you to change the labels color on Remote View.

Tap on to choose "Exterior image", which is the icon to be displayed on the Location screen and MyBobby.

"Recommended" tab contains pictures for current image type.

shows all images.

allows you to access the images uploaded to MyBobby.

gives you access to the Images from the iPhone photo library.

Now tap to continue.

Choose image

Tap to select one of the images from the Recommended tab.

Choose image

Tap to return to Remote settings.

Remote settings

Tap to apply the changes and create the remote control.

The new remote appears on the MyRemotes screen

Tap to go back to the Location screen.

You can add a remote to the Location screen manually

Tap to enter Edit mode.

Edit mode

Tap to add an object to the Location screen.

Action sheet appears

Tap to continue.

Choose the remote

Choose a remote and tap to add it to the Location screen.

The new remote appears on the Location screen

Tap to exit Edit mode.

Configuration is now complete

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Lineup management

2010-03-05T15:41:41Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 16

Channel switching is available in Bobby from the "Guide" screen. To activate the Guide, follow the steps below.

Tap to move on.

Guide subscription

You can have a free 7 days trial period to evaluate the subscription.

Note: For a particular iPhone/iPod Touch devices, the "Free trial" option can only be activated once.

Tap to continue.

Guide subscription

- displays the information on the current subscription period; it is updated after your payment.

The picker allows choosing the subscription period.

To proceed with the selected payment, please tap and hold until the App Store alert appears.

Payment in progress

If you have any problems with the Payment functionality, please contact support.

Tap to continue.

Payment operation completed successfully

Tap to continue.

Guide is now available

controls the scrolling speed of the Guide time bar.

Tap to subscribe to the lineups of your choice.

The application allows you to configure only 4 lineups. If you need to add an additional lineup, then one of the four existing lineups must be removed.

Tap to add a new lineup.

Select the lineups of your choice

Tap to continue.

Lineups

You need to activate a lineup to be able to see it in the Guide and to edit it. Tap to activate the lineup.

Lineups

Tap to edit lineup.

Lineup info

Tap to choose stations.

Choose desirable stations

Tap to choose a couple of stations.

The stations are now available in the Guide.

Tap to save the selected stations.

Configuration is now complete.

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Configuration is now complete.

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Configuration is now complete.

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Editing a remote

2010-03-05T15:39:45Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 22

You can edit your remote and "teach" its buttons

Tap to edit the remote.

Remote view

To fill a remote with buttons tap in the navigation bar.

Add a button

To add a button, drag a button from the emitter to the desirable place and then release it.

Tap the new button

Tap to open the button settings.

A screen with the button settings is displayed

Buttons consists of two parts: Name and Image. Name is just a text and it can not be pressed, image represents the button itself.

Switching allows a button to hide the text or have Text only/No Action.

Tap to specify the name.

Specify the name of the button

Now tap to continue.

Button name

Confirm the changes by tapping .

Specify the button image

Now tap to continue.

Choose image

Now tap to continue.

Choose image

Tap to return to Button settings.

Button actions

To assign an URL action to the button, tap in the "Action" segmented control and specify the URL.

To assign a Shortcut action to the button, tap in "Action" segmented control. Choose source button from MyRemotes; this button will be executed with the hardware settings of the source remote.

To have a macro executed on tapping the button, choose .

enables you to transfer all button settings from another remote to the current one, except for the hardware settings.

Now tap to continue.

Buttons resizing

You can also resize buttons: tap and hold your finger on the button you want to resize, wait until it becomes semi-transparent, and use pinch open/close gesture to change the button size.

After the button has been resized, tap on "Done" button to save the changes.

Button alignment (snap to grid)

Bobby 1.6 allows you to align buttons with each other.

Use the same steps to add a few more buttons.

Tap to activate Align option.

Button alignment (snap to grid)

Tap on one of the buttons and drag it. When the button is positioned on the same vertical or horizontal line with the other buttons, dotted lines will appear. The lines will help you to position the button correctly.

Exit Edit mode

Tap to exit the Edit mode and save the changes. In the next steps of this How-To you will learn how to teach a button.

Teach a button

Tap to teach one of the created buttons.

Alert appears

Tap to continue.

Remote settings

Tap to continue.

Choose available gateway device

Tap to continue.

Return to the Remote settings

Tap to close Edit mode.

Tap "Done"

Tap to continue.

Tap on the button

Tap to teach the button.

Tap "Learn"

Tap to continue.

Press the button on the actual remote control.

Point the actual remote control to the IR-Learner (or IR-Extender) and press the button to learn it. If all the steps have been completed successfully, the button will be learned and the text "Waiting for InfraRed code" will disappear.

Tap to continue.

The button is successfully learned.

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Downloading a remote

2010-03-05T15:38:41Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 13

Remote controls for different categories of devices are available for download from the server. The downloaded remote may be customized according to your needs.

Tap to open the list of Control Devices.

Accessing Remotes screen

Tap to open Remotes screen.

"My Remotes" screen contains a list of downloaded and manually created remotes.

reveals the list of the most popular remote controls.

Also you can tap to search for remotes by keywords.

Tap to move on.

You can find a full list of the available remote controls under the "Categories" tab

Tap to continue.

TV category

Tap to open remote`s details.

Remote details are shown at this screen

You can download the remote from this screen by tapping the Action button in the navigation bar and selecting "Download".

displays installers list. Installers can help with configuring hardware environment and remote controls within Bobby application.

Tapping on image reveals the remote preview.

The software allows the user to rate a remote control from 1 star to 5 stars. After the remote control is used or viewed 10 times or more, a prompt will be displayed to rate the remote. The average rating is displayed in the remote control details screen .

shows comments screen for this remote. A new comment can be posted by pressing submit button.

Tap to start downloading the remote.

Action sheet appears

Confirm download operation by choosing .

When the download is complete, the wizard will be shown.

Select a location by tapping .

When the location is selected, you can move on to the next step

Tap to continue.

The gateway must be selected in order to configure the remote properly

Tap to select the available gateway device.

Once the gateway is selected, you can move on to the next step

Tap to continue.

The downloaded remote appears on the MyRemotes screen

Tap to return to the Location screen.

The downloaded remote appears on the Location screen

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Creating a new account

2010-03-05T15:33:36Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 15

Main screen

Tap to move on.

Settings screen

Tap to open User info.

To access the entire functionality of Bobby application (such as remote downloading, uploading, rating), authorization on the server is required.

If you already have an account, fill in your credentials in this fields , and tap "Login"

Password may be recovered using function.

Tap to create new account

Enter your credentials

It is necessary to enter ZIP code and country correctly to be able to use Guide. Also please fill in all other fields.

Tap to continue

Validating information

Tap to validate your information. If all the fields are correct, user account will be created. Note that Bobby will not log in into the created account automatically, you will need to do it manually in the next steps.

Specify the newly created login and password and tap .

Configuration finished.

Tap in Navigation bar to return to the previous screen.

Configuration finished.

Tap in Navigation bar to return to the Main screen.

Configuration finished.

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Create a Macro

2010-03-05T15:30:38Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 32

Create a single button to initiate multiple functions using macros. A macro is a sequence of button strokes you can record and then execute with a single tap.

Tap to create a macro and add it to the Location screen.

Add an object

Tap to add an object to the Location screen.

Add Macro

Tap to add a macro.

Macros screen

Tap in the navigation bar. The macro settings screen will be opened.

Macro settings

Tap to specify macro name.

Fill in macro name

Tap to continue.

Save the changes

Tap to save the changes.

Macro settings

Tap to choose an icon for the location screen.

Choose image

Tap to choose the desirable image.

Choose image

Tap in the navigation bar to return to Macro settings.

Macto settings

Tap to add an action to the button.

Action details

Tap to choose the button to be executed.

My Remotes list

Tap to select a remote.

Choose the button to be executed

Tap to choose the button.

Repeat and Delay

defines the period of time during which the IR signal from the button must be repeated.

Tap to set delay.

Set delay

Tap to set up a delay (delay means that the next action in the macro will be delayed for a specified time interval).

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Action details

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Add another action

Tap to continue.

Action details

Tap to continue.

MyRemotes list

Tap to continue.

Choose button

Tap to continue.

Action details

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Macro settings

Tap to change the sequence of actions.

Macro settings

Tap to add an action after macro executes.

When macro execution is finished, virtual remote screen may be opened. This can be configured by "Open remote" option in Macro settings.

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Macro settings

Tap to continue.

Remote selected

Tap to return to the previous screen.

Macro settings

Tap to continue.

Macros screen

Tap to continue.

Settings screen

Tap to exit edit mode.

Settings screen

Tap to execute the macro.

Macros created

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.

Setting up the equipment

2010-03-05T12:36:32Z

Bob Milani

Step 1 of 15

First launch

If you agree that Bobby collects information on your actions, tap

First launch

If you agree that Bobby determines your current geographical location, tap to use current location.

Main screen

Main screen contains two racks, and , and you can add remotes, macros and IP cameras to the racks by tapping .

allows you to share objects with other Bobby users.

In Bobby 1.5-1.6 you can tap to switch Channels.

allows you to choose desirable location.

allows to add or create control devices (remote controls, macros, IP cameras) within the application.

Tap to move on.

Settings screen

In order to configure the application properly, tap .

Gateways

In a minute or two, all gateway devices should appear in this list. Devices available for connection are displayed in bright colors. Devices that have been previously discovered but unavailable for connection are grayed out.

To add device manually tap in navigation bar and fill in ip address for the gateway device, then tap "Done".

Tap on GC-100 to specify its settings.

GC-100 settings

GC-100 ID may be changed to a descriptive name by tapping .

displays MAC ID. This MAC ID is printed on the GC-100.

Tap the field to open the GC-100 web interface.

GC-100 web interface

GC-100 LAN settings can be specified using the .

For GC-BL2 emitters, "GC-BL2 IR Blaster" mode should be used. Tap to continue.

GC-100 web interface

is the socket number on the back of GC-100 that is connected to the IR emitter which is pointed to the controlled device.

Tap to continue.

GC-100 web interface

Choose GC-BL2 IR Blaster and tap to continue.

GC-100 web interface

Press after changing these settings.

GC-100 settings

Tap to rename the device.

Device title

Tap to continue.

Device title

Specify the GC-100 title and tap .

Configuration finished.

Tap in Navigation bar to return to the Gateways screen.

Configuration finished.

Thank you for following this tutorial. More information may be found in Bobby documentation.