Tips on connecting to the Auber 1520 H WIFI.
If you get frustration getting the app to work …
After struggling for many hours to get the controller connected, and have the phone app communicate properly, involving Auber technical support and reading many PDF’s and watching u-tube videos and reading the forum here, I have the following tips.
I have an android phone, and very good WIFI in the house.
MES 40, Mailbox mod.
Allow all permissions
- When you DOWNLOAD the Auber WIFI app, ALLOW all permissions.
- When you allow location, allow PRECISE location, not just GENERAL
- Permit NOTIFICATIONS
Have phone on the 2.4 G band on initial set up
Your PHONE should be connected to WIFI in the 2.4 G band. You probably have a 5G band as well, but go to
settings/WIFI and make sure you are on a 2.4 band.
Change android battery management for the Auber WIFI app
(if you keep going from connected/ unconnected status)
Go to your Android settings, search Auber WIFI on the top and enter, go to "battery", then change "manage battery usage". Change the option to "Unrestricted" instead. Default option is "optimized". It is based on Android 13 and there should be similar settings for other recent Android versions.
Turn off “pause app if not used”
(If you have to exit the program and restart it every time you want to check it)
Go to settings /WIFI /Auber WIFI, and you will see a switch saying “pause the app if unused." Turn that off.
This is the summary of what I did to get the Phone and Auber to pair, to keep it connected, and to allow me to not have to always exit and re-enter the app.
Auber customer support is good, they get back the next day by e mail. Internet Searching for your specific problem is faster and casts a wider net.
For me,
its still finicky with regard to WIFI, not rock solid and reliable. I am using the WIFI feature a lot since I am getting used to it and setting it up. My hope is when I have it dialed in, I won’t need to look at it for more than a few seconds.
My overall view –
Pros
I LOVE the step feature. I have that linked to
meat temperature.
- When the brisket is cold the oven temp is 180 degrees,
- when the meat gets to 100 degrees, I go up to 200 oven temp.
- When the meat is at 160, I go to 225 oven temp,
- meat at 180 I go to 235 oven temp,
- when the brisket hit 200 degrees, I lower the oven temp to 130 for 4 hours.
I don’t really know if that makes a difference from running at 225 the whole way, or if those settings are optimal, but I am curious.
I LOVE the graphs.
AUTOTUNE worked well for me. I started with the Chopsaw/Tallbm/DrK settings, but that raised the oven temperature too slow. I did the autotune when things were in balance (oven at 200 degrees), it took about 10 minutes.
Cons
Products I had in the last 5 years connect seamlessly to WIFI and I don’t have to dig/ troubleshoot/ call customer service/ do a write up for fellow sufferers. I’m Absolutely frustrated that it won’t stay connected. That may be a “only me” issue. I mean even my cat litter box has WIFI and it worked right away and is great, never an issue.
Customer service at Auber does like to blame the victim, here are some of their responses. (Keep in mind I have NO issues with any of my other WIFI devices.)
“Many factors seem to affect the connection, such as the EMI generated by devices like a microwave, WIFI signal strength, how congested is the Wi-Fi___33 network or particular channel, how well a wireless router handles its internet traffic, how a phone distributes its resources, etc. “
“Our app does not restrict anything. The overall connection status of this app depends on many factors. Our office used to have an old 2.4GHz WIFI router/modem. Whenever my phone was connected to WiFi network generated by this router, the app was constantly reconnecting. But when my phone was connected to a WiFi network that was generated by a much newer router, the connection was very stable. Also, sometimes at certain hours during the day, the connection will become unstable for no obvious reason. It could be that there is much more EMI or there is much more internet traffic competing for the bandwidth. Also, one time a customer told us that he discovered that an ad-blocking app he installed on his phone was somehow causing the connection issue in our app. “
OK I am one step closer to the coveted OTBS membership