Firemonkey Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Well, my Stoker Wifi arrived today, and on the hardware side the thing is a quality device. Its built like a tank. However, it only took me about 30 minutes to determine that the software might be a POS. In doing the initial setup of the network and wifi, everything went smoothly until I tried to set the Stoker to something other than 80 as the HTTP port. The stoker has a menu item to set any port you want, but mine is not respecting that setting at all. I set the port to 8080 for example, and the Stoker still only responds to requests on the default port (80). Can anyone with a stoker wifi confirm this feature is broken? All you need to do is change your HTTP port on your stoker (83 for example) and then try to open the stoker page on that port (http://stoker address:83). If it works, the page will come up. If not, try it normally (leave off the :83 at the end) and see if it comes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5698k Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 On my router, I had to go to a number like 6882, something completely different than 80 something. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMedik Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Can't answer question, as I had my work IT people come set up. However, check you tube for stoker video and/or possibly call stoker for help?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonkey Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I'll definitely call stoker Monday, but it's definitely not working right for me. I wanted to set it to a non-default port, like 5698 says he does. But the stoker won't listen on anything other than port 80. Even if I set it to something else, it still answers on 80 and not what I have it set to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygies Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Can't answer question, as I had my work IT people come set up. !!! Was this bossly influence, and/or did you bribe them with ribs? My BBQ Guru finally died, and I'm on the fence whether to go BBQGuru again, or Stoker. Anyone know both well, first-hand, with a strong opinion? The 5 volts is nearly a deal-breaker, though it would help if the Stoker recovers with all settings intact after a middle-of-the-night power outage. Or, if it will accept 6 volts as a proxy for 5 volts. I like to run off a battery, as California power is flaky in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonkey Posted February 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 So I went and got a couple of containers to make a watertight enclosure for my stoker, and an inverted container to mount as a rain shroud over the blower. I was all set... Or so I thought... I went to plug the stoker into the "wet location - in use" outlet that I installed next to my grill for this very purpose, and had to stop and ask myself WTF? The transformer brick John supplies is sideways oriented?! There is absolutely no way this thing would be able to be plugged into an outdoor outlet. Is it just me, or is expecting to be able to plug your charcoal grill temperature controller into a standard covered outdoor outlet too much to expect?! Back to the store for a much bigger box, so now I can keep the power cord and brick inside the container and use an extension cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbower Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 It's not a perfect solution, but I have a bunch of these for situations like this. There really is no good solution for power bricks, sideways works on half my power strips, vertical the other half. Ones that move up perpendicular from the plug work well, but not if I care about clearance. I really want a DC infrastructure solution so we can just avoid them entirely, but that means rewiring every house out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgrant3406 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Looks like the Stoker runs on 5 vdc @2 amps, the outlets with usb chargers for iPads output 5vdc @2.1amps. Have you thought about changing out the outlet and ditching the wall wart? Granted you would need to find a new usb to XXmm power cord, but they are out there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
