Hi all, first post in this forum 
I am trying to use Hass on iPad to connect to home assistant on an nvidia shield and can’t even get past the initial connection prompts…
There are tonnes of guides for raspberry pi but I want to use the iPad as a dashboard to control home assistant on the nvidia shield and am having nothing but problems.
Could a kind soul please point me in the right direction? I’m not a moron and am pretty tech savvy but this has me miffed. Thanks in advance
Can you connect to your HA server from a PC browser (i.e. is it actually operating)?
Try the official Home Assistant Helper app from the app store (free) instead of using Safari.
Put the IP address of your HA server in the URL box.
Sorry, I feel like a real dummy… That is the problem I have no idea how to find the server address.
I bet its right in front of my face somewhere…
Check the DHCP section of your router. While you are there assign the IP address lease permanently or you will have issues when the address changes.
Thanks im getting a decent router tomorrow, currently using the ISP provided cheapo one. Ill get back to you when its set up.
Thanks for helping me with this, it is probably trivial and super basic.
Hi,
Sorry for not coming back to you sooner. My dog was hit by a car and killed and I have just got around to installing the new router. It is an Asus AC2900 RT-AC86U. It has a cool android app but dont see DHCP on there. Will do some reading
Look under Advanced Settings --> LAN --> DHCP Server.
Somewhere under this tab you should find the DHCP assignments. If you can’t identify which one is your Home Assistant server, make or print if it lets you, of the current assignments. Then shut down your HA server and unplug it. Check the list again and see if one is labeled “offline” or simply missing.
I don’t have this router but I am contemplating switching, so please let us know of your likes/dislikes.
Ill log in with the PC and see, the android app is nice but probably has limited functions.
The router is pretty good so far although i did have a problem with some apps being blocked net access which came right after turning it off and back on again after much troubleshooting frustration. Very strange…
Ive spent the morning getting familiar with the new router. Ive found the DHCP options but still not entirely sure how to use this to get a url to use on ipad app. The Nvidia Shield that has home assistant on it is attached to the router via LAN and has a static ip assigned.
This router is awesome! You can even plug in drives and use as a NAS/ftp and cloud storage by attaching USB drives though i couldnt get the ASUS AICloud setup working on the USB3 port with SSD for some reason it works on the USB2 port with 1TB spindrive.
Watch a couple of youtube videos to get an idea of if its for you but I’d for sure recommend it.
Sorry for delayed reply, my dog died and I lost enthusiasm…
Anyhow… How do I get this url?
Read your router instructions.
I set the Nvidia Shield to a static IP in DHCP server tab.
Back to the original question, I dont know how this gets the URL I need to put into the app.
Sorry if this is easy for you, im new to it all.
Use this IP address.
I appreciate your help, still feel like an idiot tho… Its asking for a URL not an internal IP address. When i use the option for internal URL it still throws the same error message when i put the Shield IP in there
In your case, http://192.168.1.156:8123
I do hope you realize that you will need more than an iPad to manage your Home Assistant. You will want some kind of computer
Again, I am sorry if this is second nature to you but im completely new to it… I saw a youtube video where they totally skipped over this part.
I am just wanting to use the ipad as a dashboard nothing more.
Stop watching out of date videos and start reading the documentation
Step 6
You will be able to reach your installation at http://hassio.local:8123 (if your router supports mDNS, otherwise see below).
If your router doesn’t support mDNS, then you’ll have to use the IP address of your Pi instead of
hassio.local. For example,http://192.168.0.9:8123. You should be able to find the IP address of your Pi from the admin interface of your router.
Replace the word Pi with <nameofdevicehere>
None of this is different when it comes to using an app on a device. You’re simply accessing the same URL that you do from your computer when you’re setting it up. Same IP/URL for your computer, a tablet, a phone, etc.
Thanks, ill review this. Thanks for your patience, im sure once its working it will all be clear
I did try with this path but there was no ipad specific setup I could see.
Maybe I should start with the PC… Would an Nvidia Jetson Nano running Jetpack (Ubuntu) be suitable to use?
