SpiderControl™ AutomationBrowser for Android™
The SpiderControl AutomationBrowser app for Android is available for download on this page.
This Browser is intented to be used on Industrial Touch Panel with Android version 5.0 (Lollipop) and higher, for ARM or x86 processor.
The SpiderControl AutomationBrowser app supports web visualisation designed with SpiderControl Editor or any of the OEM editors, CODESYS V.2, CODESYS V.3, but it also support standard HTML5 web page.
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For Industrial Touch Panel
If you wish, the AutomationBrowser to be the main app of your device, then AutomationBrowser Home Screen edition is the right choice.
It will automatically start on reboot and replace the Android Desktop. Read Installation instructions below, regarding Home Screen.
AutomationBrowser (SBC)
Support alarm/trend features from Saia-Burgess Controls
MicroBrowser (SBC)
The SpiderControl MicroBrowser app for Android in Google Play Store
supports SAIA's proprietary alarm trend features.
MicroBrowser-Lite (SBC)
The SpiderControl MicroBrowser-Lite app for Android in Google Play Store
supports SAIA's proprietary alarm trend features.
Notes:
- Use AutomationBrowser (SBC), if you plan to target PLC from Saia-Burgess Controls (SBC), with SAIA's proprietary alarm trend features
- Find all features supported in AutomationBrowser for Android in features.txt
- VNC and RTSP are both supported now in AutomationBrowser AB1. Therefore AB2 will no longer be supported or updated
- Previous versions and pre-release of the app, with release notes can be found in history
- If you encounter any anti aliasing issues in MicroBrowser or VNC, use AutomationBrowser built in 16 bpp
What's new in this version?
- Resize/shift the content view when opening the Virtual Keypad in HTML 5 mode (WebView)
- Change AutoStart mode to retry the connection every 10s if the target is no reachable, even if no delay is defined, like "AutoStart (3s)"
- Update MicroBrowser to verion 165
- Bug fix in SBC login macro
- Fix Auto start with retries of CODESYS webvisu 3, due to HTTP error 503 returned by CODESYS server after a reboot, until the PLC is started and boot project loaded
- Bug fix with immersive mode in setup page
- Keep Fullscreen and immersive mode when opening PDF, Image or Video view
- Open internal WebView to see the HTML page on License Agreement page
- See ReleaseNotes.txt for details
Manual
AutomationBrowserSetup_Android.pdf
Installation
Open this page on your Android panel, either with the AutomationBrowser (at least v1.0.9.5) or with any standard web browser, and download the APK file
Once the download is finished, open the APK file stored in your Download folder and follow instructions to complete the installation.
Note: Some authorizations might be required to allow the installation of an APK file, out of the official Google Play Store.
Home Screen
After having installed the AutomationBrowser Home Screen edition, press the Android Home button. So, you will be asked to choose for the default launcher(*).
Press the Home button again to see the ALWAYS option.
Once you have chosen the Automation Browser (ALWAYS), it will automatically be launched on the next start and you will no longer see the default Android Home screen (Desktop)!
To find this option again, you will have to clear the "Open defaults" setting of the Automation Browser app
Open Android Settings (app menu in the top right corner) and depending on Android version you will have to go either
Apps > Automation Browser > Open by default > CLEAR DEFAULTS
Or
Storage & USB > Apps > Automation Browser > (i) icon > Open by default > CLEAR DEFAULTS
Then, press on the Android Home button again.
(*) If you don't see the popup to select the default launcher, it is probably because another launcher is already selected as default.
In that case you will have to clear the "Open defaults" settings in the current launcher app. The name of the app is often something like "Launcher" or "Google Now Launcher", ...
Activation code
Please, visit our Web Shop
and fill the form with your AB1 or
SBC Challenge code,
to order a license key for your device, The challenge code is displayed when the app starts.
WebView for HTML 5
To support the latest features in HTML 5, we recommend to update the
Android System WebView control on your Android device.
Download APK file depending on your platform (armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64) and Android version of your panel (Android 6.0+, 7.0+, ...)
Open the page Html5Test.co in Automation Browser, to find out which component is installed and which features are supported.
Or use WhichBrowser.net
Support
For any questions, feedback or support, you may contact us here:
English
or German
Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
CODESYS is a trademark of 3S Smart Software Solutions GmbH
SpiderControl is a trademark of iniNet Solutions GmbH
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