Local network diagnostics on the CODApod

When installing a CODApod, there's lots of information on the server about what it's doing, but what do you do if your CODApod isn't talking to the server? This question crops up when installing a CODApod on an unknown network - has it got a DHCP address? Is it configured to use the local proxy? To assist with this, we've now added a local network status screen to the CODApod ot help with just these kinds of issues.

If you want to know what your CODApods view of the network is, then simply hold the power button briefly, and release. You should then see an information screen like the above one.

This screen contains both detailed information, and an at-a-glance infographic to let you tell where, if anywhere, network issues are occurring.

The icons in the middle let you see where things are going wrong. If the first row of dots are green, then your CODApod has successfully communicated with the local network, and has an IP address, etc. from the local DHCP server. If the second row of dots are green, then your CODApod can successfully get our of the local network and talk to the Internet at large. If the final row of dots are green, then it has successfully communicated with the CODA servers at Camvine.

If any of the dots go red and have a cross over them, then you know that that stage has failed, and you have a clue as to where to start looking. If the first set of dots are red, then is the ethernet cable plugged in correctly? Is your router set up properly to assign it a DHCP address? And so on.

If you're using CODA on a wireless network, you can also see a list of available wifi networks the CODApod can see, and what their signal strengths are.

As a whole, this screen makes it a lot easier to deal with those occasions where the local network provides a stumbling block in setting up your CODA system!