Hi. Is there a way to apply Automations to the console itself? I am looking for a way to automate the Blynk.Air OTA process by kicking off a time or event based update to my devices, and then checking for either successful completion of the update or a retry until successful. Thanks.
I don’t think it’s possible, you have to do it manually.
Right now this is no possible. Could you please give us more insights? Like, why do you need a specific time for OTA?
Hi, not really a specific time but I’d like to be able to schedule an OTA push and be able to monitor that all devices - at some point - were updated. Challenge is that many devices will be offline at various times, with no guarantee that they’ll be back online within a 24 hour window. So how to ensure all have gotten the OTA, say within a couple of days? Tracking down every device and manually waiting for them to come online to do the OTA doesn’t seem efficient or scalable. Thanks.
You can’t. Because as you said “many devices will be offline at various times, with no guarantee that they’ll be back online within a 24 hour window”. I don’t see how exact “run” time helps here. You’ll still have to wait until all devices go online. And what if one of devices never goes online?
I guess I am used to the scenario which many consumer devices use: when powered up they first check for an outstanding update. If update is pending, then proceed with OTA. Upon success, continue with normal operation. I am trying to figure out how to do this, except through Blynk.Air which in contrast works top-down. That is, I must reach out to and manage all of the devices without knowing when they are active and available for OTA. This seems counterintuitive, but I am willing to go with it (Blynk.Air works great!) if I can find a way to avoid having to manage each device’s version status and whether it’s received the OTA or not. Thanks!