FluentPet Connect: Known Issues
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Written by Ben Cipollini
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In addition to sprinkling known issues into onboarding and troubleshooting docs, we've also centralized all known issues here, so you can at-a-glance diagnose and resolve.

2024/05/03 - When onboarding your Base you might not see available wifi SSID's

  • Root cause: custom VPN or DNS configuration by "Amazon Shopper Panel" app.

  • Solution: Remove the Amazon Shopper Panel app temporarily while you attempt the onboarding process. You can re-install it after the setup.

  • Notes: The Amazon Shopper Panel app uses a custom DNS that filters your traffic and prevents the Base from communicating with the phone while connected to the Base's local intranet. If you disable the ad verification option in the app this might work as well. You can also check that you do not have any other custom DNS settings on your phone.

2024/01/05 - Some screens in the app are taking very long to load

  • Root cause: Server implementation bug: Sorting buttons by most used is taking very long (several seconds to minutes) in case the account has several thousand presses. (solved in new backend version)

  • Solution: now fixed

  • Workaround: The way Buttons are sorted in between sessions is stored, so selecting a different sorting method, like A-Z will make sure the app loads faster.

2023/08/13 - When a Button is pressed, no sound plays

  • Root cause: Currently unknown

  • Solution: Verify that the Button is lighting up Blue when pressed. Try re-linking the Button with the Base. Try plugging and un-plugging the Base in a charger. Press the Base Button (enter sync mode), wait 3 seconds, then press the Base Button twice (cancel sync mode). If after these steps the Base is still not responding, contact the FluentPet team <info@fluent.pet>

  • Notes: The Base should play a sound when entering sync mode and show the Sync mode LED (blue), then the LED should turn off when you double-press to cancel.

2023/07/08 - Some button presses only appearing in the app after 1-3 days.

  • Root cause: Base firmware issue

  • Solution: resolved in new Base firmware

2023/07/01 - Button battery life is ~6 months, rather than 1+ year as advertised.

2023/06/14 - Base Button is unresponsive, Base LED is not lighting up and Base is not reacting to Button presses

  • Root cause: Bug in Base firmware

  • Solutions: (1) Contact the FluentPet team <info@fluent.pet> to manually trigger to unstick (includes 12 hour delay), or (2) allow your Base battery to fully drain (i.e. don't plug it in until it dies)

2023/06/01 - When a Button is pressed, the wrong sound is played.

  • Root cause: ~2% of Bases were upgraded to an intermediate Firmware version with a bug (solved in newer versions).

2023/05/21 - When re-linking a Button, your Base may freeze.

  • Root cause: Button firmware update bug (solved in newer versions)

  • Solution: remove the battery from the last Button linked, put it back in, and try one more time.

2024/05/03 - When onboarding your Base you might not see available wifi SSID's

  • Root cause: VPN or DNS configuration from Amazon Shopper Panel app.

  • Solution: Remove the Amazon Shopper Panel app temporarily while you attempt the onboarding process. You can re-install it after the setup.

  • Notes: The Amazon Shopper Panel app uses a custom DNS that filters your traffic and prevents the Base from communicating with the phone while connected to the Base's local intranet. If you disable the ad verification option in the app this might work as well. You can also check that you do not have any custom DNS settings on your phone.

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