Local Unifi Controller on Mac - Unifi Discover is damaged

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#298722 10-Jul-2022 17:47

I am strongly considering purchasing and setting up a Unifi Wifi AP network at home, and have recently signed up for a Unifi account and downloaded Java 8 for Mac, and the Mac Unifi Network Controller. The desktop app appears to open up OK, but because I don't yet have an AP I can't go further.

However...The Unifi Discover app is not able to be opened - I get the following message in the image below.

Question? Does this matter? Do I need this app as well, or will the Unifi Network controller work Ok without it? If not - does anyone know of a way around this. I have downloaded it three times, and I can't get it to install without this message.

Thanks for any help,

Peter

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#2940472 10-Jul-2022 18:13

No you don't need that. It's just a discovery tool to list unifi devices. The network controller can do this.

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#2940479 10-Jul-2022 18:48

Brilliant. Thanks.

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#2940781 11-Jul-2022 17:54

It was a handy app to have on hand, but it was broken by an update a while ago. The Chrome internet browser can have an extension added which can locate unifi devices easily too if needed.

The discovery app was only used to apply the set-inform address of the unifi controller. Once the APs found that controller, then they could be adopted and managed via that.

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#2940794 11-Jul-2022 18:50

If you're only setting up 1 AP, you don't need the controller, the mobile app can control it.

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#2940804 11-Jul-2022 19:22

lxsw20:

If you're only setting up 1 AP, you don't need the controller, the mobile app can control it.

Thanks but I am anticipating at least 2 and possibly 3 APs will be needed, as our house has a lot of internal 1920's lathe and plaster. A lot of the internal walls seem to have a 10-12 dbm effect on the signal based on extensive testing I have done.