What is Wukong Remote Control?

8 May 2018

What is Wukong Remote Control?

It is a TV projection and casting software designed by Sofa Net to allow one to remote control and/or  cast Movies or pictures onto smart TVs using one’s smart phone.  The software can perform the following functions

a)    Remote controlling the TV program selection

b)    Screen Casting  of movie programs,  telecast

c)    Voice assist control
d)  other functions such as install and delete TV apks

What kind of  Videos or Movies supported?

The software is able to screen project or cast most type of videos,   streaming HD videos, CCTV,  TV,  movies and other content. 

It also can play movies contents direct from  Tencent, Youku, Iqiyi Litchi TV, TV cats, magic video and other video resources as well as movies and pictures that are stored in Baidu cloud drives.

What type and brands of TV supported?

Wukong supports many different types and brands of TVs made in China as well as some foreign made TV such Amazon Fire.  The apk has been successfully tested for use in Xiaomi TV, Xiaomi Box, LeTV, Tmall Box, Hisense TV, TCL TV, Skyworth TV. , Haier TV, Konka TV, Changhong TV, Microwhale TV, Timmin, Meile, the United States, Haimi Di, Kaiboer

Where can I download?

The apk can be downloaded from here. 

It can also be downloaded from shafa.com

Note:  some virus scan software may pick up the apk  to be virus infected but it has been scanned by MacAfee to be free of virus.

How to Install?

Once apk is downloaded to the TV and fired up,  one would be greeted by the following page

Use the smart phone to scan the left hand QRcode which will download the required apk or app depending on whether you have iphone or andriod.  The alternative is to do Google or Iphone App search.
Once the software is downloaded and fired up in the smart phone,  the phone will perform a search  and connect to the TV automatically  provided the smart phone and the TV are sharing the same WiFi and/or  Ethernet network.   

On successful connection,  the following screen will appear indicating the network ip address and the name of the TV as shown in bracket edged red.

By pressing the TV address,  the following page should appear,  allowing one to test the working of the Wukong remote control to control the TV.

 

How to Select and View TV programs?

As an example,

1. Navigate to the following page.  One would be presented with various pre-loaded TV programs

Click and select the program,  one would be greeted by the following page in the smart phone

Now select the sources or the “Srcs” (1) if there are more than one source and then press the TV screening button (2), one should see the movie being projected onto the TV.

How to Watch Downloaded Movies?

One could download the various movies and pictures and store them in Baidu Cloud Drive for Wukong remote for projection and and casting onto the TV.

To start,  one must have a Baidu account  created using the following address

http://motu.baidu.com/register.html

Once this account is created and Baidu Pan is uploaded with various movies (in mp4 format),  one can click the Baidu Cloud button (edged red in the following picture) to select the movies to be projected onto the TV screen.

What is the Difference between Wukong Remote and the Xiaomi Assistant

They are all able to remote control the TV using the smart phone except the following main differences

1.  Xiaomi Assistant is residing inside the TV and there is no need to install separate apk for the TV;  but,  it works only in Xiaomi TVs or boxes;
2.  Xiaomi Assistant can do screenshots whereas Wukong cannot;
3.  Xiaomi Assistant cannot screen project movies from external cloud drives;
4.  Xiaomi Assistant cannot be used to download and install or delete various TV apks

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Modifying Dell Monitor’s Stand for Non Vesa Monitor

5 May 2018

The new Dell SE2417HG LED Monitor is non Vesa;  meaning,  it does not have the usual 4 mounting holes at the back cover to fit Vesa wall mounting bracket or the Vesa stand.  The usual way is to purchase special non-VESA adaptor kit shown as follows

 

This article will describe one way to modify the existing stand  of SE2417HG to fit into the old Dell 2407 wfp stand.  The same method  can also be used to fit into wall mounting brackets

What's Needed?

1.  The usual tools such as flat end screw drivers,  Philips screw driver, electric drills and other necessary mounting screws etc

2.  2 pieces of metal extension bar 

How to Modify?

Carefully ply open the casing of the original stand using a flat end screw driver,  starting  from the bottom side of the stand as shown by the red arrow.  

  

When the casing's bottom end  opened up,  use a small screw driver to carefully ply open the bottom cover away from the top cover,  working around the edges, giving way to clear the fragile clips.   In the process,  making sure no force will be applied to the clips or they will break easily. 

Once the cover is opened,  remove the  6 screws that hold the metal plate to the  stand as shown

 
Now untighten the 2 side nuts  as shown  and take note how the washers etc were arranged.

 

Flip the metal plate over and install the  metal extension bars as indicated so that the mounting bracket will clear the back cover of the monitor when it is mounted.

Remove the rotating plate from the old  Dell 2407 stand.  Drill and tap 4 nos of M4 threaded hole to mount the assembly onto the old stand as shown

Lastly,  fit the whole assembly including the metal plate back to the old Dell 2407 wfp stand.