Meater Block
Wireless Meat Thermometer

Using The MEATER Block in WiFi Mode
The MEATER Block has two modes of operation, standalone and WiFi. WiFi mode, of course, connects the MEATER Block to a WiFi network and allows monitoring of the four probes on a smart device. In Wifi Mode, there is also the option to communicate using only your local WiFi network (Cloud Mode off) or by using the Cloud to communicate anywhere you have internet access (Cloud Mode on). We'll now show you how to enable WiFi mode.

Power On: When you press the power on/off key, a red light above the display will light up for a moment. It will then change to a dim slow flashing mode to let you know that the MEATER Block is powered on. Then on the display you will first briefly see the "in progress" screen followed by the startup menu. Highlight "Use WiFi", press "Enter" and you will then see the next screen tells you to open the MEATER App and add the Block.

In Progress

Select Use WiFi

Time to open the App

Open The MEATER App: The MEATER App screen will show no devices when you first open it up. After you power on the MEATER Block and select WiFi mode, the App will recognize the Block and ask if you want to connect to it. Click on "Pair" and the App will pair with it and recognize that it has not been set up for WiFi yet. Click on "Configure WiFi" and the App will start searching for networks.

No Devices Connected

MEATER Block Appears

Ready to Configure For WiFi

Searching for Networks

Select your network from the list presented and enter the password for your network. The App will attempt to connect to your network, and once it does, the App will show you that it has successfully connected.

Select Your Network

Wnter the Network Password

Block Attempts to Connect

Connection Successful

Firmware Update: Once your MEATER Block is online and communicating with the MEATER servers, it may discover it needs a firmware update. The process is simple and doesn't take very long. The following screens appear on your phone as a part of the download process:

Update available

Start the update

Update is downloading

Download complete

Once the download completes, the MEATER Block will install the new software update. It will restart several times and while it is updating, you will see the screen below on the left. Once the entire process has completed, the MEATER Block will display the WiFi Mode screen, on the right.

Note that when you are in Wifi Mode, the only screen displayed and the only information available to you on the MEATER Block unit itself is the screen on the right. All the information about cooks, temperatures, etc. are displayed in the App on your smart device. So, in the WiFi Mode, you can see the following information:

• Across the top of the screen from left to right you will see the WiFi signal strength, whether Cloud Mode is on or off (It is on in this screen. If it were off the cloud icon would be blank. The "X" inside the cloud symbol indicates that the MEATER Block is not communicating with the Cloud right now. The "X" will disappear as soon as the Block has communicated with the Cloud.), and the battery level indicator.
• Each line below shows the probe number, that each probe is connected via Bluetooth, and a checkmark showing the status is ok.

Don't Turn Me Off!

WiFi Mode Status Screen

MEATER Block Settings in WiFi Mode
If you press the Tools icon on the MEATER Block's keypad when in WiFi mode, you find a different list of settings than you saw in Standalone Mode. You can view the Block status, Setup Wifi, Turn the Cloud on and off, or reset the Block to factory settings.

View Block Status

Setup WiFi

Cloud

Factory Reset

You can see below what the Block Status looks like. Then you can see that you are told to use the App to setup WiFi. Next, you can turn the Cloud function on or off. Finally, if you select Factory Reset, the Block will ask you if you are sure, and if you press "Yes" it will reset the factory settings and reboot.

View Block Status

Use the App to setup WiFi

Turn Cloud on or off

Factory Reset

Turning Cloud On and Off
It is probably worth taking the time to point out the fact that you can enable or disable the Cloud function. When your MEATER Block is in WiFi mode, it connects to your WiFi network. What happens beyond that depends on whether or not your smart devicde is connected to the same WiFi network.

• If both the MEATER Block and your smart device are connected to the same network, they will communicate over that network without going to the MEATER Cloud servers. This is called MEATER Link.

• If your smart device is on a different network than your MEATER Block (such as if you are away from the house and your smart device is using cellular data) and if the Cloud function is enabled, then they will communicate over the internet via the MEATER Cloud servers. This is called MEATER Cloud.
• If your smart device and MEATER Block are on different networks and the Cloud function is disabled, your smart device will be unable to connect to your MEATER Block.

The MEATER App
Now that you have WiFi set up and have added the MEATER Block to the MEATER App, let's take a look at the main MEATER App screen. What you see depends on how many MEATER devices you have added to the App. Below we show you what the main screen looks like with a MEATER Block, a MEATER Block and a MEATER+ probe, and a MEATER Block and a MEATER+ Probe and an original MEATER Probe:

App screen with only the MEATER Block added.

App screen with MEATER+ Probe and MEATER Block. MEATER+ is always on top.

App screen with MEATER+ Probe, MEATER Block and original probe. Original probe is always on the bottom.

Now let's take a look at the information displayed for one of the probes.

• The icon in the upper left corner tells you that the probe information is coming to your smart phone via MEATER Link, i.e. through your network. If the BLOCK and the phone were on separate devices, this icon would be replaced with the Cloud icon telling you that the probe information is going to the MEATER Cloud and then to your phone.

• The two triangles travel around the arc to give an indication of the relative ambient and internal temperatures.

• The number inside the arc is, of course, the probe number.

• The internal, target, and ambient temperatures are shown to the right in the colored circles. Note that the ambient temperature is only displayed if it is 10°F or more above the internal temperature.

• Since no cook is set up, tapping on this entry will take you to the screen where you can set up a cook. If a cook were already set up, tapping on the entry would take you to the screen showing you all the cook information. (We'll show that to you in the next section.)

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