[Ethereum] How to watch contracts on Mist without ABI

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I've been trying to watch the Ethereum Alarm Clock contract on the main net (@ 0x6c8f2a135f6ed072de4503bd7c4999a1a17f824b) via Mist. This is the first time I've used Mist to watch contracts and I don't know how to get the JSON description, for example where it says:

In order to watch and interact with a contract already deployed on the
blockchain you need to know its address and description of its
interface in JSON format.

When I enter the contract address of the Ethereum Alarm Clock I get the following error:

Error in Mist

I went to Browser Solidity and there didn't seem any way of getting the JSON description. I also checked out EtherChain and could only get the EVM code which is useless. What do I need to do here?

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Response to additional question about checksum

The security features refers to the checksum on the address. Before the checksum feature was introduced, addresses like 0x6c8f2a135f6ed072de4503bd7c4999a1a17f824b were all lowercase. I entered this address in etherchain.org and copied the equivalent checksummed address which is 0x6C8f2A135f6ed072DE4503Bd7C4999a1a17F824B. Both versions should work in the Ethereum Wallet.


Here is the blank screen in Ethereum Wallet 0.7.2

A bug report has been lodged. enter image description here


Here is the working screen in Ethereum Wallet 0.6.2

A similar screen is also displayed in 0.5.1 enter image description here


You may want to try 0.6.2, and check the network

You might want to try downloading the old 0.6.2 version of Ethereum Wallet and see if you can load the contract in your screen. The issue you are encountering may be a bug in the new version.

And check that you are using the Main network (menu Develop -> Network).

While submitting the bug report, I when through the recommended steps to check. One of these steps was to load the console (menu Develop -> Toggle Developer Tools -> Wallet UI). The 0.7.2 console showed the message Error: CONNECTION ERROR: Couldn't connect to node on IPC. (...).

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