Anyone using Simple Control?

[Keo]

Hi all,

I am not a graphic designer, nor do I understand CSS. I am trying to find a simple user interface to control my lights and see the status of my devices. I also want the interface to run locally so Action Tiles is out. I have used iRule, but recently it’s been announced that new development on the software is no longer happening. This has me concerned that the software may be discontinued so I purchased simple control. Unfortunately they don’t have a way to display all of my device states. So I thought I may be able to develop something to reflect the device states as a feedback from SmartThings.

Is anyone using Simple Control or do you have other locally running services that has an easy to use configuration interface?

[ogiewon]

@kewashi Ken Washington is developing a new UI that runs on your own local raspberry pi.

Take a look…

Announcing HousePanel Control Panel [Alpha]

Hi good people!!! Update Dec 3, 2017 HousePanel Beta 1.0 Released under the Open-Dash brand with installation and operation documentation in the following new thread: All updates and discussion will now be tracked in that thread. Remainder of this post is retained for historical purposes. Update: Back end groovy code now available on GitHub here: Update July 15, 2017 : Front-end php and js code required to use and is now open to all ST community users for beta testing here: Install instructions are here: https://kewashi.github.io/hpanel-server/ and in the docs folder of the repo. This still has some rough edges, so beta testing only recommended if you’re ready for a few bumps in the road. Strongly recommend installing on a local RPi server, but it will work equally well …

[kewashi]

Yes my app will do exactly wat you are describing. Stay tuned - coming very soon.

[RobinWinbourne]

No interface can run totally local… it all has to go to the ST cloud and back again before any interface can display the data, including the official ST app.

So the interface itself can run locally, but the data it sends / receives won’t.

Local is over-rated anyway, they’ve done away with it altogether on the new Connect Hub.

[Keo]

While I understand no interface can run totally local, my configuration has many hue bulbs which I can adjust via the hue API. The response time is significantly faster. I don’t need all of the devices to run locally, just my bulbs. The cloud response time does not pass WAF.