Dashboard Theming (Custom CSS) and Mounting Hardware Ideas

[Dlee]

Yes, apparently unusually large picture frame borders do the trick.

Home Automation Dashboard (HAD)

All the lights in my house are controllable through SmartThings, but not all of them are wired up to wall switches. I do have a bunch of floor and table lamps, which are hooked up to GE receptacles and plug-in lamp modules. It’s a bit of a PITA to have to bend down to actuate the modules. Whipping out my phone to launch the SmartThings Mobile app to control the lights can be cumbersome and slow, and I’m not a big fan of the idea of having physical remotes floating around the house. I wanted a solution with the immediacy of a physical switch, but some of the flexibility of the mobile app. Here is what I came up with: [image] Hardware This is essentially a wall mounted Nexus 7 Android tablet, which I was able to acquire for cheap. I built a custom frame using a laser cut premium walnut ve…

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Using 625alex web dashboard on cheap tablet mounted on wall

I was able to fumble my way though getting 625alex web dashboard to work for me. I found this and thought, this would be cool hanging on the wall. Toshiba tablet for only $99. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Toshiba-Encore-Mini-WT7-C16MS-Signature-Edition-Tablet/productID.307250100 I will wire in a ressesed outlet above a existing light switch for power and some how mount to the wall. I know I saw a pic of someone on here mounting an android tablet on a wall witha frame, hope to do the same thing. Any thing you all think I need to worry about? I was also going to add in my security cameras, alarm system with eyeon to the tablet.

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Rough Discussion: Custom Hardware for a Wall Mounted Touch Panel?

Continuing the discussion from Wink API vs. SmartThings: This Topic is redundant with a couple of other ones, but THEY both have ActiON Dashboard in their titles: The intention for THIS new thread is to be Mobile App agnostic. @625alex: This type of Project is risky, but it is very interesting that Quirky / Wink launched the Wink Relay $300 pad immediately with the ecosystem. Maybe they just had more resources or a different philosophy as to what is essential and profitable. [image] This type of Project would be far less risky with the current resources of SmartThings and/or Samsung – and quite possibly Samsung’s R&D labs are playing with all sorts of wall mounted control panel ideas. It is hard to decide on the best size and even if it should be portrait or landscape, and how …