scyber
April 8, 2015, 9:22pm
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It sounds like your use case is unique and there probably isn’t too much demand for it. My advice for the time being would be to use one of the web dashboards for the secondary location:
I’s hard to believe how quickly time flies… ActiON Dashboard was in the making for over 6 months. It started as a curiosity, just a toy. It grew with demand, and evolved with the SmartThings community. Driven by the overwhelming support of the community, I envisioned a product that would augment the SmartThings platform with an elegant and accessible user interface. The software that is released today is a product of the entire community, hundreds of users who gave it a chance, provided feedback and tested it in every way imaginable.
Thank you, SmartThings community!
Today, I launch SmartTiles.click to give ActiON Dashboard a home! This site will house supporting information and knowledge base. Most importantly, ActiON Dashboard can now be installed via a web service, so you never need t…
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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:
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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…
This would allow you to give people from the secondary location access via their device browsers and they would never get access to the app.
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