[RELEASE] SharpTools.io Dashboard and Rule Engine!

@joshua_lyon, does Sharptools.io work on a Google/Nest hub?

The Google Nest Hub doesn’t have a traditional web browser, so not really. If you ask her to open a webpage, she’ll respond with “I can’t show websites yet.”

That being said, lots of people are using Amazon Fire Tablets with Alexa built-in as a multipurpose device – part dedicated dashboard and part voice assistant. And lots of people are using tablets as dedicated home control centers either wall mounted or sitting on their countertops. :smiley:

I’ve asked the same question in another topic about ActionTiles.

I asked it, because I ran into this article when searched for chrome browser in nest hub.

It makes sense that no user interface to enter text for login, but Chrome comes with user associations and saved password usually. I assume. Has any of your users tried it?
I don’t have a Nest Hub (yet), but looking at the features how it can be used multiple ways.

Yes, there are also some Cast related tools that let you cast a webpage to the Google Nest Hub which some of our Hubitat users have tried. As you noted, the biggest limitation at this point is there is no keyboard input to enter login information.

That being said, as a workaround we might be able to display our own in-page input. For example, at least for phone based login, we could perhaps display a numeric input (similar to our PIN input).

I’d rather not have a custom input dialog show up for normal users, so I’d need to think about how to best handle this.

There’s also still the question of how well this would functionally work. Lots of questions around how long the page stays open, what happens when you ask it questions (eg. the page closes), how can you easily get back to the page, etc. :thinking: :slight_smile:

@joshua_lyon, if you thinking of seriously these features, then you might want the look at Home Assistant Cast. HA has implemented a solution back in August, according their post. (I’ve just found it meanwhile searching about the browser.)

Thanks for the feedback. The Home Assistant Cast integration is indeed very neat. :slight_smile:

We’ve had very few requests for this so far, so we don’t plan on dedicating significant engineering resources to it at the moment when there are other highly requested features. That being said, if there’s a few tweaks we could do to make things work, it seems like it’s worth at least taking a look!

One of key things we use to determine what we work on is the level of user interest in features, so if there’s more interest in it down the road, we’re always open to reprioritizing it as a first-class feature based on popular user request!

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I played with a bit more and after adding a touch based input for phone number login to SharpTools, I was able to login and dashboards render just fine. :smiley:

I used the Cast All The Things (CATT) script to ‘cast’ the dashboard to the Google Display. After swiping the dashboard away and then casting it back, it stayed logged in just fine.

I haven’t spent a lot of time testing to see how long the dashboard stays up… it’s stayed up for the past half hour or so since I originally cast it. Also, when I asked the Google Assistant about things like the weather that displayed a full screen response, the response would come up as normal and then after a few seconds it would go back to the dashboard.

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Winter Holiday Icons!

Just in time for the winter holidays, we’ve added a number of holiday themed icons!

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/winter-holiday-icons/2103

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Lots of new updates since my last post!

Calendar Improvements, More Icons, and Other Enhancements

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Some neat features here in ‘other enhancements’ like cast-web-api support for album art tiles, HTTP REST API syntax for power users, and some nice SHM tile updates.

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/calendars-icons-and-other-enhancements/2431?u=josh

 
 

Performance Improvements and Dark Glass Style

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/performance-improvements-and-dark-glass-style/2767?u=josh

 
 

Icons and Colors based on States + Window Shades

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/icons-and-colors-based-on-states-window-shades/2897?u=josh

 
 

Date Tiles, Momentary Tiles, and Hyperlink REST API Updates

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/date-tiles-momentary-and-rest-api-updates/3017?u=josh

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Variables for Rules and Dashboards!

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Introducing Variables! A powerful tool for interacting between rules and dashboards.

Use variables to store values and use them in conditions, commands, and triggers in your rules. View and control them from your dashboard making for a neat way to interact with your rules.

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/variables-for-rules-and-dashboards/3211?u=josh

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We’ve released a number of nice updates to SharpTools.io over the past few weeks!

Introducing Search!

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Introducing Search! A flexible way of quickly finding the rules, dashboards, and content you’re looking for!

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/introducing-search/3644?u=josh

 
 

Dashboard Sharing!

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The dashboard sharing feature enables you to easily share your dashboards with friends and family! Whether you want to share your own favorite dashboards or create new dashboards with a limited set of tiles, you can use the dashboard sharing feature however you see fit!

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/new-feature-dashboard-sharing/3882?u=josh

 
 

Security Icons and Thermostat Improvements

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The latest SharpTools release includes a number of security related icons (helpful for using Virtual Switches to control STHM) and a handful of Thermostat Tile improvements.

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/security-icons-and-thermostat-improvements/3894?u=josh

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A few more great updates to SharpTools.io Dashboards and Rule Engine since my last post!

Color Temperature Improvements

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This release introduces a new color temperature slider bar enabling you to directly set the color temperature without relying on custom rules.

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/color-temperature-improvements/4062

 
 

Faster Rule Execution!

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This release brings with it faster rule execution and is particularly noticeable if you have multiple rules which share a similar Trigger.

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/faster-rule-execution/4266

 
 

Pushover Notification Sound

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As requested by the community, this update enables you to select which sound is used in Pushover notifications. You can select different sounds for different notifications - such as using siren for security related notifications and echo when someone arrives home - making it easy to tell what type of notification you are receiving by the sound you hear.

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/pushover-notification-sound-support/4298

 
 

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Themes and Styles

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I’m excited to announce the new Themes and Styles feature for SharpTools! This checks the box on several of the top requested features for SharpTools, so be sure to check it out!

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/themes-and-styles/4614?u=josh

 
 

Spacer Tiles not counted against Free Tier

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Spacer Tiles are no longer counted against the 15 tile limit in the Free Tier! This makes it easier to space things out to let your backgrounds shine through without counting against the free tier tile limit.

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https://community.sharptools.io/t/update-spacer-tiles-no-longer-counted-against-free-limit/4806?u=josh

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