[RELEASE] ActionTiles, the homepage for your SmartThings home!

[Nezmo]

@chrstnmchl

Is the how-to for your Home Energy Meter in that Custom CSS thread? Any chance you could point me to it quick than wading through 2000 posts?

Here you go.

Google Sheets Charts

There are a couple Google Sheet data logging smart apps (GoogleSheetsLogging and SimpleEventLogger) and I just wanted to share a way to get a chart from a Google Sheet that could be used in SmartTiles or potentially a DH in the SmartThings App. The trick is to publish the chart as an image; from that, you have a URL that can be used anywhere you can reference an image on the internet. 1-set up your preferred logging smart app 2-insert chart from button bar, set up a chart as you like. Note: make sure to include the last row of the sheet in data ranges and this will allow the chart to refresh the new data added by your smart app. 3-(optional)from chart pulldown, select ‘move to own sheet’ (now the chart will have its own tab) 4-click publish, under link, change interactive pulldown to…

[Drew650 (Drew)]

So I dusted off my iPad 1 to try actiontiles and with safari it didn’t want to load the site. It’s running 5.1.1 and can’t upgrade any further. I can’t download any apps like chrome, fully, etc because of the old firmware. Any suggestions? I’m an Android guy and this was my last Apple product.
Thanks

[Jbhugh (Brad)]

I don’t have an iPad 1 laying around but its working fine on my old iPad 2. Maybe try a jailbreak?

[Drew650 (Drew)]

It is jailbroken with Cydia. Although I did that years ago. I’m not very familiar with it but most apps thru that needed 6.1 or higher. I thought I read some people using iPad 1 on here that’s why I asked.

[bne (Bill)]

I tried it on an iPad 1 with no luck. I am tired of messing with the old iPad so I’ll just pick up an Android tablet. Who knows I may find some other use for it.

[625alex (Alex, ActionTiles Control Panel)]

Last time I checked iPad 1, it was not compatible with one of the core frameworks that’s used for ActionTiles. Unfortunately, the prognosis for compatibility with iPad 1 is not good.

[Drew650 (Drew)]

OK, it’s understandable. Besides, I was afraid it would tear the drywall off the studs with how heavy that thing is! Lol

[Jwwhite (JIm)]

Been using the Action Tiles and well pleased with it. However, got a little, don’t want to call it an issue, but something that I can’t figure out.

I have a tablet mounted on the wall. Unfortunately it shines right in our bedroom door. Been trying to figure out how to turn off the display at night and back on in the morning. I have been using Tasker, but it doesn’t work quite right. I can set the display brightness in the morning and again at night. But even at 0 display setting it is still too bright. I want to just blank it at night.

Anybody got any suggestions? Other than move the display…

[fightingmajor]

I haven’t messed around with Android tablets in awhile, but I used to have mine set up to come one when I would walk up to it. That way the screen wasn’t on all of the time.

[Jwwhite (JIm)]

This one apparently doesn’t have that option. Or at least I don’t think so.

[diehllane (Brian Diehl)]

There is an app you can install for that on Android.

Dashboard Theming (Custom CSS) and Mounting Hardware Ideas

I have read about successful wake screen from camera motion detection with the use if this app on Android Devices. It needs to be paired with the Tasker App and Secure Settings Plug in… To wake the device though using the Tasker plug in Secure Settings the device needs to be “rooted”. See the 4th post on this Reditt Thread

[Jbhugh (Brad)]

There’s an option for it on the license version of fully browser too that doesn’t require a root. That’s what I use for the tablet in my bedroom. Of course your tablet has to have a front facing camera.

[eibyer]

Funny I was just thinking about this earlier since I was moving a tablet into the bedroom. My solution (in my head) was to use Tasker and Sharptools so I can turn the screen on/off on demand via Alexa using a virtual switch of course

An ideal setup would be to have it on all the time during the day and on demand at night. A weekend project for sure.

[Jbhugh (Brad)]

Interesting thought. I wonder if there is a way to link tasker to a virtual switch so that you could have it change preferences when you run the “goodnight” routine and again for “good morning”. I shall research this.

[Jwwhite (JIm)]

Tying tasker to a virtual switch is fairly easy. Problem is, tasker doesn’t seem to have any way turn sceen on or off. At least I can’t figure it out.

[balders27 (NEIL B)]

I think I have a realy dumb question? How do I keep full screen on Android Tablet? Apart from Firefox no browser shows my media / CCTV stream and I cant get Firefox to stay full screen? I think I’m missing something?

[arcab4 (J)]

if you have an android tablet, use the fully kiosk app.
it will turn on when you walk up to it and turn off.
to get past the tablet wake screen (like on the fire tablet), in the settings of the app set the screensaver to black so it technically just dims it. only prob is the tablet never turns off and i assume whatever you have streaming on actiontiles will just continue to stream.

[balders27 (NEIL B)]

Thanks have tried that but my cctv links are blank all the time the only browser thats shows them is Firefox

[Jwwhite (JIm)]

My screen saver doesn’t have a full black option.

[arcab4 (J)]

in the fully kiosk app setting (not the tablet setting) - go to Device Management

• you’ll want to make sure the Keep Screen On is activated
• then scroll down and under "Screensaver URL (PLUS) - enter this in:

dim:for black

then go back to the app settings and under “Motion Detection (PLUS)”

• motion detection is checked
• turn screen on motion is checked
• exit screensaver on motion is checked

and i think that’s about it.