SmartTiles Dashboard v5.5: Added UK 🇬🇧, 5 × Dashboards, and more! Nov 6, 2015

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@bridaus

and now get this: {“error”:true,“type”:“java.lang.ClassCastException”,“message”:“An unexpected error occurred.”}

Myself and various others have seen and report this type of error message from time to time, but has multiple possible causes. I think the most common is when some non-official Device Type is in use, but definitely not always the reason.

Can you run Live Logging please and capture the lines right around when the error occurs? Browser console / Javascript debugging is a further step, but let’s try Live Logging first.

Best to move your case to email: Support@SmartTiles.click and we’ll share the results later here.

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

Trying to come up with uses for 5 unique Dashboards?

Just got inspired by a nifty Temperatures Dashboard native SmartApp by John…

[OBSOLETE] Temperatures Dashboard SmartApp

I was asked in another discussion a while back about a way to see all temperatures in a single view, and while this could be done with Rooms and putting all your temperature devices in a Room, it’s really not a logical way to group devices (IMHO). You could also create virtual devices for each and put those in a Room, but that’s a PITA to manage. Even the old Damage & Danger dashboard didn’t display the temperature value. I put together this little app to show temperatures from all the devices you select from a list of capable devices, so I thought I’d share with the community. The list isn’t sorted because I couldn’t figure out how to do it with the example code base I used, but I still find this app helpful for my needs: [image] Code: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/constjs/jcd…

So… not as compact and efficient, but in SmartTiles “style”, I created this…

[drake0508 (Stephen)]

iPad mini with latest iOS software

[Stroh (Michael Stroh)]

@tgauchat

v5.4.2’s have been updated to v5.5.1:

I have version 5.4.1-M that was installed with the old “from code” method. Previously when a new release came out I would cut and paste the new code in place of the old code and be upgraded.

I assume that there is no cut and paste upgrade like before so what are my options to upgrade?

[sgnihttrams (ocd+adhd+alz+md+asd+fms+tldr+lol=me :))]

@tgauchat

Trying to come up with uses for 5 unique Dashboards?

HA! OK, first off…how could anyone not know what to do with their 5 instances? I want one in every room in the house (i.e. every room will have a wall-mounted Android device with SmartTiles on it, and I will eventually have each one configured for things specific to that room - plus relevant whole-house stuff, of course) lol

I have done the ‘temps’ thing in one of my instances. Not that I will leave it there like that forever, but just something to play around with. I did the same thing for all lights/switches. Haha, for me, neither category is very jam-packed yet. So, it’s not unruly. Mostly, I just wanted to have that view of EVERYTHING all in one screen.

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@Stroh

I assume that there is no cut and paste upgrade like before so what are my options to upgrade?

Correct, unfortunately. We can’t distribute the source code anymore.

So… keep any instances that you have as bonuses (there are no serious known risks as of the time of writing), and install the new SmartTiles (Connect) to create up to 5 additional dashboards per Account Location.

[sballoz (fabrizio)]

Has someone tried to use html5 music player on android and then link the page from smart tiles?
Would it be possible to have a music player integrated in a single tile, something similar to the weather tile?

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@sballoz

Would it be possible to have a music player integrated in a single tile, something similar to the weather tile?

Anything is possible … well, except time travel.

SmartTiles V6 will have more flexibility for us to create specialized Tiles. As you’re aware, SmartThings has a growing API for creating UI’s that are a part of each Device Type Handler (i.e., the various sub-tiles, sliders, colors, etc.). SmartTiles can currently offer somewhat more eloquent designs, but that’s because we can directly use HTML and CSS elements.

SmartThings does not give us access to the metadata that defines the UI for a Device Type. We can just access the same Attributes and Commands as any other SmartApp. The Weather Tile is pulling all it’s data from the optional SmartThings Smart Weather Station Device.

So in regards to enhancing media player control, the question rises whether or not it should start with a SmartThings Device Type, or if we develop our own specifications for customized tiles, or if they are to be done on a case-by-case one-off basis.

For example, we’d love to integrate more closely with Keen Home Smart Vents. Amazing product and they deserve a customized control (or at least a control that reflects the unique features of a controllable vent as opposed to any other type of Switch…). We’re working on it…

Amazing news… Great job, guys!

[pillock]

Hi

I’m a little confused (most of the time) but it appears this is the right place to ask questions - please correct me if I’m wrong!

My Hive thermostat is not a thing recognised by ST, but it can respond to SMS messages. It can understand “boost” commands (heating on for one hour), and it can set temperature either permanently (not so useful) or temporarily until the next programmed temperature takes over (more useful)
IFTTT can send text messages.

Soooooo… is there any way of having a button on my SmartTiles that can fire off a text message? Just the Boost would be good, if the temperature can be done too then that’s a bonus. It just needs to send a string as a text when pressed for boost.

[RoadRunner (Meep Meep.....)]

need help with a dashboard video config. any help appreciated. I have setup a video stream tile in the past that I no longer want. How can I go about deleting it. Once you put something in the video stream (title/address) box, blanking out the setting will not save nor can I find a delete stream button. anybody have any suggestions?

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@RoadRunner

Once you put something in the video stream (title/address) box, blanking out the setting will not save nor can I find a delete stream button. anybody have any suggestions?

This is a known issue in SmartTiles – although, frankly, we’re not sure yet if it may actually be a SmartThings bug, though it that case, we may have to come up with a workaround anyway. Some people are reporting that this happens with SMS/text message numbers too.

Let me know your mobile OS and SmartThings app version.

SmartTiles: Video Camera Compatibility

@MongoRanger, @DjAnu, etc.: Thanks all for confirming this problem and the optional work-arounds. @625alex and I just agreed that not being able to clear out a Video Stream is a high priority issue. That means fix is targeted for the 5.6.x release (“a few weeks”); or sooner as a hot-fix (5.5.x). Release timing depends whether or not we run into complications or higher priority issues / bugs. There’s a few things on the radar to be investigated. Lada, lada, lada.

[RoadRunner (Meep Meep.....)]

thanks. I’ve only asked since it wasnt in the FAQ section. Not a big deal if you don’t find a solution. my work around now would be to find another public stream to fill the empty tile (maybe a puppy stream).
android STv2.05.

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@RoadRunner

I’ve only asked since it wasnt in the FAQ section.

Yah… adding to SmartTiles.click FAQ is a good idea… though I wonder how many people actually read that page … Oh… over 100 hits / day to the info page in general.

[mechanimal82]

You could create a Simulated button as a new device in the ide.

Then using the SmartThings app setup the Notify Me When app to send a text when the button is pushed and put the required message in the message details section.

Now add this button to the SmartTiles dashboard.

Repeat for the second text requirements and you’re all set.

[pillock]

Great, that’s a fantastic start thanks.
Unfortunately I’ve run into two problems - the first is that Hive doesn’t support “Boost” over text - you can only set the temperature, or turn on and off. I have no idea why I thought it did, but it’s a feature that’s been requested and no more.
So, to Boost I’d need to send a text, and then wait an hour and send another - the first saying “HEAT 22” and the one an hour later saying “HEAT AUTO”. That will emulate the boost function.

The second problem is a bit more severe - I can’t get Notify Me When to send a text! It does a push notification fine, but I put my own phone number in to debug it (I need to see what number the text arrives from, in order to whitelist that number with Hive) and the message never arrives via SMS.

Back to the drawing board… but thanks for the help mechanimal82.

[Toasty (Colin)]

you can try Rule Machine instead of Notify Me When. You can set it up to do the same thing as Notify Me When.

Rule machine - as per the app developer, this app is no longer available for new installs, distribution, or support

Rule Machine is no longer available.

[pillock]

Thanks, I’ve run into a more serious problem though. Well, one serious and one irritating.

The irritating one is that Hive doesn’t support a Boost text command, I can only turn heating on/off and set temperature. So to emulate a Boost I’d need to send a command (“HEAT AUTO 22”) and then wait an hour before sending “HEAT AUTO” to put it back to schedule. This timeout seems to be an issue with Notify Me When, I’ll go and check Rules Machine

The dealbreaker though is that Hive will only accept a +44 UK number to go on it’s whitelist of numbers allowed to control the heating. SmartThings SMS messages come from a +1 202 number. I’ve reached out to Hive support to see if this can be overriden, I suspect my answer will be something relevant to the fact they’re just about to launch their own ST style devices (bulbs, sockets, motion sensors, door sensors) and they’d rather not provide cross-platform compatibility.

[mechanimal82]

When you put your number in make sure you put +44 and remove the leading 0. The text will come from a US number so you need the county code.

Edit:
Ah, just seen your latest comment. Maybe try linking with IFTTT to send a text, not sure if this comes from a UK number though.

[pillock]

Yeah, sorry I neglected to say I finally figured out that one! Sometimes I forget there’s a big wide world out there… Thanks though

[pillock]

Right. So, latest state of play is:

Binned the simulated button, went for a switch.
Used IFTTT (since it works with switches, not buttons) to send a HEAT AUTO 22 message from my phone to Hive when turned on, and HEAT AUTO message from my phone when turned off. So I’m using IFTTT to generate the texts from my own phone, hence it’s a UK number, and they’re quite happy with that.

So the remaining issue is to work out how to toggle a switch back off when it’s been on for 60 minutes. I saw someone mention something about an energy SmartApp so I’ll go hunt that out.

Thanks all so far for help with this!