Why some SmartApps may not be publishable

[bmmiller (Brandon)]

@florianz and his Home Automation Dashboard address the polling through an albeit, convoluted install/config process, especially for those not so technically inclined.

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…

Recently though, @zpriddy has ported it to python instead of rails and now it can be run locally, within your own network, with a local IP. I guess to be fair, this could have been done in the original version as well, but possibly more involved.