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Updated Honeywell Thermostats in ST, lost Dual Thermostat Control in AT
A few weeks ago, my two Honeywell TCC 9000 thermostats stopped having the ability to control set points in ST. I found on reddit that others had the same issue, and had to remove and re-add them (via cloud connection to TCC again). THis fixed the issue in ST, but then resulted in the thermostats being identified as "placeholder" for type in AT.
I went into the IDE, changed the type to what it was before, and now I can use them. However, there is no Dual Control tile like before that allowed for heat/cool control in a single tile. I have to add seperate heat and cool tiles now.
Thoughts?
Unable to add scenes - Unauthorized Client error
Hi,
I am trying to add a scene to one of my panels. When I click on Add Scenes button, it takes me to SmartThings authorization page and then I get an error "Unauthorized Client" even after a successful login. Please note that I have tried this several times on PC (Chrome browser) and phone (Google Pixel 3XL, Android 11 on Chrome browser), it gives me the same error.
I am aware about the workaround which involves creating a virtual switch and an automation. Wanted to know that if this feature (adding a scene directly as a tile) is still in beta?
Thanks,
SK
Action tiles and grouped lights (please help)
Hi everyone
Im currently working on a AT layout for a tablet. ive got everything working fine BUT ive got a slight issue with the reporting from i think Smarthings to Action Tile or it may me the Hue lights
When i add a single bulb it work fine lets say game bar 1 and game bar 2 (hue play bars) when i add them as a separate button in AT they work fine. HOWEVER...when i try and group them, the reporting doesnt work. Ive created a virtual switch called Virtual Games Room, ive tired from within the ST app under the smart lighting area and ive tried creating an automation rule but none of the groups want to work.. what am i doing wrong as this is the biggest area thats stopping me from finishing off the project
Elements Theme Customization
Hey All:
Looking to customize a theme - and actually really like the simplicity of the elements theme - but when I go to build out my own in the theme creator - I can match up the colors etc of Elements (I just want to modify them slightly) but my locks which appear as RED blocks in the elements theme just come up as the "Normal" color in my theme.
Why is that? What makes the door locks RED in the default theme? I actually like that as they stand out - but would like them to be orange instead.
I'm sure as a relatively new user, it's something I'm just overlooking.
Thanks,
John
New SmartThings Home Monitor status incorrect
When I change the alarm status in the ST app, it doesn’t reliably change the status in AT. If I change the status of the alarm on the AT panel, it always correctly changes the ST alarm status. Can someone please give my settings a glance to see if I’m doing something wrong? My kids have set off the alarm a few times since the new ST app migration because they see the panel and it indicates disarmed.
Newbie help please
Thank you all in advance for the help!
I setup a panel and would like to include on each tile the date/time of the last reading.
That way, I can be confident that the readings are current.
Unless there's a better way to achieve such confidence?
Here's my panel:
Randomly losing video streams
Hi all,
It's probably just me (it usually is), but it seems that recently I am randomly losing my video feeds to my media tiles more often.
My setup is:
Fire HD8
LineageOS 16
Fully Kiosk (licensed)
4 media tiles showing streams from Blue Iris
I have FKB configured to use a screensaver (black screen) and automatically turn back on when motion is detected.
The videos were quite stable, but recently I am getting grey tiles with different streams.
A reload of the AT panel/screen solves it.
Has anyone else noticed more recent issue with video streams?
Can anyone suggest a solution (I wanted to avoid the static image route and stick with live video)
Thanks,
J.
Electric usage (Consumers Energy MI)
I live in Michigan and have Consumers Energy for my electrical provider. They have a pretty great graph that shows usage and cost by day. I would love to get this graph added to my tiles but can not figure a way of doing this. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Panel shortcut accent
I think I know the answer to my own question, but thought I'd check...
I have a few panel shortcut tiles that link to other panels, is there anyway to change the accent/highlight on the panel shortcut tile if any of the sub tiles (in the destination panel) change their status?
Emporia Vue
Has anyone gotten Emporia Vue energy monitor to work with ST or AT?
Would be a nice feature if clicking on a tile brought up an event log for that sensor/device.
My first dashboard - really happy but need more config options!
So - started using Action Tiles last week with my Smartthings V3 and a bunch of z-wave, zigbee and Hue devices. Got a panel done yesterday that I am pretty happy with. I am using the brilliant Simple Event Logger
And I have done som modifications of it to get separate columns for the values I want to chart to make that easier and some modding of the Groovy script to get values that work with the darn swedish decimal signs in google sheets (, and not .).
So this is the end result - it's displayed on an old Nexus 7 tablet standing and even my wife likes it ;) One graph from Google Sheets shared as an image and one table shared as an iframe (with a lookup function for the last event for a device - done with a column "device + event" to make it easier to find the last. Realized that getting the chart in exact 4:3 format for the tile is important to avoid resize problems with thin lines disappearing.
So - I am almost happy now, but I have a few proposals after my initial experience:
It really feels like we should have an option to set a special color for the tiles we like to do that for. Just add a background color override on the tile level. Yes, I know that you can fake that for special tiles by forcing them to a "warning state" etc like I have done for the siren in the bottom left row above the weather widget, but that feels like a hack. And it does not work for regular device tiles. Just add background color, text color etc so we can do that for all tiles. It really should not be that hard. In my example I want the outdoor temp color in the top left corner to differ from the others. I want it to have the lighter blue background from the theme, as that really is what you want in the morning quickly glancing at the panel to check if you need the winter coat or not... Maybe add a "Normal Tile Type 2" or similar in the Theme so when then can click a tile and select the Theme "class"?
It would be great to be able to add charts with historic data for devices. I do understand that it can be a bit tricky but even though the Smart Logger hack with a Google spreadsheet chart for full control is nice, it takes some nerd skills.
It would be very nice to add an option for "show last event of type x on the tile" . That is a common thing I want to show at least.
Finally - it would be nice to be able to have the option on iframe objects to remove the scrollbars if desired (overflow: hidden;) As it is now I have been forced to set the iframed google sheets table with "the last events" very exactly to fill the tile space to avoid white background... Why would we like scroll bars in a dashboard like this. Hidden scrollbars really should be the default.
PS swedish translations:
Ute = outdoor
Uterum = conservatory
Rörelse = motion
Plan = floor
Luftfuktighet = humidity
Layered Tiles
With the removal of SHM support by SmartThings and current inability to access STHM it would be great with we were able to have layered tiles or put another way, a tile display based on a condition. The old SHM tile used to display the current SHM status in a single tile. The current work around using modes requires the use virtual switches to change the location mode and in turn sync the mode to change the STHM status. When using the mode tile option in ActionTiles it just displayed the current mode in text format. It would be great if we could have the ability to set conditions within the tiles so when a particular mode is active it will display a tile image and tile color. Basically emulate what the SHM tile functionality/look used to be.
Sonos album art
Just wanted to show off a proof of concept. I have my basic dashboard setup pulling the currently playing album art in the living room straight from Sonos. I use a raspberry pi running the Node-Sonos-HTTP-API to interact with Sonos from a variety of applications around the house. I have a little app running that pulls the album art URL from there and automatically redirects a request to show the album art and put that in a media tile. Works pretty well! Would be lovely if Sonos ever opened up their API to be able to do this without so many workarounds.
HTTP response tile
I love Actiontiles! What I miss is a way to show a HTTP response as a tile. I'm using Yamaha Musiccast and it would be great with a tile that can display the current track playing. Also - it would be great with an album art tile!
I have searched the forum for a similar request, but couldn't find anything.
New scenes/routines not available to add to a panel.
Upgraded to the new SmartThings app three days ago and as of today, I cannot for the life of me get any new scenes to show up so that they can be added to a panel. I've tried authorizing through the iOS app, the Android app, and via the Action Tiles website on my laptop. I've clicked synchronize and initialize countless times. No matter what I do, none of my new scenes show up in ActionTiles. No problem with the old ones. Any ideas on a workaround for this?
Static text on a tile?
I am wondering what the recommended method to simply add a tile that has information on it is? For instance, I am making an "Emergency Info" with the address, phone numbers for non-911 emergency services in my area etc. I just need to create a tile and essentially give it a caption. I've searched for other topics, but most get more complicated than what am looking to do. Is there a simple method to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for any information!
Calendar based access to panels
I am currently using RBoy’s rental lock automater coupled with a Google calendar / iCal link to provide rotating access to family members. Each member us their own access code for door locks/etc, and these only work for their “months” (which rotate). I’d like to provide access to a panel to allow them to set the thermostat/unlock doors/open the garage/etc, but *only* when it’s their month/when they’re staying at the house. Is there any way to do this without manually adding/removing shared access for different users every month?
If an iCal link is too hard, a CSV of emails/dates for access or similar could work... Any thoughts on how to make this work would be greatly appreciated!
SmartthingsTile Combined with Panel Shortcut
Is it possible to have a ST device tile bring up a different panel when clicked?
I have my Door/Window sensors combined into a virtual switch in ST and showing on my dashboard. I would like to be able to click the tile and take me to my "Security" Panel. I could accomplish this with two tiles, but just want to be sure I can't accomplish this.
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