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Add onerror to image tags?

Jon Rohan 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Images updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

Every once and awhile a camera goes offline and displays a broken image..

Would it be possible to add something along the lines of:

<img src="imagenotfound.gif" alt="Image not found" onerror="this.src='imagefound.gif';" />
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HOWTO: Displaying printer's toner and drum life in AT

Max R 5 years ago in Things & Capabilities 0

Hi All, wanted to share an idea I've kicked around for a bit and figured out to implement to success this weekend. Family's  been making heavy use of the printer as of recently and I figured it would be cool to be able to a) keep an eye on the toner and drum life of my Brother laserprinter and b) be alerted once either reached a given threshold.

For this project I am using Webcore to do the handywork behind the scenes.

My printer is a Brother HL-L2395DW wifi printer, and it happens to provide a website with all the details I'm interested in. This model's website can be reached at http://your-printers-address/general/information.html. Per default it is not password protected.

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Specifically I am interested in the page count, the drum unit and toner percentages as marked in yellow above.

Working backwards, the AT tile type which currently seems to make most sense for displaying a percentage, is a Humidity sensor. Fortunately SmartThings comes with a DTH for a Simulated Thermostat, which just happens to include a simulated humidity sensor. I created two virtual thermostats in the ST IDE and created tiles for them in my Office AT panel:

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Note1: while I could probably rig up a DTH for a simulated energy meter or a simulated lux meter for displaying the page count, I chose to hold off from creating a tile for it now, as we still can't customize or remove the lower part of the AT tiles (looking over the rim of my glasses at you, Terry :B-) . It would look rather silly showing a tile with my pagecount, displaying watts or lux below) for now I'm just storing the pagecount value until I find something interesting to do with it.

Note2. When you create simulated devices in the IDE, you should go to the ST app and add (+) new devices, before trying to make them available to AT and Webcore.

As mentioned it's a Wecore piston which drives the tile updates once a day using a timer. The piston uses a simple webcall to pull the status page above. Unfortunately the result does not translate to Json, so I had to get real creative with indexof(), mid() and similar string operators to yank the numbers out and convert them to integers. 

In addition I have a threshold of 10% defined so if either drum or toner hits that limit a message will be pushed to my phone. Additionally if there's anyone detected by the office motion sensor, a VLCthing speech synth will speak the same message out in the room.


Here's a green screenshot of how I put v1 togother:


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Actiontiles and Crimemapping

Benjamin Wilson 5 years ago 0

Anyone been able to use crimemapping.com or an alternative to create a new media for actiontiles? Making a url works but I was looking for something that could be a png or jpg and have on my main homepage of my panel

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Time Zone offset needed for MTG weather (behind by one day)

Ned 7 years ago in Media Tiles / Media Tile Generator (MTG by JGG) updated by anonymous 5 years ago 5

First, I love this app.  But, the mtg weather tile is always a day behind.  Today, is April 9 and the tile starts on April 8.  Is there something I missed in the config.

https://mtg.actiontiles.com/weather.php?country=us&loc=West%20Jordan,UT&static=false&layout=3x2&bodyColor=00ff00

Answer

I've changed this into a Feature Request.


The MTG module is distinct from the rest of ActionTiles because it is a set of PHP scripts (vs Javascript, etc. for the app)We'll have to experiment to see if just adding a parameter and a few calculations has the desired effect. We'll keep this post updated with any progress.


Thanks,

...Terry.

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Safe Hub6 Integration with ActionTiles

Ratman482 5 years ago in Security updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

Has anyone used Safe by Hub6 to make their old wired alarm system Smart and have they found a way to integrate into SmartThings/ActionTiles?

I have a DSC alarm system with 16 zones that I have added the Hub6 to so that I can get remote notifications via the app.  I'd also like to get rid of the old keypad and put into my existing ActionTiles configuration so that I have a more complete consolidation system (with Arlo).

I haven't seen anywhere this is possible, although I've seen IFTTT mentioned, but not sure how.

I have the same issue with my Chamberlain garage door gateways.

Thanks.

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Smart Home Monitor with delay & professional monitoring

Eric Roberts 6 years ago in Security updated by james knox 5 years ago 10

I've been reading posts here and on the Smartthings site and I'm having trouble confirming that I can accomplish this type of setup.  I want to be able to use ActionTiles to arm and disarm SHM with a pin pad and a delayed entry and exit.  I'd also like to sign up with either Scout or the new service Noonlight for professional monitoring.  


I know that these things can all be done separately with ActionTiles pin pad option and the Smart App SHM Delay V2.  I just don't know if they can all be combined together to replicate our current ADT monitored panel.


I'm not looking for step by step, I'm just trying to confirm that it's currently possible and if people are happy with this type of setup. 

Answer
  1. I personally agree that Presence Sensors (of nearly any sort) are often less-than-reliable, and would not based alarm system Armed/Disarmed status on them.
  2. ActionTiles's PIN Protected SHM Tile, in concert with the SHM Delay SmartApp from the SmartThings Community, should reliably replicate the entry/exit grace delay behavior. I presume comments on that SmartThings Community Topic will give a good indication as to reliability.
  3. ActionTiles is not currently compatible with SHM in the new SmartThings App. While you can use this App for other features, you can have the SmartThings Classic App still installed and usable for configuring and managing Classic SHM.
  4. You can also use an alternative Alarm SmartApp such as Smart Alarm (in the Classic App "Marketplace"), or perhaps one that has been written as a webCoRE piston, etc.. You can use a PIN Protected Virtual Switch Tile to control such SmartApps.
  5. One thing that traditional alarm panels usually offer is a pre-arming "zone-alert" that indicates a window or door is not currently closed or there is motion detected somewhere in the house. Some let you selectively do a one-time "bypass" of these sensors so you can just get on with your day. You can display your various sensors on your ActionTiles Panel to help; but there is no "bypass" option provided by SmartThings... except on their ADT Security Hub product. Hopefully they extend this functionality to future versions or variation on SHM. I think this was a feature of Smart Alarm.
  6. Your current monitored ADT Panel may or may not have had cellular backup functionality. Both SmartThings and ActionTiles require the internet to function properly. I would recommend that you have some physical way of disabling any sirens you install, just in case. And make sure you understand the False Alarm policies of your monitoring company and local safety services providers. You may need an Alarm Permit for your jurisdiction.


In short; SmartThings + ActionTiles + a reputable monitor is a good solution. Hopefully over time, though, we'll all get better at matching and exceeding the features of traditional dedicated systems, like ADT.

There are actually many benefits (other than just cost savings...) to using SmartThings, etc., that help make up for the current drawbacks. There is a lot of current flexibility. You can even add on SimpliSafe or Ring and unofficially hook them up together, to enhance reliability and give you more options than just Scout, Noonlight, or other integrations.

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Proper WebCore presence status integration

Mrl72 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities / CoRE and webCoRE updated by anonymous 5 years ago 8

Hey all! 


I was kinda upset that ST doesn't provide a way to capture the proper presence status that could be displayed in ActionTiles so being a developer I've created my own web service that shows a real status vs just "Present" or "Not Present."


You simply setup a new piston in WebCoRE that passes the current location to a small web service which takes the status and dynamically creates a Tile that you can display by using the Media Image Tile.


Here's an example of how it looks on an ActionTiles Panel:


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Some features:


  • You can upload a pic for the icon or use a system one.
  • You can choose any background color to match your existing dashboard.
  • You can set any tile size to match your existing tiles.
  • Status is updated as fast as you need it. 


I'm currently adding the final touches but would love to open this up to the community!


Thanks!

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iOS Apps that can be added to ActionTiles as shortcuts

Jay 8 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones updated by steinauf 5 years ago 25

has anyone got a list of iOS app shortcut urls that work with action tiles? As I would like to have tiles for

Spotify

Calendar

Hive

Lifx


Any help would be great

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Can't see cameras on Fire HD8 using //user:password@address

Simon Wilson 6 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Amazon Fire updated by Won Suk Ro 5 years ago 2

OK, so I m a new user to both AT and FK on the HD8. I have crested a peel that displays fine on my iPad, bu for some reason the camera will not show on the HD8.

The camera is a D-Link DCS932LB and the string I am using is http://admin:password@192.168.10.11/mjpeg.cgi. I also tried encoding the username and password to base64 http://192.168.10.11/mjpeg.cgi?auth=xxxxxxxxx

I think it might be an authentication problem, although I know the password is correct.

Ideas?

Fire
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Tiles for some bulbs have other icons that I do not know what they represent

El Lobo 5 years ago in Media Tiles updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

Hi...In the screen shot below I have several zigbee and z-wave bulbs highlighted that have smaller bulb icons in different colors.  I can't find any documentation on what they represent and what the colors mean. Foyer Light 3 and Hallway 2 are z-wave. The other 4 are zigbee.  Each of the bulb types is from the same manufacturer.

Can anyone tell me what these represent?  The colors don't seem to change.

Thanks.

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Anyone able to get Nest camera working?

Jeff Terrace 8 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Boris Tsipenyuk 5 years ago 138

I have the nest-manager device types installed for my cameras from:

https://github.com/tonesto7/nest-manager


This lets me see an image of my cameras in the SmartThings app, but when I look in ActionTiles, it shows only two capabilities: Switch and Image Capture. I tried importing Image Capture but the tile doesn't seem to do anything.


I've also tried using the image URL approach, but this only works for a short time until my browser logs out of Nest and the URL no longer works.


The Nest thermostat integration works really well though!


Anyone have any success with the cameras?

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The integration with Nest Cam was just deployed. Please give it a try.


Alex

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Web server for randomized image slideshow media tile

bytecave 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Images updated 5 years ago 2

Apologies if this kind of post isn't allowed; admin, please delete if so.

I have several tablets mounted to my walls, each displaying a slideshow using ActionTiles. If you are in a similar situation, you looked for a method to return a random image from a specified folder in response to an http request. ActionPixx (http://jayhobo.com/actionpixx) does a good job with this (and a lot of other stuff too!), but it repeats images. I was looking for a solution that guaranteed each image would be displayed at least once before any repeats.

ByteCave Image Server (BIS) is a FREE open-source mini webserver that sends a random image to your browser when a client sends any GET request. You provide a recursively processed folder containing the images to display. Those images are then shuffled and never repeated–on a per client connection basis–until all images have been displayed once. The process then repeats itself for subsequent image requests.

You can specify different folders for each IP address connected through easy UI controls. Thumbnails show you which images are being served. The program can auto-launch on login, minimize to tray, and will remember your settings and numbers of images displayed each time you start.

BIS is a small (~600K) standalone, multi-threaded executable: no installation is required and it doesn't depend on any other system files or DLLs. It supports Windows XP and later, and can also be compiled as-is to run on Linux too. You can view the source code, or just compile it yourself!

PureBasic source code and binaries for both version 1 and version 2 are on GitHub. You can find download and GitHub links on my webpage: http://www.bytecave.net/software.

<keywords: images slideshow image server slide show>

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Run webCoRE pistons from ActionTiles

Essavant 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities / CoRE and webCoRE updated by HomersRevenge 5 years ago 30

Is there planned support for WebCore? I'd like to remove all my SmartThings Automations Routines and replace with WebCore automations - and I would, except I would lose the ability to use them as Routine Tile(s) in ActionTiles Panels.

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That makes more sense... ☺️ It didn't occur to me that webCoRE Pistons are used as form of "super Routine".


Not currently in our immediate plans...

  • webCoRE users are a relatively small bunch of customers (though growing...).
  • There's a pretty easy (?) available workaround for power-users: Create Virtual Momentary Buttons or some other triggers for your Piston.


But we'll leave this Topic open to collect  Votes  and discussion. Don't forget to Vote on your own Topic... Thanks!!!

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How to: Plex Tiles!

iam 5 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Jon Rohan 5 years ago 17

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I started this project some time ago just don't have time to make it a "official project/app."

Overview

A (very basic) PHP file uses the Tautulli API to get the most recently played movie TV show ETC and re-displays the image.


Possible upgrades if anyone is interested in forking it.  Adding a global host and API Key, adding global specific methods to each action, image caching ETC..

Prerequisites

  • Some basic tech knowledge  (I will answer some questions but have no plans of fully supporting this.)
  • Plex (obviously)
  • Tautulli - https://tautulli.com/  (Even if you don't want to do this, is still a great tool.)
  • PHP web server

1.  Enable the Tautulli API from: /settings#tab_tabs-web_interface

2. Get Tautulli API Key also at the bottom of that page.

3.  Note all the section ids from /libraries using Tautulli (example: /library?section_id=8)

4. Save the attached file (recently_played.phprecently_played.php) to your web server.

5. Edit that file and add your $host and $api_key values (from step #2)

6. Add the media title to AT.  This will be your web server url along with the section id.  Example: https://domain.com/recently_played.php?section=4

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Viewing Blink Cameras On Media Tiles..

Maxim 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds 0

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Like how HomeAssistant integrates the Blink cameras, is there a way to do that but as a Media Tile. 
HomeAssistant Blink:
blink:
username: YOUR_USERNAME
password: YOUR_PASSWORD 

They use the Blink API and can view live footage from cameras.. 

Android Fire iOS Mac Windows
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Still Image Media Tile from Arlo Camera?

Ken Washington 8 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Maxim 5 years ago 23

Is there any way known to extract a still image to use in a media tile from Arlo? For my DLink cameras I FTP them to my online web space which works great, but I can't find any similar function in the Arlo app.

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Hi. Is possible use SONOFF camera with hub SAMSUNG SMARTHINGS and action tiles? Thanks !

FABIO 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Ike O. 5 years ago 2
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Blue Iris Video Stream with Audio

Geoffrey Dwyer 5 years ago in Media Tiles updated by KamHouse 5 years ago 2

I am looking to have some of my Wyze cameras act as a baby monitor in ActionTiles and when selected (fullscreen), hear audio from the camera. I have RTSP enabled on the Wyze camera and Blue Iris is using the following URL:

rtsp://CAMERA_IP_ADDRESS/live

In ActionTiles I have the following Media URL

http://BLUEIRIS_IP_ADDRESS:PORT/mjpg/CAMERA_SHORT_NAME/video.mjpeg?user=USER&pw=PASSWORD

Everything works well except I cannot hear audio from the camera.

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Map Attribute value to custom value in Tile Footer

Ing. Ricardo Guevara 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Sim1011 5 years ago 2

I want to suggest a small change, but very important for my future projects.


I want to be able to change the tile status in the footer to a custom WORD status.


e.g.: When a contact sensor reports OPEN, the tile status should show ACTIVE, LIFTED or NOTHING AT ALL. -or- When that contact sensor is CLOSED, the tile status should show INACTIVE, LOCKED or NOTHING AT ALL. Same thing for other sensors.


Please check the picture attached to have a better idea. Please thumbs up in case you guys like the change.