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SmartWeather Station Tile location issues - just started recently

KevinA 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Weather & Traffic updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

I've been using the SmartWeather Station Tile for almost a year without issue. In the last few days, it has started showing me weather for a city in France. Upon investigation, I find that this town in France has the same postal code as my city in the U.S. The tile seems to go back and forth between the two. Where does this tile get its location information?


The zip code in the Tile Settings in ActionTiles is correct, and my SmartThings hub location is correct.

Answer

Hi Kevin,

Please remove the postal code entirely. SmartThings has recently changed the Weather API. The SmartWeather Station Tile should be taking coordinates from your hub's location.

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Discuss & Vote

Option to temporarily highlight recently changed tiles

DPLyonnais 5 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Notifications & Sound updated 5 years ago 11 1 duplicate

The ideas that I am submitting has been submitted in the past but was withdrawn with the release of some near-hit styling options that met the need, sort of (see link below).  In my opinion it would be very useful to add a feature that would let you see, at a glance, which tiles have recently changed; either in the form of a short-lived pulse of the tile or a dark-to-normal color fade over n seconds.

It was said in the previous idea that people are not vigilantly watching their dashboards for updates.  Although true I feel that an increasing amount of people will increasingly begin relying on dashboards for security and presence monitoring.  I can think of many situations where this could be useful for events of both low and high priority.  There is a current option to use different colors based on intentions, this would get closer to satisfying the this idea's feature-request if it had a time restriction on when the "warn" color is to be used.  Example - for most of the day I would like my garage's presence sensor to just show me if it is occupied (low priority), but after 10pm if when I am back home it would be a problem if presence was detected (high priority).  Having a dashboard with 30+ tiles I may not see at first glance that a room was just occupied when it should not be.

At night when I am in my office I do monitor outside motion and indoor presence, some would say vigilantly - while concentrating on my work with with my device visible out of the corner of my eye, I notice somethings has changed but takes a bit to figure out what did change and if it matters.  A temporary pulsing or darker-shaded tile would allow to me to look over and then back to my screen without breaking my thoughts or typing rhythm.

Dan

Previous idea that was withdrawn:

https://support.actiontiles.com/communities/12/topics/2307-notification-of-tile-updates-with-temporary-pulse-highlighting

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Discuss & Vote

Confirmation when deleting an item from My Media

Michael Beatty 5 years ago in Configuration & Settings updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

I'm going to throw this in the bug column....  there is no "are you sure" confirmation when you click on "delete" when editing items from MyMedia.  You click "delete" its just gone.  I've accidentally deleted things three times because of this.

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Fixed

Weather Tile missing main current condition icon

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated 5 years ago 4

Due to Weather Underground's change of their API policy and SmartThings not updating their "Smart Weather Tile Device" to be fully compatible, you may find that ActionTiles official Weather Tiles do not display a "primary current condition" icon.

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We are investigating...

...Terry.

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Answered

Actiontiles Kiosk Plus License

Keaton Hoskins 5 years ago in License & Purchasing updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1
Where can I purchase the license for the Kiosk Plus of Actiontiles for my Kindle fire Actiontiles App? After purchase where do I enter the license in the app to activate it? I looked through all the settings and don't see a location to enter a license in the Actiontiles branded version of fully
Android Fire
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Implemented

Slide-Up drawer visibility duration

sec dom 7 years ago in Configuration & Settings updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 2

Possibility to adjust the duration that the pop-up stays open. Currently, I find that it stays open for too long. 


And SHM keypad, the numbers are too small.

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Waiting for Customer

Add 2nd camera feed to AT?

Johnny Adams 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated 5 years ago 8

Hi there... 

I have a Reolink NVR + 4 Camera kit... I purchased TinyCam Pro, and followed TaylorTech's Youtube on how to set up into AT... although his video was for WyzeCams.

I added the IP address ... and log in and password, and Camera 1 showed up in TinyCam app... and also in the TinyCam web browser as per TaylorTech did.. 

But... my problem is that if I do it the way TaylorTech has, and entered the same details for my second cam, but changing to channel 2 for the second cam... it shows camera 1's feed... so end up with 2 feeds showing from same camera.

I went to AT and added Camera 1 into my panel, and it shows up perfect... so I am doing that right.

Am I right in thinking that the IP is for the NVR and it is only able to show the first camera? Or is there something blatantly obvious that I am missing? 

I'm unsure what other details you guys may need to assist, and did not want to ramble on with the whole set up... so ask away if you need any further info.

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Discuss & Vote

"Active" Intention for Panel Link Tiles

JB Bentz 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated 5 years ago 3

Can a Media tile actually do anything, or be a shortcut?  I'd like to set up a navigation UI, using image media tiles, that are clickable, to navigate from one panel to the next.  I was going to edit the graphics so you could tell which panel was "Active" at the time.  Here's a very rudimentary mock up with the first icons I could find. 


I started making the tiles and then I realized it was a moot point if they weren't clickable.  


As a secondary option, can we assign a panel intention to a shortcut tile?  If that was the case, I could essentially accomplish the same thing, and use the tile intention as the means of telling which panel is displayed.



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Answered: Discussion Open

Moon phase Media Tile links

Reece D Eoff 6 years ago in Media Tiles updated by Ben Godfrey 5 years ago 3

Just wanted to share these 2 links I found for moon phases. The first is a computer generated image that only has 8 different moon phases (about 3-4 days for each phase) but the new moon and possibly the full moon phases stay for a half day max. The second link is a navy provided link that provides an actual image of the literal moon that they seem to update everyday.



Link 1 (Computer Generated) :


http://www.moonphaseinfo.com/moon.php



Link 2 (Navy Moon Image) :



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Answered: Discussion Open

Zmodo Camera

Patrick McCabe 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 5

What is the latest on the Zmodo camera?. Do they work well they with ActionTile? Can you show multiple Zmodo's on Action Times at same time? Thanks in advanced

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Blue Iris NVR Controls Integration (iFrame?)

Keaton Hoskins 5 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 0

I was looking to follow what others were doing on this previous topic: https://support.actiontiles.com/communities/12/topics/1072-blue-iris-support but I was not wanting the video to be directly displayed, and I wanted to allow for the use of the web based NVR to be used. Blue Iris (BI) houses all my cameras, too many to display in tiles and I didn't want to manage links to them all... :|

I found that BI has a built in web NVR control that I can link to. If you use the following format and set the url link tile to "Open shortcut in the same window", it loads perfectly.

URI: http://WANIP:PORT/ui3.htm?user=USERNAME&pw=PASSWORD

I am using Kindle Fire 8" for my ActionTiles setup.

Android Fire
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Fix Planned

Garage Door Tile no longer providing confirmation dialog

Kenneth. 5 years ago updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 2

I've noticed that the Confirmation dialog box for my garage door tile no longer appears. It just opens and closes with a single tap. This has caused a few accidental openings. I used windows/chrome/edge and android/chrome. This used to work as expected, but doesn't any longer. Can you help me get it back?
Worried about closing it on someone or opening again in the middle of the night. 
I've tried deleting and adding the tile back. Thanks, Ken

Android Windows
Answer

While we are investigating, please use Security / PIN Protection to your Garage Door Tiles.

Thanks.

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Solution Exists

Blue Iris support

M a S e 7 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 66 1 duplicate

Opening this thread to explore the option to officially support Blue Iris security Cameras software.

  • BI is the most used and popular security cameras software out there.
  • It has its own authentication and also support https.
  • Would be awesome to have official support for it and eliminate the need to redirect RTSP by using VLC or opening different ports and exposing each camera separately.
  • Having BI Support is something i personally would LOVE to see.


Android Fire iOS Mac Windows
Answer

Working Solution for Blue Iris Integration into Action Tiles that features;


  1. Over standard HTTPS with User / Pass Authentication
  2. More than 6 cameras coming from same BI server
  3. Full MJPG


For the TLDR version, basically run Apache web server as a reverse proxy to the BI  server and have multiple sub domains reverse peroxided to BI, with each one supporting 6 concurrent connections in Chrome.     


Now in in depth how my setup works:


1) Blue Iris is configured as below:



2) Apache's httpd-ssl.conf file is configured as follows.  (Only relevant sections, not full httpd-ssl.conf file!)


Download httpd-ssl.conf File.



3) Urls used with Action Tiles:


First 6 Cams: https://cctv.mydomain.com/mjpg/ShortCamName/video.mjpg?user=BIUSER&pw=BIPASSWORD


Next 6 Cams: https://cctv2.mydomain.com/mjpg/ShortCamName/video.mjpg?user=BIUSER&pw=BIPASSWORD




And that is pretty much it; however it is worth noting:


  • I only have 9 cams, so only need two sub-domains. Additional sub domains can of course be created, with each one supporting 6 concurrent connections to the BI server.

           I suspect Chrome regards each sub-domain (what is then reverse peroxided to the BI server) as a 

           separate destination/resource/server.


  • I have a static WAN IP, however you may use a DDNS service if you don't have access to a static WAN IP.



  • My Router/Firewall has Port 80 and Port 443 opened to the local IP of my Apache web server. (Same physical server as BI)



Hope someone finds this useful!



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Implemented

Bigger PIN pad - full screen zoomed

Joe_W 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 11

Is there a way to make the pin pad on the locked tiles appear full screen? My fat fingers 🖐️ keep hitting the wrong numbers. 

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Discuss

Tiles that are 2 rows tall with single row tiles next to them.

Rob Halley 5 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

I've been trying to figure out if it is possible and have seen an example on the main page. I'm trying to create a multi row tile that blend with single rows.

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my current panel has (3) 3x2 tiles at the top and I'm trying to create two rows of tiles with the 3x2 radar tile at the end of both.

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I apologize if I missed this topic in the forum.

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Samsung 9350 Powerbot Vacuum

WildNeg 5 years ago in Things & Capabilities 0

Does anyone know if you can add a tile to see the powerbot vacuum?  Perhaps just to see the status of it, but controlling it would be great too.  I just purchased one and it is now setup in the SmartThings application.  I can see it from the IDE page and from my phone's SmartThings app.  

I'm trying to get it on the action tiles page but unfortunately it isn't showing up as anything I can add.  Does anyone have any experience with this?  Is it even doable?  Thanks!

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Answered: Discussion Open

HTML video feed login using ActionTiles Fire App

Brett 5 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Amazon Fire updated 5 years ago 2

Just downloaded the new ActionTile app for the Fire tablet and noticed there is no way to view camera feeds because you can't log in to the feed.  I know this was an issue with Chrome and trying to embed user/password and was wondering if it is the same with the new app and Fire OS.

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On Hold: Discussion Open

Power Cost Tile for HEM Home Energy Meter devices

Joel Waxman 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 11 1 duplicate

I would like to have a tile showing cost for my Home Energy Monitors. Ask Alexa is capable of doing it, and it is available in the IDE. Below is a Screenshot of my IDE.

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On Hold: Discussion Open

Slideable Event Timeline

Eric Wright 5 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Event History updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

Hey guys, I wanted to put in a Feature request for a smart home timeline with a slideable method. The idea is to have a timeline for a full 24 hour period (customizable time frame) in which the user can slide a scroller right or left which will display a device and it's action. Specific devices can be added or excluded. This could give you an idea of not just what's happening 'right now' but what's happened in the last say five minutes, what's the progression? etc.

Here's an example:

Someone breaks into your house, but you weren't able to catch them on camera somehow. Maybe your camera was on the fritz or something, who knows. You don't know where in the house the burgler was at to do finger print collections. So, you turn to your smart home and look at the time frame you knew he was in the house, and you see he entered through the downstairs back door left window, set off the motion sensor, and then opened the kitchen cabinet. Now, he may have wiped off the kitchen cabinet, but he might not have wiped off the wall he had to of put his hand on to step over the baby gate, so you know to check the wall for prints, knowing that at specific time he went that way and then exited an entirely different way.

Just one example out of many, I think this would be a fantastic addition to the ActionTiles family.

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On Hold: Discussion Open

Message/log tile?

MaxVonEvil 5 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Event History updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 5 years ago 1

Hi all, I was wondering if anybody would find value in a scrolling text log tile. I would like to see a feature where one could specify a large tile, allowing one to display messages from Smartthings. Granted, I haven't thought out completely how it might work and how messages would get sent. I just figured it would be great if AT could provide a scrolling field to display things like:

DD-MM HH:mm: Gate/Door X opened

DD-MM HH:mm: Gate/Door X closed

DD-MM HH:mm: Something else happened

DD-MM HH:mm: ...

This would allow one to glance recent events (of course depending on available font/space and and what messages one would choose to send). Let me know if similar is in the backlog already, otherwise, any takers to this idea?