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Is there a possibility to get an option to get a pop up question if you are sure you want to do an action? I have created a routine, "panic button" which turns on the sirens, all the lights and locks the doors.
It would be nice to get an "are you sure you want to do this" confirmation to prevent accidental pressing. I currently have it pin protected, but that could be to cumbersome in an actual emergency. Thank you!
I'm looking for a way to integrate our Owlet monitor into our Smartnursery. For those who are unaware, an Owlet is a small monitor that fits on a newborn's foot to monitor body temperature, motion, etc. when a parent is in another room/away, and can send alerts to smart phones. Our twins are medically fragile, as they came a little early, so tracking medical data may prove useful if provided to a doctor. I would love to see a way to receive the data from the Owlet base and then plot on a timeline and store the data for a tile. I've seen Python scripts on Github that are simple graphing/data storage methods, so I was wondering if anyone else had any experience or ideas with this!
I find the three eclipses on the thermostat tiles to be hard to target on smaller displays and unintuitive for some. It would be nice to have the option to forgo +/- and the “...” and have it set to just pop up the control draw for the thermostat on topping the tile.
Hi Everyone - loving ActionTiles and have a tablet permanently mounted in the kitchen for monitoring, weather and lighting scene control. We have a turtle that gets fed once every 2 days - but it's easy to forget which day she was fed and difficult to know if someone else fed her already.
I was thinking ActionTiles could help here. Two possible designs;
1. A tile that lights up at a pre-programmed time every other day. Pressing the tile would turn it off. Smartthings can almost do this as a routine (turn on a virtual switch at a certain time). The limitation is that it can't do "every other day" only specific days of the week).
2. A calendar view that highlights every other day with a way to check off the highlighted days somehow.
Does anyone have an idea on how to implement either option?
SmartThings has not provided SmartApps (like ActionTiles) with the ability to directly Activate (trigger, call) a Scene.
Easy Workaround!
The easy workaround is to create a trivial "cover-Routine" for each one of your Scenes and have it trigger the Scene. Perhaps name these Routines "!Scene scene name" or "zScene scene name" so they are all grouped alphabetically in your Routines List.
You can then use these "Scene Routines" like any Routine:
As a Routines (plural) List Tile
and/or Individual Routine Tile(s)
Just like a Routine, a Scene is a "momentary pushbutton". It does not change state when you tap it. There is no "Scene On" / "Scene Off". A Scene is "activated" just as a Routine is "executed".
If SmartThings opens up a direct API to Scenes, we would make them their own new special Tile Type... though they would act the same as Routine Tiles anyway. We would just give them different default icons!
I run a local NVR (network video recorder), specifically Unifi Video, to record/manage several security cameras. I have set the action tiles to grab periodic jpeg image (1 per second) from the local server. However, I have noticed a significant amount of traffic being generated on my wifi network due to action tiles (way more than what I would expect by just updating SmartThings or pulling a single jpeg that is on the active screen). It appears that ActionTiles is actually uploading the jpeg files to some internet based location. The reason I have a local NVR is that I don't want the images uploaded to the cloud, but ActionTiles appears to do just that. How can I disable this?
But only one of them is available via the "Temperature Sensor" capability under attribute name "temperature". The other two are under different attribute names. I think this is somewhat of a flaw of the SmartThings device model, where SmartThings would consider it as three separate devices. It really isn't though - it's one device with three sensors.
WebCore has support for the additional attributes. I wonder if ActionTiles would consider adding support, where you could map an additional attribute name to one of the support capability types.
I've added it as both a temperature sensor (attic temp) and fan controller. For some reason, the fan status and temperature never update in ActionTiles. In fact, they don't seem to update in SmartThings either, unless I manually go into the device and click the Refresh button.
I noticed the device has the Refresh capability. Is it supposed to have the Polling capability as well? Or any idea what might be causing it not to update?
Does anyone have any experience with Night Owl Cameras. I would like to add the feed to my Main Panel. My system is a couple years old, it has cameras that feed into a main hard drive unit that plugs into the wifi and is accessed with a monitor plugged in directly, on my iMac, or my phones. I know that the feeds are there but can I access them. If this is real involved, forget it.
I am considering using ActionTiles for an iMac and 2 iPads. My question is, can each device have a different setup layout. I will be using the iMac and 1 iPad. My wife will be using the other iPad. She requires simplicity.
I found the attached screenshot elsewhere on the forum, how did this user put 2 tiles on top of one another to the right of a 2x2 tile? Compare it to mine (below this)
We believe there may be a bug such that the color setting options drawer does not appear for some or all types of color bulbs, as of Release v6.7.6+001 (deployed Feb 28, 2018).
We are investigating. Please Follow this Topic for updates.
More icons for Switches (lamps, seasonal, festive, holiday:Christmas, Menorah ... 🎄, 🌠, 🕎), Presence (vehicles).
Primary changes...
Switch Tile: Show color picker when (Hue + Saturation) or (Color) Attribute is available.
Fix battery indicator preference settings missing for some Tile types.
Fix for 2x2 thermostat tile.
Tile Options dialog GUI improvements.
Shortcut options: open in new window/same window/dialog.
Arrange Tiles mode automatically saves changes after every move.
This was the original behavior but had severe performance issues. Those have been resolved. Please test creating a new Panel and do lots of rearranging. Have fun observing the instantaneous updates to the live Panel viewed in a separate browser or on a Tablet sitting next to your PC...
Added more button Tool Tips. Visible on mouse hover or by long-press.
Prevent flash of false empty state indicator.
Further notes will be added here if we make incremental improvements. Significant issues reported in Comments may be spun off into new Bug, Usability, or Feature Request Topics.
We will update various open "Bug & Idea Topics" soon if their status has been affected.
As you know, the ability to customize Panel "styles" is a very popular wish-list item. This update only offers a few more customer-facing controls for styling; but it updates the underlying Style-Engine subsystem as a powerful new foundation for future customization abilities. You will immediately see a change in the appearance of various elements the Tiles on your Panels (and some behavior changes too). Themes have been improved and have previews. We will soon add color customization.
ActionTiles Facelift...
All Tiles are resizable (new: weather, thermostat, music player, blank, mode).
New icon selection for Switch, Contact, Presence, Panel, Momentary Switch, Valve, Shortcut, Motion. Halloween icons for Switches. Boo!
Introducing “Tile Intentions”. Chose individual Tile appearance based on Thing state. Chose from Info, Normal, Accent and WarnIntentions.
Preferences for Tile Size, Tile Header, Footer and Tile Content, Tile Spacer and Tile Corner Radius.
Added Panel Style Page that now contains Panel appearance preferences.
Added Tile samples to preview Panel Themes.
Added 8 new themes. New themes are High Visibility variants of existing themes.
Improved Panel Layout
Improve initial Panel drawing animation.
Improved Tile layout, fonts and icons are size optimized for viewing. Tile Content scales with Tile Size.
Tile Header and Tile Footer are now center aligned.
Panel Tile is now an anchor rather than button (improved navigation, support for right click, middle click, shift+click, etc).
Numeric Tile values are rounded off to the maximum of 2 decimal places.
Some redundant header/footer elements are removed.
Tile Overflow button pushed towards the edge of the Tile.
Improved consistency between Tiles.
Tile Spacer is applied around Tilesets.
Tile Changes
Thermostat Tiles lost Humidity value, added Fan Operating State instead. If required, humidity Tile can be added separately, because humidity is not a standard Thermostat property.
Thermostat Tile support setpoint changes by 0.5 degrees (new Tile preference).
The bottom drawer of Music Player shows controls dynamically based on current state of the player.
Battery icon in Tile footer will not display the numeric value anymore and will not be highlighted when battery is low (improves GUI consistency, aim is to make Tiles more streamlined). Users are welcome to setup a Panel dedicated to battery statuses.
Added battery icons to more Tile footers, where applicable.
New icons for CO, Motion Sensor, Momentary Button Tiles.
Added support for CO2 (carbon dioxide) Capability.
Power, Energy, Illuminance, CO2 Measurement's unit of measure is moved to the footer, because there is no space alongside the value.
Performance
Faster loading time. Reduce memory usage.
Improve Media Tile initial loading.
Miscellaneous
Removed auto-focus on input fields throughout the app
Panel Builder shows Tile dimensions.
Removed Toast Notification when changing Panel Preferences. Changes are saved transparently.
Location Viewer renamed to Location Inventory.
We will update various open "Bug & Idea Topics" soon if their status has been affected.
Thanks for the compliments, your comments and bug reports!
We addressed a number of issues that unfortunately escaped the QA. With the growing number of options, the number of possible combinations to test grows exponentially.
Some fixes have already been deployed, some are pending deployment within the next day. We will monitor and continue to squish bugs as they appear.
If you need any assistance, please don't hesitate to contact support at Support@ActionTiles.com
Confirmation dialog option for Tiles? "Are you sure?"
Tracking, Trending, and Graphing data from an Owlet for Smartnursery?
ActionTiles iPhone Safari iOS 11.2.6: Homescreen launch not working.
