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Photo Streams

Thomas Coleman 7 years ago in Media Tiles / Images 0

Is it possible to add a stream of photos to a tile?


I have photos in Apple iCloud and would like to have a rotation of images in a tile next to some Smartthings controls to build a dashboard come photo frame.  


I have tried the urls for the shared iCloud albums, and also the urls for a DakBoard i also use, but i can't get ActionTiles/Smartthings on the same screen.  

Any ideas?


Thank you

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Discuss & Vote

Account logs and conditional login restrictions?

Dani 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Sharing updated by jrvisconti 7 years ago 5 1 duplicate

Hi,

Is it possible to share a panel?:

  1. only when the user is at the location
  2. only in a schedule time interval
  3. when the user is at location with a panel and with another panel when the user is away

Is it possible to see with AT, (real time) logs with what users are use the panels now and what time was spent at location each user?


Thank you.

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Confirmation dialog option for Tiles? "Are you sure?"

Dan Hunt 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Mark Konior 7 years ago 5

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!

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Media link broken only in Fully Kiosk

Ryan Teeples 7 years ago in Media Tiles / Images updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 3

I have an odd issue where one of my links to a media image won't work in Fully Kiosk. Works in Chrome (top image). Any ideas?


Image 2149


Image 2148

Image 2147

Android
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Tracking, Trending, and Graphing data from an Owlet for Smartnursery?

Frothbeard 7 years ago in Media Tiles / Graphs & Charts updated by Kevin1 7 years ago 1

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! 

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Option Thermostat Tiles to show config drawer on Tap

Kurt 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 3

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.

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MotionEye for rPi etc. and ActionTiles

Lance 7 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 0

I’ve been playing with an RPi2 running MotionEye. It works great. I was wondering if anyone has messed with adding a motioneye camera feed to AT.

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Pet food scheduler - every other day?

sparky2000 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 1

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?  

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Answered: Discussion Open

How to call or activate a Scene? SmartThings Scene Tiles?

keithoneill4 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 6

SmartThings just added them to their App and you can now set them up.

Answer

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!

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Nyce Hinge Door sensor & Contact sensor not working...

Does A.T. not support the Nyce Hinge Door Sensor? It’s not showing up in the things list in the connect app. Lint to sensor: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Nyce-Indoor-Door-and-Window-Sensor-Works-with-Iris/999912575 .

P.S. You all of have done a great job with A.T. and so far im loving it.

Thanks,

Robert

Answer

NYCE sensor is now recognized by ActionTiles.

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Answered

Local Video Uploaded to ActionTiles Server?

DrPyro2k 7 years ago in Security updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 1

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?

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Custom Device Attributes support (and a sample WebCoRE workaround)

Jeff Terrace 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 2

Some devices have additional attributes above the standard capabilities. For example, this Airscape fan that I use has three temperature sensors:

 

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.

Answer
Jeff Terrace 7 years ago

Thanks for the workaround. For anyone else wondering, the rough steps are:


  • Create a new device in the SmartThings web UI with device type "Simulated Temperature Sensor"
  • Create a new Piston with:
  • Import the new virtual device into Action Tiles. Works nicely!
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Answered

Airscape Device Not Updating

I have an Airscape whole house fan and I use this device handler to control it:

https://github.com/tgsoverly/smart-things/blob/master/devicetypes/tgsoverly/air-scape-whf.src/air-scape-whf.groovy


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?

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Closed: Duplicate Issue

How to open an APP from Fully kiosk browser?

Andres 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 2

for example spotify:// works fine in the silk browser (fire OS) But with fully kiosk is not working.. just a white new frame! thanks!!

Fire
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Streaming Night Owl NVR cameras?

David Wright 7 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 3

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.  

Any feedback will be appreciated.

iOS Mac
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Answered: Discussion Open

Different Tablet Setups

David Wright 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Sharing updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 3

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.

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Solution Exists

ActionTiles iPhone Safari iOS 11.2.6: Homescreen launch not working.

John Intorcio 7 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Apple updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago 4

Panels that previously worked on my iPhone (Safari on iOS 11.2.6) are coming up as white screens. Something change?

iOS
Answer

Thanks, John, for your confirmation that flushing ActionTiles from the browser cache fixes the problem!

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How to put Tiles above one another

Jeffrey Du Bois 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) updated 7 years ago 2

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)


What I Want:

Image 2019


What I Have:

Image 2020


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Confirmed Bug

No light color setting drawer as of v6.7.6+001 release; Hue and others.

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Metalheadtec 7 years ago 2

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.

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RELEASE v6.7.5: Icons, Nest Cam™ camera streaming, & minor bug fixes

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago in Announcements / Release Notes updated 7 years ago 7

Minor Release:


  • Loads and Loads of new Icons: Please explore the Tile Settings of your various Tile types to see what new icons you can select!
  • SmartThings Capabilities added: Sound Pressure Level and Ultraviolet Index.
  • Nest Cam™ Cameras (public, no password only) can be added as Media / Media Tiles. Please see Knowledge BaseThis is an "experimental" feature.
  • (Bug fixes will be noted on their relevant Topics.)

We will update various open "Bug & Idea Topics" soon if their status has been affected.


Thank-you!!!
...Terry & Alex