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State DOT traffic cameras

Jeff Todd 6 years ago in Media Tiles / Weather & Traffic updated by Lance 6 years ago 7

I think I know the answer to this but I'm going to post anyway.  I'm trying to set up live traffic feeds with no luck.   All the state camera links in Connecticut are "https", not "http".


Am I correct in thinking that ActionTiles does not support "https" media feeds?


Thanks, Jeff

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Anyone here with problems with fully and kiosk mode on amazon fire 8? Not working

Andres 6 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Amazon Fire updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 0

where I try to put the kindle in kiosk mode with fully send a message to go to home app settings, but when I go to the setting the kindle setting crash ... there is no way to activate the kiosk mode;(

Fire
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Activate Full Screen Mode as a Tile

Huntson 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 0

Is there a way to make the "activate full screen" functionality a tile?

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Discuss & Vote

Change Panel Theme based on LUX, time, Routine, or Mode

Yagga 7 years ago in Colors Icons Fonts Themes updated by Tom_G_2010 6 years ago 4

I would like to know if we can add a feature to change panel themes from one to another (eg. Elements to Slate) based on LUX, Time of day our Routine (Modes). This will help my tablet mounted on wall to be visible based on the time of day (lighting) so it can be seen best with appropriate background.

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Add Capability "Alarm" (Fortrezz Siren Strobe and others)

Sandy 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities 0

Hello!


I have a Fortress Siren Strobe Alarm device that is linked to ST,But i am not getting all the options in AT.


Capability "Alarm" to both show the active or inactive state of strobing and/or alarming, as well as the ability to activate and/or test would be great, please.


https://smartthings.developer.samsung.com/develop/api-ref/capabilities.html#Alarm

attributes:
  alarm:
    schema: AlertState
    type: ENUM
    values:
    - both
    - 'off'
    - siren
    - strobe
commands:
  both:
    arguments: [
      ]
  'off':
    arguments: [
      ]
  siren:
    arguments: [
      ]
  strobe:
    arguments: [
      ]

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Thanks,

Sandy

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Lack of sync between speaker volume in the smartthings app and the speaker volume in the smart tile

Juval 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated 6 years ago 2

Recently I have purchased a Samsung R1 Speaker and added it to my Smartthings environment and immediately after added it to my smart tiles app.


While I can easily change the speaker volume using the smartthings app, it doesn't look like changing the volume in the smart tile is making any impact on the speaker.

I do able to stop / play the music via the smart tile, the problem is only related to managing the volume via the smart tile (your application).


In addition, while adding this speaker to the smart tile, I have got another tile "Samsung R1 - Switch" (couldn't find any related switch in my smartthings app) - It doesn't look like this switch is affecting the speaker in any way - 


Am I missing something ?

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Fix in Progress

Color value is incorrectly sent as "#decimal" so may fail on some color control Things

When a Color is selected in ActionTiles, we execute setColor( [ hue, sat, hexString ] ):

  • Our "hexString" is currently formatted with incorrect syntax, and it is deprecated anyway. We send decimal values in the string instead of hex: i.e., we send "#2550255" instead of "#FF00FF" for example.

Workaround

  • Color control should function correct if the Device Type Handler accepts setColor( hue, sat ) and discards the redundant unnecessary Attribute "color".
  • If you are using a non-WWST (Works With SmartThings) device, please contact the developer of the DH to ensure they discard a redundant "color" value and have Hue and Saturation take precedence.
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Fixed

RESOLVED [2018/02/14 0545h-0720h PST]: ActionTiles Full Outage

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago in Announcements / Outages updated 6 years ago 2

One of the key components of the ActionTiles cloud (outsourced to Google Cloud Services) had a major outage on Wed Feb 14th, approx 5:45am to 7:20am PST.


  • This resulted in the app not loading at all, black screens, empty Panels, and/or Panels not functioning properly.
  • We may also post updates on https://status.ActionTiles.com and Twitter.


Please pardon the late problem report. We spent the morning making sure everything was running normally and researching the issue with the cloud provider vendor.


We apologize for the temporary inconvenience, 

...Terry & Alex.


PS: Please be assured that outages of this type have been extremely rare and short. Roughly only 4 times in 11 months; including issues caused by SmartThings platform full or partial outages. SmartThings is generally super helpful in staying in constant communication with us and ensuring complete resolution.

Answer

Thanks for the feedback, Canuck123!


Outages are so rare, we haven't put in a lot of effort to figure out the best way to handle notifications and so on. It takes time to confirm that there is an outage and then decide if the system will be down long enough for a notification to be required. An email blast takes a long time to process.


If you suspect an outage, please first visit our official status page frequently: https://status.ActionTiles.com 


BTW: This Forum system allows you to configure your own email notifications, including filtering specifically on the Outages Category (or the parent "Announcements" to get Release Notes too). With your notification preferences configured, whenever we create a new outage Topic, live or post-resolution, you will receive an email and can choose to "Follow" the Topic for further updates. Configuring notifications is a little tricky, so we'll write up a help KB page soon. If you want to explore the configuration options on your own, click "✉️ Notifications" on the menu that appears when tapping your profile avatar in the upper right corner of this page.


Big apologies for this Wednesday morning's service interruption; and thanks for helping us figure out how to update you when these rare glitches occur.


...Terry.

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Fixed

RESOLVED [2017/11/27 1220h-1315h PST]: Intermittent ActionTiles Cloud Outages

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago in Announcements / Outages updated 6 years ago 4

Two of the key components of the ActionTiles cloud (provided by Google!) are having intermittent outages at this time.


  • This may result in the app not loading at all, black screens, and/or Panels not functioning properly.
  • We and our provider are investigating. Please follow this here Topic for updates.
  • We may also post updates on https://status.ActionTiles.com and Twitter.


It must be Cyber Monday Madness out there 😱😢.


We apologize for the temporary inconvenience, 

...Terry & Alex.


PS: I know it doesn't help in this moment, but be assured that outages of this type have been extremely rare and short. Roughly only 3 times in 9 months. The only major issue was on the SmartThings side for about two hours one evening; but they were super helpful in staying in constant communication with us and ensuring complete resolution.

Answer

Resolved

All indications are that this is RESOLVED at this time and everything is fully functional. Keeping fingers crossed!

Happy post-Thanksgiving Monday, right?


Super appreciate your understanding of this rare and short inconvenience.

...Terry.

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Fixed

RESOLVED: [2017/08/25 1600h PT]: ActionTiles was temporarily down due to a cloud component problem.

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 7 years ago in Announcements / Outages updated 6 years ago 3

Sorry folks!

Currently ActionTiles users may experience problems logging in or find that the Panel configurations are blank or missing.


We are researching this with the cloud component vendor. A similar outage occurred around 1200h PT earlier today and lasted only 10 minutes. Hoping that is the case for this second occurrence.


You can follow this Topic for updates.

Honestly, our platform has been so "rock-solid" that we are not yet utilizing https://status.ActionTiles.com (but we will update it if this outage is not resolved soon).


We apologize for the service interruption and inconvenience.

Answer

Update:

Service appears to be restored as of 1645h PT or shortly before.


We will monitor the situation and update this Topic if the problem recurs.


Apologies for the temporary interruption of your ActionTiles enjoyment!

...Terry.

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Tile list in Panel Builder should show the selected custom icon

Darold Anderson 6 years ago in Colors Icons Fonts Themes updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 0

In the panel builder, change the icon from the default, to the custom one it was changed to

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MJPEG streaming IP Camera Amcrest IP2M-841W to iPhone8

rs8900 6 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 0

I'm newbie, first post. Having stability issues with MJPEG video stream on iPhone. Video works fine on Amcrest video app no problem or VLC player but only works randomly via ActionTiles.


sometimes video stream runs perfect then several minutes later the video will stop working for the remainder of the day for seemingly no reason..... not sure if user error or software issue.  


Appreciate any help that can be provided !!!

iOS
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Closed

RELEASE v6.7.3: Panel & Tile tweaks and Minor bug-fixes

Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago in Announcements / Release Notes updated 6 years ago 2

Just a few touches today, folks:


  • Battery indicator Tile Footer (for Tile types that support a Battery indicator) now has Tile Settings preference option (icon, percentage, both, none):
    Image 1527
  • Fix: when battery is actually 0%, show battery indicator/percentage
  • Fix for Quartz Tileset title font color hard to read
  • Fix for Shortcut Tiles break when given custom label on a Panel
  • Fix for unable to delete panel
  • Energy, power, temperature tiles have preference to show decimals. off be default
  • Mug icon added
  • Temperature tile to show up to two decimals

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


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

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Answered

Is there a High Priority / highly visible Tile style?

M2 6 years ago in Colors Icons Fonts Themes updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

Looking for a way to turn a certain tile red when active.  Can I make a certain tile high priority so it pops more?   As you can see, I have a goodly amount of tiles but sometimes I miss important ones (like front Door Bell Ring or Garage Tilt Sensor). 

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Answer

Each of the available Themes (on the Panel Style settings page of the Panel builder), has 4 different tile "Intention" appearances. Once you've picked your Theme, just use the Tile Settings / Tile Intention option to select which Intention to apply to your "High Priority" Tiles.




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Researching Answers

Gap in the tiles when using 3x2

Ivan B 6 years ago updated by JB Bentz 6 years ago 4

Is there a way to remove blank space in this screenshot? In this page I have 3 tilesets and no blank tiles.Screen Shot 2018-02-09 at 13.34.35.png

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Discuss

Discussion: Swipe gesture for tiles, stackable Tiles, etc.

Derrick Ho 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

Tiles that are tappable like buttons/lights/routines can only be tapped.


But what if we allow them to be swiped to trigger?  Sometimes buttons near the edge of the screen may be accidentally tapped or tapped in the pocket of your mobile device.  Swiping may prevent that.


This leads to another idea.  Combining multiple tiles to fit in the same x y coordinate but differ in the z level.  They can swipe up down left or right. To trigger the tile.


This could be useful for mobile defices that have limited screen real estate.


My idea for a UI would look like stacked scrabble tiles with the edges visible.  If the tile behind is capable of changing states they would be slightly visible.


Some language keyboards do something like this.  The iOS Japanese kana keyboard has a 3x3 keyboard


You can tap the あ to insert a あ or you can swipe あ left to get い


Imagine using this for different lighting scenes.  You’d be able to include a lot without taking too much space.


Anyone think this is a interesting idea?

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Discuss

SolarEdge tile, or taking global variable and making a tile

Hi there guys,


I'm using a device type to collect data on my solar edge solar array, it can be found here - https://github.com/strelitzia123/SmartThings/blob/master/devicetypes/Solaredge/solaredge.groovy


For some reason when authorising devices in my home, the device for solar edge is not showing, thus i can't show anything in action tiles of current solar production. How would i go about getting this data onto my action tiles?


I have some other global variables I've set in WebCoRE, so i can automate my house when production is low, or when electricity prices are high. Currently the two variables I have is $solarproductionkw and $wholesalespotprice ; i'd like to put these onto tiles displayed at all times and even try change the colour of them depending on value if at all possible.


Any help would be much appreciated.

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Answered: Discussion Open

mjpeg cache control?

Adam 6 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated 6 years ago 2

I've been plagued with issues streaming my cameras for a while now, and every now and then I try to do some more investigation to see what I can come up with.


Today I discovered something about Cache Control, and wanted to know if ActionTiles was configured to present media in a format that blocked caching, so that the loading page would never try to open the file from cache, or even store the file to cache.


https://pixelchinchilla.com/2017/05/diy-video-monitoring-system-part-iv-video-streaming-using-mjpeg/


I'm no expert, so I apologise if I'm going over ground already covered.


when I "curl" the address of my panel, I don't see the suggested content headers (although I know my curl isn't logged in to the panel)


Cheers,


Adam

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Action Tiles control as a drop down menu so we don't need to use a browser.

TonyF 7 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Apple updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

I'd rather not have to open a browser window to control things.  Better an application that runs in background where control is accessible via an icon in the Mac menu bar.

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Answered

I have a few Mobotix cameras. Any recommendations on adding them to ActionTiles?

curtis 907 6 years ago in Media Tiles / Video Camera Feeds updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 2

Anyway I can stream my mobotix cameras to a media tile?

Answer

Ha.  I figured it out.  Some helpful info came up after I posted.  Worked great.

I used.  http://192.168.0.124/control/faststream.jpg?stream=full