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RELEASE v6.5.0 deployed: Panel copy, Tileset copy, and Individual Tile size options...
Featured enhancements...
- Make a Copy of entire Panel (use the Panel Builder's menu)
- Copy a Tileset to another Panel (use a Tileset's menu)
- More individual Tile Settings in Panel Builder, including dimension multiples (use the Tile's menu)
- Large Clock Tiles
- New icons are used for each of Smart Home Monitor (SHM) mode. SHM mode selection is now a slide-up-drawer (like a dimmer or Routines selection)
- Music Player Tile: Play & Pause, Play & Stop are reversed to more common app conventions (i.e., shows "pause" button when playing, etc.)
We will update various open "Bug & Idea Topics" soon if their status has been affected.
Overview:
- Some additional tweaks, wording / spelling fixes, and various back-end improvements.
Note:
- This is an update of the front-end web app only. The SmartApp "ActionTiles (Connect) V6", ie the connector to SmartThings, is unaffected. The SmartApp will change very rarely; but, this time, we actually do have a pending SmartApp deployment.
- The version number of the front-end web app is found on the upper right corner of the Login Page and in the About section of in-app Help.
- You will all receive the update automatically and simultaneously as we force a "reload" of the web page after deployment.
- You can use in the Reload App button if you suspect your browser did not refresh to this version.

Media Tile Stream has stopped working
I've been very successfully viewing a media stream of my Synology Surveillance Station for the last month or so, but it's suddenly stopped working in Action Tiles - the preview no longer displays the stream either. I know the URL is correct as a can copy and paste it into safari and it streams straight away.
Anybody any ideas what might have changed? The stream is in the following format:

Thanks. Looks as though the SSL certificate on my server has expired, so it's giving an error - console pointed it out for me!

Rachio Valve showing "?" even with Contact & Value Attributes having values

Hi Darold,
The Rachio Device Type Handler (DTH) you have depicted is apparently non-compliant with SmartThings's specifications for Capability "Valve".
The value for Valve must be either "open" or "closed" (not "close"; the attribute value is missing the trailing letter "d").
Please contact the developer of the Device Type Handler to have them correct it.
...Terry.

Confirming Safari on iOS 4.2.1 (Gen2 iPod touch) is not Compatible
Update for your browser compatibility notes: My 2nd generation iPod Touch worked with SmartTiles, but no longer works with ActionTiles. It is running iOS 4.2.1 and cannot update further, nor can I install any other browsers from the app store. The behavior is that the login page will not display, so I cannot authenticate to access my panels. I have no idea if the panels would work post-auth.

Panel Navigation Tile for small screens
When using a small screen, it might make sense to have an additional Panel Navigation tile option that works like the initial Routines tile, where you press the tile and get a list of which panel you would like to navigate to. Otherwise, setting up multi-panel navigation on a small screen takes up a lot of screen space or causes a lot of scrolling.

Google Music Tile
Hello, is there a way to add support for google music? Even just for basic playback like pause and close which displays normally on the top bar of an android device if streaming using a google device. Ideally it would be more robust like the ability to pick a playlist if possible.

Custom icon image; or Media Tile as Thing Tile?
I would love the ability to add a custom image as a tile display. Alternatively being able to add functionality to a media tile when clicked would give the same result.

Set colour for 'blank' tiles

Some newly authorized Things not showing up in ActionTiles lists
There is a bug that may be experienced especially by new users...
After adding your Location (➕) or Authorizing Things to ActionTiles, you may find some of them are not listed in the Location View and the "Add Thing Tile to Panel" dialog box.
This likely only occurs for Things selected from lists "3)" and/or "4)" on the SmartThings Authorize Things page. If the Things are shown in lists "1)" or "2)", you can workaround this bug by selecting them there instead.
https://actiontiles.userecho.com/uploaded/image/19647/10/14/84cab4345139e930ca5288b9d922a543.blob

We have identified the root cause and solution for this and it is undergoing testing and preparation for deployment (hopefully within the next few days). The only possible workaround is in the original topic post above.
Please follow this Topic if the problem is affecting you. In the meantime, all other Things and functionality should be normal.

Bose Soundtouch missing from Authorize Things
I have two Bose Soundtouch 10 speakers under Things in SmartThings, yet they don't appear when attempting to Authorize Things in ActionTiles.
The default Device Handler that they are both using is LAN Bose Soundtouch. I went as far as modifying the two devices in IDE to use Device Handler "Bose Soundtouch" but this didn't change the results. All of my other Things appear under Authorize Things correctly.
These speakers are Works With SmartThings certified so I'm classifying this as a bug as per Terry's instructions.
Thanks,
WB

Any plans to Support capability "Button"
Any plans to support "Button" capability. Have have a custom device handler that provides multiple buttons. They work great thru the smartthings app. Would like to add some buttons to my ActionTiles Panels.

"Global" Tilesets for import into Panels
Allow tilesets to be "global". That way I can import an already created tileset into a panel. This would make creating navigation tiles and creating multiple versions of the same panel a lot easier.
E.g. I need to create the same options for my andoid phone and my ipad but because of resolution, I need to recreate all the panels just with differnet tile size and different spacer tiles.

Good idea, Steph!
(fyi: We have quite a large number of Ideas/Feature Requests in from our Beta Participants that we haven't moved over to this public Forum. We will merge some of these here from time to time. This fact will often explain why we believe certain Ideas are already "popular".)
A feature on our scopes is to provide the ability to copy Panels. It might be incremental to enhance this to copy sub-Panels (i.e., Tilesets). Thus you could use a Panel or two as" buckets" to store Tilesets that you wish to copy from frequently. The limitation currently is that copying creates a whole new separate instance of the Panel (or Tilesets), not linked to, nor updated with, the original source).

Define color option of active Tiles based on current Mode
I'm really interested in the "normal" and "abnormal" ability to highlight a tile such as a contact sensor for a door as described above but would like to add that it should be configurable by Location Mode. For instance, during the day, we keep all our bedroom doors open so I would like them to highlight only when closed, but when the house is in sleep mode, we keep the doors to the bedrooms closed, so during this mode, I would want them to highlight when open. The configuration would need to be by tile (not device type), and have the ability to customize by location mode.

Neato Robot Vacuum
Can I get my Neato on ActionTiles?

Espen,
I found the Community Device Type Handler that you are likely using. Indeed, it is missing the proper tagging Capability lines.
Please contact the Developer of the DTH and have him/her add these lines. You can add them to your personal copy of the Device Type Handler code in the meantime.
capability "Sensor" capability "Actuator"
You can direct the Developer to our KB entry on this topic:

Creation of Application Widget on Phone
Terry from our conversation earlier and what SmartThings introduced with their Favorites on the Dashboard, versus the existing SmartThings Widget that add ALL SmartThings Routines to it. Maybe there is an opportunity here to recreate as you stated, a version of the existing Widget to be able to access and run all Routine that have been previously added to Action Tiles.
What I think would be even more powerful would be to create this Widget, if it's even possible, to allow modifying of the widget to add / remove specific devices and routines from it, versus how the ST widget contains ALL routines with only a Refresh functional element. Also how for the flexibility of sizing the widget as you see in my screenshots, length and width. The ST default is 2x2 but it allows it to be resized vertically and horizontally.
Here are some screenshots of my ST Widget on my home Page with all he routines. I moved my clock so I could expand the table even larger for you:
Thanks,
Mark

What iOS and Android versions are supported?
Trying to find out what version of iOS and Android is supported. I don't seem to see this on the FAQ's...

Arlo Cameras as Switch and Motion Sensors missing from Authorize Things
Just been setting up my first Panel to replicate / replace a Smarttiles dashboard I have running. Very pleased with the new features and well worth the licence fee. The only 'things' I have been unable to add relate to my Arlo cameras. I have had the motion detector element of one of my cameras as a tile and also a switch to switch on/off the camera. They are not listed as an option to authorise though they are officially supported by Smartthings. Not a big deal - just wondering if I have missed something?

Make Location Authorize and Synchronize easier to access in App
I'm still building out my home items. It seems about every 3 day I've swapped or rebuilt something. Can you make it easier to reload/re-authorize ST? Make it easier to find the refresh?

Tyco Door/Window Sensor Missing from Authorizable Things
As per various other cases, the Tyco Door/Window Sensor Device Type Handler code is incorrect: Some Things are missing from SmartThings Authorize Things screen?
Missing: Capability "Sensor"
.
We will file a request to SmartThings to have it corrected. They have been very responsive and helpful, but it will have to cycle through their deployment timeline.
In the meantime, if you are comfortable doing so; you can make a copy of SmartThings's DTH code from this link to "My Device Types", add new line. Then "Publish For Me", and update your Devices to use your personal copy. We will soon write a detailed KB on how to make a personal copy and add the line: Capability "Sensor"
to it manually.

Kudos to the Support Team
Just wanted to give a shoutout to the support team. They respond very quickly to posts here. That's got to take time to monitor the way they do. So thanks all.
Customer support service by UserEcho