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Sports scores
Is it possible to have a tile, or perhaps several, to show scores of certain teams (which I define) across different sports?
Hi Brian,
There no direct way to implement this functionality. However, you could create a Media Tile and link to an image that displays the score and have the image refresh periodically.
Thanks
Alex
Samsung Jetbot Vacuum Cleaner
Hello everyone,
I just bought a robot vacuum cleaner from Samsung ( Samsung Jetbot 80), everything works fine form Smartthings, but when I try to add a start button Tile on ActionTiles; to give a start cleaning command to robot this is not on the list... . Please find attached Capabilities found on this device, the switch from Attributes probably is just triggering the Auto Mode On/Off and not to start the device.
Can someone give a hand how to make it work native from ActionTiles ?
Add Dexcom CGM Data - Great for T1Ds!
Hi everyone! This one really is only going to be good for T1Ds (like me) or parents of kids with T1D that also wear a CGM.
I set up Nightscout on a Heroku instance and have it iFramed to my ActionTile panels, including the one I have in my Tesla. Really great for awareness, and you can set color thresholds to help keep me in range.
Hikvision cameras for action tiles
This took me a while to figure out so I thought I would share. I have a number of Hikvision cameras around the house, I had a hard time getting them to display on Action tiles. All the literature said to do this:
http://username:password@ip/Streaming/channels/2/picture
The above did not work for me! Pasting the above worked great in a Chrome browser but not in IE or Edge. It didn't work at all in action tiles. I did not get any image either in My Media or on the panel.
I finally found something that worked... I had to encode the username and password into base64 and append to the end like this:
http://192.168.1.xx/streaming/channels/102/picture?auth=VGhpcyBpcyBqdXN0IGEgdGVzdA==
I added the part "?auth=" and then pasted in the encoded "username:password"
This worked great for pictures. I used this site for encoding: https://www.base64encode.org/
It works for video too but while I can see the video on the "My Media" test, I can't get it to display on the actual panel.
Any ideas? Overall, I'm very happy with this product and bought two licenses (one for each of my hubs).
Erik
Swann NVR camera feeds using VLC to transcode.
i have a swann nvr8000 with 4 4k cameras and 2 4mp ptz's running on onvif on the nvr, 6 channels in all. im using vlc to transcode the 6 rstp channels from the nvr into an http mjpeg feed, ive added the transcoded feeds to my media in actiontiles, but im only able to see the feeds in windows running firefox, no other browser and os seems to pull up the feeds on the tiles, which is a real bummer because i had a fire hd10 ready to wall mount, now it looks like i need to go with a windows based wall tablet. ive read through a bunch of posts regarding the user:pass part of the rstp url causing problems with various browsers, but does that still apply if im letting vlc handle the rstp url and im using the http that vlc spits out. if anyone has any suggestions or troubleshooting ideas, id love to sort it out.
here are some technical details for anyone interested in the nvr configuration
swann nvr8000 rstp format is rtsp://192.168.1.199:1085/Streaming/Channels/102 (change ip and port to match yours.102 is channel 1 (02) substream 101 for channel 1 (01) mainstream. 201, 202 and so forth.
the code to transcode in vlc commad promp is below (replace bold sections with your details)
vlc.exe -R rtsp://user:pass@192.168.1.199:1085/Streaming/Channels/102 --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mjpg,vb=2500,scale=1.0,fps=10,acodec=none}:standard{access=http{mime=multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=7b3cc56e5f51db803f790dad720ed50a},mux=mpjpeg,dst=:8888/videostream.cgi}
the resulting http that vlc generates is http:// ip adress of device running vlc:8888/videostream.cgi
so mine was http://192.168.1.164:8888/videostream.cgi this is the url i input in my media for the tile
bonus points if you forward port 8888 and then use your ddns service if you want to use out of local network, i use dyndns and works great
Fan speed control (but not 0 to 100 dimmer slider...)
Hi, is there any plans to create a toggle for a fan control that isn't a slider? Right now, as you know, the fans are operated the same way the lights are in that there is a slider that is 0-100%. Whereas a fan works by having a low, medium, high which on mine is associated with 33%, 67% and 99%.
Here is an example of mine on the ST app.
Thanks.
Capability "Fan Speed" is still marked as "proposed", which makes us hesitate to spend effort to implement it, as it might be radically changed: https://smartthings.developer.samsung.com/docs/api-ref/capabilities.html#Fan-Speed
I'm not sure what steps SmartThings goes through (and how long it takes) for them to move a Capability out of the "proposed" status to something else.
Perhaps it is in the "proposed" status because it is so poorly defined. The speed is supposed to be a NUMBER - and the specs say it is a minimum of 0 (zero), but no maximum.
So is speed (NUMBER):
- A value from 0 to 100 representing the percentage of maximum speed?
- A value from 0 to infinity to set the number of revolutions per minute (rpm)?
- A value from 0 to 3, or 0 to 4, to set off, low, medium, high?
The last possibility is the least likely: Because the proper implementation of an Attribute with enumerated distinct string values is ENUM, as in: switch(on,off); or fanSpeed(off,low,medium,high,auto).
I just realized I wrote this exact same Answer a year ago. The fact is, the situation has not changed. The only "Fan Speed" Capability that exists, takes an unbounded NUMBER, and there has been no update from SmartThings to define what the number's domain is.
...Terry.
ActionTiles release 6.11.0
ActionTiles release 6.11.0 has been rolled out on March 28, 2020.
New Features:
Window Shade Tile
New Tile type is available for devices that confirm to the official Window Shade Capability. This new tile works great with Ikea FYRTUR Blackout roller blinds.
Auto Reload App
Automatically reload the application after a period of inactivity. This is helpful when you wish to refresh Media Tiles or Video Streams if they become unstable over time.
This option is set per each display device, available under App Setting.
Updates:
Toast Notifications
Confirmation notifications for Tile Actions are removed. Only error notifications will be shown.
This change was reverted due to user demand.
Major infrastructure updates
ActionTiles continues to invest in infrastructure maintenance to insure performant and secure operation of app. The back end changes for this release are mostly transparent to the end users. If you are experiencing any issues, please contact support@actiontiles.com for most timely assistance.
Thank you for enjoying ActionTiles!
Severe weather alert tile
Is there a way to build a severe weather tile that uses the smart weather station data from my ST hub?
Rotate through list of images or feeds in 1 Media Tile
Media tile that can be configured with two or more URL’s such that the tile rotates among the multiple images every ‘n’ seconds. Would enable rotating among multiple video cameras on a single tile, or rotating between video camera and weather images, for example.
Dimmer slider, color picker always visible via a special new Tile type?
I apologize if this has been discussed already, I couldn't find an answer. Is it possible to have a dim slider or color picker shown next to the switch all the time instead of having to click the three dots? I think it would be really helpful to be able to simply slide the dimmer without going through a menu.
Thanks for everything!
Anyone done any work with Windy.com
That would be pretty cool
show portion of a website as a tiles
I would like to show a portion of a website as a tile. The location of this content will be always in the same place of the website.
If possible I would like it to refresh every minutes or so
The website is to be logged in to see the content, but I don't mind letting the tablet or whatever to remember my login.
Use: I would like to show current Solar production, this stat is shown in my solar portal dashboard.
In tile font size options?
Is there any way to adjust the in tile font size? not the tile title size but actually in the tile as seen in my screen shot, the temp and status "78º idle" are crazy tiny and there's a lot of space in the tile to make it larger and easier to read
Official Google Nest integration with SmartThings 2021
Is of this writing, it appears that Google devices (Cams, Thermostat and the Hello video doorbell) are now officially integrated with SmartThings and does indeed appear in the devices list within the SmartThings App.
Can anyone confirm is all device integrations i.e. Cam, Doorbell and Thermostat are up and running on ActionTiles and if yes, what the experience is like, any limitations?
Specifically, will I be able to see embedded live video feeds within ActionTiles?
Ring Pro (doorbell camera)
Im looking into getting a Ring Pro doorbell but would I be able to add the live feed into action tiles?
Thanks!
Denny
Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, the Ring Pro uses a closed video feed locked to their cloud, and thus it cannot be accessed by ActionTiles.
Here's a reddit that discusses the issue:
But more up to date; SmartThings Community Topic:
We recommend that customers encourage their camera providers to provide video feeds in standard LAN (local area network) accessible formats.
Control volume of Echo Dot
Hi all. is there a way to control the individual echos I have around the house?
I just want to alter volume for upstairs echo when downstairs via panel.
cheers
iFrame Tiles - working sites
Thought I would make a topic for known working sites for everyone to add to their ActionTile panels. I'll start off with:
* fast.com - internet speed test
-simple and works, just use fast.com
* windy.com - beautiful weather map with wind streams, radar etc
-set the view you like, then use the top left menu at windy.com, select "embed widget in page". When you paste into ActionTiles, delete the html tags so you end up with only the long URL between quotes following src=. If you get this incorrect, ActioNTiles seems to embed ActionTiles site in the iframe tile instead.
error 400
I have Lutron Serena Shades that worked a few days ago. I believe Samsung did some update and I'm no longer able to control my shades and add a tile with them. I get Error 400: device failed to execute command off, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Command 'off' is not supported by device xxxxxxx of type 'placeholder'. Supported commands: [setShadeLevel, refresh, ping]
Outage: August 3, 2021
ActionTiles experienced a partial outage on August 3, 2021 at approximately 7pm MST.
For the duration of the outage, ActionTiles was unable to process and update device events. Connections from hubs was gradually restored over the period from 12:30am to 5am on August 4. The outage affected all users (both SmartThings and Hubitat), but did not result in any loss of data.
The root-cause of the issue is under investigation. We will take measure to prevent this from happening in the future.
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