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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.
Automatically open a panel
I would like to have a particular panel open automatically upon certain smartthings events.
For example, when someone knocks on my front door, my summary panel displayed in AT will change to another panel that just shows the cctv feed of the front door.
Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thanks
Continuous charging issues
Until yesterday I had two tablets with ActionTiles in my home. Both Huawei with different age and models.
Yesterday I noticed that the screen have popped out on the newest due to expanding battery. That tablet have been used for about four years for ActionTiles only. Today I checked my other tablet and the screen was bulging out, most probably also due to battery issues. That tablet have been in use for ActionTiles for about four years too but is older than that. About two years ago I had a similar issue with an older Samsung cellphone at the moment used for ActionTiles only.
I know that most cellphones and tablets are not made to be contentiously charged, but are there certain brands and models that can handle it better? Or are there other solutions to this problem?
add echo button to actiontiles
Hi there. I am fairly new to AT and it is great.
I have a few of the large echo buttons that do a routine when pressed. Is their a way to get them on AT as a tile at all?
Countdown timer
Hi all. I see clocktab looks a useful site but cant work out how to use the countdown timer in AT, any idea please?
Created Different Types of Custom Tiles in Action Tiles Dashboard
Wanted to share my Action Tiles dashboard. Created different types of custom tiles using PHP, google sheets and a hosting server that I own.
- Upcoming Tile - It reminds you about important upcoming events like birthdays. Example - “Upcoming” tile in the picture.
- Pay Bill Tile - It reminds you about any upcoming bills and days left. Example - “Pay Bill For” tiles in the picture.
- Text Tile - It comes handy when you need to give a name to your tile groups or want to remind yourself to order something. Example - “Frequent” and “Order Eggs” tiles in the picture.
- Days Ago Tile - It tells you that how many days have past for a given event like aquarium water change. Example - “Aquarium WC” tile in the picture.
Please note that I am using the free version of Action Tiles. In case you have any question, feel free to drop them in comments. Thanks!
Custom Tiles
Android or Fire OS for Fully?
I'm currently running Fully/AT on a FireHD 10 (2019) using the instructions on this site. It works well, albeit slower than I'd like.
I have two FireHD 8 Kids (2018) tablets that I'd like to repurpose as Fully/AT Kiosks elsewhere in the house. After factory resetting them and going through initial configuration, the Kids Edition Setup screen popped up. I don't need that anymore so I started to research how to get around that, but I also don't think I need FireOS at all anymore either and maybe running Android OS could result in faster performance.
So, would it make sense to somehow re-flash these tablets to basic Android and then install Fully directly or should I just add an Adult/Parent account and use the same FireOS Fully/AT instructions I used on my FireHD 10?
Open intent url with-in Fully window
I'm new here so if I am in the wrong place please direct me to the proper sub forum, after much troubleshooting and searching online I have not found an answer.
I have licensed Actiontiles & Fully Kiosk, I want to open one of my apps using intent url with-in the Fully window yet regardless of my settings in Actiontiles using "My shortcuts" and "Tile settings",and Fully's many options, nothing is giving me the result I am looking for.
My cameras via Blue Iris UI3, my weather links etc. all open with the Fully Action Bar visible, but my Smart Life app via intent url (example: intent:#Intent;launchFlags=0x10000000;component= etc. : structure) opens in a new window without the top bar visible. I have tried all three "Tile Content" settings and all produce the same result below with Smart Life app - "Alarm Host".
Thank you
The Security tab with-in Actiontiles as a shortcut intent url is how this is done.
Top bar vanishes and the tablet status bar is now visible, although in Fully I have the Action bar set, even in Kiosk mode.
Android 13 has broken Fully Kiosk on Samsung Tab
Recently updated my Samsung Tab A to Android 13. Since then, screen does not wake up on camera motion or sound or touching the screen. Only current solution according to FK tech support is to have the screen stay on 100% of the time. I am worried about that burning the screen. In the mean time I have resorted to just using Chrome to display the AT panel. To facilitate ready access, I removed PIN protection on the lock screen so I only have to swipe to restore AT panel when the screen saver comes on. Anyone have a better solution?
How are you adding your music players to ActionTiles?
I was just wondering how everyone else is adding their music players to ActionTiles.
I am using an app called Echo Speaks that is added to my SmartThings as a Smart App.
I can control the Echo's Play, Stop, Pause, Volume and Skipping.
Right now, I can only control the Volume of the Fire HDs.
The individual Echo Tiles also show up in their respective Room Panels. So when I go into the Living Room Panel, the 'Echo - Living Room' tile is in there as well.
tileset status inheritance
Is there any way to change the status/color of a tileset icon when any of it's member icons changes status? For example, I would like to put a single tileset icon on the main screen for Windows and another for Doors and to have the status of those icons change when any of my windows or doors are open. This would radically reduce screen clutter.
FIXED: See Answer for details! What happened to jggdev.com Weather & News for Media Tiles?
Any idea what happened to this website? The weather forecast url for AT worked very well, but it disappeared a few days ago.
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Thanks to everyone for your validation of this migration of @jggdev's tools to ActionTiles's Cloud in Beta mode!!!
But even bigger, super, thanks to John (@jggdev) for his creative and innovative development of this, sharing it with ActionTiles's customers over the past several months, and now licensing it to Thingterfaces LP, the makers of ActionTiles.
We caught and fixed a couple bugs and noted your comments for possible future tweaks, and perhaps eventual new features.
While we might do a "bulk migration" of all the existing http://jggdev.com/* Media Objects in our database, you are now welcome and encouraged to self-migrate.
Please note that stability is not guaranteed. This is a "bonus feature" of ActionTiles. All usage is subject to ActionTiles's Terms of Service as well as any terms associated with the original scripts and/or JGG's website. ActionTiles takes no responsibility for the content provided. Please do not use copyright protected sources.
To migrate:
- Replace this portion of your Media Tile URLs:
"
http://jggdev.com/atiles/
" with "https://mtg.actiontiles.com/
"
To use:
Instructions for the 3 different generators (weather, news, and calendar) and their optional parameters, currently still reside at: http://jggdev.com ; but will be moved soon to an ActionTiles KB Article on http://support.actiontiles.com
Please set the Still Image Media Tile "Refresh Rate" to greater than 900 seconds; preferably 3600 seconds or more (1 hour).
Example:
Please do not use the Beta URL anymore - unless invited. We may disable the beta server at anytime.
mjpg stream not showing
Dear All,
Having failed to get tinycam pro to stream cctv to a mediatile, I thought I'd try iCatcher Console (www.icode.co.uk). This is a cctv software with webserver. I can successfully open a browser page to a static jpg image of a stream from the iCatcher webserver, as follows :-
however, using this link within a mediatile gives no result, just says invalid url. I have tried this with & without passing the user/password parameters. Any ideas please?
Kore running through AT via Fully Kiosk Browser PLUS edition
Has anyone gotten Kore running through AT via Fully Kiosk Browser PLUS edition? Following instructions I've found elsewhere on this forum I believe it should be working but I'm getting an "App not found for intent" pop up.
So in short what I think I'm looking for is Intent information for Kore if available (or confirmation that it is not available".
Thank you.
Smartweather tile
Is it possible to add more tiles than the ones listed (see attachment). I'm not interested in the weather tile as it is too busy but it would be good to break out the other parameters as separate tiles. The second attachment from the IDE lists all the parameters and several are much more useful than the ones already available.
Customer support service by UserEcho