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Pretty easy to implement
http://hackedbychinese.github.io/ng-idle/
Should do the trick right?
I'm on 0.4 now, all working well. Great job so far, hope you keep finding time for more improvements.
Just a small remark. You can add a device without selecting a capability. The device then shows up in the setup page but not on the dashboard page. Maybe require a capability or refuse to add it?
I have added some suggestions:
- Change sequence of already added device, drag/drop the device in a different location. Maybe even to another room?
- Having a default page for each room. When having more dashboards in your house (every room it's own tablet?). When in the bedroom the default page can be bedroom, when in the living room the default page can be living room.
Thanks for the feedback
Adding widgets is going to change (probably this weekend, if i got time to finish it
Drag and drop is something i already tried working on, i chose not to be able to switch them between pages. (makes it way more complicated, and adding it again to a different page aint that hard)
The default room per dashboard could be fixed using localstorage or even direct links (dissable the default page setting and use the http://localip:1337/pages/PAGENAME as a bookmark
Weejewel gave me a nice idea for making the dashboard working trough the cloud (in a more secure way)
Might look into changing that as well...
I am thinking of using homey it's build in webserver. This would have some pro's and con's, let me explain:
Pros:
- No need for the Hapi server
- Less code in the backend and less resources used
- Authentication trough homey/athom cloud
- accessible from outside the network
Cons:
- Longer url (https://yourcloudid.homey.athom.com/app/com.swttt.homeydash
- Need login on local devices as well (only 1 time if you don't delete your cookies)
- No ability to start op stop the server (its allways there)
- Need to check if the bearer token is set in HomeyDash, if not give a message to the user to enter the bearer token.
You still would need to enter the bearer token in the settings. If you try to access the app from the outside or local and you are not logged in, you get redirected to the login page. You login and get redirected back to HomeyDash.
At least that is how i guess it's going to work, still need to test it out.
You guys can think of some more pro's and/or con's? Any input is welcome. (even if my hypotesis is wrong
The longer URL could be tackled by using a reverse proxy, if you have another server that can act as one..
For me, external availability and authentication is not a necessity and I'm over the moon with the road you've taken up to now. But I understand others may have different needs and I could live with the "pro"'s.. <span>
DenW
Working just fine
I still didn't made up my mind yet, but if people want to test this...please do so
You can find the homey-cloud branch here https://github.com/swttt/com.swttt.homeydash/tree/homey-cloud
Your settings should still be there. Changed the settings window with only a bearer token field. There is no callback when pressed save yet. But it should store the bearer token anyway... You can access the dashboard in 2 ways http://localip/app/com.swttt.homeydash/ or trough https://yourcloudid.homey.athom.com/app/com.swttt.homeydash/ .
When there is no cookie found (so no auth to the app api) you will get redirected to the login page, and after a succesfull login you will get redirected back to the dashboard.
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long URL no problem
Security I see the external address using https so that should not be a problem + homey login
My personal intrest is more internal wallmounted but that's still possible
So what ever you choose I'm happy with it
Wouldn't make any difference. The widgets uses parts from the config.json that changes. Changing that to a capabilities.json would just make the filename different, and would still need to have widget re-added.
There would be a solution where i could read the settings, make the changes recursively on init and save it again. But isn't worth the effort
Just a thought I had last night I created an bitflip with betterlogic for my tv (harmony activity) and this working great.
Now I was thinking it would be great when you click on tv (on) it starts your tv but also goes to hidden page named tv
with all your favorite channels or numericpad. (could also be a side bar)
I wondering is something like this possible to make?
Huhm...in theory. yes is possible.
It would take a new type of widget card, view and controller OR create a new type of widget and add a popup with certain options.
Either way, it seems complicated
By the way, found some issues with the beta that uses the athom cloud. They store their cookie as a session variable, where iOS removes these cookies after closing the app. This means that you need to login every time you open the app. For me this feels like a showstopper now, and i am looking for a way to work around this issue.
Is anyone already looking for a tablet?
They also have a mount for the same holder that can be screwed on but it is a lot more expensive...
So yes you can screw it on the wall.
Problem what I'm thinking about is the ugly cable.
Other rooms ill just do some soldering and drilling on the back (drill holes in de back panel for fixing to the wall, soldering for using charge cable directly to the back)