If you have a previous installation of HabPanelEx, I have noticed that the browser may sometimes cache the javascript file. Always clear your browser’s cache when upgrading so you know you have the latest js file loaded.
Setup:
Import this Widget from Widget Gallery of HabPanel
Go to HPEx in gitHub and download
a. Copy habpanelex folder to your OpenHAB’s conf/html folder
I actually made it simpler. You just type in the list of panel IDs you want. If there’s demand to simple drag/drop, I can do that too. This is still a wip. I might remove the widgetgallery tag for the mean time
(Sorry that’s how little I know of the innards of habpanel or maybe even openhab in general. Since I started OOTB with openhabian, I have yet to figure out where lots of things reside.)
Import the widget.json file you directly downloaded from the repo. I am removing the tag for now so it doesn’t show up in widget gallery since this is in WIP status still.
I pulled down the new versions and so far it’s working great. Thanks for putting this together, I was just about to pull the trigger on buying a specialized “kiosk” browser for my spare ipad to do basically the same thing!
Np. I will be adding more features. Also, configuration is saved to an item. Just go to paperui and search habpanel. I suggest configuring it through the habpanel though.
I initially created this primarily when I was using an older wall mounted screen that had bad burn-in.
jwiseman
(Mr. Wiseman (OH 4.2 Snapshot on Pi4))
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Hey Lucky,
Thanks for putting this together; I will definitely install it.
Here’s an idea that keeps bothering my wife . . .
I have a panel on each floor by the TV rooms and the screens auto dim after a while but they are still lit while watching TV. Ideally, it would be nice to have the panel call a “black screen layout” so the tablets don’t go to sleep. This would allow folks to watch a movie/show in the dark vs. having the panel be half way lit and/or rotating as a distraction.
Have logic in the panel that looks for an item state (i.e. Black == Yes triggered by another item being turned ON) then if the panel goes into rotation mode it looks for that specific item to see if it’s set to Yes and only have the “black” panel show until the Black == No, then it would rotate like normal.
Something like a theatre mode. Yup, this should be a good candidate. For mine, my monitor turns off automatically, and turns on when a motion is detected (through my cameras or the ultrasonic sensor I created in front of the monitor). Some people might not have cameras/sensors so this is a good one.
I can definitely do this. Screensaver will still kick in, but if a Switch item (such as “theatre_mode”) changes to ON, it will trigger the theatre mode, which should be configurable… either completely BLACK, or translucent black (you would still see the screen, but dimmer)
jwiseman
(Mr. Wiseman (OH 4.2 Snapshot on Pi4))
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Theater mode should turn off when user clicks on the screen (turns off both theater mode and dashboard rotation). It will also update the Switch item to OFF. I will also provide a small button to turn it on from habpanel itself.
