this is my first posting, so at first: thanks a lot for all the work that already has been done.
I will start with some testing on my normal notebook, but surely will switch to a dedicated “server” when I’m satisfied with the results.
I really like the HABpanel and read a lot about some examples from other users with Android Tablets as Clients.
What I surprisingly did NOT find was someone who used a Windows10 Tablet as Server AND Display for the HABpanel UI. Is there any reason for this?
might the following devices be used as openHAB Servers?
Chuwi Hi10 Plus (Win10, Intel Atom x5, 4GB RAM, 10.8" 1920x1080, ~140 EUR)
I already use the following components (with the Xiaomi Software). As this will grow (with other brands, especially the MAX! thermostats) I would like to switch to openHAB first
I don´t know if this is similar to sd-cards in a raspy, but how long will the nand of a tablet work, when you have a persistence logging on your internal memory?
Is there any problem?
Have you tried to run openhab on your tablet already? I think you can do it without problems. You can install java like you do on a notebook and so it should work.
You can look for tests of the cpu in your tablet and compare this with a cpu in a rasperry pi. So you can see if it will work faster/slower. Many peaople are running openhab on a rasperry without problems. If the tablet cpu is more powerfull, you will not get any speed-problems.
the widely used Atom x5 CPU’s are much faster than the Rasberry Pi3, not to mention an Celeron or even m3 CPU
also there is more RAM available
so spec-wise i am pretty sure this should be working and this was the reason why i am surprised that i found no example for using a Win10 Tablet as Server
If you can install it and make it run on the tablet there is no reason I know of that it shouldn’t work. The tablet will certainly be powerful enough to drive openHAB.
I suspect you don’t see many/any people going down this path is because:
compared to almost any other approach this one is a particularly expensive
If users will be using a tablet based UI, they will have more than one tablet
most rely upon at least one USB dongle, sometimes more, which is awkward to use with a tablet and unattractive to have plugged into your main display
those USB dongles often need to be placed in a different location than your UI tablet for optimum wireless coverage/range
