[Ovio Canvas] A drag & drop automation canvas

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Ovio Canvas | Drag & drop automation canvas

Ovio Canvas is a spin-off from the control-focused app Ovio. They are now two separate apps.

I created a canvas on which you can visually create automations. It integrates natively with your existing Home Assistant automations.

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:robot:| Visually create automations

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You can create triggers, conditions and actions visually by intuitive pre built interfaces.

:clipboard: | Manage and find automations

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You can easily search and filter through all your automations.

:video_camera: The video below gives a simple walkthrough

Drag & Drop automation canvas

Feedback & Download link

The app is still in its early stages, and I am very curious to hear your thoughts. I am actively looking for feedback, so any criticism, idea, feature request, or thought is more than welcome!

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Beautiful!

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Unbelievable work !! Gonna be using this as my main dash from now on!

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In the latest release, support for toggles and fans has been added!

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In the last update - conditions for the automation canvas have been added.

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Why is there no iPad optimised version…?

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It really looks amazin, good job!
Unfortunately i’m a afraid my setup is to complex for this. It recognizes 136 switches with the title “unknown”… But I guess for someone who has a simpler and smaller setup this is fantastic!

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Wel because I am building this as a solo developer and building a version that also works for tablets takes quite some work to do well. But the good news is that I am currently working on it!

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That was a bug after a Home Assistant update which will be fixed in the next release. I am currently evaluating a new way to auto-assign toggles to rooms. I have since learned that many toggles are connected to integrations instead of devices you want to control often. If you have any more feedback I would love to hear it!

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this looks awesome. wondering if some functionalities are picked up by the home assistant devs and incorporate them…

I will following this great work!

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This looks amazing, but I get an error in the onboarding screen when I enter my home assistant url, it just says hub not found. Any thoughts?

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That should not happen - I would be available to help you troubleshoot if you are open to it. Just send me a message.

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When I try to log in with a user who does not have administrator privileges, I get a message that says ‘unable to connect to your hub’, despite having the correct Home Assistant address entered and permissions allowed on the iPhone for access to the local network. It works fine on an admin account, though. It’s a very nice and functional app, but without this option, it’s impossible to use.

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I will look into this. Haven’t heard this feedback yet - very important to solve this, if indeed a reproducable issue. Thanks for sharing.

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Amazingly done, keep up the nice work. Question, would it also be possible to use this as a UI instead of lovelace?

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@rienkkk just wondering, is there a way to control HVAC fan using the app ?
i have been using this for good while now, but just suddenly noticed this, am I missing something?

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Thanks for the kind words! Could you eleborate a bit in what you mean? As in using the UI on a bigger screen?

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Currently not yet, I am planning to add it in a future update. If you have any other feedback I would be very curious to hear it!

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Great to know it ll come in future updates, eager to have it. For now i have made template fan based an Aircons Fan, so it works.
Other feedback would be, I get a “connecting” notification on top of the screen multiple times while on the app or trying to navigate around. Would be great to have it fixed. This issue been around for a while. But nothing UX breaking.

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I am planning to release a new version at the end of the month, that solves that issue completly. I will ping this topic when it is ready!

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