the app is updated for AD 4 (if we talk about the same app)
Sorry, but I donât follow about the app update? I didnât add the app until I had already updated from AD3 to AD4 as my script to do the navigation stopped working when I moved to AD4 so the app idea was mentioned above. Unfortunately, I canât get the app working with AD4 either so I just done have my automatic navigation working on the dashboard.
ah, sorry. i mixed up 2 topics in my head and was thinking about another app 
the navigate app you got is working correct. (according to the logs.)
to get it working you need to add an hadashboard event to HA.
Ah good to hear about the app, I had been trying to use my Navigate script in HA but is that not an HAdashboard event? Here is the script I am using again, I thought this was correct to trigger the app
frontdoor_hadashboard:
alias: Navigate
sequence:
- event: hadashboard
event_data:
command: navigate
timeout: 20
target: Hello3Test
i am sorry, but i have never created events in HA, and have no clue about them.
but i can help to change the app so that you dont need the HA event.
but you need to show me the automation that triggers the script also.
Thanks for the help, here is the Automation that triggers the script:
- alias: Dashboard Front Cam
initial_state: true
hide_entity: true
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door_motion
action:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.frontdoor_hadashboard
and here is the script again:
frontdoor_hadashboard:
alias: Navigate
sequence:
- event: hadashboard
event_data:
command: navigate
timeout: 20
target: Hello3Test
shouldnt you provide a state for the trigger?
an app that listens for a sensor state would be like this:
import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass
class Navigate(hass.Hass):
def initialize(self):
# Listen for the state change from the entity.
self.listen_state(self.navigate,self.args["entity"], new=self.args["state"])
def navigate(self, entity, attribute, old, new, kwargs):
# Get the target from the args.
target = self.args["target"]
# Get the timeout from the args, if supplied.
if 'timeout' in self.args:
timeout = self.args['timeout']
self.dash_navigate("/" + target, timeout=timeout)
else:
self.dash_navigate("/" + target)
then in the apps.yaml you use it like:
front_door_motion: #the name from the app
module: navigate
class: Navigate
entity: binary_sensor.front_door_motion # or any other entity
state: "on" # the state to listen for
target: Hello3Test # the dashboardname
timeout: 20 # the amount of time the dashboard stays visible
you can create as many apps as you want, just by adding this YAML to the apps.yaml file again, with another appname.
Thanks again, the script had been working without that state trigger, but I see your point and it makes sense to have it in there as you do in your apps.yaml. I have updated my app with your code (and changed the app name to front_door_motion.py) and updated my apps.yaml with your code as well. Still not triggering on motion, but I see in the AD log that is says the app was ignored because it does not have a description, do I need to make an adjustment? Here is the AD log:
[s6-init] making user provided files available at /var/run/s6/etc...exited 0.
[s6-init] ensuring user provided files have correct perms...exited 0.
[fix-attrs.d] applying ownership & permissions fixes...
[fix-attrs.d] done.
[cont-init.d] executing container initialization scripts...
[cont-init.d] 00-banner.sh: executing...
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Hass.io Add-on: AppDaemon 4
Python Apps and Dashboard using AppDaemon 4.x for Home Assistant
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Add-on version: 0.1.2
You are running the latest version of this add-on.
System: HassOS 3.5 (armv7 / raspberrypi4)
Home Assistant version: 0.104.2
Supervisor version: 195
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Please, share the above information when looking for help
or support in, e.g., GitHub, forums or the Discord chat.
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[cont-init.d] 00-banner.sh: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] 01-log-level.sh: executing...
[cont-init.d] 01-log-level.sh: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] appdaemon.sh: executing...
[cont-init.d] appdaemon.sh: exited 0.
[cont-init.d] done.
[services.d] starting services
[services.d] done.
[11:34:41] INFO: Starting AppDaemon...
2020-01-21 11:34:42.808518 INFO AppDaemon: AppDaemon Version 4.0.1 starting
2020-01-21 11:34:42.809176 INFO AppDaemon: Python version is 3.8.1
2020-01-21 11:34:42.809791 INFO AppDaemon: Configuration read from: /config/appdaemon/appdaemon.yaml
2020-01-21 11:34:42.810372 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: AppDaemon
2020-01-21 11:34:42.810961 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: Error
2020-01-21 11:34:42.811524 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: Access
2020-01-21 11:34:42.812048 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: Diag
2020-01-21 11:34:42.852201 INFO AppDaemon: Loading Plugin HASS using class HassPlugin from module hassplugin
2020-01-21 11:34:42.907144 INFO HASS: HASS Plugin Initializing
2020-01-21 11:34:42.908016 INFO HASS: HASS Plugin initialization complete
2020-01-21 11:34:42.909162 INFO AppDaemon: Initializing HTTP
2020-01-21 11:34:42.910218 INFO AppDaemon: Using 'ws' for event stream
2020-01-21 11:34:42.933287 INFO AppDaemon: Starting API
2020-01-21 11:34:42.942976 INFO AppDaemon: Starting Admin Interface
2020-01-21 11:34:42.944039 INFO AppDaemon: Starting Dashboards
2020-01-21 11:34:42.967138 INFO HASS: Connected to Home Assistant 0.104.2
2020-01-21 11:34:43.068486 INFO AppDaemon: App 'front_door_motion' added
2020-01-21 11:34:43.070791 INFO AppDaemon: Found 1 total apps
2020-01-21 11:34:43.072251 INFO AppDaemon: Starting Apps with 1 workers and 1 pins
2020-01-21 11:34:43.075899 INFO AppDaemon: Running on port 5050
2020-01-21 11:34:43.246888 INFO HASS: Evaluating startup conditions
2020-01-21 11:34:43.336597 INFO AppDaemon: Got initial state from namespace default
2020-01-21 11:34:43.623183 INFO AppDaemon: New client Hello Panel connected
2020-01-21 11:34:45.088737 INFO AppDaemon: Scheduler running in realtime
2020-01-21 11:34:45.102778 INFO AppDaemon: Adding /config/appdaemon/apps to module import path
2020-01-21 11:34:45.107855 WARNING AppDaemon: No app description found for: /config/appdaemon/apps/front_door_motion.py - ignoring
2020-01-21 11:34:45.109986 WARNING AppDaemon: No app description found for: /config/appdaemon/apps/hello.py - ignoring
2020-01-21 11:34:45.112310 INFO AppDaemon: App initialization complete
2020-01-21 11:34:47.718594 INFO AppDaemon: New client Hello Panel connected
you didnt read my instructions right.
you shouldnt have renamed the py file.
the name from the app is set in the yaml, and you connect the apps yaml and the apps py file with
module: name_of_py_file
so you need to change the name from the py file back, or change the yaml.
Ah success! Thank you ReneTode for your help and patience with me, I wasnât getting the naming at first. The dashboard is now correctly changing on the motion at the door.
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great. glad to hear it did work at last.
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Hello, everyone. Was hoping to get a little help with changing the Dashboard upon the doorbell motion (or ringing). So far, I think the issue may be with the event, âhadashboardâ, in the script. I have:
Installed AppDaemon from the Home Assistant Community Add-ons repository.
Created a python script named navigatedoorbell.py in Notepad++ with the below contents:
navigatedoorbell.py
import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass
class NavigateDoorbell(hass.Hass):
def initialize(self):
self.listen_state(self.navigate,self.args["binary_sensor.doorbell_global_motion_sensor"], new=self.args["True"])
def navigate(self, entity, attribute, old, new, kwargs):
target = self.args["True"] # What is this value? Do I set this to the same as the new=self.args state above?
if 'timeout' in self.args:
timeout = self.args['30']
self.dash_navigate("/" + target, timeout=timeout)
else:
self.dash_navigate("/" + target)
Next, I configured both apps.yaml and appdaemon.yaml:
apps.yaml
doorbell_navigate: # Am I creating the app name here, or was it created somewhere else?
module: navigatedoorbell
class: NavigateDoorbell
entity: binary_sensor.doorbell_global_motion_sensor
state: "True"
target: Doorbell # "Doorbell" is both the Dashboard name and the Dashboard Page name. The path is "doorbell". Do I use "doorbell" here instead?
timeout: 30
appdaemon.yaml
---
secrets: /config/secrets.yaml # Do I need to do anything in secrets.yaml?
appdaemon:
latitude: 12.345678
longitude: 12.345678
elevation: 1
time_zone: America/New_York
plugins:
HASS:
type: hass
ha_url: https://myhomeassistant.duckdns.org:8123
http:
url: http://127.0.0.1:5050 #Do I need to do anything with this?
admin:
api:
hadashboard:
Then, finally the script and automation:
Script
doorbell_hadashboard:
alias: Navigate Doorbell
sequence:
- event: hadashboard
event_data:
command: navigate
timeout: 30
target: Doorbell
Automation
- alias: Doorbell Motion Navigate
initial_state: true
hide_entity: true
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.doorbell_global_motion_sensor
to: 'True'
- platform: state # Do I need to make a spearate app for this trigger?
entity_id: binary_sensor.doorbell_ringing_sensor
to: 'True'
action:
- service: script.turn_on
entity_id: script.doorbell_hadashboard
Anyone see anything? Note that I did not set a Long-Lived Access Token. Also, I did not do anything with configuration.yaml. Did I need to add the below?
appdaemon: !include apps.yaml # or appdaemon.yaml?
Any answers to the notes above would be greatly appreciated.
Just installed Fully Kiosk integration and Android App on my wall tablet. This was a million times easier using Fully Kioskâs service calls. Installation and automation/script took less than an hour with little online help. Would have been nice to get the above python script working, considering I spent all day on it. If youâre attempting an automation like this, just do Fully Kiosk. There are a few Web Settings within Fully Kiosk app that looked important for this script, so I enabled them.
alias: Navigate Doorbell
sequence:
- type: turn_on
device_id: 17d3b66a5b0cab67383ac1f280fdf3d7
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_walltab_screen
domain: light
- service: fullykiosk.load_url
data:
entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_walltab_media_player
url: https://myhomeassistant.duckdns.org/lovelace-doorbell/doorbell
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 30
milliseconds: 0
- service: fullykiosk.load_url
data:
entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_walltab_media_player
url: https://myhomeassistant.duckdns.org/lovelace-poodstab/security
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Hey,
I tried this and it worked ok, the problem is that it will reload the browser and that takes some extra time. So I tried the same approach but with âBrowser modâ
https://github.com/thomasloven/hass-browser_mod
With browser mod you can call ânavigateâ and it will be instant navigation. Iâm using views/tabs in my dashboard so Iâm not really changing dashboard.
alias: Control Panel - Change dashboard to security
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: device
device_id: 8beda8602428b831c14ff8f70793437a
domain: nest
type: camera_person
condition: []
action:
- service: browser_mod.navigate
data:
path: http://192.168.1.197:8123/dashboard/security
target:
device_id: 79027adc06d442646b3ea96351743b05
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 30
milliseconds: 0
- service: browser_mod.navigate
data:
path: http://192.168.1.197:8123/dashboard/0
target:
device_id: 79027adc06d442646b3ea96351743b05
mode: single
edit: to clarify, I do run it in Fully, but in this case i let browser mod control Fullys browser.
Cheers
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