You must be lucky where you live, these models on eBay start at 10x that price in the UK. Even just a mounting bracket is more than $30!
Just to be clear, is TSS-10 another name for TSW 1060 or are they different things?
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Firmware version 2.X not working with HA.
Just check it.
SD cards inside 4gB, 64 GB working.figure out it hard way:
Bought device from local recyclers ($25) and it’s not boot. Clone SD card (4gB) from my working one to brand new Samsung endurance 64gB and it’s boots.
But not load dashboard. Only one difference: older firmware.
Actually my devices have different hardware inside.
One have camera and mic’s, other have not.
TSS is a schedulng only panel, TSW can run other “apps” that crestron decides, thus the TSS is usually cheaper as its limited by software. EMS is a scheduling app so its available on both.
I have a crestron ‘program’ written that is simply a web browser, I was using this to run my dashboard because I never even heard of EMS and didnt know it would do the same thing. But my program could be useful to anybody that does not have the EMS app, or wants a browser with an address bar. I can share it later if interest.
The camera and mic are not accessible to the browser, shame 
But the TSW series have got stereo speakers which sound decent for a panel.
I wish there was a way to send them media (think media_player) without using browsermod…
I dont have any panels handy with the busylight (green light in the above video) but if there was a way to control that via HA that would be sick as.
Ill ask my crestron programmer buddy if he could add simple HTTP API to my browser program, that would be neat.
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Its smooth enough! It handles camera streams well, responds well, its not as touch sensitive to small areas as a traditional android tablet, potentially as its designed to be more durable and have large UI elements ?
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On the latest firmware both my devices (not sure if i have TSW or TSS) work smooth enough.
Latest firmware without paywall you can found here: https://crestrondevicefiles.blob.core.windows.net/tsx-firmware/touchscreen.txt
TSS and TSW both use same firmware file.
Model you can found on the back.
I have one TSS (with camera and mic) and one TSW.
Both of them have stereo speaker.
Power consumption, brightness 30%:
$30, 4-7W power consumption, working with HA in kiosk mode without anything, End of support FEB 2024 - looks like it’s my favorite dashboard device now…
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Just ordered a TSS-1060 off of ebay. Any recommendations for mounts? I need a a wall mount and a table mount.
Original wall mount looks expensive.
But on eBay you can found any kind of mount.
I, personally, decide just use dual side Velcro tape.
did updating firmware fix the dashboard not loading issue or did you do something else as well. im having the same issue
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nevermind got it. needed to update firmware
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Link for firmware on my previous post.
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just a cutout and some command velco strips. You can probably make a DIY mount out of steel or something, the official one ‘holds on’ with magnets in the back of the panel.
I can see if I can save them if I see them going to trash…
There is a table mount too but its not pretty in my opinion. the 1070 table version is prettier.
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1070 cost little more -)
I think ill try to print custom in wall box and add magnets, or just double sided velcro, not sure yet.
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Online radio work on TSS/TWS without problems.
Does the app reload when coming out of standby for everyone else? These work pretty great so far in my testing except for 2 issues:
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The brightness control is only high or low, rather than variable. This is a very minor issue, but would be nice to have a more refined experience.
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If I enable standby (so the screen is off when not in use), it reloads the HA page when you tap on it. I don’t know why it would do this, and it’s pretty frustrating because it triggers the reload right when you are about to tap on something.
The first one I can ignore, as it works well enough. I think the second is an issue when these are installed in a bedroom, because I can’t control the brightness level and using something like Wallpanel (the HACS frontend module, not the Android app) can only make the screen black, not turn out the backlight.
Also, it seems to persist in reloading using a white background, which is extra jarring.
I can’t find any controls to prevent it from reloading.
Yep, I not found way to auto dim brightness yet.
I don’t use standby mode because of reload after woke up.
For me ideal be dim brightness to 10% when not used and return to last settings if movement detected.
I have a lot more experimenting to do, and there’s an issue with getting authenticated, but the screen’s API is pretty decent. Not everything is documented, but you can watch the RESTful commands when setting properties via the web UI.
For example, you can POST this data to /Device/DeviceOperations to make the screen enter standby:
{
"Device": {
"DeviceOperations": {
"EnterStandby": true
}
}
}
and this to wake the screen back up (not available from the UI, but I guessed on the command):
{
"Device": {
"DeviceOperations": {
"ExitStandby": true
}
}
}
It still reloads the content when using that command, but it might be worth it to put the screen to sleep manually based on time and wake it based on time for power saving. This could also be used as a hack to force the panel to reload.
There are similar commands to set the brightness level, or to set the automatic brightness levels.
This was just some basic experimenting I did tonight while getting ready for the North America eclipse tomorrow, so hopefully it inspires someone else to look into the API more.
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Has anyone had any luck with a TWS-560p-b-s? I’ve upgraded the firmware as posted earlier but there doesn’t seem to be an option to browse to a URL…maybe I’m missing something. There is no option for EMS under Applications - Just User Project, Default, Home and Appspace.