Hi, I use Fully Kiosk on a tablet which work flawlessly. I have an automation that turns the Android tablet screen ON when there is motion (from the tablet internal camera, and from a Xiaomi motion sensor).
Plus I know the tablet battery status and when too low an automation turns on the smart switch where there is a charger connected to the Android tablet.
Wish to do the same with an old ipad that nobody is currently using in the house.
Any hint on how to achieve the same with the ipad?
I think the only chance to achieve such kind of functionality with an iPad is through jailbreaking as the devices are locked from Apple.
For charging I can make a simple time based automation. Anything available for activating the screen after external motion?
Nope. Thatās what I meant. This part of the system which could allowed it is completely locked down in iOS.
Hi
can you recommend an app for a jailbroken iPad?
I used the current jailbreak but i canāt find a decent kiosk app that activates the screen when detecting motion and enables a true full-screen without the clock.
This will be nice since I have an iPad mini gen 1 here laying around collecting dust. I hope someone achieved this already. TIA
Just switch your charger on when there is motion, the screen will light upā¦
I needed something similar from the past few days.
SSH in combination with activator helped me a lot.
The Homeassistant server has to be added to trusted hosts on the iPad.
Then you can unlock the ipad with
ssh root@iPadIP activator send libactivator.lockscreen.dismiss
and start homeassistant with
ssh root@iPadIP activator send io.robbie.HomeAssistant
Of course all this only works with Jailbreak.
That sounds more simple than I expected, Iām not Jailbroken but if I do I may try something similar, use a motion sensor in order to launch the UI.
Do you need to use SSH keys for passwordless login?
Yes, you have to use SSH keys for passwordless login.
Have a look at here:
I wrote a simple script that sends the current status of the ipad to homeassistant.
At the moment there are only two apps and two statuses entered, if necessary you can extend it.
You have to install OpenSSH and cURL with cydia.
i=0
while [ $i -eq 0 ]; do
appstate=$(activator current-app)
sysstate=$(activator current-mode)
if [ "$laststate" == "$appstate" ];
then
echo "no update"
else
echo "update"
laststate=$appstate
if [[ $appstate == *"HomeAssistant"* ]] && [[ $sysstate == *"application"* ]];
then
state=homeassistant
appstate=homeassistant
fi
if [[ $appstate == *"chefkoch"* ]] && [[ $sysstate == *"application"* ]];
then
state=chefkoch
appstate=chefkoch
fi
if [[ -z $appstate ]] && [[ $sysstate == *"springboard"* ]];
then
state=springboard
appstate=springboard
fi
if [[ -z $appstate ]] && [[ $sysstate == *"lockscreen"* ]];
then
state=locked
appstate=locked
fi
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR STATIC TOKEN HERE" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"state": "'"$state"'"}' https://yourhainstance/api/states/sensor.yoursensor
fi
sleep 2
done
Start script with
nohup ./yourscriptname & disown
how did you manage to automate this i canāt seem to find out how to send this command through hass.ioā¦ I have it working in terminal and did end up getting node red with an ssh node to work but it will only work once on deployment and then hangs.
Not shure how to get this work in hass.ioā¦ Iām using virtualenv within a debian VM.
I call those commands via shell_command from homeassistant.
i got this to work with node red with the big ssh node add-on. works really well!
You can do this with the regular browser, or find one with a full-screen option and then use this:
Hello, something new about this? iām thinking of putting a tablet on the wall as a home assistant control center. I have an ipad and I would like to know how I can make the screen turn on automatically when someone approaches and also if I can use wallpanel on ios ā¦ thank you very much
Just read about Kiosker, but canāt find anything related to Home Assistant so far.
That does not have access to the camera so no-go for motion detection.
I am searching for a nice solution (without adding extra hardware) for this as well.
Android is easier.
I have an old iPad Mini (v3) that was not being used. I set screen-lock to āNeverā, installed HACS browser_mod, installed HACS kiosk-mode, and set up some Node-Red flows to call the browser_mod services blackout and no_blackout to control when the screen is ālit upā. I usually light up the screen for 5 minutes after motion is detected near the iPad, then black it out again.
Iām not using the iPad itself for motion detection; I have several motion sensors on my main floor including my alarm systemās keypad, cameras at the exterior doors, etc.
Other than a need to figure out how to mount and power the iPad in an attractive way it seems like a great kiosk device. Very responsive, nobody can muck with HA settings because itās in kiosk mode, etc. Simply touching the screen makes it come out of blackout mode, should a person manage to evade the motion sensors. And unlike Google Nest Hub (which is a separate experiment I have going) there is no need to trigger a catt refresh every ~10 mins to prevent the HA view from disappearing
The only drawback is that the screen isnāt really off in blackout mode, so power consumption is not optimal. And I donāt know if the tiny band at the top of the screen which shows time and wifi connection and battery level will get āburned-inā; these are still present during blackout.
@Daniel_Cook Iām inclined to try your approach, very interesting. Any recent comments or tips, after you had a few months with it running? Thx a lot