Ho to send popup message to WallPanel?

Third party integrations HADashboard
1

There is a way to send alert message to WallPanel in documents like this:

{"eval": "alert('Hello World!');"}

How can I send an alert message to WallPanel?

Belek

2

i think you are in the wrong section asking this question.

do you want to create a widget or a dashboard that can do this?

3

Sorry for posting in the wrong place. My goal is send a message to dashboard (which is running on my android tablet, wallpanel app.) by triggering any automation or script.

4

the easiest way is to create an input text in HA.
set the value from the input_text in the automation or script and on the dashboard create a sensor widget showing the input_text.

5

oh thanks. :slight_smile: My expectation was to show the message in a popup window. I think dashboard cant do that?

6

only when you are going to program in javascript and make a custom skin.
or when you make a custom widget for it.
by default such option isnt there.

it might very well be possible with wallpanel, but then you better ask the question in the wallpanel topic.

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7

You can certainly change the dashboard to another page through a script/automation, i.e.

hadashdooralert:
  alias: HADash Door alert
  sequence:
    - event: hadashboard
      event_data:
        command: navigate
        timeout: 6
        target: DoorOpen
        sticky: 0

I’ve then worked on a custom skin myself that plays a chime when the door opens from the panel, which in essence plays a sound on the load of the DoorOpen dashboard.

This sort of approach might be more simple than a popup?

See here:
https://appdaemon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/DASHBOARD_CREATION.html

8

that is indeed also an option.

you could see that as a fullscreen popup.
disadvantage could be that it goes to all dashboards.

9

I’m curious if you found a solution. I was thinking of having a different set of images (with your message) and have that displayed on the dashboard.