Wall mounted touchscreen

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Thank you.

Yes, I posted it on “Wall Mounts Dashboard” forum here originally :slight_smile: but here’s the link to it.

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Hi @michael , Thanks for the share. My setup is working fine with the motion sensor + Tasker combo; but I found its too sensitive even I setup the sensitivity to lowest value. Is there any other settings I need to play around ?

Thanks

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As I can see there are folks using Tablets as Wall mounted dashboard and others using Pi Display. I myself is very confused with the options as well. To me one obvious advantage of using pi could be the mpd server installation in the same dashboard and play via Bluetooth speaker which a tablet is not good for. One advantage of tablet is the compactness which is missing for pi. Anyway, these are my thoughts… Can anyone show us some light on these ?

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Hi @tarikul sorry for late reply, I was far away from my smart home :slight_smile:
Now I realize that high sensitivity was a bit of problem while dashboard was reacting even on light change in very another room… So I managed to lower sensitivity level with next settings:

  • level is Low
  • resolution 10 x 10 - probably will react on more than 1 of 100 zone covered with motion, need to be checked in docu additionally
  • noise filter is On - should be useful on crappy cameras of cheap tablets
    Of course sensitivity is highly depends on HW of tablet camera, so your result may very differ.
    Good luck.
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Thanks a lot Michael.

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Hi Everyone
I hope this is right place to ask question about raspberry pi official display. I have set chromium as default startup screen showing home assistant default dashboard. Everything works fine but i want to turn off display after 2 mins of inactivity and when i touch screen(or i can install a button) it should turn back on.
Can someone help me with that please?
thanks

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I remember when I was setting this up, there was an instruction to disable it. Maybe you could enable it again so that the pi tell the display goes to sleep mode.

This link might be helpful.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=144833

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Where did u got those wall switches?, they look good.

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They’ve been replaced now with a newer model, see http://aeotec.com/z-wave-wall-switch

The versions I have are great, but not as good quality as I expected for the price. They feel very plasticy, and I was expecting them to have a more “premium glass” feel. Still, the updated model is supposed to be a huge improvement, so I hear.

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Here is mine that I just got done installing. GoControl zwave thermostat shown also.
Inspiration for the design credited to https://blog.smartthings.com/stories/home-automation-dashboard/.

3024×4032 1.89 MB

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Very inspiring thread. I am not creative enough to laser cut a tablet housing however, and am not in the USA.

I did find something that could work:

There’s some other types on Ali as well, seeing this one requires 3 min. order…
Anyone experience with this one or similar?

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Yes there are many wall mount android tablets on alibaba. That one looks quite good, but there are also things like this https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/9-inch-in-wall-Android-Tablet_60549904083.html?spm=a2700.details.maylikehoz.5.3c51df53RNAYBV which have a bevel to put in the wall. Lots of options.

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Hello @dennisaion What is it “Talk to me” component on your wall mounted dashboard? Thanks.

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Just a place where I type in a message to be heard across the speakers. This is already incorporated in the mediaplayers now.

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In case anyone is looking for a cheap touchscreen.
Refurbished Amazon Fire 7"

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or…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078H8B95C/ref=ods_tab_ps_doug2pk

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Any updates about a good tablet for wall mount? Maybe with frontal button to wakeup screen easily? And of course, webview updated for lovelace? No ipad please…

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I have a few Amazon Fire 7 tablets I’ve been using. They work great but require some extra work to get rid of the “special offers” (ads) and get Google services installed.

I’m gonna try one of these next. Its basically the same as the Fire 7 but there are no ads to remove and already has Google Play Store installed. I’m hoping this also allows avoid other annoyances I have with Amazon tablets for example not being able to disable the lock screen.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nook-tablet-7-inch-barnes-noble/1124589342?ean=9780594827900&st=PLA&sid=BNB_NOOK+Devices&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=CjwKCAiAl7PgBRBWEiwAzFhmmvVMx0CSfA3y7P8sZQNiBomPJoQD1R9hJgnUpWOh2d4HWzvJ-MHPYhoCG8oQAvD_BwE

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Ok. Another question. Is there a way to disable password requirement in a tablet mounted? Or set a “long cookies login” like… A year?

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When you log in to hass for the first time, it asks if you want to save the auth, if you do so you’ll get what you are asking for.