Is this still the best application for wall mounted tablets?
Hard to say. I switched to HomeHabit and like that a lot for it’s looks.
I’m using Walllpanel since 6 month without any issues. The new possibility, to create own dashboards for every device makes things even easier.
Just started using Wallpanel moving from fully kiosk. Works much faster and better.
Only thing I can not get working is the mqtt sensors. Some are not supported and the others show no data.
how does it help?
it depends on physical sensors your device has - mine has only battery level sensor (and it works, only via MQTT and not via REST) but I presume some smartphones should have much more.
You can assign a dashboard to a certain device as major dashboard. So everytime you have to restart the device or the home assistant on that device, the assigned dashboard will be loaded.
Means: “Set as default on this device”
Yeah.
I think it depends on how you use your WallPanel - mine is displaying just alarm control panel and therefore I set it up to load it vis the app’s settings and that’s it, no need to do anything else.
Hello:
I am just starting to use Wallpanel with Home Assistant, for display of BWAlarm. HASSOS 3.12. Wallpanel installed on a cheap Android tablet, running Android Pie.
In WallPanel I have enabled http REST Api on listening port 2971. I breifly enabled MJPEG Streaming, and tried that form a browser, and it worked using http://192.168.1.50:2971/camera/stream.
However, I have been unable to make Text to Speech work. Here is my Configuration entry:
rest_command:
hello:
url: http://192.168.1.50:2971/api/command
method: POST
headers:
content_type: 'text/plain'
payload: "{'speak':'Hello!'}"
I then reboot, and go to Developer Tools/Services. I select the rest_command.hello service, and click the Call Service button.
In the log, I find:
2020-04-09 15:03:55 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection.1913595472] Received {'type': 'call_service', 'domain': 'rest_command', 'service': 'hello', 'service_data': {}, 'id': 47}
2020-04-09 15:03:55 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Bus:Handling <Event call_service[L]: domain=rest_command, service=hello, service_data=>
2020-04-09 15:03:55 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.rest_command] Success. Url: http://192.168.1.50:2971/api/command. Status code: 200.
This appears to indicate success, However, no speech comes from the tablet. The volume is all the way up, and Google Text to Speech is updated.
Any ideas on what I am missing? I feel like I am close.
My intent is to have things like “front door opened” announced from the tablet, as well as “alarm armed”
Thanks
Chuck
I think you overdoing it 
My tablet is by the entrance door. What’s the point of announcing “front door opened” or “alarm armed”?
In the first case I wake up the tablet, in the second I receive an email on my mobile.
And yes, TTS worked for me when I tested it - just followed the instructions. Not using it though.
Perhaps true in those cases. Still would like to make it work! May or may not use it in the end, just playing around, but cannot use it if I cannot make it work.
I think I have interpreted instructions correctly, hoping I can beat this challenge.
Thanks
Chuck
Try application/json
Thanks Nick, but still same result. REspnse is “200” (success), but no sound.
rest_command:
hello:
url: http://192.168.1.50:2971/api/command
method: POST
headers:
content_type: 'application/json'
payload: "{'speak':'Hello!'}"
Is there a way to test from the developer page without changing configuration and rebooting?
Thanks again
Chuck
Got it working, a few adjustments:
rest_command:
hello:
url: http://192.168.1.50:2971/api/command
method: POST
headers:
accept: 'application/json, text/html'
payload: "{'speak':'Hello!'}"
content_type: 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
Thanks
Chuck
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Final version using Template:
rest_command:
hello:
url: http://192.168.1.50:2971/api/command
method: POST
headers:
accept: 'application/json, text/html'
payload: "{'speak': '{{ words }}'}"
content_type: 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
Call in Automation using:
action:
- service: rest_command.hello
data:
words: "This is a test"
Allows one service to be used with all words
Thanks again!
Chuck
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So gyusn i jeed i bitmofmhelp here wall panel will still work with home assistant of my tablet runs android 4.4.xxxxxx or i am foing to have problems with the browser
Hello!
I have a Huawei Mediapad T3 10 (model ID: ags-w09 ) with Android 8.0 and WallPanel does restart my tablet regularly.
I have tried with Android 7.0 but the issue was the same.
Could you help me what can be the issue?
Anyone have any issues where the application just minimizes and goes back to the home screen? I have 2 devices Fire HD 10 7th generation and they do the same thing. Both has been rooted and updated to Lineage 12.1. Just wondering if I’m missing some setting or something.
Having the same issue on 2 Samsung Tabs. WallPanel minimizes and is still running in the background.
Well goddamn I was coming here to see about this and the last two posts replicate my own problem.
I have no other windowed apps running on the tablet and it is plugged in all the time (which is likely a mistake).
Running HADashboard, real simple setup. I do have the wallpanel camera sensor running, I might turn it iff for a while and see if it keeps doing it.
Hi!
Can you tell us how to play a text other than English?
In the phone, Google TTS is configured, the language in the default TTS settings is Russian, the language pack is loaded, the required voice is selected, but if I send a command with the Russian text, the phone is silent, if with English it pronounces, if mixed, it pronounces only English phrases.