Dashboard on tablet Made easy: info request

Dashboards
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Hello, i’m planning to buy a tablet to have a Dashboard usable by family without being called every two minutes with the annoying “it doesn’t work” request.
I have several questions , as i don’t know if goin’ with Android or IPadOS.

My unanswered questions scrolling all the topics:

  • which is the best way in having Dashboard “locked” ? Full kiosk on Android ? An iPad ?
  • which is the “idiot proof” solution for unlocking the home screen of the tablet ? Pin code ? Having a sensor (aka Aqara fp2) triggerin the unlock ? Dunno if faceid can be set with multiple users on Android or iPadOS
  • Will ever be the Dashboard a “locked” screen on the app ? I mean, NOW you can Go back to the app itself, i admit that got a bit lost reading all the comments

Thanks a lot to anyone Who will help me doing the right decision :joy::heart:

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First thing what popped up: Why would you want to lock the tablet screen?
When it has a dashboard only function that is.

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I’m using an ipad with guided acces in the homey app. Explained by emile. (Link :point_down:t2: )
You can select parts of the screen that you dont want to be accessible. This when in guided acces people can’t exit the dashboard screen.
I couldn’t get the motion sensor to work the way he did. Instead i made a flow in wich homey sends a notification to the ipad.
I’m using a ipad 9th gen.

https://community.homey.app/t/how-i-wall-mounted-my-ipad-pro

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I probably wrote that thing unclearly or incomplete, but your correct question opens up another :grin: : better having the screen always on or switched off (that Was meant with “locked”)

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Ah I see. I think, when you let the screen turn off, it should be turned on before anyone wants to hit a some button.
With Android you could use the front cam for that, as motion detector.

Having to wait for a screen (and app) to be ready is so annoying.

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I think Athom has to introduce a dashboard “user”, which is not allowed to go back to the app?

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To use the front camera do I have to include the tablet in Homey as a Motion detector device or is it an Android normal feature ? I’m in Apple eco-system mainly but as i said i’m going to buy the tablet for that use only so opened to cheaper solutions :slight_smile:

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I use a Lenovo M11 tab. It is set on allways on (I use an other dashboard bit this will work the same)

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Various tools that might be worth exploring:

  • Fire toolbox - allows you to remove the Amazon stuff from a cheap Fire tablet and add other stuff Amazon doesn’t want you to use.
  • Fully kiosk web browser - Converts an Android tablet into a kiosk, locking features down and adding new ones (like using camera to wake)
  • Dashboard controller app - integrates Homey with the Fully kiosk browser; I use it to automatically charge the tablet when battery is low and turn charging off when it gets to 85% in order to preserve battery life
  • Micro web server app - converts Homey to a simple web and FTP server; I have written my own simple dashboard in HTML/CSS/Javascript, it’s not very sophisticated but focuses on supporting visitors unfamiliar with our set up.
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Thanks a lot. Will give a look to the fire suite you linked to have a First try with a Kindle fire laying unused in a drawer