hi there, I have a very old Android tablet (android 5) collecting dust and I’d like to use it as a Homey dashboard (mainly to check the dynamic electricty prices and some other very light stuff.
Installing the homey app isn’t possible since it requires Android 7+.
But using the Homey web-app seems not to be possible either, since it doesn’t have the ‘dashboards’ feature available. Is there any one who has an idea on how to make this work?
Two options that spring to mind, and by no means are your only options. Someone may have another option for you
Search the apps store for ‘dashboards’
Theres a few that would help you out in creating something of your own from scratch
for example, ‘Dashboard Studio’ effectively makes your homey instance a web server that you can browse in a web browser that displays your dashboard
Alternatively, push your metrics out to an influxdb instance and then use another tool called Grafana to create a web based dashboard
both options perhaps need a bit of tinkering, but definitely possible
There is HDashboards, though that requires a subscription
Maybe my webapp could work for you, read more here:
(However, you cannot use the apps that can be run inside the Homey app, but you can still get a long way with my built-in features, and it runs in the webbrowser)
Try my app: Shelly Wall Display Dashboard | Homey
Does it work on any. Android tablet as well, @Andi ?
In any Browser in the same home network, yes.
hi @Andi, hats off for your app, it really looks clean and nice. Definitely one of the better dashboards, in simplicity to configure it and look at it visually.
However, a few questions:
Nuki is implemented in the next version:
For the other request it would be great if you could open an issue as this looks difficult to implement: Issues · andiwirz/com.walldisplay.dashboard
Cool!
I have added them both to the Github page! thanks so much!
Nice app, is it possible to display the Dashboard on the Homey Pro Home Page?
Unfortunately this is not possible. The Homey Pro Home Page supports small app widgets, but there is no way to embed a full web page or iframe into it. The Wall Display Dashboard is a standalone web app served by your Homey.
The best alternatives:
It certainly is!
You can even view local webpage remotely (via Athom cloud). Websocket messages also work via the proxy
Looks quite interesting. Could you please explain in more detail how this works, @smarthomesven when I want to display some widget on my Homey homescreen on @Andi 's Shelly Wall Display Dashboard?
I’ve installed your app, but now what? Is there some documentation to read or walkthrough that I can follow?
I don’t know if it works with all webpages. Not all webpages show correctly, and note that loading of the Web Proxy widget is always slower than the regular Webframe (because the regular Webframe sends requests directly from your mobile device, while Web Proxy sends them through your Homey).
Web Proxy is a dashboard widget that works very similar to the regular Webframe widget, but it intercepts each request right before it gets sent, and sends it via your Homey instead. This means that you can remotely view the web page (because Homey is accessible remotely via Athom cloud) without opening ports or using a VPN.
I have not tried the wall display app yet, I’ll have to check if it works
That would be very welcome, if you could make a Homey widget visible in the Shelly dashboard.
(FYI: reason for asking for me is to display the chart with dynamic energy prices on Shelly’s dashboard app)
You can’t display regular dashboard widgets inside the Shelly dashboard though, it’s only to show the Shelly dashboard in the regular Homey dashboards
Ah, I see. But what I would like is vice versa. Showing a Homey widget in the Shelly dashboard.
My android tablet isn’t capable of running the Homey app, and neither the Homey dashboard. So I’m relying on Shelly dashboard and it would be awesome to somehow be able to get the energy prices widget / chart visible on it.
Any idea, @smarthomesven ?
