# Homeydash.com, a Homey dashboard

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homeydash-com-a-homey-dashboard/13509>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** app, dashboard\
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homeydash-com-a-homey-dashboard/13509 "2019-05-22T15:39:28Z")\
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The dashboard is updated to version 1.1.0

These are the changes

- Added adjustable brightness

(Pages may be cached, please be patient when the changes aren’t available for you yet)

Imagine you just ran your ‘Start a movie’ flow. The TV is turned on, the sound system is started, the lights are dimmed and… your wall mounted tablet running [homeydash.com](http://homeydash.com) lights up the room like a Christmas tree.

This update enables you to change the brightness of the dashboard from your Homey so that will never happen again from now on!

To be able to use this function you will have to add a Virtual Device to your homey as a socket or light that has the dim capability. Adjusting that capability will set the brightness of [homeydash.com](http://homeydash.com).

These are the things you have to do to make this work.  
(If you don’t have the [Virtual Devices app](https://apps.athom.com/app/com.arjankranenburg.virtual) installed, please install that first.)

Start the add a device routine in the Homey app and select the Virtual Devices app.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/b/b4f7d72daec026da9143120fe5c141a4025bd1de.png)  
Next select **Device** on the _Choose a device_ screen  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/5/57952903d8511143511df9ea98dfb131c252cf33.png)  
and click **Install**

Next you have to give the device a name, this is important: The name has to start with **Homeydash-**

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/0/01428351dc5ad9885d22e72d6b406cef6eccec2c.png)  
After clicking **Next** you have to choose an Icon, pick any you like.  
When you’re at the _Select a Device Class_ screen you have to select either **Socket** or **Light** \*  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/d/d746c8bf06d8fa14219fe437fa562cf3a520ab86.png)  
In the _Select 1 or more Capabilities_ you have to uncheck **ON / OFF** and check **DIMMABLE** (On/off will have no functionality)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/b/b32f7871a833897a7fd81e6f8ae21506f93362c6.png)  
After clicking **Next** the device is added to your Homey.

You’re almost done, the last step in setting this all up is to select the just created device in the [homeydash.com](http://homeydash.com) settings.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/4/40fce4fe6396f9076c2fd4b7e6ee20c46ab9472c.png)  
After saving the settings you can simply dim the dashboard by using the dim funtion on the **Homeydash-Living** device!  
To be able to dim the dashboard from a flow, see the example flows below

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/d/dc17dea8d0e6d6cd8c0e29d9d21c525216a6e0f4.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/a/a55d8769470ebf7de65ab1a632a89fb09e08c208.jpeg)

Are you using multiple devices for [homeydash.com](http://homeydash.com) and want to be able to control the brightness independently? No problem, just create a Virtual **Homeydash-** device for each dashboard and select the one you want in each dashboards settings

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/d/d92fe58cf0bd9cb3f69f690ea27c4eb47588e0f4.png)

- There is no functional difference between the **Socket** and **Light** device type, just a minor visual difference:  
Socket on the left, Light on the right  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/1/1b285c6546e67a9e83dde436e96475d7ce302672.png)

Enjoy!

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