Hello, So this is great if you have a wallmounted iPad as a dashboard and don´t want the screen to be always on. I searched everywhere for this but did not find any solution. Until yesterday ! I saw a post on reddit with a simple, yet brilliant solution. You need this: iOS device. I have an iPad …

https://youtube.com/shorts/YHIudJJxCtA :+1:

A year ago I created a tutorial how to use an ESP32 to unlock an iPad. The ESP32 emulates an bluetooth keyboard and is connected with homey using Homeyduino. With this you can lock and unlock the ipad (like pressing a keyboard) from Homey: [image] Homey ESP32 Bluetooth Keyboard firm…

That is great ! Good to know there is one more solution for this if ”my solution” gets deleted by Apple in the future. :star_struck:

This guy’s channel is great to subscribe, see this wall mounted ipad in combination with motion detection solution: https://youtube.com/shorts/X9yr0s1kOX8?feature=share

It is home assistant but i made some upgrades check this out Neon Lovelace UI and theme for tablets - Lovelace & Frontend - Home Assistant Community

No This is for the iOS devices only.

my personal opinion ipad not an ideal device for 24/7 panel with power plugged in as battery tends to get bloated. :confused:

[HOW TO] Make ipad turn on screen automatically when motion is detected

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[HOW TO] Make ipad turn on screen automatically when motion is detected

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