# Node Red: A widget based dashboard working with Homey trough MQTT

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**Category:** Apps\
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt/18798 "2019-10-03T10:05:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Satoer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/satoer/32/38113_2.png) [@Satoer](https://community.homey.app/u/Satoer)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/node-red-a-widget-based-dashboard-working-with-homey-trough-mqtt/18798/135 "2019-12-18T10:41:43Z")

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I’ve modded an old iPad 2 (not the Air 2) and put it inside the wall (It’s actually a really large hatch, the back of the wall is accessible).  
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/1/127384b50069ccf9eda0c2c2393ea4f9b09bf372.jpeg) ](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/1/127384b50069ccf9eda0c2c2393ea4f9b09bf372.jpeg)

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Used an esp 8266 with Homeyduino to wake up the screen with homey (based on a motion sensor) when someone is in the room. A simpler solution is to do this wireless with Bluetooth (But the iPad 2 ios 9 does not support BLE, so I couldn’t use it for that).

Made a tutorial for Bluetooth solution:  
[https://community.homey.app/t/homey-esp32-bluetooth-keyboard-firmware-can-lock-unlock-ipad-remotely-dev-review-needed](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-esp32-bluetooth-keyboard-firmware-can-lock-unlock-ipad-remotely-dev-review-needed)

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