# Reading sensor values

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321 "2019-01-30T18:25:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Johnsson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_johnsson/32/563_2.png) [@Peter\_Johnsson](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Johnsson)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321/1 "2019-01-30T18:25:06Z")

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I am sure I am not the only one:

1. It would be really nice to be able to read sensor values e.g. Temp without longpressing on the icon in the app… Directly on the “Devices” screen

2. It would be reallyy nice to have the same possibility directly on the SmartPhone screen with an widget.

//Peter

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**Author:** ![Gerard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gerard/32/8846_2.png) [@Gerard](https://community.homey.app/u/Gerard)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321/2 "2019-01-31T09:28:09Z")

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My ThermoSmart tile is showing just that:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/a/a7203d2974542cb915dfa147ef72a47e227c26d0.png)  
It would be nice to have a configuration option to show any kind of value in the tile. Like power produced in the solar panel tile…

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Johnsson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_johnsson/32/563_2.png) [@Peter\_Johnsson](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Johnsson)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321/3 "2019-01-31T10:17:07Z")

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Hi Gerard, many thanks your reply. What app do you use for the temp sensor?  
/Peter

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**Author:** ![Gerard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gerard/32/8846_2.png) [@Gerard](https://community.homey.app/u/Gerard)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321/4 "2019-01-31T10:29:12Z")

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It’s the default ThermoSmart tile. Since it is the main thermostat for the house, it measures the temperature and the ThermoSmart app tile is showing the target temperature. So, the logic for showing a value is there. It therefor seems not that hard to change the program to let us put a configurable value in any tile.

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**Author:** ![derhelle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/derhelle/32/5084_2.png) [@derhelle](https://community.homey.app/u/derhelle)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321/5 "2019-01-31T13:24:27Z")

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Hi,

iam using a Danfoss Thermostat and I also can see the Temperatur.

regards Helle

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**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/reading-sensor-values/8321/6 "2019-01-31T15:35:16Z")

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> <https://github.com/athombv/homey-apps-sdk-issues/issues/17>