Help with setting up SuperTile

Hi,

I'm aware that Andy has pulled back his apps due to someone posting a "mean" message. However I had downloaded the SuperTile app but have not had a reason to use it until now. I don't think I am going against Andy's wishes by using this but it that is the case I will immediately remove the app.

Thank being said, I'm having trouble setting up the app. I thought I had it installed correctly, however when I go to add a tile to a dashboard I cannot find an attribute named "Custom Tile..." (as I've seen in other posts).
Can someone see where I'm messing up?

BTW I don't recall the order in which I copied the two apps into the Hub (SuperTile and SuperTile Display). Could the order be significant?

Thanks
John


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The SuperTile device, needs the "Tenplate = Attribute" in the "Pick a template" list.
Then select the drop down to be "CustomDisplay"

Whatever you have in there though, has to change and be updated in some way before it will display on the tile.

PS. I doubt very much you are going against Andy's(@Cobra) wishes :wink:

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Thanks :slight_smile: That was one of the few permutations I didn't try. Funny.....now that you showed me the solution it seem very obvious

John

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@Royski

I know I should start a new thread but my question is so close to the topic here I thought it would be OK to just add this question.

In the screen shot below, the SuperTile "tile" displays the device name almost off the bottom of the tile.

Is this something I did wrong or is it so all the configurable lines can fit on the tile?

Thanks
John

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Hi @JohnRob,

A little difficult to say. Can you add a screenshot of the device states, of the SuperTile device you've used? Is the name of the tile just "Outside Didplay" or is there more there?

Cheers
Roy

@Royski

Thank for the return msg.

I though of possibly some spaces or whatever was hanging on at the end but could find none.
The requested screenshot is below but I think you've answered my question....it is not normal.

I've been updating and downdating and reloading databases lately, I don't have much invested in my dashboard so I think I will just start over from the beginning.

Thanks for the info

John

Hi John,

Sorry. I meant a screenshot of the Outside Display virtual device. You should see the data in that device which will be displayed on the tile, on the dash.

Cheers
Roy

Could be I don't understand the installation sequence. I don't have a Hubitat "Virtual" device I have a device of type "SuperTileDisplayDevice".

And I can populate more of the CustomTile lines, I just lost them in one of my "Restore older database".

My only question is shown in the yellow oval.

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Thanks

John

Sorry the third is what I was after. Itlooks like you havent configured Line 1?
I would start at Line 1, then Line 2. Then see how it looks?

Is there anything in the rest of the lines?

Not sure where to post this but I cant get the attributes to display on my tile. All I get are "nulls" for the attributes even though the original device is showing this properly. As an example I'm using a virtual humidity sensor to display numerical values.

In the supertile child app I reference the virtual sensor and enter the attribute "humidity" but the display device shows null. I must be doing something wrong but can't seem to figure it out.

There is a trick to that, I'll need to look it up myself. Has the virtual humidity device changed it's value recently?

no, but I was messing around with the input to the devices (in node red) and now the values are showing correctly. I guess as you say, stuff wasn't updating at the time. Thanks for the reply!

No worries. Here's another example where what I suggested resolved the display. https://community.hubitat.com/t/super-tiles-humidity-sensor-not-working/17155?u=sburke781

I guess the super tile app/driver is subscribing to changes in the linked device and that is what triggers updating the display for the tile.

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Yup! :slight_smile:
The app needs an initial change to show a value

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Hey Andy,
I hate to add to your coding but imagine if the app had something like “nothing here yet ” instead of just ...blank, until data comes in from the device.
Oh I reckon you’ve already thought about it and decided nah, not worth it. LOL

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