Well, after playing around with the Designer portion of this program I can say that it is very powerful. Then in another word... confusing!
It reminds me of how the HomeSeer Dashboard software (hstouch) works but doesn't have any of the drag and drop device types like HomeSeer has. In HS if you want a light switch, simply drag the device name onto the panel and release. Just like that you have something to work with. You can then change it up, size, text, image, etc. but at least you have something to work with.
With Home Remote, each and every element must be assembled from scratch. They do have some preset code but it needs to be copied and pasted, then modified and merged into the code. Way too cumbersome.
After an hour and half, I'm throwing in the towel. Too much work to get anything resembling a custom dashboard for me. I applaud your effort to make this an option with Hubitat but just not for me, sorry.
Guess I'm still waiting for Imperihome to come on board, lol. Used it with HomeSeer for years.
Definitely takes some work! But it has been getting more user friendly.
I'm not in front of a computer right now to say exactly - but you might have been playing with the tiles code. You can modify the tiles, but it might be hard as a first time user to start off doing that. I personally prefer making my own individual controls for each device versus using the built in tiles. I find the controls more intuitive and allow you to customize more for each individual device.
The developer is aware and has plans to have drag and drop as a future enhancement - but until then, adding controls is fairly easy. I'll update the first post to include doing so.
All that said, I understand throwing in the towel! Honestly, when I first tried the program with SmartThings I was overwhelmed and gave up. I obviously went back later and tried again
In case I am lucky enough to have a second person give the program a shot, or bptworld gives it a second chance, I wanted to at least help that person create their first switch.
It is easy to get overwhelmed with the program, but it really isn't as hard as it first seems.
I have added some setup info and how to create your first switch to the first post in this thread.
During the past week a lot has changed... I've been working on getting new animations. I should be posting them within the hour. Also the github has been updated within the past few hours. I think you grabbed the code and set it up in between my changes to the code and instructions in this post.
Everything should be updated soon. Make sure you are using the latest app and Home Remote plugin script. After I make the changes, I'll check back in to see if that fixes your issue. If not, let me know!
I've updated my first post to include better instruction and animations for the new code. Hopefully this fixes your issue. You should include the "http" in the settings. I think you were experiencing issues because my previous instruction only had you add one URL to the Home Remote settings. The new code requires both the Cloud and Local URLs. It will then test the local first and if it fails go with the cloud (in theory). Please let me know if it doesn't work.
Maybe this is a stupid question but how in hell do you add anything you've synced to that damn layout. I tried to use this program with ST a long time ago and experienced the same level of frustration on doing the absolute simplest thing. I can't add anything to the layout.
Not a stupid question, because I experienced the same thing. In my final animation in the first post it shows me creating a new page with my own controls on it - versus using the built in tiles
Believe me, I understand. But until there is a better solution, I have found it is either design your own or work with the standard tiles and layouts designed by others - such as the built in Hubitat Dashboard or the Sharptools dashboard. Both of which are great solutions, and I suggest checking them out. I just wanted more control over how my dashboard looks - and that means designing it myself.
One of the hardest parts is trying to make the layout usable. As you start designing it becomes painfully obvious that the Star Trek artists were (obviously) focused on TV appearance not usability.
Edit: Bill from Home Remote has posted my project file for the LCARS design - I'm not able to post the file type here. It won't run without the connection to my system, but feel free to take a look at the design. It might give you ideas or help you start designing your own.
That is one heck of a lot of work... really impressive.
It’s a shame the original model hasn’t married well with practical use but I do see some interesting aspects there .. like the horizon/vertical bars with rooms / device category refinement.
I think you could do more if you were to invest in a (very) large touchscreen - then you could probably display more than one section at a time. But working on a 10 inch tablet limits you due to readability of text and ability to easily hit the button.
I looked at a lot of LCARS images on the web, and the most disappointing thing for me was I couldn't be true to the color schemes. Turns out when you use lots of bright pastels, you can't tell which switch is on / off or what area is trying to get your attention. Everything in caps doesn't help either.
I downloaded the latest update to see if I could get heat and cool setpoints to work. Now I'm getting a "Device is null" error when trying to sync hubitat in Home Remote Designer. I tried refreshing tokens and even deleted the Home Remote App in Hubitat and re added it. Still getting the same thing. Not sure what happened.
Thanks for checking it out and for helping with the bugs! I think I've managed to replicate the issue.
The new code adds two new devices to your setup. One is a "log" device - which basically lets you see any logging initiated from the plugin code from within the running interface. Very helpful for debugging. The other is labeled "LastPoll" - that helps speed up the process of syncing the system with Hubitat by only getting updates for devices that have changed since the date/time stored in the LastPoll device.
Basically, what is happening is the system is trying to interact with these devices before they have been setup from your sync.
Just wanted to let you know I'm working on it! And (once we get this fixed), don't delete those two devices because the system is using them.
I've updated the GitHub. Could you try the new code and see if the error is fixed?
Please make sure you are using the latest Hubitat App code, the latest Home Remote plugin code, and for best performance (assuming they get added correctly) don't delete the "log" or "lastPoll" devices that show up in your list of Hubitat devices.
It didn't give me the null error and I was able to synchronize. However, the polling doesn't seem to be working, as my Caseta lights aren't showing up as on (they were before). I also don't have the "log" device. I do have the lastPoll device. I made sure I had the latest code.
By the way, thanks for making this happen. I've only just begun to get into Home Remote but I'm really liking it.
I take that all back. It's working now. I had gotten the script code about 40 minutes ago, so I went and got it again and pasted it into the Home Remote script area. Now everything is working! It's polling correctly for my lights and thermostat and I see the log device.
Excellent! I was reading your last post saying lights weren't updating and I had no clue and was going to have to refer to a higher power (Bill @ Home Remote). I have asked him to take a look at what I did to see if there is some way it could be better implemented, but I'm happy to hear it is working as is. And happy to hear someone else is successfully using Home Remote with Hubitat.
Used it with HomeSeer for years.
