[Preview]Tile Builder Rooms - Preview (It's very cool!)

An idea of what you can do with the upcoming Tile Builder Rooms module.
Just your standard Hubitat dashboard, some CSS plus Tile Builder. Key points:

  1. Generate a plan view of your home and display devices and attributes.
  2. Huge amount of control over how things are displayed.
  3. No Maker API, external software or hardware needed.
  4. Works over the internet using the Hubitat App without a VPN.
  5. Blue dotted boxes activate the standard Hubitat UI element for switches and bulbs.

One minute video of TB Rooms reacting to events as I go from my Office above the garage to the SunRoom via the patio opening doors and windows.

Rooms is code complete but I have to develop a cheat sheet, full docs and a few how to videos to help people get started.

There are some people thank for their help, but I'll save that for the official launch.

P.S. You don't need to know any CSS to get results like these.

Late Edit: TB Rooms has standard and advanced levels. The standard level will be capped at 3 devices which is not enough to do rooms, but sufficient to do some interesting tiles. Advanced level is donationware. A TB Advanced license key gives you access to all TB modules, current and future, for as long as you use the same hub. The price for Advanced level is currently $6 but will become $7 when Rooms is launched. I plan on raising the price $1 for each new module I add.

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This looks amazing!! Given your reputation as a world-class Hubitat developer, I can't help thinking TB Rooms will quickly gain traction as the go-to app for users wanting to simplify their dashboards in a unique, visual way.

THANKS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!

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Oh, this is nice! Can’t wait to try it out!

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What they ^^^ said... :slight_smile:

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Great work -- when do you expect to launch?

Towards the end of next week.

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I'm working on the documentation for the Rooms release. Although it is called Rooms you can generate simple tiles too. Here are a few examples I created for the docs that could be created with a Standard (free) license.

Mail delivery example. I use a contact sensor in my mailbox.

Hue Motion Sensor with temperature and illuminance displayed.

Four button remote showing the last button press, healthStatus and battery.
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Things are still on track for a release sometime next week.

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I'm calling this a compound icon. Multiple characters made to appear as one by occupying the same space, but being able to have individual properties and act independently. This only uses 3 device\attribute slots so it could be made in the Standard version.

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How do you donate NOW before the release to get the advanced license at $6?

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Just get a Tile Builder key in the normal. It includes full access to all Tile Builder modules, including any future releases, for as long as you own your hub.

Incredible! A while back I was wishing for something along these lines - Can't wait to give this a shot as it pertains! I am seeing the value this might bring already!

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Yes, I think WAF could be good. Now try layering some controls on top, its oretty easy.

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You set the size of the preview window in pixels when you are creating the Tile. When you place it on the dash it will automatically re-size to fill the dashboard tile.

In this image, I've taken one room and published to two different dashboards.

Simply by changing the size of the tile and the font size I can re-size the tile with reasonable fidelity so that it could be optimized for two different screen sizes and yet all be driven by the same TB Rooms design.

I've been using a tile size of 40 x 40. Making the "walls" 20 px thick makes the math and alignment easy.

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Planning the release this week, or?

This week for sure. Just tidying up the documentation right now and will do a few more examples and a video or two for release.

You can take a look at the docs from last week if you are curious. Action starts about page 10.
(https://github.com/GaryMilne/Hubitat-TileBuilder/blob/main/Tile%20Builder%20Rooms%20Help%20V1.pdf)

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Got a notification that there was an update to Tile Builder. Applying the update adds an "add new room" button, but pressing the button results in a 404. Tried modifying and repairing with no change. I'm guessing that I jumped the gun and will wait (mostly) patiently for the real release. Documentation looks awesome so far.

Yes sorry, that was a preparatory update to the parent and the storage driver.
Rooms will be out no later than Thursday eve.

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Thanks, you will have to re-think your dashboards again! But I think you will have a lot of fun with it.

Nah... I'll just add a new dashboard. The old ones are fine the way they are. :grin:

I'm sure they are, but who can resist the opportunity to combine two or three tiles into one?
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