My Dream Smart Home Dashboard: Practically PERFECT!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- I built my dream smart home dashboard! It works exactly like I wanted, so let me tell you my process and show you how I made it.
Amazon Fire HD 10 Plus tablet with dock: amzn.to/3DFCq5Q
Flat cord for under rugs: amzn.to/3zs7SBT
Rug pad: amzn.to/3zpXRW3
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How to get the Google Play Store on the Fire Tablet: www.howtogeek.com/232726/how-...
Check out Everything Smart Home channel for more dashboard tips: / everythingsmarthome
Mushroom: github.com/piitaya/lovelace-m...
To customize the look of Mushroom then install the theme
Mushroom Theme: github.com/piitaya/lovelace-m...
In the theme yaml file I added/changed these values to be more compact and look the way I want it to.
mush-spacing: 6px
mush-rgb-state-light: 255, 255, 255
mush-title-padding: 12px 12px 6px
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Placement
2:07 Tablet
3:23 Apps
4:24 Dashboard interface
6:16 Clean UI
7:50 What's coming next
8:57 Dashboard vs wife
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The End by EVA
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UPDATE: I just uploaded a video showing how I customized my dashboard in Home Assistant! th-cam.com/video/333OWiV7MkI/w-d-xo.html
And here are some extra links to get you started:
The tablet and dock I'm using: amzn.to/3DFCq5Q
Everything Smart Home channel: th-cam.com/users/EverythingSmartHome
My dashboard comparison video: th-cam.com/video/Gz7ShWaojGc/w-d-xo.html
When mushroom allowed sliders or button on the same "row" as the title....wow that made the UI so much cleaner and easier to setup
Mushroom is the best so far imo, unless you are just 100% dead-set wanting to use default Lovelace and do it all by hand.
And Mushroom may have taken a long time to redo your whole dashboard in, but infinitely less time than it would take to setup Lovelace by hand with YAML.
I did not know of the 2023 Google Pixel tablet - glad I watched this video! Hopefully, Google designs the base in such a way that while docked it might have physical connections (magnetic pins) and while undocked, the owner can choose to automatically connect to the same base (which presumably has a speaker) via bluetooth. That would awesome (and a missed opportunity if Google does not include it, IMHO). And although I do love the idea of dashboards on tablets, I have been hesitant in permanently mounting them onto a wall (even though I have the ability to work with drywall, patch it up etc.) mainly because there is so much more flexibility when tablets/dashboards are not fixed permanently. And with wireless charging (or stands with integrated USB chargers) that's one more reason to NOT permanently mount them on the wall. This is the type of solutions we used to prefer incorporating into research studies at our smart lab and would spend more time than we needed to find stands that met these criteria as there weren't as many back then as there are today. Great video again - keep it up! 👍
@@topperdude2007 me either. I almost closed the video early too. haha
I think it looks cool. Ultimately it depends on the use case in most households and family acceptance. I am personally leaning toward more of an (semi) intelligent home so a dashboard as an information center on the wall mostly, rather than a control unit and set-up automations to deal with majority of the lights a.s.o. ,however that may not be always possible so likely one needs both. Keep the videos coming, I used a lot of your automation ideas for my home.
@@netblue an informational board would still be a dumb home. still needing manual interactions would a semi-smart home. an automated system that can adapt without manual interaction is considered a true smart home
I definitely like the dashboard on a tablet mounted on a docking station. It's so flexible as opposed to being permanently mounted on the wall. Great video!
Wow, this is a great idea. Those Fire HD 10's aren't too bad price wise, plus they have refurbished ones for significantly cheaper. Also, I always enjoy staying until the end of your videos for your classic end scenes.
I too always appreciate the extra effort to make us smile! Good trademark from Smart Home Solver!!
He’s such a happy positive person. I truly expected his wife to walk in, just to be repeatedly met in the temple with the tablet.
Awesome idea Reid! I already have a wall-mounted control panel, now it's time to add one of these!
I bet that new carpet pad has an added benefit (above & beyond hiding the power cord): extra cushioning makes it super comfortable to walk on!
Yes my kids love it!
@@SmartHomeSolver and it has the added benefit of soaking up the accidental cup of water that gets spilled by the kids. Just keeping it real. 💦 😂
Reed you're a genius. I've had that problem with my speaker cables going under my rug. I'm going to try that to see if it will cover them up. Thanks!
The Tablet as a Dashboard thing is a great idea. One of our local phone carriers tried to do a similar thing about 10 years ago, but the technology wasn't quite there so the tablet part was chunky and a pretty poor experience so it never took off.
Looks like all the major players are pretty well trying to do the same thing now.
I really like the design of your dashboard 😊 Also, I have a couple of wall mounted tablets dedicated for the rooms that they’re in, and I have my own iPad (and iPhone) that I bring around the house to make changes or control devices, so a combo of both. I also recently began assigning users and user restrictions on all of the devices, mostly so I can keep an eye on battery levels. But what prompted me to do so was the someone in our house was logged into HA on their phone and wouldn’t lock it before putting it into their pocket, ending up spamming one of my smart home APIs and I ended up being locked out of my lights for a few days before figuring out what was happening lol
I love the progression though of the smart home comforts of today that were only dreams when we were kids. You get this feeling of magic when it’s working, and that never goes away 😊
As a renter, I have 2 Fire 10s and 2 Fire 8s each on wireless chargers. Fully Kiosk Browser is a must. Smart plugs and automations handle charging (on at 30%; off at 90%). Screens turn off when not home. Screens off at night; turn on when motion is detected; back on during the day. Automations also handle brightness. HA's Lovelace dashboards are way better than HA interface but is time consuming to set up.
Looks great! I have my dashboard (also a tablet) mounted to the wall. The thing I did differently was that I installed Kiosk Mode in home assistant with a separate account for the tablet - I also disabled the settings menus for all the items Lovelace is displaying. That way no one can use the other menus or get out of the dashboard view in any way. It's useful because it's only used as a dashboard, nothing else. It's also good that guests can basically use it as a glorified light switch without screwing anything on it up.
How did you do that, I m also using the kiosk can you please give me the steps to disable the menu items?
@@user-fn6hw6xd5n if you want to disable access to the settings menus of entities, you have to add a string of code to the YAML configuration of every card on your dashboard. Google something along the lines of "lovelace disable more info".
What a great idea using doc next to the couch. I would prefer what you did vs mounted on the wall.
Gotta love the mushroom cards, I spend so much time tweaking my dashboard.
Wireless charging is clutch and a great use case for this type of setup!
Wow I love this. Great work! Well presented.
This basically what they have in all the rooms in the Aria Las Vegas-it was really nice to control everything in the room from do not disturb, ordering room service, everything
I recently got a galaxy Tab A8 as my smart display. I have it on a Anker tablet stand. I prefer to have it on a stand as I don't like mounting stuff like that on the wall in case it needs to be replaced, either by something smaller or bigger meaning you would potentially have holes left in the walls. Plus being on the stand means it's still usable as a tablet just like your set up
I have been using Mushroom for my phone app for about 3 weeks-ish, and I love it...
That Dashboard was the thing I was looking for Thx Reed!
Hey Reed: could you do a “Getting Started with Home Assistant”-type video? I’m comfortable in my smart home now that I’m ready to take it to the next level beyond my Alexa interface. Thanks!
Paul Hibbert has a getting started video about setting up HA on a Pi with an external SSD for HA, because HA can chew trough SD cards with a lot of devices.
th-cam.com/video/LI3lhgOiZ-8/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=PaulHibbert
I could look at doing that. I'm planning on making a few changes to help with some stuff like that soon!
My thoughts exactly. I have so many smart home products and want to take it to next level with a dashboard and have no idea how to do it 🤦🏻♂️ I looked into the app he said and beyond that have no idea how to use a raspberry pi or code or programming or anything.
This would be great!
I would also like to see this video, perhaps ad in where you got started and how you progressed with learning everything.
Dude I tried setting up a dashboard with a 8 it kept locking up.
Saw your video
Amazon Black Friday sale and trade in paid total $132 with dock. 20 minutes to get all the Google stuff on and wow. This thing is light and fast.
Works just like my pixel 5
Thanks for the review
Another great use with a setup like this is use the built-in or 3rd party screen saver app to display photos when in standby mode (I use Google Photos). Then the tablet also doubles as a digital photo frame when not in use. I set it to play from a specific library I can add photos to from the cloud and thus my main computer, so it's super easy to rotate in new photos as I like.
Hello sorry for the dummy question - can you give more details on how you configured this. Personnaly I'd like :
- digital photo frame screensaver when in standby mode
- home assistant dashboard when touched or take from the dock.
Detail greatly appreciated - Thanks
@cmtm78 So you'd setup your dashboard on the tablet how you'd want. I'm just using Android widgets on the home screen, so not sure how to do a custom dashboard like he's doing, thats my next project. But once sort that then the photo frame bit is easy. I'm just using the Screensaver feature under Display settings and you could use one of the built-in photo options or a 3rd party app like Google Photos. I'm using Google Photos set to a specific album that way I can just update photos whenever I want from the cloud on my PC. I have it set to play the Screensaver whenever it's plugged in (or thus docked) and after whatever screen timeout you want. Then soon as you unplugg/undock it or touch the screen it stops. This is for Android tablets but I'd imagine similar options for iPad.
Excited for the pixel tablet because it has a dock as well.
I love the idea ! Much better than wall mounted .
I bet the new pixel tablet with the home speaker dock will be perfect for this. 🔥
Looks great Reed. Thank you.
i see pros and cons to both styles of dashboards, eventually my hope would be to have a few scattered throughout the house. I'll probably have a mix, some smaller tablets/old smartphones that are wall mounted and meant just for that room, and some bigger tablets that sit on a shelf/end table but we will see if I can get husband approval to do all that lol
you should do a video on implementing the tesla powerwall + the solar + grid info into home assistant!!
Would love to see more videos on Home Assistant thanking about getting into it myself I have it set up, but I just have to figure out how to start configuring and setting everything up
@08:47 Yes, I think it is the future for most people.
Thanks to the mobile app, I never understood the attraction of wall mounted tablets unless using it as a camera for the front door before opening it.
For the same reason I repurposed old tablets in a similar way to you (including mushroom theme).
A 2015 Samsung Tab E (flashed with android 7) used as a guest tablet with an account + dashboard that only controls their room's lights, sockets + a guest plex account for music etc Nova Launcher does a pretty good job of locking down the tablet from poking about in the background.
My late wife's 2019 Tab A is in my office as a dashboard, music or a small extended computer screen if I need it (spacedesk ftw)
The newest one, a Samsung A8 is in the kitchen for video, music and/or Home Assistant while cooking or cleaning. This is the one I'll take with me if I'm away for a few days. Close the case, pack a charger and off we go :)
They're all in cases that allow them to free stand like your Fire 10, but they're plugged into smart sockets with automations that make sure they get battery cycled between 25-85%.
I'll likely update the guest tablet with a new Fire 8 when Black Friday comes around. The Tab E works ok, but has battery issues below 50%, so I'm not sure I trust it to be blind charged. Sadly it's cheaper to replace than repair.
A weather radar and forecast breakdown page would be a nice addition. Your main screen buttons take up a lot of real estate.
This is awesome Reed! I need to redo my entire smarthome.
Thanks Danny!
Thanks for the video. I love Lewis's channel too!
I have the same setup and love it.
Like switching things up and filming on your couch! Sweet video Reed. I think the laziness runs in the family since I would way rather have a dashboard next to my couch as well :)
Thank you for another informative video.
Just about to set my own up. Couldn't have timed this better
That's a really neat solution, especially in the wireless charging dock.
Awesome job Reed!
Thanks, I appreciate that!
Thanks for your comments regarding the Amazon fire tablet. I was wondering about this device as being a front end for IOT projects. I write my own browser code so will consider a purchase for a fire tablet this Prime season.
Thumbs up just for that final scene !
Nice shoutout to your fellow TH-camr. I agree, he's really helpful.
Great video as always. I apologize for asking something I'm sure you've answered plenty of times. What streaming devices do you use? I especially liked the ability to send notifications to your TV screen without interrupting the show. I'm curious about all of your streaming devices and your favorite. Thank you
For anyone that wonders how to pin an app: You have to activate the Pinning at first. Options -> Security -> Pin app.
After that you are able to pin apps.
With your way of creating dashboard as an extra account does that mean a dashboard upstairs can have completely different set up. Can’t wait to see your setup videos. Thanks!
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!!❤ The only thing is if you could make a video in the future talking about how to set up a guest account to use the Amazon dashboard. I don’t use Home Assistant, but I would love this for my Amazon dashboard, but I don’t want other people to go in and mess with routines or settings. How would I do this work around?
So if you use the built in Amazon/Alexa dashboard in the fire tablet it already is in "guest mode" since you can only turn devices on/off or start routines. Just pin that dashboard page and then no one will be able to go to the Alexa app and modify your Alexa Routines or settings.
Going to try and get into HA soon
I love the idea. I have a wall-mounted iPad right now and Would love to have a iPad mount display as you suggested from Apple
You have a beautiful home
Awesome!I want to have one.
I have a tablet wall mounted in the hall with full kiosk browser installed. Also one in the kitchen but on a cook book stand.
I haven't mounted mine yet and this encourages me to further not go ahead and do that. A stand and a charger is a great idea! I'm also on HomeAssistant now but have you chekced out Athom Homey? I would love to see your take on it and especially on the advanced flows!
That was extremely motivating! Now I want to get my tablet, modernized, and at my sofa-side table too.
In a Future episode, could you please deal with the incredible hassle of having to deal with multiple homes and Alexa? My son set up a tiny house in his backyard for my wife and myself when we come to visit, but the Alexa devices in it are all jumbled up with the MANY devices in my primary home 60 miles away. I really don’t want that! Maybe I’m just not looking at it the right way. You have so much insight into this. I wish you could address this subject in an upcoming episode.
Completely agree with your logic - as always :)
Love your videos! I am new to the smart home world and want to use smart bulbs but dont want to have to have switch covers. Is there no switch options out there to help with this?
have one on the wall AND one in the convenient location. the one on the wall is the main unit you use when you enter/leave the room.
To make it even better HA app actually lets you hide the sidebar on a device by device basis so you can make that dashboard fullscreen 👀
Love your setup, full tutorial?
Nice video!! Loved it! 🔥
Thanks!
Smart Display support Alexa and home assistant your videos is more important and the content so beautiful 😍 many thanks to you dear
Reed, a question about cameras. Have you managed to integrate any of your Eufy cameras with home assistant? I love that front door view you have on the dash board.
Great Videos!!!
Can you please tell which bridge do you use for your Sonoff sensors?
Your bed is about the same as mine, Reed, except I have to get up to see my smart display. I guess some dog houses are better than others :o ... anyhow..
As to your poll, hopefully, my thoughts help people think about their situations and use cases... I like the wall mounts (we handle laziness with automation, and gym membership with having to walk to a kiosk :) because items like Harmony hub or my cell phone version of dashboards allows chair-side controls. While I don't have any newer pads that wirelessly charge, I can slide out one of my Fires from its holder and use as a mobile tablet because I created the holder myself (you can think of this solution being suited for a kitchen, maybe a dock hanging from upper cabinet). My goal was to switch some wall mounts to wireless station (to allow more portability and the height limits users to only those tall enough. Some pads I like 'bolted' so as to not go missing: like when you need to disarm the alarm after coming back from a trip.
I want to do a dashboard at some point. I love the idea. I did notice that Amazon improved the Show 15 smart home dashboard a little bit, but some tabs are still just one row. WTF. AND it shows all my Eero Wifi devices too, which are all duplicates, so that really clutters things up on mine.
Hey Reed, off topic but could you do a video on the best outdoor/indoor home security that's compatible with other smart home products -hue, brilliant etc?
Nice idea. I made something similar with a 10.5 Samsung Tablet and OpenHAB 3 as Home Automation System, running on Raspberry.
My tablet is wall mounted with an auto-recharge feature, to keep battery between 20% and 80%. It's implemented with Sonoff and Tasmota firmware. I made a video about it; I'd like to get your comments about it.
As always, cool video. Is there a way to do the same thing using habitat?
7:20
Hi Reed, could you please make a video on how you did that energy distribution widget in the energy dashboard?
BTW, your setup is absolutely awesome!!!🔥
Reid, do you have any lights that are identified by HA as switches? If so, any advice on how to add a slider bar? Currently, I don't see a slider option in the Mushroom entity card.
I like the idea of a mobile dashboard.
I've had a habitat set up for about 5 months now but I'm starting to play with home assistant for the fun of it.
Is home assistant the only Hub you have or do you have other Integrations?
Very cool
That’s pretty Awesome is it app and how would I do the ring doorbell always show
Hey Reed, im a huge fan of your Channel, watching your Videos from Germany.
Can you please make a set up guide on how to set up the Guest or Babysitter buttons? Thank you!
First of all, I LOVE your outros. I lomf everytime, this one included. Second not a fan of apple tablets but that's more of bias of hating Apple and all they stand for. Much love...
Moft has the magnetic wall mount that lets you use it as a tablet still.
Love your videos :-)
I just bought a very old tablet An ASUS P023 with android 5.0.2 - I took a gamble as i wasnt sure whether this would work as a HA dashboard - but much to my surprise - no problems at all.
Sure its not the fastest machine in the world but I just made a view just for this with less stuff on it (I do not want to have to scroll)
But bottom line - I got a mobile dashboard just like you (OK not as fancy) for 15 EURO 🙂
Is there a video on your camera setup that allows me to have a live widget? Or can you please tell me the camera and app combo you're using? Thanks.
You should get the wireless charger on a smart plug then create an automation that checks the battery percentage and cycles the battery.
Probably better then keeping it at 100% 24/7
That's what I do. Tablet, charging stand, smart plug, Fully Kiosk Browser (exposes entities), and Node-RED (for automation). Off at 90%; on at 30%.
@@d_sellers1 That's the way!
Good idea!
How did you get the mushroom light cards to stay within the same card? I'd like to add multiple mushroom lights in a single card.
Hey, nice dash. What is that thermostat component please?
I like it better than a wall mounted. Much more accessible
Great idea! I am thinking of replacing my show 8 with this. Could you please confirm that if the dashboard is pinned, Alexa video calls are still shown on top and you can take them?
Hi, I was so amazed that I actually bought a fire hd and set up a dashboard with mushroom as you showed. Could explain how you locked the user to the dashboard? My daughter will pick it apart otherwise.
i love the dashboard, how did you get the lights on sliders? ive searched for it and cant find the one your using!
Although I like the idea of having a dashboard on a portable tablet, I personally don’t think it replaces the wall mounted dashboard. I like the fact that they are in a fixed location and can’t be moved and also that it is strictly dedicated to the smart home. A portable tablet that other things can be done on would quickly be just that at my house. I feel like I’m the only one who would care about the dashboard part. 😂
hello, which led spots do you use in the ceiling, are they connected via wifi or by cable? I've been looking for some time which the dimmable and temperature a
are adjustable.
Thank you and have a nice day
Greets from Germany
Hi, fellow tablet-interested people!
I would like to challenge the part you said at 0:47 about tablets on wall mounts not being able to be used as tablets anymore. We took care of that :D
We have recently launched a new and revolutionary (At least we think so) universal tablet wall mount with integrated charging. We invented it because we couldn't find any others out there that took care of the charging part in a good way. We are still in the market research phase, and would love to get some feedback from fellow tablet and smart home enthusiasts out there on whether or not the Padholder 2000 is something people would want or not!
Nice hiding the wire! I was wondering how you did that. I need to figure out how to create a similar date time / card that you have for mu mushroom dashboard, that's one of the main things I feel that my dashboards are missing. I moved to Mushroom recently, and the dashboards look so much better!
he explained how he hid the wires!
Thought the Fire tablet I've got was still the latest. I don't seem to have the option to pin apps, though, so I guess 2021 is newer. My about section in settings says 9th gen.
Product descriptions on Amazon don't say what gen the 2021 release is, though. Also, interestingly, there is a plus version of the 2021 Fire tablet with one comparison chart not showing any difference.
How did you get the time/date to show up on the card like that? I like the design of the dashboard and am using some of them in mine now.
I would prefer to have them both. Mounted dashboard(s) and wireless ones.
Oohh, btw. I would be interested to see in avideo how you created the design of your dashboard.
the end is hilarious
Ahhahaha, the new Amazon Plate!! Love it!!! So is your doorbell camera on all the time, or does it shut off. One thing I do not like about Ring as you can only keep it on so long.... Gotta edit this again, great ending! I will try home assistant on my fire HD!!!
Hi, what cards are you using for lights to put them like that ? Could you share infos about how to get a dashboard similar to yours ? Thx
I love your channel. Great video. I have a question, are there any wired smart home products? I think that wired products are more secured. For example, Why there isn't wired smart bulb? The technology to have enthranet over power has been here for many years. I'm looking for any wired smart home products.
I use Fire tab 8+ with the wireless charger in my bedroom to control home assistant and view cameras. I have 4 columns on my main dashboard and the scrrem can be read perfectly. I use the google hub to display HA which sits on my coffee table again the 4 columns are nicely displayed, alerts are flashed up, weather somebody is at the front or telling the washing needs hanging up. I use the custom button card alot because of the flexibility. I am increasingly using mushroom cards with card mod to personalise it. I use the wall panel android app. I have never heard of pinning I wonder if I can use that instead.Great video, thank you.
I attempted to pin the HA app, but it's not an option on my tablet. Anyone else?
@@shawnhaywood4199 I tried , only split and info are available when hitting the tab. What a shame.
@@shawnhaywood4199 Same here. Was quite a bit disappointed when it arrived today. :(
@@shawnhaywood4199 Ah, i found out: You have to activate the Pinning at first. Options -> Security -> Pin app
Hi Reed,
At some point didn't you have a video where you used a door/window sensor with a pressure mat under your madras?
I have been browsing your videos, and can't seem to find it.
Is the tablet dishwasher safe, i have a few lying around and may need to use those during the holidays.
@SmartHomeSolver how do you have the information set up for solar? It appears you may have tesla energy as well for your solar and I am curious what you did to get that data
:D I am using it like this already more then one year. Yes it is good idea :)
Very nice Dashboard, I really like the temperature control. Can you please tell me what card this is?
Silly me .. Found it. It's part of the Theme.
Are you building your design off vertical stack cards? What clock are you using?