Rotini Legacy to HomeHabit Journey

@michelm Can you try using still (snapshot) image URL instead of mjpeg stream?
Current camera widget works with still jpeg images (with periodic refresh), so it might not work correctly with mjpeg stream URL.

(mjpeg will be added soon)

Today, I further tried to migrate my legacy version, but this error message unable to connect to Openhab is kind of annoying. See screenshot.
So far I miss the following items compared to legacy version:

  • MJPEG Stream for camera
  • Weather Forecast Widget
  • OPENHAB connection not stable

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Michel, in order to understand if it is the problem with the application or with connection I need more information about your setup such as do you connect locally over WIFI, myopenhab or somehow else? What OH version do you use?
The notification was designed to inform a user of any connectivity issues, since that means that data shown is not current. Our attempt was to reduce ambiguity of what’s happening with the system at any given moment.

Hi Igor,

When I go to “Platforms” I can see that it’s switching between “sync error” and “sync is ON”. Can I somewhere see the reason for sync error?

Regards,
Michel

There should be more detailed errors available in the next release.

UPDATE : 1st Dec 2018
Been looking at this again today to see if any updates let me improve my new dashboard…

  • Ideally Scene widgets should show the label at the top when the sty;e is “mode”.
  • My decimal numbers are too big and about the same size as the whole numbers.
  • DONE! : Webcam images would look better “stretched”
  • Being able to set a widget as “read only” would be great
  • Media widget needs support for cover art from OpenHAB image item.
  • Media widget needs a couple more controls like volume and power.
  • Play button on media widget doesn’t seem to work
  • Prev/Next buttons on media widget do nothing
  • Use Font Awesome for extra custom icons?
  • Decimal values in widgets too big
  • Setting up a garage/gate widget that works for me is still overly complicated involving extra hidden items and rules…

UPDATE : 10th Feb 2019
Took another look at HomeHabit today but no new updates that would fix any of my issues. So for now I’ll be sticking with the legacy version. @igor what’s the plan, I remember you saying you now had someone else on your team but frequency of updates hasn’t changed?

  • Ideally Scene widgets should show the label at the top when the style is “mode”.
  • My decimal numbers are too big and about the same size as the whole numbers.
  • DONE! : Webcam images would look better “stretched”
  • Being able to set a widget as “read only” would be great
  • Media widget needs support for cover art from OpenHAB image item.
  • Media widget needs a couple more controls like volume and power.
  • Play button on media widget doesn’t seem to work
  • Prev/Next buttons on media widget do nothing
  • Use Font Awesome for extra custom icons?
  • Decimal values in widgets too big
  • Setting up a garage/gate widget that works for me is still overly complicated involving extra hidden items and rules…

@TommySharp Thank you for the update, and I really appreciate your ongoing interest!

I would say the main reason for the slow update frequency is the amount of work that performed for the future of the app. Decision to support multiple platforms increased complexity of the project significantly, so we are still behind the curve and working hard to eventually come out on top. Even with multiple team members, resources are still spread thin.
iOS version is also in the works, which required us to re-architect large parts of the system to make both Android and iOS development sustainable in the future.

We hugely appreciate the support from our earliest users and the community at large.

Thanks @igor I’m currently taking a sneaky peek at Home Assistant to see what it offers so good to know that HomeHabit also supports that :wink:

Following items will be addressed in the next release, available on the beta channel soon:

This might be fixed in the next release as well. There is a possible fix even though we couldn’t reproduce it internally:

Great! I look forward to it :slight_smile:

Hey @Igor can you explain how this works better in the new version?

@TommySharp Shutter widget has a trigger mode that allows binding of two separate items: trigger (e.g. switch) and sensor (e.g. contact). State of the shutter will be taken from the sensor item.

Woo Hoo, OpenHAB cover image is now working :slight_smile:

2019-04-02_220654

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New “Trigger” option on the Shutter widget now lets me easily create a properly working widget for my gate and garage! Nice work @igor

I’m also liking the new colour thresholds on the Gauge widget.

I’ve added a linear gauge now, at the current font size there is definitely room for two gauges in the same space… Current a lot of blank space above and below the line… Something like download and upload speed in a gauge group or something?

  • Ideally Scene widgets should show the label at the top when the style is “mode”.
  • DONE! My decimal numbers are too big and about the same size as the whole numbers.
  • DONE! : Webcam images would look better “stretched”
  • Being able to set a widget as “read only” would be great
  • DONE! Media widget needs support for cover art from OpenHAB image item.
  • Media widget needs a couple more controls like volume and power.
  • Play button on media widget doesn’t seem to work
  • Prev/Next buttons on media widget do nothing
  • Use Font Awesome for extra custom icons?
  • DONE! Decimal values in widgets too big
  • DONE! Setting up a garage/gate widget that works for me is still overly complicated involving extra hidden items and rules…

2 posts were split to a new topic: Problems trying to switch from Legacy to HH

A few more releases are out since my last update so here’s an update to my journey!

The remote config editor looks like it is going to be very useful!

So 2 more things can be marked as DONE which is great, thanks @igor

  • DONE! Ideally Scene widgets should show the label at the top when the style is “mode”.
  • DONE! Use Font Awesome for extra custom icons?

These are the existing things on the wish list…

  • Being able to set a widget as “read only” would be great
  • Media widget needs a couple more controls like volume and power.
  • Play button on media widget doesn’t seem to work
  • Prev/Next buttons on media widget do nothing

And then I can’t do an update without adding more things to the wish list :slight_smile:

  • Able to create gauge groups so I can have 2 linear gauges in the same box.
  • Have it so that I can click on a camera image and see a full screen live feed.
  • Able to change the colour theme would be nice

Latest screenshot!

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That’s now working in the latest build and it’s freak’n awesome!

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Another quick update!!!

The remote config editor is a bit fiddly to get working first time but looks to work well!

2 more things can be marked as DONE which is great, thanks @igor

  • DONE! Play button on media widget doesn’t seem to work
  • DONE! Prev/Next buttons on media widget do nothing

These are the existing things on the wish list…

  • Being able to set a widget as “read only” would be great
  • Media widget needs a couple more controls like volume and power. I’ve used a separate dimmer for media volume but it would make more sense to be in the same widget.
  • Able to create gauge groups so I can have 2 linear gauges in the same box.
  • Have it so that I can click on a camera image and see a full screen live feed.
  • Able to change the colour theme would be nice

And then I can’t do an update without adding more things to the wish list :slight_smile:

  • Able to turn screen on/off using an item so that I can use motion to turn on the screen.
  • Set screen brightness using an item so I can make the screen dimmer when the light level is low.

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Thanks for update on the journey!

Anything in particular was not working with remote editor that could be improved?