Home Assistant in Wall Display

[Dimitar Buckoff]

Dear friends,

We are happy to announce that Home Assistant has finally arrived to the Wall Display screen! Here are the steps to integrate HA on your screen:

 

1. Update to the latest 2.3.0-beta firmware;
2. Open Settings -> Network and tap on "Home Assistant";
3. You will be prompted to update your device to get ready for Home Assistant. You will not be able to use Home Assistant on your Wall Display until you update. Tap "Yes" and wait a few minutes - it's a large update and will take some time, but this is done only once;
4. After the update go to Settings -> Network and tap "Home Assistant" again. You will be presented with a list of discovered HA servers;
5. You can edit the address to point to a specific dashboard, enable kiosk mode, etc.;
6. If your server can not be found (different VLAN, etc.), you'll have the option to enter your HA address manually - enter the full HA address there (e.g. http://192.168.7.165:8123/dashboard-walldisplay?kiosk);
7. Toggle the instance you want to integrate into your screen;
8. Tap "Save" and the device will perform a soft reboot to set up the pages.

 

Enjoy and show off with your cool dashboards here. You can take screenshots off your Wall Display screen by opening "http://DEVICE_IP/screenshot" in your browser (e.g. http://192.168.7.4/screenshot).

 

N.B.: It's recommended to log in with a non-admin, local only user, enable kiosk mode, and create a separate lightweight dashboard specifically for your Wall Display. While the large update installs the latest compatible WebView on your device, complicated dashboards will still load slowly and may behave erratically.

 

Here are some screenshots to get you going: