Domoticz Touchscreen Console

[Luppie]

I want my Domoticz to be controlled even when no phone or PC is available.
(for instance if my daugther (11) or family want's to control the lights or heater when we're not at home)
So I came up with the idea to use a RaspberryPi and the RaspberryPi 7" Touchscreen in a nice frame, and put it on our bookshelf.




Because of the touchscreen, I wanted it to be fully operational without a mouse or keyboard and only single purpose for Domoticz.
This is why I configured the Pi in Kiosk Mode and at reboot it will automatically present the Domoticz Interface.
During boot I didn't want to see all the bootlogging garbage, but a nice Domoticz logo.

This is how I configured the RaspberryPi to achieve these goals:

Install & Basic Configuration
Install the latest Debian Jessie Image
Config Network (WiFi)

Open Terminal:

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sudo raspi-config

Within raspi-config do the following steps:
Expand drive
Password
Hostname
Keyboard
Timezone
Overclock (Pi2B) - (I'm using a Raspberry Pi 2B - Choose your own preferred Speed)
GPU Memory (256Mb)

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Reboot

Install Dependencies & Scripts
Open Terminal:

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sudo su
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
rpi-update
apt-get -y install xscreensaver
apt-get -y install xautomation
apt-get -y install fbi
apt-get -y install mc
apt-get -y install locate

cd /etc/init.d/
wget http://upload.luppie.net/domoticz/aaaasplash
cd /etc/
wget http://upload.luppie.net/domoticz/splash.png
cd /home/pi/
wget http://upload.luppie.net/domoticz/domoticz.sh

nano /home/pi/domoticz.sh

Replace the IP & Port with your Domoticz IP & Port

Make scripts executable and auto reboot at midnight

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chmod a+x /home/pi/domoticz.sh
chmod a+x /etc/init.d/aaaasplash
insserv /etc/init.d/aaaasplash

crontab -e

Add Line : 0 0 * * * /sbin/reboot

Prevent screen to go into blank mode (When the screen blanks, it wont come up anymore)

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nano  /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

Add Lines:
@xset s off
@xset -dpms
@xset s noblank
@sh /home/pi/domoticz.sh

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nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Add line beneath : [SeatDefaults]
xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms

The screen is upsidedown in the frame, so it needs to be rotated

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nano /boot/config.txt

Add line : lcd_rotate=2

Redirect the logging and disable the raspberry logo

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nano /boot/cmdline.txt

Add : quiet loglevel=3 vga=current logo.nologo
Change : console=tty3

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reboot

Configure the screensaver
When the Domoticz page is presented, press F11 to exit Full Screen and configure the screensaver trough Startmenu -> Preferences -> xscreensaver
Now the keyboard can be unplugged.

This is the result:

[jjnj]

Nice that you did this!
But why didn't you just buy a cheap tablet?

[Luppie]

Before I used Domoticz, I used pilight.

With pilight I used a cheap Chinese Tablet that was mounted to the wall:


With Domoticz I noticed that this cheap tablet wasn't performing as I wanted to. When I want to switch a light I first needed to refresh the webpage and it was loading terrible slow.
Also when I switched something on an other device the tablet didn't update it's status.

[gizmocuz]

Nicely done !!
now i wish for a small RPi, so we can mount it on the screen and on the wall directly

[MikeF]

Hi Luppie,

Just built this - works well, although the reduced screen resolution means that some title bars get overwritten with the values - would be good if these could wrap.

However, I ran into some issues installing the splash screen. There are some inconsistencies in your code snippets: in the wget command, it's spelt with 3 a's, and downloaded into /etc/, whereas the chmod and inserv spell with 4 a's and refer to /etc/init.d/; also, the script is looking for the .png file in /etc/. In the end, I put both files in both locations!!

[Luppie]

Thanks MikeF,

I've edit my post and corrected the errors. It should be correct now.

[deennoo]

Luppie,

i want to thank you, reading your project give me an idea :

Run domoticz directly on Android Tablet, who will be put on a wall.

And it's done !

It's run on Acer A1-810 with root modification

Using Linux deploy -> install debian wheezy

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After this Flowwing domoticz guide to compile it from source for Linux using terminal or ssh client

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and it works like a charme !

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Device are driven by RFlink with ESP8266 ser2net, this allow to use RFlink with Lan gateway material.

[rockensmathieu]

Hi

I have a Rpi2, official touchscreen 7", power supply 2A, memory card 32 Gb, Dongle Wifi D-Link DWA-121, RFXCom and many temperature sensors, switchs. I want to see temperatures, graphs, in all rooms on my touchscreen (like your post)
The problem is, i'm novice in linux.

Could you tell me the procedure step by step with many details ?

I have already mount my RPI2 on my touchscreen, the display is ok.

Which OS use ? Raspbian Jessie ? And how install RFXCOM ? And dongle wifi D-Link DWA121 ?

Is it possible with this tutorial : https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Domoticz_ ... i_SD_Image ?

Thank you very very much

Rockens M.

[geezerrr]

I like!! +1

I almost did the same.. Close to finish (plaster work is drying now)

[roblom]

Nicely done !!
now i wish for a small RPi, so we can mount it on the screen and on the wall directly

Your prayers are heard

Pi-zero

[geezerrr]

I've finished today my touchscreen project thought I share it with you guys.
What's left is making a nice front page,
Anyone have some tips how to?

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[jannl]

Check the forum. There are some nice examples

[pvm]

Nice frame

[geezerrr]

Thnx, made it myself out of wood, in my dads workshop

[geezerrr]

Check the forum. There are some nice examples

I know, need to spend some time to figure out how to.

[luckysession]

Hey guys,

works fine for me, one failure in your discription in my opinion... to config autostart: nano /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

And why doesn´t start in fullscreen mode? Any help? ...

domoticz.sh updatet:

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#/!/bin/bash

epiphany-browser http://192.168.1.200:8080 &
sleep 10
DISPLAY=:0 echo key F11 | xte

and fullscreen work for me

thank you!

[mbliek]

You can also use 127.0.1.1:8080 in the domoticz.sh script. Then there is no need to edit the script...
It works for me

[Muyz]

Nice project; thanks for sharing! I just finished building the console. What I notice is that the buttons on switches (Timers, Notifications) consume a lot of space. These buttons are not visible in the pictures posted by the TS. Can these be removed somehow?

[trixwood]

That reminds me, I wanted something similar behind a mirror.

Found this

http://michaelteeuw.nl/tagged/magicmirror
http://michaelteeuw.nl/post/11188638352 ... -the-world

[emme]

Hi...
I'm really interested in this, I honestly think that luppie and geezerrr project are the bes ever!

On September I think I would try the 7" touch LCD and wallmount a soluution with luppie solution.

I have just 3 newbie questions:
Screensaver: can I setup a picture show screensaver so I use it as a picture frame?
Power: how many A does the LCD and rb needs? I've planned a 1.2A USB socket... would it be enough?!
DPMS: is this still an issue? can it be workarounded with a GPIO switch or a remote WOL command?

thanks
ciao
M