Domoticz

Hi All,

Domoboard is a dashboard for Domoticz based on Python Flask. The decision was made to use Domoticz as an backend because it is a powerful framework for home automation. Flask was choosen to get all the powerful features that Python offers.

The project was started because the default Domoticz interface is not designed to be used as an actual dashboard, for example on a tablet which is mounted to the wall. Domoboard is based on Bootstrap which allows the dashboard to be responsive.

Quick start

Install dependencies: Clone the git: Modify the config file to suit your needs. Start Domoboard by executing: Configuration
Just one config is used to configure Domoboard. A example can be found the applications root ("example.conf"). The following display components are currently supported:

1. top_tiles
2. switches
   • switch
   • dimmer
   • rgb
   • setpoint
3. weather
4. news
5. map
6. domoticz_temp_charts
7. domoticz_smart_charts
8. domoticz_counter_charts
9. domoticz_percentage_charts
10. line_charts
11. area_charts
12. bar_charts
13. donut_charts
14. power_usage
15. serverlog
16. settings

API
Domoboard has an API which can be found at "/api". All JavaScript files that update data frequently are using this API to obtain the information that is going to be displayed. By default all requests to the API are passed to the Domoticz backend. This means that Domoboard accepts the same API calls as Domoticz does. However the API also allows an plugin developer to add its own API functions by creating an Python module. Developers can specify a "custom" GET-parameter which is patched in to the current API, this allows the developer to run their own Python functions when the API is called.

Domoboard is a framework which allows users to build custom plugins pretty easy. Plugins require the following at least:

1. A HTML file in the templates/ folder (see templates/hello.html as an example)
2. For advanced features, such as custom API functions a developer needs to develop a Python file in the plugins/ folder (see plugins/hello.py as an example)
3. Readme.md in the static/docs folder for the plugin-manager

The following plugins have been developed by now:

1. iCloud
2. ANWB

Check out the plugin page at https://github.com/wez3/domoboard-plugins for all plugins.
Check out the domoboard at https://github.com/wez3/domoboard

Here are some screenshots from Domoboard:








Everybody can contribute to the project! For development purposes the "develop" branch is used. The "master" branch contains the stable version of Domoboard.

Please let us know when you've created a plugin, so we can can add to the plugin Github repository.


We hope you like it and any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Greetings,

Wez3 & Squandor

Looks nice, which python version is used?

it has been build on Python 2.7

Domoticz is using bootstrap as well.
Always nice to see new interfaces, nice job!

jep you're right, the idea didn't come to overrule the domoticz front but to create something with extra features including the existing features from domoticz itself.
With that in mind we thought of an interface which is configurable and hopefully would seem nice at an touchscreen so domoticz would be used even more in houses.
I use it in my own house and love the possibilities!

Looks promising, have got it running but the config file is not "user friendly" at the moment. I saw that under settings you made a attempt to config the devices from there. I think thats the best way to do it because now its a hell of a job to look up the right IDXs and set them in the config file also because for trial and error you have to exit and edit the config and reload.

But again dashboard looks promising and have some good potential. Will have a look at the code of i can get a user friendly method of adding devices to the dashboard.

Youre right if you don't want to restart the server after every change you can use the -d parameter which sets the flask server to debugging mode so after every change the server will restart automatically

But sometimes I also find the config a little bit complicated but w
Just like every thing when you now how it works it's easy to change

Looks very nice. Looks like 'Toon for Domoticz'
I'm sorry to say but I hope you don't run into that much trouble that you quit, like most other attempts for creating a dashboard do.

Great work! Will try it soon..

We are using it for ourselves so it's not in ours agendas to quit working on it !!

omg, that looks promising...
From the screenshots i do have to say chapeau.
I'm eager to try this one out, but will take some time as i have other priorities right now.
Until then i will keep a eye on this.
Question: how does the UI runs on slower devices like mine "Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" 1st edition from years back.
In the past i used the frontpage by Hansbit but the browser (FF,Chrome, Dolphin) was slow.

Wez3 has the domoboard running on an Raspbian with 7" touchscreen with chromium browser and it works like a charm

squandor wrote:Wez3 has the domoboard running on an Raspbian with 7" touchscreen with chromium browser and it works like a charm

haha ok point taken:

Hi !
Looks nice. I want try it, but i have little problem like this. What's the problem ?

Its happend after start: Of course, I installed all the necessary components In config example.conf i change only 2 lines in section "server" like this My directory modules have files like this:

thanks for you're post.
you're missing an module so the fix would be: or we will update the readme file on GitHub.

Thx for fast answer.
Next problem after (install "requests and) start -> sudo python server.py -c example.conf
My Domoticz - beta v3.6258 runs http on RPI3 with jessie from may 2016 (update and upgrade today).
I dont have any password and users.

could you post you config.

it seems that error has been raised when the config is being loaded.

Hi !
My config - edited in Notepad++ over WinSCP.
As i wrote I was change only 2 lines from oryginal.

at the server section [[server]]
set secret_key with an random key

i would try to set an username = password to the [[users]] section.

There is an logon page on the domoboard which requires an user and password.

and try to use real idx id's because the server checks if they exists.