John1199 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Hello community. I am looking for a driver for text displaying in user interface. For instance I have heat pump with next work modes: heating, cooling, defrost, off, alarm. I want to display this mode (in text format) in UI page. Do someone have such type of driver (or something similar) or know where I can download it? I didn't see it in control4 drivers database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcovach Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 25 minutes ago, John1199 said: Hello community. I am looking for a driver for text displaying in user interface. For instance I have heat pump with next work modes: heating, cooling, defrost, off, alarm. I want to display this mode (in text format) in UI page. Do someone have such type of driver (or something similar) or know where I can download it? I didn't see it in control4 drivers database. The announcement agent in Composer HE will be able to display text on the Navigators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Or you can display a short message on a status bar in the navigator on a T3 / T4. This is a great under advertised / utilised feature. Neither this or the announcement agent helps on the App. For the App, push notifications is the only answer that I am aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1199 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 OK, what about to displaying web page ? Is there a possibility to display web page in UI of Control4 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1199 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 51 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said: Or you can display a short message on a status bar in the navigator on a T3 / T4. This is a great under advertised / utilised feature. Neither this or the announcement agent helps on the App. For the App, push notifications is the only answer that I am aware of. OK, what about to displaying web page ? Is there a possibility to display web page in UI of Control4 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Yes. There are various web page url drivers that allow you to display a web page on a T3 / T4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1199 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 22 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said: Yes. There are various web page url drivers that allow you to display a web page on a T3 / T4 Thank you for your answer. If I understand correctly, web page can only be displayed on T3 / T4. There is no such possibility to display it on Android/iOs app. Am I correct ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 36 minutes ago, John1199 said: Thank you for your answer. If I understand correctly, web page can only be displayed on T3 / T4. There is no such possibility to display it on Android/iOs app. Am I correct ? Correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Although you could favourite the web page to your Home Screen and have it as an additional “app” right next to your Control4 app or even in a Control4 folder if you so wish (local or VPN use only ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 You can use the SplashTiles Android app to display any push data (from C4 or otherwise) over any other app. Seems like an exact solution to your problem? Just see this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1199 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 10:39 PM, videostorm said: You can use the SplashTiles Android app to display any push data (from C4 or otherwise) over any other app. Seems like an exact solution to your problem? Just see this thread Is this solution available only on TV screen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1199 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 6:17 PM, South Africa C4 user said: Although you could favourite the web page to your Home Screen and have it as an additional “app” right next to your Control4 app or even in a Control4 folder if you so wish (local or VPN use only ). Thank you for your answer. Do you have an instruction how to do that (I am a begginer with C4 systems installation and don't have a lot of experience) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 4 hours ago, John1199 said: Is this solution available only on TV screen ? It also works on Tablets. Anything that runs Android, Android TV, or Fire OS. It will run on phones as well but isn't really optimized for that platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 11:54 AM, John1199 said: Thank you for your answer. Do you have an instruction how to do that (I am a begginer with C4 systems installation and don't have a lot of experience) ? My answer may not ave been that clear. Essentially what I am saying is that a web page (URL) can be viewed from a T3 (or T4) using a basic URL driver. However, this cannot be accessed from within a C4 app on an iPad (or other tablet / phone). There are some really cool Control4 apps that use this webview capability as I want to be able to access them on my iPad and not just on my T3s, I have opened the relevant URL in Safari and favourited it (bookmarked it) to my iPad Home Screen and then saved (moved) it in (to) a Control folder (not sure if folder is the right word here) along with the main C4 app so it is easy and logical to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1199 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 1:56 AM, South Africa C4 user said: My answer may not ave been that clear. Essentially what I am saying is that a web page (URL) can be viewed from a T3 (or T4) using a basic URL driver. However, this cannot be accessed from within a C4 app on an iPad (or other tablet / phone). There are some really cool Control4 apps that use this webview capability as I want to be able to access them on my iPad and not just on my T3s, I have opened the relevant URL in Safari and favourited it (bookmarked it) to my iPad Home Screen and then saved (moved) it in (to) a Control folder (not sure if folder is the right word here) along with the main C4 app so it is easy and logical to find. Thank you for your answer. I think I should find simpler way to display text parameter. I have variable with NUMBER_VARIABLE format (0 corresponds to OFF state, 1 corresponds to HEATING state...), and in UI all possible statuses are displayed. But if heat pump state in heating mode - word HEATING is highlighted in UI, other statuses are in usual font and so on. I watch C4 video tutorials how to create user drivers (using Driver Editor), but I did't find usefull information for such type of drivers. Is it possible to create or find such driver. What do you think about it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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