5 things to know about wall mounted home automation tablets

5 things to know about Wall mounted home automation tablets

Here is an episode I've been excited to make for a while...I recently replaced an old Ultrasync security panel with a tablet to control Home Assistant. I used the old Ultrasync+ power cable, adapted it to USB, and then started researching mounts, software, tablets, etc. In this video I show the hardware, mount, and software I chose, but then go through some of the other stuff I learned about. I've had this mounted for less than a month and I and others are already getting a surprising amount of use out of it, so thought sharing what I learned would be useful.

Update: Followup video to answer some of what I left out of this video: https://youtu.be/EHQCbF_maa0

My setup uses:
Software: Home assistant as the backend, Fully Kiosk Browser as the frontend
The mount is this smarthomemount: https://amzn.to/2DCtEcf

Below are links to the software to learn more, as well as the tablets and mounts. The Amazon links are affiliate links..that means if you buy through that link you don't pay extra, but help support the channel!

Tablets
Amazon FireHD 10 (without special offers)https://amzn.to/3088PwG
Amazon FireHD 8" (without special offers) https://amzn.to/2Cqrj3B
Amazon FireHD 7" (For luxmounts) https://amzn.to/3foRwhs
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1" https://amzn.to/2Cr3jNC
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" https://amzn.to/3gQPrew
Dell Venu Pro 11* https://amzn.to/3fphh1d
Vankyo Matrixpad 10"* (higher res version) https://amzn.to/302etAB

*Note: Starred (*) tablets will likely need special or generic mounts. See the 3D printed one below for a possible option.

Mounts
Smarthomemount - https://smarthomemount.com/
(Also on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2DCtEcf)

Vidabox - https://www.vidabox.com/kiosks/
iWalldock (iPad) https://www.iwalldock.com/
luxmounts (See 7" FireHD above) - https://luxmounts.com/
MakesbyMike - https://makesbymike.com/

I didn't mention this in the video due to length, but 3D printed
mounts are available on Thingiverse as well. Here's a decent
looking one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2070828
Software
Fully Kiosk Browser - https://www.fully-kiosk.com/#get-kiosk-apps
Wallpanel - https://github.com/thanksmister/wallpanel-android
Home Habit - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.homehabit.view&hl=en_US
Tileboard - https://github.com/resoai/TileBoard

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