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Wall control panels (midwest.social)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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On Amzn, there are nicely framed, wall-mounted control panels for proprietary home automation systems. What are people using for HA? I'm leaning toward trying to wall mount tablets, but I'd need 3, and cost starts to factor in. Mounts are a problem; I want it to look as built in as possible, but most mounts aren't picture-frame style. The ones that I've found that are, are designed for specific tablets, and not the low end cheap ones. I don't have a 3D printer, so I'm limited to mounts I can buy.

I like some projects here I've seen using eInk - that's the ideal solution! Is there a source for pre-fab Android eInk wall mounted control panels, or are what I've seen bespoke projects?

I'm not opposed to gross wiring, and am not afraid of cutting holes in dry-wall... it's really the mounting that I'm stuck at. Android 7-10" tablets sufficient to run the UI would probably work, and I can probably even figure out wiring the charger, if I could just get some nice picture-frame style mounts.

What are your solutions that you think is pretty neat? Or products that I may have missed?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Do you have any unifi kit? The connect displays are nice and can run the home assistant app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I do not; I'm almost 100% zwave.

$700 per unit is a bit rich, but those look really nice. There's a picture frame wall mount that hides the power supply on Amazon that looks similar; it's designed for Samsung tablets, and with a tablet it would be around $500. I may go that route.

I didn't know about Unifi; thanks for exposing me to something new!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah it is pricey, but if you have a bit of the gear, the addons arent that bad. But the initial cost is hard to swallow.