displayPdf: async function (id) {
const pdfArrayBuffer= await getPdf(id)
const pdfViewerIFrame = await getPdfViewer()
await pdfViewerIFrame.contentWindow.PDFViewerApplication.initializedPromise
await pdfViewerIFrame.contentWindow.PDFViewerApplication.open(pdfArrayBuffer)
},
getPdfViewer: function (id = 'pdf-js-viewer') {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let pdfViewerIFrame = document.getElementById(id)
//if already loaded in DOM, return it
if (pdfViewerIFrame?.contentWindow?.PDFViewerApplication) {
resolve(pdfViewerIFrame)
} else {
//if not loaded yet, set up eventListener
document.addEventListener("webviewerloaded", async () => {
pdfViewerIFrame = document.getElementById(id)
resolve(pdfViewerIFrame)
})
}
})
}
This logic helped me to get the PDFViewerApplication in every situation correctly, for example when reloading the page with F5 or when having the PDF viewer already loaded and just wanting to open another PDF file.
A few months ago, I installed a Reolink Doorbell at our front door. Since then, I’ve used it for simple automations like sending a photo when someone is at the door. To capture a photo, I was using the camera.snapshot service. I never used the photos and videos that the doorbell itself recorded and that were stored on my TrueNAS system via FTP. Mainly because I haven’t found a good way to display the captured photos and videos on my Dashboard. But finally I was able to fill the gap with the Gallery Card, which turned out to be exactly what I needed the whole time. By using it, you can simply display the latest images and videos, even when they are stored in some kind of nested folder structure, and it also helps to parse filenames to display them in a more convenient way.
Following a brief overview of what I had to do:
TrueNAS
Create dataset, in my case it’s: data/camera
Share the dataset via NFS
Sharing → Unix Shares (NFS) → Add → Choose your new dataset
Create some folder(s) on your new dataset, for example: /Reolink/Wifi-Doorbell/Recordings (to do that, simply mount the NFS share to your local machine or use the terminal)
Most variables are self-explanatory and also well explained by the galery-card docs, but below a few words about the settings I used, beginning with the path to the media which is provided on the entities attribute.
The first part is a default value: media-source://media_source/ Followed by the usage type and name we have chosen when mounting the NSF share: media/Reolink/ Then we need the directory path: Reolink/Wifi-Doorbell/Recordings
Because we chose in the Reolink settings “Generate subfolder by: YYYY-MM-DD“, the files are stored in a hierarchy like this:
2023
10
11
12
01
02
03
04
05
The gallery-card can automatically parse this, if you provide the following setting: folder_format: YYYY/MM/DD. And because the filenames look like this: Haustuer_00_20231230143626.jpg, you have to add file_name_date_begins: 12 to skip the firs letters, and file_name_format: YYYYMMDDHHmmss to parse the date. With caption_format: HH:mm:ss DD/MM you can define the output, how you want to display the parsed timestamp.
# check if device is found
adb devices
# reboot into sideload modus
adb reboot sideload
Or manually boot into TWRP recovery, holding Volume Up + Power when the phone is off. Navigate to Advanced → ADB Sideload.
Update MIUI Firmware
Following the docs, I first had to check the Firmware version. V12.0.3.0.QEAMIXM was required, and I already had it installed. If you’re on an older version, download the right MIUI Firmware for your device from https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/dipper/. Flash the new Firmware via TWRP or via ADB sideload.
I recently saw this cool dashboard and the person cards caught my eye. As the dashboard creator also provided all the yaml code and a really helpful guide, I tried to rebuild it. I was already using the mushroom-person-card, so I “just” had to add the little icons (mushroom-chips-card) below it (using the vertical-stack-in-card). To display the network type and the charging status, you first have to enable these sensors in the Home Assistant Companion App on your mobile phone. This is my result:
type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: custom:vertical-stack-in-card
cards:
- type: custom:mushroom-person-card
entity: person.nico
icon_type: entity-picture
secondary_info: last-changed
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card {
background: transparent;
}
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: custom:mushroom-chips-card
alignment: center
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card {
--chip-font-size: 0.3em;
--chip-icon-size: 0.5em;
--chip-border-width: 0;
--chip-box-shadow: none;
--chip-background: none;
--chip-border: none;
--chip-spacing: none;
--chip-font-weight: bold;
}
chips:
- type: template
entity: sensor.mi_8_network_type
content: '{{ states(''sensor.mi_8_network_type'')}}'
icon: |-
{% if is_state('sensor.mi_8_network_type','wifi')%}
mdi:wifi
{% elif is_state('sensor.mi_8_network_type','vpn')%}
mdi:network
{% elif is_state('sensor.mi_8_network_type','cellular')%}
mdi:signal-4g
{% else %}
mdi:network-strength-off
{% endif %}
icon_color: >-
{% if is_state('sensor.mi_8_network_type','wifi') or
is_state('sensor.mi_8_network_type','vpn')%}
green
{% elif is_state('sensor.mi_8_network_type','cellular')%}
red
{% else %}
grey
{% endif %}
tap_action:
action: more-info
- type: template
entity: sensor.mi_8_battery_level
content: '{{ states(''sensor.mi_8_battery_level'')}}%'
icon: |-
{% set state = states('sensor.mi_8_battery_level')|float %}
{% if state >= 0 and state < 10 %} mdi:battery-10
{% elif state >= 10 and state < 20 %} mdi:battery-20
{% elif state >= 20 and state < 30 %} mdi:battery-30
{% elif state >= 30 and state < 40 %} mdi:battery-40
{% elif state >= 40 and state < 50 %} mdi:battery-50
{% elif state >= 50 and state < 60 %} mdi:battery-60
{% elif state >= 60 and state < 70 %} mdi:battery-70
{% elif state >= 70 and state < 80 %} mdi:battery-80
{% elif state >= 80 and state < 95 %} mdi:battery-90
{% else %} mdi:battery
{% endif %}
icon_color: |-
{% set state = states('sensor.mi_8_battery_level')|float %}
{% if state >= 0 and state < 20 %} red
{% elif state >= 20 and state < 50 %} orange
{% elif state >= 50 and state < 80 %} yellow
{% else %} green
{% endif %}
tap_action:
action: more-info
- type: template
entity: sensor.mi_8_battery_power
content: '{{ states(''sensor.mi_8_battery_power'')}} W'
icon: |-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.mi_8_is_charging','on')%}
mdi:power-plug
{% else %}
mdi:power-plug-off
{% endif %}
icon_color: |-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.mi_8_is_charging','on')%}
blue
{% else %}
grey
{% endif %}
tap_action:
action: more-info
- type: custom:vertical-stack-in-card
cards:
- type: custom:mushroom-person-card
entity: person.user2
icon_type: entity-picture
secondary_info: last-changed
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card {
background: transparent;
}
- type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- type: custom:mushroom-chips-card
alignment: center
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card {
--chip-font-size: 0.3em;
--chip-icon-size: 0.5em;
--chip-border-width: 0;
--chip-box-shadow: none;
--chip-background: none;
--chip-border: none;
--chip-spacing: none;
--chip-font-weight: bold;
}
chips:
- type: template
entity: sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type
content: '{{ states(''sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type'')}}'
icon: >-
{% if
is_state('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type','wifi')%}
mdi:wifi
{% elif
is_state('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type','vpn')%}
mdi:network
{% elif
is_state('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type','cellular')%}
mdi:signal-4g
{% else %}
mdi:network-strength-off
{% endif %}
icon_color: >-
{% if is_state('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type','wifi')
or is_state('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type','vpn')%}
green
{% elif
is_state('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_network_type','cellular')%}
red
{% else %}
grey
{% endif %}
tap_action:
action: more-info
- type: template
entity: sensor.mi_8_battery_level
content: '{{ states(''sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_battery_level'')}}%'
icon: >-
{% set state = states('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_battery_level')|float %}
{% if state >= 0 and state < 10 %} mdi:battery-10
{% elif state >= 10 and state < 20 %} mdi:battery-20
{% elif state >= 20 and state < 30 %} mdi:battery-30
{% elif state >= 30 and state < 40 %} mdi:battery-40
{% elif state >= 40 and state < 50 %} mdi:battery-50
{% elif state >= 50 and state < 60 %} mdi:battery-60
{% elif state >= 60 and state < 70 %} mdi:battery-70
{% elif state >= 70 and state < 80 %} mdi:battery-80
{% elif state >= 80 and state < 95 %} mdi:battery-90
{% else %} mdi:battery
{% endif %}
icon_color: >-
{% set state = states('sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_battery_level')|float %}
{% if state >= 0 and state < 20 %} red
{% elif state >= 20 and state < 50 %} orange
{% elif state >= 50 and state < 80 %} yellow
{% else %} green
{% endif %}
tap_action:
action: more-info
- type: template
entity: sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_battery_power
content: '{{ states(''sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_battery_power'')}} W'
icon: >-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_is_charging','on')%}
mdi:power-plug
{% else %}
mdi:power-plug-off
{% endif %}
icon_color: >-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.redmi_note_8_pro_is_charging','on')%}
blue
{% else %}
grey
{% endif %}
tap_action:
action: more-info
Cool template sensor idea I found here, which combines the states of two sensors and display the different combined states. Useful if, for example, you want to combine a door lock and a contact sensor on the same door.
{% if is_state('lock.kellertur', 'locked') and is_state('binary_sensor.kellertur_contact', 'off') %}
Locked
{% elif is_state('lock.kellertur', 'unlocked') and is_state('binary_sensor.kellertur_contact', 'on') %}
Open
{% elif is_state('lock.kellertur', 'unlocked') and is_state('binary_sensor.kellertur_contact', 'off') %}
Closed, Unlocked
{% elif is_state('lock.kellertur', 'locked') and is_state('binary_sensor.kellertur_contact', 'on') %}
Open, Locked
{% else %}
Unknown
{% endif %}
Helpful to check whether a door is really closed when locking it via a smart lock. Because else it could happen, that you would see status “Locked“, although the door is still open. But with this helper, you will get in this situation “Open, Locked“.
To emphasize such a situation even more clearly, you can of course also add some icon colors.