automatically check feeds and web slices for updates

#Automatically check feeds and web slices for updates series#

There are several types of built-in standard widgets, configured separately, and the administrator can also develop (or import) custom widgets.īy default, when running HABPanel on a new browser or device, a tutorial will be displayed allowing the user to start from scratch, or switch to an previously defined panel configuration.

A Dashboard is comprised of discrete Widgets positioned on the dashboard's surface at design time.

A Panel is a set of Dashboards (or pages) which can be presented to end users, who can also easily switch between them using the menu.

Each device HABPanel runs on (desktop browser, tablet.) has an active panel configuration and displays the panel associated with it A Panel Configuration is a container holding a Panel along with its Settings and the definition of Custom Widgets.The Panel Registry is the central storage used by HABPanel on a given openHAB instance, it contains several Panel Configurations.HABPanel has its own terminology of entities presented below: It's the same as the one installed on the openHAB Demo Server (opens new window), and it may be modified without risk of breaking anything: it's the best playground to discover HABPanel's features.

#Automatically check feeds and web slices for updates series#

The demo setup package, available for installation when starting openHAB for the first time, defines a series of sample items and configures HABPanel with a comprehensive set of dashboards to showcase a possible end result. These dashboards can be designed interactively in the embedded designer, rather than using configuration files.ĭespite being similar, HABPanel's dashboards and sitemaps are separate concepts, and can be designed independently as they aren't related to each other however, they rely and act on items which must therefore be defined first. The HABPanel user interface is installed by default when choosing any initial setup package, and allows the creation of user-friendly dashboards, particularly suited for (e.g.

# Designing dashboard interfaces with HABPanel Advanced Functionality and Administrative Tasks.