I have a dashboard for the status of my car. I’m currently using the Tessie app.
Here’s the “Car Thermostat” at its OFF state
In the editor, I’ve defined its Active Style to be red when on.
When I turn it ON, for some reason, the tile will not go RED
Is there a way to resolve this issue? Do I need to use custom CSS to override it? If so, can someone assist me with the CSS, as I’m still a beginner at it? TIA.
Have you tried disabling the ‘Show Heat/Cool Color’ option?
I can’t remember for certain off the top of my head, but I suspect that is taking precedence and trying to style the tile as Red / Gray / Blue depending on the current Thermostat Operating State.
I have tried, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. I’m not sure how similar this thermostat tile is to the home thermostat one, but that one seems to work fine.
The tile itself is the same… it sounds more like the underlying device/thing is the real difference.
The active coloring for the thermostat tile also uses the Thermostat Operating State attribute… so if your Tessie Thermostat device doesn’t expose a thermostatOperatingState attribute, that would explain why the active coloring isn’t working for that particular device. In that case, the device driver in your smart home platform would need to be updated to report the attribute with a proper value.
I checked, and you’re correct. It does appear that the Tessie app does not have the thermostatOperatingState attribute. Is this something I would request the original developer to add, or can I add it myself?
If you have access to the driver code and have developer skills, you might be able to add it yourself. Otherwise it’s probably best if the original developer adds it.
I’m not sure what details the car reports, but it may only report the Thermostat Mode (eg. heat, cool, auto) and might not indicate the active Thermostat Operating State (eg. heating, cooling, idle).
Unfortunately, I don’t have the developer skills. I’ll contact the original developer to see if they can add it. Thanks Josh.
