Is there a way to make the SmartThings motion sensors show the temperature? Also the multipurpose sensor? I like to keep an eye on temps around the house.
yup. I use tasker to grab the values and then have Alexa or home respond to āwhat is the temperature XXā XX being location.
for a single monitor is just a return, but for example, when I ask about the outside temperature, I use multiple sensors and do math since areas of the yard are different Temps. *same with the insideā¦ if your have multiple in one room, check all of them and do math to get an average. itās a better result than one sensor baking in the sun or one thatās always in the shade.
here is a snap of my setup in tasker:
@Nathan_Cabe if you are referring to on the SharpTools.io dashboard, Iām working on adding a āHero Attributeā layout where youāll be able to pick a single attribute as a main attribute to display in a large size in the center of the card.
Or are you just looking to have the temperature added to the existing Motion tile?
@thecolor_cypher thatās an awesome use for the Tasker setup. I love the averaging of the values together to get a better idea of the temperature.
Originally yes just asking for the temp to be added to the tile. But i love the idea of the hero attribute.
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Looking forward to being able to select a different attribute like temperature as the āheroā for a tile!
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@Nathan_Cabe and @Jive we just pushed the Hero Attribute Tiles live with the latest platform release: Dashboard Themes and Hero Attribute Tiles
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Very Nice, Thanks! Works very well!
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Nice! Would love a way to change tile color based on the thingās temperature attribute (which I can now display thanks to this update), but this is definitely a nice update 
Thanks.
Like a per tile setting where you could set a threshold for changing between the default color and active color? Eg. If > 90 then active, else default
just guessing here but maybeā¦ as like the ST app, the hotter it gets the more red it turns. The cooler it gets the more the shade turns from green to blue
red-yellow-green-blue , Hot-warm-cool-cold ?
Just guessing out loud
Ideally for a temperature tile there would be multiple thresholds where the tileās color would change from blue (sub-zero), to green (comfortable), to yellow (warm), to red (every day right now) with gradual shades in between threshold points.
That may be a tall order just for a single type of tile, though. An alternative may be a ācustomā tile where we can use attribute data and javascript to control the titleās layout, colors, text, etc. As custom code for such a tile would run on the client side, any inefficient code added by a user would only put a strain on their own browser, not SharpToolsā server.
I havenāt looked into Rule Engineās functionality yet (only just requested access), but if it doesnāt currently have it, interaction/control of tiles may be a great way to make it easy for users to customize tiles based on their desired parameters.
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Iāve been thinking a lot about extensibility and the ability for users to build their own tiles. Iām mostly worried about security issues - allowing the running of arbitrary JavaScript opens up additional risk.
We really want to foster an open platform with the ability for users to customize thingsā¦ but not at the risk of security, so we want to make sure we think through this clearly.
The next logical step is for code to start being shared - and what happens when someone starts sharing malicious code and people inadvertently start installing it without knowing what it does?
True, there is a potential risk, but I think the community will vet contributions like a lot of other HA platforms that allow arbitrary code to be run (e.g. SmartThings, Node-RED, etc.). There are usually enough users with programming experience in these communities that nefarious code will be found relatively quickly.
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