Dashticz configuration

Dashticz can be configured by editing the CONFIG.js file. This file you can find in the subfolder [dashticz]/custom.

Note

TIP! If CUSTOM POSITIONING is not working check if you have uncomment all lines from the blocks/colums/screens you want.

In the following part, the CONFIG.js is divided in sections. For each section there will be an explanation how to use.

First part describes setting up the configuration of the Domoticz connection. After that an overview of all configuration parameters can be found.

Connection

Below the basic configuration to make the connection with Domoticz work.

var config = {}
config['language'] = 'nl_NL'; //or: en_US, de_DE, fr_FR, hu_HU, it_IT, pt_PT, sv_SE
config['domoticz_ip'] = 'http://192.168.1.3:8084';
config['domoticz_refresh'] = '5';
config['dashticz_refresh'] = '60';

Parameter	Description
config[‘language’]	can be used to select the language, Dutch (nl_NL), English (en_US), German (de_DE),French (fr_FR), Hungarian (hu_HU), Italian (it_IT), Portuguese (pt_PT), or Swedish (sv_SV)
config[‘domoticz_ip’]	is the URL to your Domoticz installation (with the correct PORT address)
config[‘domoticz_refresh’]	the refresh rate of Dashticz to get information from Domoticz
config[‘dashticz_refresh’]	the refresh rate of the Dashticz Dashboard

Config parameters

Parameter	Description
domoticz_ip	IP Address and Portnumber of your Domoticz installation 'http://192.168.1.3:8084'
user_name	Domoticz username '' = No username (default) 'john' = Use ‘john’ as Domoticz username
pass_word	Domoticz password '' = No password (default) 'secret' = Use ‘secret’ as Domoticz password
loginEnabled	Enable if you want a login form to dashticz false = No login form (default) true = Show login form
login_timeout	Time to keep Dashticz logged in 60 = Time in minutes
enable_websocket	Enable Domoticz websocket connection. See Websocket connection false = Dashticz will use a http connection. true = Dashticz will switch to a websocket connection if the Domoticz version is above 4.11000.
domoticz_timeout	Time Dashticz is fetching for Domoticz devices during the initial request. After this time Dashticz falls back from websocket to HTTP. 2000 = Time in <value> milliseconds (default=2000).
app_title	Name of the Dashboard - Title to show in the Topbar 'Dashticz' = Show ‘Dashticz’ in the top bar
domoticz_refresh	Number of seconds to get the information from Domoticz 5 = Refresh of Domoticz data every 5 seconds
dashticz_refresh	Number of minutes to refresh the Dashticz dashboard 60 = Refresh of the Dashticz dashboard every 60 minutes
default_news_url	URL of the default news feed 'http://www.nu.nl/rss/algemeen' = Example for nu.nl
news_scroll_after	Enter the ammount in seconds (delay) 5 = Scroll the news message every 5 seconds
standby_after	Enter the amount of minutes 0 = No standby mode(default) 1..1000 = Switch to standby after <value> minutes
start_page	Page to show after starting Dashticz 1..100 = Page number
vertical_scroll	Enable vertical scroll in case Dashticz dashboard height is more than the screen height 0 = Disable vertical scroll 1 = Enable vertical scroll if swiper is disabled 2 = Enable vertical scroll (=default)
enable_swiper	Enable horizontal swiping in case multiple screens have been defined. 0 = Swiper disabled 1 = Swiper enabled if screen width > 760px 2 = Swiper enabled (=default)
swiper_touch_move	Swipe the screen by touch. Only applicable in case swiper is enabled. 0 = Swipe by touch disabled 1 = Swipe by touch enabled
auto_swipe_back_to	when no activity, swipe back to the selected page. Also see Auto swipe, auto slide 1..100 = page number (default: 1)
auto_swipe_back_after	The amount of seconds after which Dashticz will start with auto swipe/auto slide. Also see Auto swipe, auto slide 0 = No auto swiping (default) 1..9999 = Start auto swipe back after <value> seconds the last screen touch/mouse activity.
auto_slide_pages	Loop all pages and change page every x seconds, set config['auto_swipe_back_to'] = 0. Also see Auto swipe, auto slide 0 = Auto slide is disabled. (=default) 1..9999 = Auto slide to the next page every <value> second
slide_effect	Control which Screenslider effect you prefer 'slide', 'fade', 'cube', 'coverflow', 'flip'
standard_graph	Default Graph shown on the Dashticz Dashboard 'HOUR', 'MONTH', 'DAY'
security_panel_lock	If set the Security Panel in Domoticz or Dashticz to ‘Arm - Away’, then Dashticz will automatically load a full screen panel. 0 = Loading Security Panel full screen disabled (default) 1 = Loading Security Panel full screen enabled
language	Default language of Dashticz. See the lang folder for all supported languages. 'en_us' = default 'nl_NL', 'de_DE', '...'
timeformat	Configure the TimeFormat 'DD-MM-YY HH:mm' = default
calendarformat	Configure the Calendar Date/Time format. 'dd DD.MM HH:mm' = default
calendarlanguage	Controls the weather dates and garbage pickup dates language '<LANGUAGE>'
calendarurl	'<url>' = Configure your Calendar URL if only 1 Calendar (ICS)
boss_stationclock	Configure your type of clock 'NoBoss', 'BlackBoss', 'RedBoss' = Default, 'ViennaBoss'
gm_api	[API KEY] = API Key to use with the Google Maps functionality
gm_latitude	[LATITUDE] = Enter the Latitude to use within Google Maps
gm_longitude	[LONGITUDE] = Enter the Longitude to use within Google Maps
gm_zoomlevel	Enter the Google Maps zoom level 1 = Whole world 2..14 15 = Most detail
wu_api	'[API KEY]' Your Wundergrond Weather API key. You can get a API key at https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/pricing.html ‘. ‘’Edit: You can no longer get a free API key from Wunderground’’’
wu_city	'[CITY]' Put here your weather city.
wu_country	'[COUNTRY]' Put here your weather country
wu_name	'[CITY]' Alternative display name of your city
switch_horizon	'<url>' (Only Dutch users) If you have a Ziggo Horizon box, you can set the url of the Horizon box here
host_nzbget	'[IP ADDRESS:PORT NUMBER]' Configure the IP Address and Portnumber of your NZB Host
spot_clientid	'[CLIENTID]' Configure your Spotify Client ID (see also Spotify)
selector_instead_of_buttons	Choose how to show your selector switches 0 As buttons 1 As dropdown menu
auto_positioning	Configure the ability to define your own positioning for the buttons (in combination with config['use_favorites']) 0 Use this if you have defined your own columns 1 Default
use_favorites	0 Show all domoticz devices (default) 1 Only show Domoticz devices marked as favorite in Domoticz If use auto positioning, then this item should be 1
use_cors	0 Don’t use CORS proxy for OpenWeatherMap (default) 1 Use CORS proxy for OpenWeatherMap. Needed on Android 4.4.2.
last_update	0 / 1 To show the time when the device was updated for the last time
hide_topbar	0 / 1 Hide or Show Topbar
hide_seconds	0 / 1 Show the seconds of the clock
hide_seconds_stationclock	0 / 1 Configure if you like to show seconds in the StationClock
use_fahrenheit	0 / 1 Select temperature in Celcius (Default) of Fahrenheit
use_beaufort	0 / 1 Use Bft instead of m/s for windspeed
translate_windspeed	0 / 1 For windspeed use north northwest instead of NNW
static_weathericons’	0 / 1 Use Static or ‘moving’ weather icons
hide_mediaplayer’	0 / 1 When you have a mediaplayer connected, hide it when nothing is playing
selector_instead_of_buttons’	0 / 1 Use buttons for the selector switch in stead of the dropdown menu
settings_icons	["settings", "fullscreen"] Show the given icons if the settings block is selected. Available: “settings”, “fullscreen”
shortdate’	‘D MMM’ Short format for dates, see https://momentjs.com/ for all options.
longdate	‘D MMMM YYYY’ Long format for dates, see https://momentjs.com/ for all options.
shorttime	HH:mm Short format for time, see https://momentjs.com/ for all options.
longtime	HH:mm:ss Long format for time, see https://momentjs.com/ for all options.
weekday	‘dddd’ Format to show the weekday, see https://momentjs.com/ for all options.
no_rgb	0 / 1 Hide or show RGB button on switch
colorpicker	0: No RGB colorpicker, 1: Old style RGB colorpicker, 2: New style RGB colorpicker Choose the default RGB colorpicker for RGB devices
standby_call_url’	[URL] Enter the url for adjusting the brightness when entering stand-by mode
standby_call_url_on_end	[URL] Enter the url for adjusting the brightness when exiting stand-by mode
hide_off_button	0 / 1 Hide off button of selector switch
speak_lang	Text to speech language '<LANGUAGE>' Language options: de-DE, en-US, es-ES, fr-FR, it-IT, nl-NL, pl-PL, ru-RU
longfonds_zipcode	Longfonds (Dutch air quality check) zipcode. '1234AZ' Language options
longfonds_housenumber	Longfonds (Dutch air quality check) housenumber '123' Language options

Dashticz URL parameters

Dashticz parameters can be configured via the Dashticz URL as well. For instance, to start Dashticz with a custom title and set the dashticz refresh period to 300 minutes, use the following URL:

http://<dashticz-ip:port>/?app_title=Living room&dashticz_refresh=300

Besides the Dashticz configuration parameters, the following additional parameters can be used in the Dashticz URL:

Parameter	Description
cfg	The Dashticz configuration file to be used instead of CONFIG.js. CONFIG.room2.js
cfg2	The name of a second configuration file, which will be loaded after CONFIG.js. CONFIG.extra.js
css	The CSS file to be used instead of custom.css. custom.mobile.css
folder	The folder containing the configuration files. (Default: custom) custom/room1

So, to load Dashticz with a different config file, use the following URL:

http://<dashticz ip:port>/?cfg=CONFIG.room2.js

The URL parameters can be accessed in CONFIG.js or custom.js via the global variable _PARAMS:

if (_PARAMS['myownparam']=='2') {
   screen[2].columns = [2,4,5]
}

Usage

PHP based CORS proxy

To be able to load resources from other domains, like tvguide data and news updates, we need a CORS proxy (Cross Origin Resouce Sharing). Public CORS proxies exist on the internet, like cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com. These public CORS proxies might be slow or not available at all.

A basic PHP based CORS proxy has been integrated into Dashticz.

For normal use just remove the config['default_cors_url'] from your CONFIG.js and the internal CORS proxy will be used.

If you prefer to use a different CORS proxy you can define it in CONFIG.js as usual:

config['default_cors_url'] = 'http://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com'

In case PHP is not installed it falls back to the defined CORS proxy in config['default_cors_url']. In case config['default_cors_url'] is not set, it will use cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com by default.

Websocket connection

From v4.11000 Domoticz supports a so called websocket connection next to the standard http(s) connection.

Note

Currently the Domoticz stable version is 4.10717 which doesn’t support the websocket connection. That means you have to update to the Domoticz develop branch.

Warning

The Domoticz develop branch may give issues, especially on Raspberry PI. Make a backup of Domoticz first! If you switch to the develop branch, the Domoticz database will be upgraded as well, and cannot be downgraded.

The advantages of a websocket connection:

• instant updates in Dashticz in case of a changing Domoticz device
• Faster and less overhead

To prevent switching to a websocket connection add the following setting to CONFIG.js:

config['enable_websocket'] = false;

In the <gif> below you see the instant updates in action. On the right you see the Domoticz dashboard. On the left Dashticz.