My first impression of the reTerminal e1001 is that it’s a sturdy-feeling device with a nice display and easily accessible buttons.
Using SenseCraft HMI is simple and user-friendly. During testing, I noticed that all dynamic features are displayed in the screen designer, such as battery percentage, but not on the E1001 screen (N/A value). When connecting to an API, the data isn’t refreshed, JavaScript isn’t executed, and the URL image isn’t displayed. I realize the app is still in beta, and I hope this will improve soon. Is there an estimated timeframe for the final release of SenseCraft HMI?
Is it possible to create new forum categories for the new series of reTerminal devices and for SenseCraft HMI?
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It seems like these issues still persist. There is a lot of potential here, but it’s so clunky to modify the template designs and without these dynamic features I guess the sensecraft HMI is stuck at the “proof of concept” stage and I am forced to dive right into custom firmware.
There’s a major update for the SenseCraft HMI, which offers an UI for connecting to other environments via api without programming on de Seeed reTerminal e1001 (mono) and e1002 (color).
Main improvement for me: the api connection with my Homey home automation is now working. All data read from Homey via an API can be displayed on the e-ink screen (no api images). Nice javascript options for formatting data if needed.
The software is still in beta (and still contains bugs), but it’s a major functional and technical improvement and offers sufficient stability to work with. To use the updated UI, the display’s firmware also needs to be updated.
I think I’m using this updated SenseCraft HMI. The main issue I’m facing is that I can add widgets to display the information from the device sensors, but while they show properly in the designer, they show as “N/A” on the device. Even the preview feature shows “N/A”.