What's new in Kiosk Satellite v0.24.0-beta
New: Dashboard view MQTT select entity
A new Dashboard view MQTT select entity lets Home Assistant automations navigate the kiosk to any dashboard view. The dropdown lists every view by its navigation path (url_path/view-route), follows dashboards being added or removed automatically, and its state tracks what is actually on screen, including navigation done by hand on the device. Picking a view wakes the page: the screensaver and any open camera view are dismissed, and if dashboard rotation is enabled it pauses for the same grace window a touch gets. Navigation happens inside the Home Assistant frontend with no page reload, so everything stays warm.
Sample automation for showing a camera dashboard view for 30 seconds and then returning home:
alias: Doorbell ring shows cameras on kiosk
triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.doorbell_button
to: "on"
actions:
- action: select.select_option
target:
entity_id: select.office_tablet_dashboard_view
data:
option: dashboard-cameras/front-door
- delay:
seconds: 30
- action: select.select_option
target:
entity_id: select.office_tablet_dashboard_view
data:
option: home/main
mode: restartReplace the entity id and view paths with your own; the dropdown on the entity shows every path your installation offers. mode: restart keeps repeated doorbell presses from stacking delays.
Improvements
- The Current page sensor and the remote admin now track in-page navigation (view switches) instead of only full page loads.