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Inspired by Nate, I am working to change out my two alarm keypads with Amazon tablets that I picked off Woot. I have Fully Kiosk Browser and ActionTiles setup. Right now I used Android developer settings to keep on while plugged in. I am thinking of using the Fully paid option to turn off the screen and back on based on motion detected by the camera. But the one thing I would love is some option to control my media playback. I like to play MP3's while sleeping. Can Amazon Fire OS do split screen? Can ActionTiles play/pause my VLC app or other media app? I would love easily control this media while still seeing my zones in one place.
DavidL,
It appears that you have the same mount that I have. Nice idea with the hole for the paper clip. My faceplate is easily removed and re-attached if/when I need to use that button.
@Todd, Yeah I was not sure if the faceplate could be removed easily so I went with the power hole. I am glad I did since I made the mistake of not having everything setup on the tablet before I mounted it, so I had several reboots :) Todd, your pictures of the install is actually like mine except I ran power up to the junction box from an outlet below and used an USB outlet to power the tablet. If I did not have the power close I would have used the adapter you guys did. I used the old keypad wires to hook my peizo buzzer.
@Greg, yeah is it the 2 piece mount like Todd got too. I would have got a mount like yours but at the time I did not see a 10 inch mount available, also liked Joseph's j-box mounting. So your second one, is it replacing an old keypad from the alarm for power? Can you put 2 tablets on one Konnected AUX or do you have to have two Konnected boards?
I am running both of them on a separate 12V power plug.
I have three total Konnected boards, so I left the 2 motion sensors and the 2 glass break sensors on the second and third board AUX power positions and my siren off of the main board. All seems fine so far.
I wanted to run my USB adapter on a single pair (and it actually worked) but the voltage drop gave me reason for cause. I wound up using both pairs to transport the 12V - other wise I would have put a buzzer behind the pads in the wall.
On second thought, I am dropping from 12VDC to 5VDC (USB adapter) - if the inbound voltage drops to lik e 9V or maybe 8V (anything over 5V) am I really in trouble? Stepping it down to 5V anyway - 'seems' like it would be easier on the converter.
. . . . *reason for pause that is . . .
@Gregory, now you have me wondering......I am using the 12VDC - 5VDC USB adapter as you and many here do. I put the converter in the box behind my pad and am using a single wire pair from the 12VDC on the Konnected board. I am using the only other wire pair for the buzzer, also mounted in the box behind my pad. Should I be concerned about the voltage drop to 5VDC?