IoT ThingSpeak Monitor Widget 1.4.8.1

Stay informed about the status of your IoT devices connected to ThingSpeak without the need to launch an app each time. The current readings of your sensors can be conveniently displayed on your Home screen.

Note: If you need assistance creating a widget on your Home screen, a concise manual is provided below. If you cannot locate the widget on your device (a known issue with Android 5.1), solutions are also included.

Widget Features:

• Create widgets to monitor real-time values from your Channel’s Fields—one or two per widget.
• Monitor multiple Fields from different Channels by creating several widgets on one screen.
• Access Private Channels using Read API Keys.
• Set upper and lower alert thresholds to receive notifications if monitored values exceed set limits.
• Visualize and customize charts, including options for periods or results count, as well as averaging, summing, or calculating medians of values.
• Configure the URL of your own ThingSpeak server instance for data monitoring.

Interact with your widgets by tapping on chart icons to view detailed charts for each monitored field over various time periods. Refresh field values manually with a simple tap, and customize settings through the menu icon in any widget. Adjust refresh rates as needed and personalize widget visuals such as font size, rounding of values, background color, and transparency.

Creating a Widget on Your Home Screen:

To utilize the IoT ThingSpeak Monitor, create at least one instance of it on your home screen by following these steps:

1. Long press on any open area of your Home screen until a list of options appears.
2. Select "Widgets" from the available choices.
3. Locate the "IoT ThingSpeak Monitor" in the widget list.
4. Drag and drop it to your preferred location on the Home screen.
5. A configuration screen will open automatically.
6. Configure your widget as desired and begin monitoring!

You can create multiple widgets with various channel options. To resize a widget, long press on it and adjust the sizing bounds that appear.

Troubleshooting Widget Visibility:

If your widget does not appear on the widgets page (a recognized bug in Android versions 5.0 and 5.1), try the following steps:

1. Reboot your device and check again.
2. Visit this link for additional troubleshooting solutions.

Usage Examples:

An excellent application of the IoT ThingSpeak Monitor Widget is tracking data from your personal weather station. It's both affordable and straightforward to create one using Arduino or ESP8266. Numerous blogs provide step-by-step instructions for building these projects, including:

• Low cost WIFI temperature data logger based on ESP8266
• Send sensor data (DHT11 & BMP180) to ThingSpeak with Arduino
• ESP8266 Weather Station with Arduino #1: Hardware
• ESP8266 Weather Station with Arduino #2: Software

ThingSpeak serves as an open-source application and API designed for the "Internet of Things," enabling users to store and retrieve data via HTTP over the Internet or a Local Area Network. This platform is ideal for creating sensor logging applications, location tracking solutions, and establishing a social network for devices with status updates. For further information, please visit ThingSpeak's official site.

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