Loxone to start playback of a video or opening a webpage on a display

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smartbusinesstools.be

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Nov 1, 2018, 9:17:58 AM11/1/18
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I'm trying to find a way to let Loxone control what is presented on a display.
Here is what I want loxone to do, based on some event in loxone:
  • switch the display between 2 webpages in full screen
  • start playing a short video in full screen. When the video has ended, switch back to the webpage
The display could have dlna, or a Google Chromecast, or a Raspberry Pi connected to the display via HDMI, or I could by a smart TV that can display webpages and play YouTube videos is somehow this can be controlled by Loxone.
If not possible to control directly from Loxone, it could maybe via node-red, or a php server, or some software on my QNAP NAS.

Any ideas, or partial solutions that could point me in the right direction.

smartbusinesstools.be

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Nov 12, 2018, 6:43:16 AM11/12/18
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Found an easy solution:
  • RPi.hooked up to the display via hdmi
  • node-red dashboard displays the webpages in an iframe
  • omxplayer plays the local videos
  • Loxone connects to node-red and controls what is displayed on the dashboard and runs the omxplayer
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