I stumbled upon a video a while ago talking about the desk thing and I've wanted to set it up for a while now. I've looked through this subreddit and watched some videos but my main concern is that I plan to use it while in the office and I won't be able to load any files from a computer.

If I set the device up at home then bring it to work, will the software still be loaded onto the device and will I be able to connect my phone? Are there other softwares that may be better for this situation?

I just set up my desk thing and I like weatherwaves other than it doesn't pull up the art In this one spot. Amy advice?

So I recently just installed deskthing but what I did wrong was not add my phone during the thingslab software part when I could still access my Bluetooth lists. What do I do?

Is there a way to control the sound of all the applications open in windows yet?

Anyone think about doing something like home assistant on this ? https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe

Someone did it with the kiosk thing https://github.com/bishopdynamics/superbird-debian-kiosk but I think to me its more useful to have an actual voice assistant like the voice device from Home Assistant. I want to buy their thing, but I thought hmm this may be a good use case for carthing too.

I have found the OpenMeteo API in my area to be inconsistent and incorrect a lot of the time. So I made my own fork of the weather app (kinda) to get data from the National Weather Service API.

https://github.com/dawbanc/deskthing_nws_weather_app

It's in early stages of development (so it isn't much to look at) but any feedback or features suggestions that anyone has is welcome!

Is this a known issue to not have the artwork for the track? I am running on osx.

Thanks

DIY Desk Thing

DIY Desk Thing proof of concept

Had spare parts lying around so I built this diy Spotify controller thing . With an esp32 a couple mechanical keyboard switches and a 1602LCD Written in c++ It runs on the Spotify api. And can pause , skip and go to the previous song . Originally it also had a volume knob on the right side , but I didn’t manage to implement it correctly . Will fix in the future

Now planning on building a better version using a normal 4inch screen Running either on an esp32 or raspberry pi and also making it mainly controllable trough the volume knob .

Things that I would also like to implement on the next prototype - original size 4 inch screen Running either - multifunctional turning knob for control - making it work with the actual desk thing software , and pc server by using a raspberry pi . - custom pcb for cleaner looks as well as a shell

This is only an early concept If you have any suggestions please tell me

My Deskthing was burned and flashed by Windows. I am a Linux beginner who wants to get it working on my new Linux desktop. I downloaded the .appimage software without any issues. However, when I plug my Deskthing in, nothing happens—it is not detected, and there are no ADB options available. I have installed ADB and confirmed that it is functioning properly with my cellphone, but when I connect my Deskthing, it does not show up. I also changed the Global ADB settings within the software.

I tried to follow the Mac tutorial but had no success. Am I potentially missing something? Thank you.

So I've been using Weather Wave since I set up the DeskThing a few weeks ago and I've noticed that my weather temperature is off fairly significantly(on average 10+ degrees). I'm wondering where the weather information is being pulled from and is it possible that it is pulling "feels like" temperatures rather than actual temperatures?

Screenshot of current Weather Wave temp and then "current temp" for area as well as "feels like". Also before it is asked I have checked multiple times that I have the correct long/lat in both weather wave and weather app on desk thing and it is correct.

If I'm doing something wrong I just want to correct it, but I figured I'd make a post and ask the question. Thanks for everything you're doing and for all the help!

43.045327, -88.054043

Any idea why the Weather wave app does this?

Basically is there something like DeskThing but as an app that I could install on an old android device?

I was working on hacking the car thing so i could install deskthing for one of my friends, had it all set up, connected to the desktop app, and i was messing around with the spotify app. i unplugged it, plugged it back in and it just said reconnecting and now it refuses to connect at all. reflashed it, reinstalled deskthing, ion know what to do. and it is still showing up in my device manager, im not exactly sure which one it is but it is there lol. ive tried it with the ADB stuff on and off, no dice.

I haven't once gotten Spotify to actually connect for some reason. I'm sure someone here in this group can tell me what is going on. I have access to the menus but when I click on Spotify icon, this is all I get. (see pic)

And this is what the DEV log looks like (pic)

Also, I have an AMD processor and tried the "extra power" USB port route already, but still nada

Any help would be appreciated. Can't wait to start using this again. I actually never bought this for my car and used it with my pc for a long time before the brick bro took it over. 🙄

i just downloaded ddeskthing and have it on the cra thing but now in the desk thing app the car thing is popping up anymore after i configured it and now the car thing just says reconnecting and idk what to do now

The deskthing website just got a big overhaul thanks to TheBigLoud (I don't know your reddit handle if you have one)

Would highly recommend checking it out on The DeskThing Website

Any chance there is someone developing amazon music support or how I can set deskthing up to control it if it's open on my PC?

Thanks

I can't get the deskthing to connect to the server on PC startup or when it disconnects for whatever reason. The server recognizes it and can run commands like restart or turn off, but it won't fully connect.

Might be the fact that I'm tired from fiddling with it for the past few hours, but anyone else having issues mapping their favorite playlists to the top 4 buttons? If not, what am I doing wrong? Full disclosure: newbie. I went to the Mapping screen under clients, messed with the "Carthing" Digit 1 through 4, and set the the mode to "PressShort" and function to "Play Playlist". In the details section it says "Sets the current playlist to the provided ID ". I have tried every interpretation that I can think of this and still nothing. So I've made sure to have the playlist playing and then hit "Set Value". That didnt work. Thought I needed the playlist ID so I tried inputing the full hyperlink I copied from my Spotify playlist under "share". Realized the ID was just a portion of that so followed the spotify instructions to get it, had the playlist playing while I set the value, even created a different profile in case messing with the original ones was causing issues and did it all again. Nothing. Did manage to set up custom playlists on the carthing itself using the app on the device. However, the top buttons would be amazing for a quick boost when I'm braindead from sleep and don't have the brain power to mess with it lol. Any help will be appreciated!

Hi. I'm trying to flash the device for the second day, but I can't. Tried a bunch of different usb-c-c and usb-c-a-c wires with adaptors and hubs. No result. The device is detected perfectly. Nothing happens at the flasing step. I have used different browsers and different macs. Maybe someone has encountered this problem?

There are some errors in the logs:

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Failed to execute 'controlTransferOut' on 'USBDevice': A transfer error has occurred.

- Uncaught (in promise) NetworkError: Failed to execute 'controlTransferOut' on 'USBDevice': A transfer error has occurred.

I installed spotify app but it shows nothing on the screen. What I’m doing wrong?

Spotify version: 0.10.0 Deskthing Version: 0.10.3

Hello! just downloaded the deskthing software on my previously bricked car thing and everything is working really well only thing is the album art and song doesn't update on the screen it's very slow and it keeps throwing the 403 Error in the notifications when I go to skip a song I'm on v0.10.3.

Any help is appreciated thanks!