In my opinion "Ulanzi TC001" isnt the right word for the title, because AWTRIX has the Integration, not Ulanzi.🙂 AWTRIX its not limited to the Ulanzi device alone and has no affiliation with this company. Anyways, great Video! Greetings, the AWTRIX developer.
Thanks for this awesome firmware! It actually made my life much easier. One of the clocks tells my parents when the laundry can be washed and when it should not, because solar power is free and grid is expensive. And the other ones is in some distance to my bed, turns off at night, lights up with the sunset and presents me a short overview of my smart home.
Thank you for explaining the advanced options and showing where you got the information. A lot of channels just throw some YAML at you and are done. But I feel like I learn something by watching your videos.
Thanks for this! Great video, finally opened my TC001 after getting it on sale late last year! Things have come a long way! Very pleased to get an MQTT message to it, now the fun starts!
Great video. I made 2 of these with my son as a project by buying the matrix, esp32, and diffuser from Aliexpess which we mounted in deep picture frames. We flashed the Awtrix software as you showed but I was not aware of the new HACS integration so will definitely look into that. Thanks!
Nice, great video! Totally missed that there was an integration. 👍🏻 I've been using two clocks, since they received AWTRIX support, with automations. They work really great. My general use case is to show upcoming weather and all kinds of notifications (like when the washing machine is done etc.).
Thanks for sharing - AWTRIX really makes a big difference if you want to automate things. And integration is relatively new thing (6 months old or something like that).
Great video! It makes me jealous of the people just getting set up with Awtrix now vs back when I did (and there were no videos )! 😂 I didn’t realize there’s an official HACS integration, I’ll have to check that out!
Great video and great device! I'm thinking about to order two of this devices. In advance one question about the MQTT-connection/communication with HA: Is there any yaml-configuration needed in HA or on device-site, or will the device automatically appear in HA?
Hvala Vam na odovm odličnom uputstvu! Kratko i jasno! Bravo! Jedno pitanje, ne toliko vezano za uputstvo, ali svakako za Ulanzi TC001. Kako prikazati na displeju Ulanzi slovne znakove koji sadrže kvačice, kao što su "ć", "š", "ž".....
Hvala puno!!! Nažalost, nikako. Jedini podržani font je Latin i autor je rekao da nema namjeru mijenjati ovo jer je izuzetno kompleksno. github.com/Blueforcer/awtrix3/issues/94
I really like the clock - but it crashes regularly with me. Definitely sometimes because of a poorly structured message, but I still have a lingering crash every now and again - just not worked out why. I have got the MQTT system working - so won't be moving to the integration - but I can see that it would be helpful for new users
Not sure if this is your issue too but I have found that if I trigger too many actions at the exact same time in my automations that it crashes my Awtrix. By adding a wait / time delay of 100 milliseconds to 1 second helps alot. The Awtrix developer Blueforcer has a helpful discord community server for detailed help.
You could try playing with mood lighting: blueforcer.github.io/awtrix3/#/api?id=mood-lighting or blueforcer.github.io/awtrix3/#/api?id=change-settings has setting BRI used to set brightness.
Use the BRI setting - it works well - just send it at the correct time of day or night to adjust as needed (200 is enough for day time and I set 7 at night) - I also tie it to a motion sensor so it switches off until someone walks by it.
I have been using blueprints for almost a year now and have been quite happy. The only drawback is that I am gone for about 3 months during the year and would like to receive notifications at my other location. Setting up MQTT over the internet with my service provider is pretty much impossible. I'm curious as to how this new integration communicates with the Ulanzi display. Will it work over an internet connection?
No, this is still using same communication channel - MQTT. In theory, you could do it via Internet, but I really would not recommend it. In order for that to work, you would need to expose MQTT to outside, and that's really bad idea. Or potentially, you could use external (cloud) MQTT service, but again, maybe not that good idea.
For messaging in multiple locations I have basically the same system replicated in both locations (a Home Assistant server in the second location with basically the same automations but specifying the IDs of the 2nd location’s local Awtrix devices). I use a lot of APIs to push data and messages around which push info to the displays equally.
Well, not sure if that's a joke or not. If not, not all of use want to show our $45 device to show youtube subscriptions 24x7 unless a HA device event is posted. Pretty flippant response from @BeardedTinker. And for all you fanboys, don't miss the "if not".
@@bobellison2547jeeze man, lighten up. It’s pretty obvious it displays time, straight out if the box. It does countless / insanely impressive other things if you install Awtrix 3. But there is a steep learning curve as it requires something like Home Assistant to run all the automations and API connections.
In my opinion "Ulanzi TC001" isnt the right word for the title, because AWTRIX has the Integration, not Ulanzi.🙂
AWTRIX its not limited to the Ulanzi device alone and has no affiliation with this company.
Anyways, great Video!
Greetings, the AWTRIX developer.
Thanks for this awesome firmware! It actually made my life much easier. One of the clocks tells my parents when the laundry can be washed and when it should not, because solar power is free and grid is expensive. And the other ones is in some distance to my bed, turns off at night, lights up with the sunset and presents me a short overview of my smart home.
You are right, I know, I've cut some corners (or all of them). And thank you, AWTRIX user 😁😉😂
Sweet! Thank you for the firmware. I now am going to see what devices are compatible...
I agree, would of helped me find this video quicker also.
Thank you for explaining the advanced options and showing where you got the information. A lot of channels just throw some YAML at you and are done. But I feel like I learn something by watching your videos.
Glad it was helpful and thanks for the comment! Really much appreciated!
Thanks for this! Great video, finally opened my TC001 after getting it on sale late last year!
Things have come a long way!
Very pleased to get an MQTT message to it, now the fun starts!
Great to hear! Have fun with it!!
Great video. I made 2 of these with my son as a project by buying the matrix, esp32, and diffuser from Aliexpess which we mounted in deep picture frames. We flashed the Awtrix software as you showed but I was not aware of the new HACS integration so will definitely look into that. Thanks!
Nice, great video! Totally missed that there was an integration. 👍🏻
I've been using two clocks, since they received AWTRIX support, with automations. They work really great.
My general use case is to show upcoming weather and all kinds of notifications (like when the washing machine is done etc.).
Thanks for sharing - AWTRIX really makes a big difference if you want to automate things. And integration is relatively new thing (6 months old or something like that).
Great video! It makes me jealous of the people just getting set up with Awtrix now vs back when I did (and there were no videos )! 😂 I didn’t realize there’s an official HACS integration, I’ll have to check that out!
Yeah, things have changed, A LOT!
Great video and great device!
I'm thinking about to order two of this devices. In advance one question about the MQTT-connection/communication with HA:
Is there any yaml-configuration needed in HA or on device-site, or will the device automatically appear in HA?
Thank you so much for video, Sir!
Welcome, thanks for the comment!!
great video!! such an awesome clock!
Thank you Aaron!!! ;)
Hvala Vam na odovm odličnom uputstvu! Kratko i jasno! Bravo!
Jedno pitanje, ne toliko vezano za uputstvo, ali svakako za Ulanzi TC001. Kako prikazati na displeju Ulanzi slovne znakove koji sadrže kvačice, kao što su "ć", "š", "ž".....
Hvala puno!!!
Nažalost, nikako. Jedini podržani font je Latin i autor je rekao da nema namjeru mijenjati ovo jer je izuzetno kompleksno.
github.com/Blueforcer/awtrix3/issues/94
@@BeardedTinker Prevazidjoh problem, mozda ne bas na najbolji nacin
text: >-
{{ states ('input_text.newsitem_title')|replace("č", "c")|replace("Č",
"C")|replace("ć", "c")|replace("Ć", "C")|replace("š",
"s")|replace("Š", "S")|replace("č", "c")|replace("Č",
"C")|replace("ć", "c")|replace("Ć", "C")|replace("đ",
"dj")|replace("Đ", "Dj")|replace("ž", "z")|replace("Ž", "Z")}}
Da, to je jedan od načina da proradi - replace simbola.
I really like the clock - but it crashes regularly with me. Definitely sometimes because of a poorly structured message, but I still have a lingering crash every now and again - just not worked out why. I have got the MQTT system working - so won't be moving to the integration - but I can see that it would be helpful for new users
I've seen other posting about it crashing. Haven't noticed it so far but will keep my eye on it.
Not sure if this is your issue too but I have found that if I trigger too many actions at the exact same time in my automations that it crashes my Awtrix. By adding a wait / time delay of 100 milliseconds to 1 second helps alot. The Awtrix developer Blueforcer has a helpful discord community server for detailed help.
Great video. But how does one automate brightness? These are very bright at night.
You could try playing with mood lighting: blueforcer.github.io/awtrix3/#/api?id=mood-lighting or blueforcer.github.io/awtrix3/#/api?id=change-settings has setting BRI used to set brightness.
Use the BRI setting - it works well - just send it at the correct time of day or night to adjust as needed (200 is enough for day time and I set 7 at night) - I also tie it to a motion sensor so it switches off until someone walks by it.
It has a light sensor on top of the clock. Use the auto bright feature in the settings.
Auto brightness works OK, but with BRI you can have better control.
I have been using blueprints for almost a year now and have been quite happy. The only drawback is that I am gone for about 3 months during the year and would like to receive notifications at my other location. Setting up MQTT over the internet with my service provider is pretty much impossible. I'm curious as to how this new integration communicates with the Ulanzi display. Will it work over an internet connection?
No, this is still using same communication channel - MQTT. In theory, you could do it via Internet, but I really would not recommend it. In order for that to work, you would need to expose MQTT to outside, and that's really bad idea.
Or potentially, you could use external (cloud) MQTT service, but again, maybe not that good idea.
For messaging in multiple locations I have basically the same system replicated in both locations (a Home Assistant server in the second location with basically the same automations but specifying the IDs of the 2nd location’s local Awtrix devices). I use a lot of APIs to push data and messages around which push info to the displays equally.
@@RND-USA Excellent idea, thank you very much for your suggestion.
Great video, and great clock 👍
Great video BT
Thank you Simon!!!
I have plugged it into power but it goes to sleep or powers off after a while. How to keep it on all the time?
Does the display go to sleep or device. And can you wake it up with on buttons?
But can it show the time? ;)
That's a very deep and philosophical question... I guess that kinda depends on your viewpoint. 😜
Ah, time, what is time, is there time?
Sorry, no time to answer, got to run...
Well, not sure if that's a joke or not. If not, not all of use want to show our $45 device to show youtube subscriptions 24x7 unless a HA device event is posted. Pretty flippant response from @BeardedTinker. And for all you fanboys, don't miss the "if not".
It has clock.
@@bobellison2547jeeze man, lighten up. It’s pretty obvious it displays time, straight out if the box. It does countless / insanely impressive other things if you install Awtrix 3. But there is a steep learning curve as it requires something like Home Assistant to run all the automations and API connections.
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Congrats!!!
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