Ulanzi to AWTRIX to Home Assistant

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Connect your device to your computer

Go to AWTRIX 3, use the Ulanzi Flasher

1. Click CONNECT

2. Select the COM port for the device

3. Select CONNECT

4. Select INSTALL AWTRIX 3

5. Select ERASE, then NEXT

6. INSTALL

After flashing, the now AWTRIX device will open an access point with the name awtrix_XXXXX. 

1. Connect to it from your mobile device, PW 12345678.

2. On your mobile device with the wifi connected to the AWTRIX AP, open a browser and navigate to http://192.168.4.1. 

Go to the WiFi Setup tab

Enter your WiFi information, Save Configuration and Restart ESP.

Your clock is accessible on your home wifi via the IP address you see at boot. 

After flashing, the now AWTRIX device will open an access point with the name awtrix_XXXXX. 

• Connect to the WiFi Access Pointit from your mobile device, PW 12345678.

On your mobile device with the WiFi connected to the AWTRIX AP, open a browser and navigate to http://192.168.4.1. 

Go to the WiFi Setup tab

Enter your WiFi information

• Save Configuration 

• Restart ESP.

Your clock is accessible on your home WiFi  via the IP address you see at boot. 

Make sure your MQTT integration is installed and configured on your Home Assistant instance

Go to HACS 

Download AWTRIX Repo 

Go to integrations and add AWTRIX 

On a device/machine connected to your WiFi, go to the IP of your AWTRIX device seen at boot 

Configure Time

• Go to the Time tab and update your time zone according to this time zone config 

  • ex: NYC is EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0 

• Save Configuration 

MQTT

• Go the MQTT tab, fill in the info of your Home Assistant MQTT:

  • Broker, Port, Username, Password, Prefix ***(device topic, case sensitive)***

  • Toggle on “Home Assistant Discovery”

• Save Configuration 

• Restart ESP

Go to MQTT integration and confirm you now see your AWTRIX device

• Once you find the device, click on it

• Click the pencil

• Change the name to the prefix name you gave it: 

  1. ex. Matrix (CASE SHOULD MATCH WHAT YOU PUT IN THE AWTRIX MQTT config for Prefix)

Go to Developer tools > Actions

• For Action, choose awtrix.notification

• Select your AWTRIX device (whatever was the prefix you gave it in the AWTRIX MQTT portal)

• Check “Message Text”, Type in some message for yourself

• Select “Perform Action”

• Verify your AWTRIX Device shows your message

• PLAY! Play around with the various options for sending messages in different ways 

Disable stock apps

• Go to developer tools, actions, awtrix.settings

• Choose your AWTRIX device on top

• Scroll down to enable date app, enable humidity app, enable temperature app, enable battery app.

• Check all and do not set the toggle

• Send the call

• Restart the device 

  1. On the Portal

     1. Log into the IP of the awtrix device and restart like you did before on the WifFi Setup or MQTT page

  2. On the device 

     1. Hold left and right to turn it OFF

     2. Hold left and right to turn it ON

  3. Home Assistant

     1. Go to Developer tools > Actions

     2. Select awtrix.deep_sleep 

     3. Choose the device

     4. Fill in seconds to sleep 1

     5. Send the call

     6. Device will turn OFF and ON