# \[APP\]\[Pro\] AWTRIX - Connected Smart Clock for your Smart Home
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888
**Category:** Apps
**Tags:** app, homey-pro
**Created:** [October 15, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888 "2023-10-15T18:42:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@cautje](https://community.homey.app/u/cautje)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/21 "2023-11-30T15:47:52Z")
@Bckp Great!
I ame realy looking forward and i ame glad you take the time to build this great aap.
THX!!!
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### Author:  [@synnc](https://community.homey.app/u/synnc)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/22 "2023-12-12T09:33:58Z")
Hey @Bckp nice job on the app.
Right now im posting an app on the flows via HTTP API, is there any change that you can update the app to allow to have custom apps?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/23 "2023-12-12T09:53:37Z")
It will be added, i just need some free time to get to it… ☹ it is not easy to create this for all simple and understandable…
But, becouse of demand (yet no MR/PR on code) i will create experimental flow card, that will allow you to send custom JSON to the Awtrix (normalized one) so you can send any data you want…
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### Author:  [@Woodsoft](https://community.homey.app/u/Woodsoft)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/24 "2023-12-12T19:42:34Z")
Any idea hoe to get more icons in the flow list, there are new icons on the clock but they are not showing in Homey?
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/25 "2023-12-12T22:31:29Z")
There is experimental flow that read icons from device (same as show message but with experimental text at end), you can try it, it will be in time default flow and the one that have limited icons will be deprecated
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### Author:  [@Woodsoft](https://community.homey.app/u/Woodsoft)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/26 "2023-12-12T22:50:26Z")
Nice, thank you, I was using the other one, so not all icons were visible
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### Author:  [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/27 "2023-12-13T07:29:21Z")
Guys, question - thinking about this Ulanzi (mostly if Bckp will succeed with his apps development - eg. internal apps) but I saw on battery it runs for 5 hours only. What is your own experience, is anyone using it without attached power ?
_In some room it could be linked with wake-ups only when person is present but not sure how much time more you get…_
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/28 "2023-12-13T09:11:27Z")
It is not designed to use without power attached… battery is more like backup when main power drops.
Well, turn off display will prolong battery life, but not much… there is deep sleep mode, when it turn off most parts of display, but you can wake it only by button press or by internal timer that is set when entering deep sleep, so maybe somethink every 5 minutes, if nobody is present, turn on deepsleep for 280 sec (20sec reserve) but i have no idea how much battery that can save…
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### Author:  [@Joka](https://community.homey.app/u/Joka)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/29 "2023-12-13T15:00:00Z")
The ULANZI is a nice toy. I like it more than I thought I would. I use it with AWTRIX + Bckp’s app and MQTT Client with homey in combination.
The battery life depends mainly on the brightness settings. At the lowest readable brightness it lasts ~10h when it is new and fully charged.
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### Author:  [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/30 "2023-12-13T15:05:06Z")
> [@Joka](#):
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> The battery life depends mainly on the brightness settings
Excellent, thank you - that was actually my 2nd question - eg. do not want to have it full on in the night. So it’s adjustable also via Homey / MQTT ?
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### Author:  [@Joka](https://community.homey.app/u/Joka)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/31 "2023-12-13T15:26:29Z")
Yes, you can use homey and there is a smartphone app for/from AWTRIX that allows you to easily adjust settings on demand.
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/32 "2023-12-13T15:38:25Z")
I live happy with auto-brightness and when room is empty, i turn display off completly 🙂 and yes, there is flow for that 😃
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/33 "2023-12-13T15:53:49Z")
For the rest, apps will be, i just need a few days to implement it, yet this time is just crazy, there is no time left for free projects ☹
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### Author:  [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/34 "2023-12-13T16:34:30Z")
And I just ordered two ! 🤣 Just kidding, yeah, year end … looking forward to it 😉 Any time.
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/35 "2023-12-13T16:55:57Z")
I should send you affiliate link ☹ damm…
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### Author:  [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/36 "2023-12-13T17:06:56Z")
Well…share it here for others/future 🙂
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### Author:  [@wimpje](https://community.homey.app/u/wimpje)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/37 "2023-12-19T10:35:16Z")
Thanks @Bckp for your work on this! I just got my clock (2 actually) - I was hoping you could explain a little more how Sound/Melody works in the flow, I could not get it to beep 🙂 - I want to put one in my sons room, that way I can make him look up from his book, otherwise he will not see the messages I am sending him haha. No hurries, it’s a busy time!
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/38 "2023-12-20T21:21:08Z")
It looks like RTTTL melody is not working atm, thanks for report, i will fix it asap, not sure what happend… ☹
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### Author:  [@wimpje](https://community.homey.app/u/wimpje)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/39 "2023-12-21T08:22:10Z")
No worries! I don’t have a lot of time to help out, otherwise I would make a PR 🙂
I now have a workaround with home assistant and homey integration via MQTT 😃 It’s a bit overkill, but it works.
With HA you can also use ‘apps’ like a [countdown timer](https://flows.blueforcer.de/flow/wq2NANplO7KV) and such. So in the mornings during breakfast Homey triggers a google assistant voice message ‘almost time for school!’ and starts the clock with a 15 min countdown for the kids so they know when to go to school, with a little melody at the end haha 😃 (it seems to help getting them to school in time for now 😮 )
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### Author:  [@Bckp](https://community.homey.app/u/Bckp)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-awtrix-connected-smart-clock-for-your-smart-home/91888/40 "2023-12-21T08:44:12Z")
Yeah, with MQTT you can do a lot… I know HA have apps support, i was thinking about that, but i have litteraly no idea, how to implement this in homey… ☹
But RTTTL should be before christmas 🙂
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