Thank You! (And a question abt time display)

[joe-mcplumber]

I had no clue where to even begin with this device and Espressif wasn't exactly helpful in giving pointers. I mean loading demo firmware really doesn't tell me anything. All i wanted was to replace my Echo Show with something local and configurable. A bedside clock with the ability to voice control a few Home Assistant entities. I got that in spades and then some. It provided me a starting point to learn more about the device, and YAML, and ESPHome, and i am grateful for this as well. And the dude says he "is not a developer"? Respect. I'm not either, and i couldn't for the life of me even get the display to light up with ESPHome. Now i've got exactly what i set out wanting, and also a framework for all the stuff i didn't know i wanted. I could go on coz i'm so tickled. Sincere thanks to the not-developer.

Now the only concern i have is that using 12-hr format, the only times of day my clock display is centered and symmetrical are the hours between 10:00 and 12:59 when there's four digits. The rest of the time it's right justified and this upsets my sensibilities. All the documentation i can find says this... %I:%M%p ...should pad the display with a zero. It doesn't, so might someone pls tell me why not?

[BigBobbas]

Hi there
I'm glad that this project has been able to get you on the right track with your device 👍 With regards to the time display, this may be down to the font that is being used. So that I can take a look , which version of the config are you using? or did you install it via the web installer?
Cheers
Rob

[joe-mcplumber]

Thanks for your reply. I believe i used the web installer but then fiddled around with the screensaver display a whole bunch, because i'm old and my eyes don't work good. I don't think i changed fonts, just sizes and coordinates. And used TOP_CENTER because center alignment caused larger elements to jump around too much for each increment. Still whatever font it is, the base of the numeral 1 is the same width as a zero. Zero shouldn't be completely cut off if 11:00 PM displays OK? I think?

It might be a moot point since i updated ESPHome before i saw the banner saying not to do that. I don't think i want to do anything until your updates are finished since i really don't want to screw it up.

Anyhow thanks again i really am genuinely grateful for this project.
-jb

         // Date at top
         it.printf(160, 20, id(my_font4), light_blue, TextAlign::TOP_CENTER,
         "%s %d %s", days[id(ha_time).now().day_of_week - 1],
         id(ha_time).now().day_of_month,
         months[id(ha_time).now().month - 1]);

         // Time in middle
         if (id(time_display_format).state == "24 Hr") {
         it.strftime(160, 70, id(my_font2), TextAlign::TOP_CENTER, "%H:%M", id(ha_time).now());
         } else {
         it.strftime(160, 70, id(my_font2), TextAlign::TOP_CENTER, "%I:%M%p", id(ha_time).now());
         }

         // Temperature at bottom
         it.printf(160, 160, id(my_font4), light_blue, TextAlign::TOP_CENTER, "%.f°F", id(s3temp).state);

[BigBobbas]

the following should hopefully resolves this. I've not had time to test but certainly worth a try. If you change the first digits in the co-ordinates to it.get_width()/2 instead of a numeric. example below.

         // Time in middle
         if (id(time_display_format).state == "24 Hr") {
         it.strftime(it.get_width()/2, 70, id(my_font2), TextAlign::TOP_CENTER, "%H:%M", id(ha_time).now());
         } else {
         it.strftime(it.get_width()/2, 70, id(my_font2), TextAlign::TOP_CENTER, "%I:%M%p", id(ha_time).now());
         }

let me know how you get on 👍