Dalibor Farny Puri Nixie, Manual

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Page 2: ...Puri Nixie Clock 1 Last update 26 November 2021 Daliborfarny com Copyright 2021 Daliborfarny com...

Page 3: ...2 5 Connecting the clock to the internet 28 2 6 Timekeeping 45 2 6 1 Date and Time configuration 46 2 6 2 Calibration of the internal oscillator 47 2 7 Visual Effects 49 2 8 Nixie Tube Health 50 2 8...

Page 4: ...the clock knows the wifi credentials you can see it in the app and access its configuration parameters You are done Using the clock offline independent of the internet 1 Select how to control the clo...

Page 5: ...st isn t synchronized and is not accessible in the configuration apps Once the internet is available again the clock reconnects to our cloud and continues in time sync as usual Last modified 21 Novemb...

Page 6: ...you in now you can start using the app Create user account from iOS app Android app Tap the My clock icon on the bottom of the screen to access the login register page Now fill in your email the app...

Page 7: ...nt to control the Puri Nixie Clock iOS app iOS app for iPhones iPads and some other Apple devices Android app app developed for Android phones Configuration website app that runs in a browser without...

Page 8: ...s link to connect the clock to a new WiFi network 2 My devices use this link to configure already connected devices 3 My account use this link to modify your email or password Currently the browser ap...

Page 9: ...f the screen Home My Clock and Help The Home button brings you back to the home screen My clock button moves you to clock settings and connection The help button opens our web based documentation The...

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Page 11: ...ond tab is called My Clock and it provides the main functionality of the app It will get you through the connection process of the clock as well as the configuration of the clock Daliborfarny com Puri...

Page 12: ...Help The Help tab opens our web based documentation on http docs daliborfarny com Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 9 of 69...

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Page 14: ...nected and online it can be controlled from that phone normally To download the application please follow this link Home screen When you start the app you are situated on a home screen In portrait mod...

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Page 16: ...ond tab is called My Clock and it provides the main functionality of the app It will get you through the connection process of the clock as well as the configuration of the clock Daliborfarny com Puri...

Page 17: ...Help The Help tab opens our web based documentation on http docs daliborfarny com Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 14 of 69...

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Page 19: ...as an expiration time of 1 year CLOCK_ID See the table below in section Clock IDs API URL https api daliborfarny com Clock IDs Each clock model has a certain product ID Zen clocks 2 4 tube Puri 6 etc...

Page 20: ...ext step is to get a list of clocks that are paired to your account The pairing is done automatically during the process of connecting the clock to the internet Replace the ACCESS_TOKEN with the acces...

Page 21: ...he cloud Now we need to test whether the clock is connected to the cloud and we can talk to it API call specification Request type GET Endpoint URL v1 devices CLOCK_ID online client_id 3rdparty access...

Page 22: ...cloud server the parameter value in this example is 2 ok true status 200 data value 2 Sending the configuration parameters All the configuration parameters are stored in the clock itself to change the...

Page 23: ...leadingzero RW Daylight Saving 1 2 3 dst RW Time Zone timezone RW Date Display 1 2 3 4 5 datedisplay RW Digits Transition 1 2 3 4 transition RW Cathode Cleaning Interval 1 10 30 slotmachineperiod RW...

Page 24: ...a timeout 0 255 customdatatimeout RW Switch to time mode 1 switchtotimemode W Slotmachine mode 1 2 slotmachinemode RW Restart the clock 1 reset W Homekit reset 1 homekitreset W RTC calibration rtccali...

Page 25: ...MAC Address macaddr R Explanation of the individual configuration parameters Time Format 12 12h format 24 24h format Leading Zero 1 OFF 2 ON Daylight Saving 1 OFF 2 ON 3 Auto Time Zone Name Value UTC...

Page 26: ...00 Cuiaba 18 UTC 04 00 Santiago 19 UTC 04 00 Georgetown La Paz Manaus San Juan 20 UTC 04 00 Asuncion 21 UTC 03 30 Newfoundland 22 UTC 03 00 Brasilia 23 UTC 03 00 Greenland 24 UTC 03 00 Montevideo 25 U...

Page 27: ...TC 02 00 Beirut 48 UTC 02 00 Harare Pretoria 49 UTC 02 00 Damascus 50 UTC 02 00 Istanbul 51 UTC 03 00 Kuwait Riyadh 52 UTC 03 00 Baghdad 53 UTC 03 00 Nairobi 54 UTC 03 00 Kaliningrad 55 UTC 03 00 Mosc...

Page 28: ...laanbaatar 80 UTC 09 00 Irkutsk 81 UTC 09 00 Seoul 82 UTC 09 00 Osaka Sapporo Tokyo 83 UTC 09 30 Darwin 84 UTC 09 30 Adelaide 85 UTC 10 00 Yakutsk 86 UTC 10 00 Canberra Melbourne Sydney 87 UTC 10 00 B...

Page 29: ...tom Only 4 Top Only 6 All On Underlight Color 32 bit value 0b00000000BBBBBBBBGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRR Colon Mode 1 OFF 2 Solid 3 Fading Power Light 1 ON 2 OFF Connectivity Mode 1 Online 2 Offline Time Unix Ti...

Page 30: ...25 Switch to time mode Call this parameter to switch the clock to time mode e g from custom data mode or from slot machine mode Slotmachine mode 1 activate 2 deactivate Homekit reset Call this parame...

Page 31: ...the internet via a Wi Fi router but to do so it needs to know the name and password credentials Once you successfully transfer the credentials to the clock it will remember it forever and there is no...

Page 32: ...Click on the My clock tab at the bottom of the screen Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 29 of 69...

Page 33: ...Click on the button Add nixie clock to the cloud Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 30 of 69...

Page 34: ...The app shows the instructions on how to switch the clock into the listening mode Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 31 of 69...

Page 35: ...Once the clock is in the listening mode go to the Wi Fi settings of the phone Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 32 of 69...

Page 36: ...Search for the Wi Fi network of your clock PURI XXXX and connect to it Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 33 of 69...

Page 37: ...Once the phone is connected to the clock please switch back to the app Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 34 of 69...

Page 38: ...Click the It s done next button Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 35 of 69...

Page 39: ...The app will establish a connection with the clock Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 36 of 69...

Page 40: ...Once the connection is established the app will scan for nearby Wi Fi networks and display them Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 37 of 69...

Page 41: ...Select your Wi Fi network to connect the clock to enter a password for the network and click on the Continue button Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 38 of 69...

Page 42: ...The app will send the credentials to the clock Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 39 of 69...

Page 43: ...At this moment the clock will disconnect from the phone and will start connecting to the internet The phone will connect back to your Wi Fi router Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 40 of 69...

Page 44: ...he configuration page of your clock Connecting the clock via a Configuration website In this step you will need a WiFi enabled device we tested it with laptops running Windows 7 8 10 MacBooks iPhone W...

Page 45: ...on the website Once the clock is in listening mode number 1 running from left to right you can connect the computer to the clock s wifi network PURI XXXX Important At this step the Wi Fi interface on...

Page 46: ...well the website will confirm the connection to the clock Continue with clicking to Scan button to search for available WiFi networks After a few seconds available WiFi networks will appear Choose you...

Page 47: ...correct the clock will immediately connect to the cloud and will synchronize time If you entered the wrong password the clock will attempt to connect to the router but will not succeed the System LED...

Page 48: ...fully charged within a few minutes after the startup of the clock There is no wear on this part so it will not deteriorate with use and will never need to be replaced The supercapacitor provides energ...

Page 49: ...n summertime and wintertime when set to Auto or stay in summertime wintertime when selecting manually on off The date of switching is set from the selected timezone Date Display It is possible to show...

Page 50: ...ly our clocks are synchronized to the internet so you will not notice any problems But if your clock is running offline or the connection is not stable enough the clock will not be able to synchronize...

Page 51: ...k is running too fast you need to subtract the calculated deviation from the current calibration value If it is running too slow you need to add it For example if I run the test for 30 days and the ti...

Page 52: ...e old digit slowly fades out while the new digit fades in Slot machine the nixie tube runs through all 10 digits quickly before settling on the new digit Slot crossfading the tube shows Crossfading tr...

Page 53: ...to display custom data Problems with the glow can be avoided by regular exercising of all digits in a tube Just a few minutes per day is enough to keep the tubes healthy For this purpose we implemente...

Page 54: ...page explains how to set the healing Light cathode poisoning This is an example of a healed tube before and after application of healing for 30 days This is the ideal scenario light cathode poisoning...

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Page 56: ...ht poisoning is not healed the tubes will most likely eventually develop a more serious form of cathode poisoning Such poisoning still can be healed but it might take several months Daliborfarny com P...

Page 57: ...an appear especially leakage of air into the tube The symptoms are similar a partially missing glow The healing might help to recover the glow but the chance is much lower than in case of standard cat...

Page 58: ...parts are located on the bottom of the digits it is usually a leakage Daliborfarny com Puri Nixie Clock 1_en Page 55 of 69...

Page 59: ...the configuration website and hit the settings button of your clock first Then open the Healing tab As a first step test all the digits by clicking the buttons with numbers hitting the button 1 will d...

Page 60: ...aling first decided whether you want to run the healing all day or just during night mode When healing is activated the digits being healed are visible most of the time so it can be confusing when rea...

Page 61: ...ion from the customer in order to perform the firmware update the update is made seamlessly in one or two minutes The clock can restart itself several times during the update and the System LED will f...

Page 62: ...mobile hotspot renaming your phone to a network that the clock knows The second is to tell the clock credentials for the hotspot Renaming your phone to a network the clock already knows The clock that...

Page 63: ...ening mode 3 Take another wi fi enabled device B phone laptop tablet and open our configuration website iOS or Android app 4 Connect device B to the clock and transfer credentials for the A to the clo...

Page 64: ...left to right Switching the clock to the Listening mode The clock is switched to the Listening mode by powering it off during a startup sequence and powering it on again This is done by this sequence...

Page 65: ...t dvojte ku z patice a pod vejte se dovnit otvoru uvid te syst movou LED System LED configuration Always On System LED is always on showing an internet connection status all the time The cloud connect...

Page 66: ...the module it is activated manually by the user When in listening mode the System LED is flashing blue Firmware Update Occasionally the clock receives a firmware update it usually takes a minute and d...

Page 67: ...sible to the clock Flashing cyan aqua The clock is trying to establish a connection to the cloud it is already connected to Wi Fi but cannot reach the cloud This might be caused by an internet connect...

Page 68: ...ode The configuration parameters in Direct Mode are identical to regular online mode However there are some differences You can notice a Set time button this serves to transfer current time from your...

Page 69: ...he Puri Nixie Clock can be programmed to switch between Day mode brightness and Night mode brightness every hour in a week can be addressed separately Example 1 Clock located in a living room Let s as...

Page 70: ...t 9 00 in the morning Brightness in day mode set to Full but we want to turn it off when we leave the office at 18 00 brightness in the night mode set to low The display will be completely off during...

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Page 72: ...with the plug matching the country of destination Power input 5 5 2 1 mm DC plug positive center Input voltage 12V DC Wi Fi standards 2 4GHz IEEE 802 11 b g n Case material Anodized aluminum with fin...