special clock and date display duration

Introduction

Skill-level: easy

Set up a timer helper named eier_timer

step 1: home assistant automation:

I'm using EspHoMaTriXv2 on a Ulanzi TC001. I want to display the time for 55 seconds and the date for 5 seconds in a loop. I don't understand, how I can configure the display times. I tried clock_interval: 55 but it doesn't seem to help.

What's the correct way?

I think the easiest way is by a home assistant script like this:

alias: ulanzi 55-5 clock-date
sequence:
  - service: esphome.ulanzi_del_screen
    data:
      icon_name: "*"
      mode: 2
  - service: esphome.ulanzi_clock_screen
    data:
      default_font: false
      lifetime: 1440
      screen_time: 55
      r: 192
      g: 192
      b: 192
  - service: esphome.ulanzi_del_screen
    data:
      icon_name: "*"
      mode: 3
  - service: esphome.ulanzi_date_screen
    data:
      default_font: false
      lifetime: 1440
      screen_time: 5
      r: 192
      g: 192
      b: 192
mode: single
icon: mdi:clock-digital

This deletes the default date and clock display and fills the loop with a 55 sec clock and a 5 sec date screen. The lifetime is one day, so the script must run once a day or on boot.

This is also possible in the esphome YAML, with lambdas.