Can you share your yaml (without passwords)?
I think the problem is esphome. I will explore on this direction. If I find a solution I will tell you
Thanks a lot anyway
Hello again.
I solved my problem. Stupid problem, by the way: I was using my home assistant IP instead of my Esp board IP ,
Everything works fine now, but I am trying to insert a new window with the weather. I would like to watch the clock/date each 6 seconds (this works fine) and the weather after this for another 6 seconds. After the weather, the clock/date should be shown again. Only the clock/weather is shown now (the default configuration)
Any help, please?
Thanks!
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There is no help 
This is by design, my focus was on the display of states. So the clock is shown only if there are no states to display or every x seconds. This is what you see, i will try to find a solution for your request.
Perhaps there is help 
Try:
external_components:
- source:
type: git
url: https://github.com/lubeda/EsphoMaTrix
ref: 2023.3.0
refresh: 60s
components: [ ehmtx ]
i added a parameter for the ehmtx section.
clock_interval: 15 => the clock will be shown ~15 seconds
I have finally realized that I was trying to use esphomatrix as it wasn´t intended to. So following the instructions about using automations works fine. Now, time for petitions 
Would it be possible to show a screen for less than one minute? 15 or 30 seconds would be perfect!
I am having problems with gif animations as pepe59 told you in this post
Was he able to solve it finally? Not moving gifs is weird!
Suggestions? Help? Magic? hahaha
This is mi yaml
ehmtx:
id: rgb8x32
show_clock: 4
show_screen: 6
display8x32: ehmtx_display
time: ehmtx_time
week_start_monday: true
duration: 7
font_id: ehmtx_font
clock_interval: 15 #seconds
on_next_screen:
- homeassistant.event:
event: esphome.next_screen
data_template:
iconname: !lambda "return x.c_str();"
text: !lambda "return y.c_str();"
- homeassistant.event:
event: esphome.next_screen
data_template:
iconname: rainbow_icon
text: "prueba"
icons:
- file: _icons/computer.gif
id: computer_icon
#pingpong: true
duration: 500
- file: _icons/varios.gif
id: varios_icon
#pingpong: true
duration: 500
- file: _icons/house.gif
id: house_icon
#pingpong: true
duration: 500
When downloading a gif, there is an option to adjust the size.
I set the download gif to be 8x8px
Thank you. I will try that
By the way, were you able to see the animations moving on the led matrix? As you said, the animations can move on my pc, but the dont in the matrix.
I can’t see any Information about the automation on the compiled file, either
I have 8x8px gif images compiled into esp and this size if the animation can be seen on the PC also works on the matrix. I don’t really understand your automation question, but I do all the automation for this device in HA.
Along with @jacamayo, I would love being able to show screens for less than a minute. If I understood correctly from code, the duration is set as an integer (0-65535), interpreted as minutes.
Still waiting for my TC001 to arrive before I try esphomatrix, but I’m starting to wonder if I can get notifications to be cycled along with clock, along with a screen duration (< a minute).
Imagine the following:
Clock (x seconds)
Notification 1 (y seconds)
Notification 2 (z seconds)
Clock (x seconds)
Notification 1 (y seconds)
Notification 2 (z seconds)
<-- HA stops Notification 1
Clock (x seconds)
Notification 2 (z seconds)
<-- HA stops Notification 2
Clock (forever until a new screen is added)
In my awtrix (which I mean to replace by esphomatrix), I have notifications which are being displayed in a cycle along with clock, until HA stops updating it. Is this something somehow doable in esphomatrix?
Not sure if I could explained myself properly in my question.
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I mean the compiled code that can be found in this route /config/esphome/.esphome\build\ehmtx8266\src\main.cpp
Yes it’s there /config/esphome/.esphome/build/ehmtx8266/src/main.cpp
if we have everything the same, it is on line 1339.
Otherwise, use ctrl+f and type Animation in the search box.
Mine on this line
test = new display::Animation(uint8_t_5, 8, 8, 5, display::IMAGE_TYPE_RGB24);
The settings for how the display should behave are in the documentation.
The setting of individual times is set in the yaml code esp.
ehmtx:
id: rgb8x32
show_clock: 10
show_screen: 15
show_date: true
display8x32: ehmtx_display
time: ehmtx_time
week_start_monday: true
duration: 1
scroll_intervall: 72
anim_intervall: 256
Thank you very much
I will try to solve it following your instructions later and keep you up to date
Ok, I think I have found the problem following your indications
You have this in your main.ccp
test = new display::Animation(uint8_t_5, 8, 8, 5, display::IMAGE_TYPE_RGB24);
But I have this
computer_icon = new esphome::EHMTX_Icon(uint8_t_3, 8, 8, 1, display::IMAGE_TYPE_RGB565, "computer_icon", false, 500);
The 4th number, which sets the number of frames per animation, is 5 in your main.ccp and 1 in mine, and that is why mi animations don’t move as they “have only 1 frame instead of 5”
This is the same problem you were speaking about here
Were you able to solve it?
Yes, the solution is to resize the gif to 8x8px without losing the animation. I used the website to edit online but unfortunately the website is no longer working.
The Gimp editing program was recommended to me, but I haven’t tried it.
Yessssssssssssss! That made the trick!!
I followed your advices:
Gimp software
Image/scale image
8 x 8 px
Export as gif (it only lets me save as xcf file)
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New release 2023.3.0 
Big thanks to the growing community!
New features:
- action to disable the display
- set the interval for the clock display
Also some fixes.
If you like it, sponsor my work or give me a github star⭐.
Have fun!
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Guide on making it work with Ulanzi pixel clock and a link to a good pixel font resource
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Great work! Thanks for sharing!