Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#161 Post by velja » 01 Aug 2018, 11:24

What a pity! I wait with my two displays to monitor IN/OUT temperature!. I hope you make it soon!

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#162 Post by papperone » 12 Aug 2018, 10:28

sorry about delays but while I was finishing the testing some other user commited in GitHub a change request of my plugin with huge nuber of changes aiming to optimization...
long story short as I had already heavily changed the cosde to implement all new functions now I'm puzzled how to proceed :cry:
- I can choose to revert back to my version of the code, throwing out all optimization submited (no idea about what was done as the othe user change lots of the original code)
- I can start again all coding of new features on the actual version of the code but first I need to understand the changes, test if it's all working as it was wil all the supported hardware

No matter what way I will go it will take lots more unplanned time which I have not much recently due to job related tasks...
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#163 Post by ronald » 12 Aug 2018, 11:49

Too bad, all this hassle. It works great the way it is now. Why did someone just change that much of your code?
In your place I should revert back to my original code. If the other user wants to change it, let him develop his own version.
Thank you for all the effort you put into it.

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#164 Post by TD-er » 12 Aug 2018, 12:41

@papperone, was it me that made changes?
I don't remember changing things to your plugin.
Maybe I can help explaining what has changed recently and to what purpose?

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#165 Post by papperone » 12 Aug 2018, 12:58

TD-er wrote: 12 Aug 2018, 12:41 @papperone, was it me that made changes?
I don't remember changing things to your plugin.
Maybe I can help explaining what has changed recently and to what purpose?
no TD-er, it was an user I've never heard of "GHolli" in --> https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/pull/1631

what shoudl I do ? as I wrote the number of changes in the plucing are a lot and to go to all of them it will take me a while and I've already a local version of plugin with new features based on my old versione...
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#166 Post by ronald » 12 Aug 2018, 17:21

I say: continue with your local version. You started it and it worked great. Why wait for some unknown user that teared your code apart?

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#167 Post by grovkillen » 12 Aug 2018, 20:17

papperone wrote: 12 Aug 2018, 12:58
TD-er wrote: 12 Aug 2018, 12:41 @papperone, was it me that made changes?
I don't remember changing things to your plugin.
Maybe I can help explaining what has changed recently and to what purpose?
no TD-er, it was an user I've never heard of "GHolli" in --> https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/pull/1631

what shoudl I do ? as I wrote the number of changes in the plucing are a lot and to go to all of them it will take me a while and I've already a local version of plugin with new features based on my old versione...
Still, it's only a PR, not merged. So if your update of the code is working good we'll just reject that PR and merge your change. Good job :)
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#168 Post by TD-er » 12 Aug 2018, 21:42

Indeed, it is not merged, so we can continue with your code and maybe later apply the mentioned optimizations when still applicable.

(placing char arrays or strings in flash is always a nice to have optimization)

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#169 Post by papperone » 13 Aug 2018, 00:33

ok , understood!

I'll try to complete testing asap and make my PR :)
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#170 Post by mrshark » 14 Aug 2018, 14:14

hi
1st: thanks for your work :)

2nd: i've some of the "dots+colon" tm1637 modules, and using ESP_Easy_mega-20180809_dev_ESP8266_4096.bin on a nodemcu model, 1st gpio D3, 2nd gpio D4, tried both the dots and colon combo option, but none of the dots or colon is ever ON, just the numbers (right now showing time)... not in blink, nor in no blink setting...

3rd: sending this command "7dn,09.07" in manual mode just displays "9", why?

4th: are, or will ever be, these modules supported? https://it.aliexpress.com/item/74HC595- ... 25544.html
some info about them: http://vlad-gheorghe.blogspot.com/2018/ ... hc164.html

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#171 Post by mrshark » 14 Aug 2018, 14:48

an other request, for help :)
i'd like to have time for 30 seconds, then show temperature for 3 seconds, then go back to time... but it doesn't seem to be possible to switch from a behaviour to an other with commands, but only via settings... i've thought something like, don't know if it's ok, any hint is appreciated:

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On System#Boot do
  timerSet,1,5
endon

On Rules#Timer=1 do
 SendToHTTP 127.0.0.1,80,/control?cmd=7dt,[DS18b20#Temperature]
 timerSet,2,3
endon

On Rules#Timer=2 do  //When Timer2 expires, do
 SendToHTTP 127.0.0.1,80,/control?cmd=HERE-I-NEED-A-WAY-TO-DISPLAY-TIME-WITH-BLINK
 timerSet,1,30      //Set Timer1 for the next event in 30 seconds
endon

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#172 Post by miah » 10 Sep 2018, 12:25

Could a new "Display Output:" mode be added so as the clock mode can chose between a 12hr Clock or the existing 24hr Clock

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#173 Post by grovkillen » 10 Sep 2018, 16:01

miah wrote: 10 Sep 2018, 12:25 Could a new "Display Output:" mode be added so as the clock mode can chose between a 12hr Clock or the existing 24hr Clock
Could you add that as a feature request on GitHub?
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#174 Post by MAC66666 » 14 Oct 2018, 16:03

Hmm, With the MAX7219 everything works fine, but with the TM1637 4-digits, it doesn't work. I tried several diferent Displays, none of them works. No LED ist on :( What can I do?

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#175 Post by grovkillen » 14 Oct 2018, 16:09

MAC66666 wrote: 14 Oct 2018, 16:03 Hmm, With the MAX7219 everything works fine, but with the TM1637 4-digits, it doesn't work. I tried several diferent Displays, none of them works. No LED ist on :( What can I do?
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#176 Post by MAC66666 » 14 Oct 2018, 17:01

Yes, some of my TM1637 are exactly the same model that is shown on the pics in the wiki. tried to use the same gpios (and others) tried with 3.3 V and 5V, tried ESPEasy builds from 20000 to 20102, tried the special compiled version earlier in this thread here (somewhen in 2017), tried several esp8266 devices (wemos D1 mini and clones, NodeMCU) nothing worked for me. No reaction on the display. :(

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#177 Post by grovkillen » 14 Oct 2018, 17:35

Could you provide screenshots and pictures?
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#178 Post by MAC66666 » 14 Oct 2018, 18:39

Not at the moment, because of my banning problem, you know.

but there is nothing special to see i think. Wiring and config is exactly as in the wiki, I tried to switch the two GPOs, too and many other things, like changing the GPIOs to others, 3.3V and 4V and so on.

I know, it is hard to help me with that ;)

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#179 Post by MAC66666 » 15 Oct 2018, 00:02

OK, I made a new firmware and set PLUGIN_73_DEBUG to true, maybe this helps? In the log it loops "7DGT: Comm ACK=FALSE" and "/DGT: WriteByte"... Like there is no connection. Used a fresh Wemos D1 mini and GPIO 0 and 2 as in the example (wiki)... And sorry for my bad english ;-)

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#180 Post by MAC66666 » 15 Oct 2018, 21:28

Checked my hardware with https://wifi-iot.com/ and it works. So it's a problem in the plugin I think...

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#181 Post by MAC66666 » 15 Oct 2018, 23:08

OK, it works with 2.0 build 20000 stable, compiled it myself from github (never done this before yesterday, I am a little bit proud of this :D )

So I think someone else could look how to get it to work on 20102...

Would be great if this works on an ESP32, too ;)

Edit: do you think it is possible to share the clk gpio for multiple TM1637 or something like that? I am a little bit low on GPIOs...

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#182 Post by velja » 16 Oct 2018, 12:40

What's happen with multiple LED display update?

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#183 Post by MAC66666 » 16 Oct 2018, 17:52

oh damn only one is supported? I need three :(

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#184 Post by sFischle » 22 Oct 2018, 23:11

Hi,
I can confirm that tere seems to be an issue in the actual (nightly) releases.

I have a TM16037.

With ESPEasy_mega-20180815 the display is working fine.
With ESPEasy_mega-20181008 it does not work.

For now I can stoy on the old one but would be great to get it "back" in the latest releases.

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#185 Post by adapbel » 27 Oct 2018, 00:02

sFischle wrote: 22 Oct 2018, 23:11 Hi,
I can confirm that tere seems to be an issue in the actual (nightly) releases.

I have a TM16037.

With ESPEasy_mega-20180815 the display is working fine.
With ESPEasy_mega-20181008 it does not work.

For now I can stoy on the old one but would be great to get it "back" in the latest releases.
Rotate CLK and DIN pin

For me - work fine. Just tested it.

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#186 Post by papperone » 17 Nov 2018, 09:14

Sorry for the delay but finally I managed to release new version of my plugin (thanks to TD-er to help on sort out the mess!).
Below new functions/commands available, still not able to work on the issue that does not allow multiple displays :(
Obviously some of the letters can't be shown properly but it's a limit of the 7 segment layout.

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// Plugin can be setup as:
//  - Manual        -- display is manually updated sending commands
//                     "7dn,<number>"        (number can be negative or positive, even with decimal)
//                     "7dt,<temperature>"   (temperature can be negative or positive and containing decimals)
//                     "7dst,<hh>,<mm>,<ss>" (show manual time -not current-, no checks done on numbers validity!)
//                     "7dsd,<dd>,<mm>,<yy>" (show manual date -not current-, no checks done on numbers validity!)
//                     "7dtext,<text>"       (show free text - supported chars 0-9,a-z,A-Z," ","-","=","_","/","^")
//  - Clock-Blink     -- display is automatically updated with current time and blinking dot/lines
//  - Clock-NoBlink   -- display is automatically updated with current time and steady dot/lines
//  - Clock12-Blink   -- display is automatically updated with current time (12h clock) and blinking dot/lines
//  - Clock12-NoBlink -- display is automatically updated with current time (12h clock) and steady dot/lines
//  - Date            -- display is automatically updated with current date
//
// Generic commands:
//  - "7don"      -- turn ON the display
//  - "7doff"     -- turn OFF the display
//  - "7db,<0-15> -- set brightness to specific value between 0 and 15
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#187 Post by miah » 23 Nov 2018, 13:30

i have loaded " ESP_Easy_mega-20181123_dev_ESP8266_4096.bin " and can report that it seems to work well in Clock12-Blink mode, very happy.

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#188 Post by papperone » 24 Nov 2018, 19:47

mrshark wrote: 14 Aug 2018, 14:14 are, or will ever be, these modules supported? https://it.aliexpress.com/item/74HC595- ... 25544.html
I tested again (as I do have it) both these displays and as well the ones based on TM74HC595 and I can confirm they are not usable with ESPEasy as they do require a 50Hz refresh (e.g. they must be refreshed at least 50 times per seconds as they are built with shift-register ICs).

If you have additional displays to test and evaluate if to add them please let me know, meanwhile I will work on a new plugin to support MAX7219 dot-matrix displays :)
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#189 Post by grovkillen » 24 Nov 2018, 22:23

papperone wrote: .... meanwhile I will work on a new plugin to support MAX7219 dot-matrix displays :)
I got 1,2,3,4 dot matrix MAX7219 based units. ;)
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#190 Post by papperone » 25 Nov 2018, 09:20

grovkillen wrote: 24 Nov 2018, 22:23
papperone wrote: .... meanwhile I will work on a new plugin to support MAX7219 dot-matrix displays :)
I got 1,2,3,4 dot matrix MAX7219 based units. ;)
I do as well, now I need time to play some fun coding in a brand new plugin :)
I'll let you konw when I've some draft code so you can help me testing it!
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#191 Post by grovkillen » 25 Nov 2018, 09:32

papperone wrote: 25 Nov 2018, 09:20
grovkillen wrote: 24 Nov 2018, 22:23
papperone wrote: .... meanwhile I will work on a new plugin to support MAX7219 dot-matrix displays :)
I got 1,2,3,4 dot matrix MAX7219 based units. ;)
I do as well, now I need time to play some fun coding in a brand new plugin :)
I'll let you konw when I've some draft code so you can help me testing it!
Great! Looking forward to it! :D
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#192 Post by grovkillen » 25 Nov 2018, 09:46

Just found this one, should I order it? 8-)
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#193 Post by papperone » 25 Nov 2018, 17:54

grovkillen wrote: 25 Nov 2018, 09:46 Just found this one, should I order it? 8-)
wow that's massive, but at that level I would rather implement a real RGB dot matrix display like this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/P3-RGB- ... 85432.html
it's twice bigger and cost much less :) (by the way I've one of this at home, so sooner or later.... ;) )
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#194 Post by grovkillen » 25 Nov 2018, 18:49

That would more reasonable. :)
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#195 Post by velja » 30 Nov 2018, 09:36

Obviously I miss something - Is it solution for two TM 1637 displays release or not?

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Colon AND dots?

#196 Post by oisisi » 02 Dec 2018, 09:06

I have a four-digit display with both, dots and a colon (8.8.:8.8.). It seems that I cannot address the dots. In temperature display mode the colon is used as decimal separator. It doesn't make a difference if set the plugin to address a display with dots.

Is it even possible to use the dots or individually turn the colon on or off?

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#197 Post by papperone » 02 Dec 2018, 09:18

velja wrote: 30 Nov 2018, 09:36 Obviously I miss something - Is it solution for two TM 1637 displays release or not?
Not yet, still need to rework some part of the plugin to enable multiple displays handling... sorry !
oisisi wrote: 02 Dec 2018, 09:06 I have a four-digit display with both, dots and a colon (8.8.:8.8.). It seems that I cannot address the dots. In temperature display mode the colon is used as decimal separator. It doesn't make a difference if set the plugin to address a display with dots. Is it even possible to use the dots or individually turn the colon on or off?
I think I wrote it somewher but all of the modules I've tested with this configuration (colon+dot) have only one of the two connected (and most of the times is the colon :( ).
if you need to display temperature, as I use the colon as decimal separator, you can mask/hide with black tape the "top dot" of the colon and you have a reasonable solution, unless you want to replace the display with one with dots enabled...
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#198 Post by oisisi » 02 Dec 2018, 11:12

papperone wrote: 02 Dec 2018, 09:18all of the modules I've tested with this configuration (colon+dot) have only one of the two connected (and most of the times is the colon :( ).
Thanks for your quick response. I've seen several remarks online where people came to the same conclusion. I'll see if I can get to the dots with this library.

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#199 Post by oisisi » 02 Dec 2018, 18:16

papperone wrote: 02 Dec 2018, 09:18all of the modules I've tested with this configuration (colon+dot) have only one of the two connected (and most of the times is the colon :( ).
After extensive testing it seems mine is also one of those. I was hoping to use the dots as additional status indicators. I guess I have to add separate LEDs for that to my project.

I have a different remark though. It seems one can switch only between manual mode and clock/date display via the plugin's page. Wouldn't it make sense to allow the switch to be made via command?

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#200 Post by papperone » 02 Dec 2018, 20:48

oisisi wrote: 02 Dec 2018, 18:16 I have a different remark though. It seems one can switch only between manual mode and clock/date display via the plugin's page. Wouldn't it make sense to allow the switch to be made via command?
well never thought about it as I couldn't think of a use-case scenario where this can be used, if you think it make sense to add this let me know how you intend to use, I don't want to add features just for the sake of it and increase code size without realy application...
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#201 Post by grovkillen » 02 Dec 2018, 20:51

Alternating between clock and outdoor temperature is one example or clock plus room CO2 level, another example.
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#202 Post by oisisi » 02 Dec 2018, 20:59

To be able to change modes remotely per command generally makes sense, imho. What would happen if you just remove the break from the command functions?

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#203 Post by papperone » 03 Dec 2018, 20:42

oisisi wrote: 02 Dec 2018, 20:59 To be able to change modes remotely per command generally makes sense, imho. What would happen if you just remove the break from the command functions?
Not sure it's a good practice, I will implement new command to change module mode so user can use it in rules with timers...
grovkillen wrote: 02 Dec 2018, 20:51 Alternating between clock and outdoor temperature is one example or clock plus room CO2 level, another example.
Ok you are right, you gave me some idea how to improve one of my module :)
Let me find few minutes later this week and I will implement mode-change command indeed!


PS: I'm just not sure what will happen when I will make multiple display works, as they are now commands are not able to point a specific device and they will be exectuted only by the first occurrence of any given plugin :(
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#204 Post by grovkillen » 03 Dec 2018, 21:19

Yes we need to be able to point which display/task number the command is addressing. But that is core development on a more generic level.
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#205 Post by venom » 04 Dec 2018, 14:51

hey, could anyone confirm if this one is supported:

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I've bought it here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PCS-4- ... 4c4duUAft7 but seems I've got a newer one as the label on it says "V1.1" rather than "V1.0".

I think I've tried all possible settings combinations and all supported commands from wiki but no luck - I can't get it to work - it looks turned off all the time.


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The device itself is fine - I managed to run it following that: http://www.esp8266learning.com/tm1637-7 ... xample.php.

Could anyone advise?

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#206 Post by papperone » 04 Dec 2018, 22:19

Have you tried to swap CLK and DIO pin setting on the device config (not touching the physical wiring)?
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#207 Post by venom » 05 Dec 2018, 22:30

Yes, I have. Tried to change the settings, rebooted D1, played with display output (manual, date, etc), run some commands (cmd=7don, cmd=7db,15, etc) - still no reaction from the display :/

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#208 Post by papperone » 06 Dec 2018, 06:58

that's vcery weird as all my displays of different brands and configuration works perfectly...
as well the code in the plugin is writte following the spec of the datasheet of the supported IC, which I guess it's the same with the library you pointed and it's first time I've got reported such behaviour (plugin does not work while the library does)...
I coudl look into library but honestly I've lack of free time due to my job so not sure when I will be able to do it and on top of it I've not hardware to test so it will make this debugging very tricky!
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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#209 Post by venom » 07 Dec 2018, 07:17

OK, sure. Thanks anyway.

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Re: Connecting a TM1637 4-Digit Display

#210 Post by Black_Knight » 20 Jan 2019, 21:14

I think i'm in the same boat. I can't get my 7segs to display. I've 3 setup from a while back which are working fine, but I've ordered new ones and none of them are displaying. I've verified they work using the same script as you mentioned:
http://www.esp8266learning.com/tm1637-7 ... xample.php

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