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April 14, 2018 

 

 

 

 

April 2018 | TreadwayHouse Designs | 480-323-9009

 

 

Nixie Clock 
Users Manual 

WIFI 

Thank you for your purchase 

 

Your new Nixie clock has been constructed using new- old 
nixie tube stock manufactured in the late 70s from Russia.  
It is a beautiful mix of old and new, resulting in a high 
accuracy, low power clock which will be a talking point in 
your home. 

If you would like to reach us- You can contact us by email:  

[email protected]

 or visit our website at 

thdesigns.store

. 

 

 

 

Contents 

Description

 

WIFI setup

 

Configuring your clock

  

General operations

 

14 

Display modes

 

15 

Settings

  

15 

Quick Settings Table

 

20 

Display Blanking

 

21 

Tube Healing

 

21 

Factory Reset

 

22 

 

Nixie Clock Users Manual 

V51R3-WIFI+RTC 

Summary of Contents for Nixie V51R3

Page 1: ...x of old and new resulting in a high accuracy low power clock which will be a talking point in your home If you would like to reach us You can contact us by email sales thdesigns store or visit our we...

Page 2: ...ght sensing with automatic tube dimming which sets the tube and LED brightness according to the light conditions This also increases tube life Automatic week day or weekend blanking strategies availab...

Page 3: ...NOTE The NixieTimeModule access point will only be activated on powerup AFTER an unsuccessful attempt to connect to a WLAN It s a security feature Since we tested the interface at our factory before...

Page 4: ...ble When you have connected to it you might get a message that Internet is not available This is fine just say OK to the message You might not get this message depending on the device you have It s on...

Page 5: ...e to access the style sheets from the Internet because the module doesn t have Internet access until you configure the WLAN Select the network you want the clock to use from the list and enter the pas...

Page 6: ...inistrator Enter your routers admin and password You should find an entry in the connected devices list which starts with ESP_XXXX with some numbers and letters after it This is your clock and the IP...

Page 7: ...module using the WLAN assigned by your router Now that the module is configured on your WLAN you should change back to your normal WLAN and log into the address of the clock noted in the previous step...

Page 8: ...the time zone you are in The easiest way is to select the town nearest to you from the list on this page https en wikipedia org wiki List_of_tz_database_time_zones I live in Phoenix so I select Ameri...

Page 9: ...Clock never drifts from the right time You should see the time on your Nixie clock change to the correct time within one minute Step 8 IMPORTANT Cycle power to secure the WIFI module You must restart...

Page 10: ...y and quick Just go to the Configure clock settings section of the module and you will see the current settings All of the possibilities of the clock are laid out here You can still set all the config...

Page 11: ...nked on week days Blank always The display is always blanked unless you tell it to come on Blank during selected hours every day Blank between the start and end hour every day week days and weekends B...

Page 12: ...display The Red Green and Blue intensities are set using the channel intensities below Cycling RGB backlight no dimming The back light cycles through random mixes of colors but does not dim with the...

Page 13: ...software in the module to provide the highest security possible The module tries to connect to the configured Wireless LAN on start up If it manages to connect it will shut down the NixieTimeModule a...

Page 14: ...for example The options here are given in the section Display Mode Medium Press more than 1 second The clock will go into Setting Mode to allow you to change settings Long Press more than 8 seconds Th...

Page 15: ...g through all the options press the button for more than 2 seconds The RGB back light LEDs will return to their normal operation Another way of exiting is to cycle through all the setting options afte...

Page 16: ...ubes you can set the display to be blanked Options 4 hours Blanks between the start and end hour every day 5 H or weekends This blanks all day during the weekends and between the start and end hour ev...

Page 17: ...will always work at maximum brightness 1 enable 0 disable default 1 10 flashing Blank Mode You can set the tubes the LEDs or both the tubes and the LEDs to be blanked when in blanking mode 0 tubes on...

Page 18: ...d channel back light This will be dimmed per the display dimming If you are in cycle mode this setting will be skipped Max 15 Min 0 Default 0 18 flashing Green Channel Intensity Sets the maximum inten...

Page 19: ...decrease the minimum brightness you want to have when the clock is fully dimmed Max 500 Min 100 Default 100 27 flashing Increase Anti ghosting This setting reduces ghosting the number on the right sh...

Page 20: ...es 00 1 01 1 02 0 03 1 04 1 05 0 06 00 07 07 08 1 09 1 10 2 11 50 12 50 13 4 14 4 15 1 16 3 17 0 18 0 19 15 20 10 21 180 please don t adjust 22 180 please don t adjust 23 150 please don t adjust 24 15...

Page 21: ...seconds but the display is only blanked on the minute change If you press the button multiple times within 5 seconds the blanking will stay off for longer periods 1 Press 60 seconds 2 Presses 1 hour 3...

Page 22: ...n a routine called First Start Mode It cycles through the digits 0 9 and drives the High Voltage Generator with a basic setting which does no dimming To EXIT First Start Mode press the pushbutton when...

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