Timeframe

An e-paper calendar, weather, and smart home family dashboard

Supported displays

• Visionect Place & Play 13 / Joan 13 Pro - designed for 10m update interval
• Boox Mira Pro - Real-time updates via WebSocket
• TRMNL (OG)

Installation

1. In Home Assistant, go to Settings → Add-ons → Add-on Store
2. Click the three-dot menu (⋮) → Repositories
3. Add this repository URL: https://github.com/timeframe/timeframe
4. Find Timeframe in the add-on store and click Install
5. Click Start
6. Access the app at port 8099 (e.g. http://homeassistant.local:8099)

Configuration

The following entities can be created in Home Assistant to customize behavior. Icon names are from Material Design Icons (without the mdi- prefix).

Entity ID	Default behavior	Description
sensor.timeframe_top_right_*	None	Displays items in the top-right corner. State format: icon,label (e.g. door-open,Front Door). Labels containing underscores are automatically humanized. Return multiple items for a single sensor by using newlines.
sensor.timeframe_top_left_*	None	Displays items in the top-left corner. Same format as top-right.
sensor.timeframe_weather_status_*	None	Displays weather status items. State format: icon,label or icon,label,rotation where rotation is a degree value for the icon (e.g. for wind direction).
sensor.timeframe_daily_event_*	None	Adds all-day events to the timeline. State format: icon,label.
sensor.timeframe_media_player_entity_id	Uses the first media_player.* entity	Set the state to a specific media player entity ID (e.g. media_player.living_room) to control which player's now-playing info is shown.
sensor.timeframe_weather_entity_id	Uses the first weather.* entity	Set the state to a specific weather entity ID (e.g. weather.home) to control which weather entity provides forecasts.
sensor.timeframe_weather_feels_like_entity_id	Uses apparent_temperature from the weather entity	Set the state to a specific sensor entity ID to override the feels-like temperature display.

Calendar events

Private mode

A calendar event with the description timeframe-private will activate private mode for the duration of the event, hiding display content.

Hiding specific events

To hide a specific event, include timeframe-omit in the description.

Operational modes

The application runs in two modes: single tenant inside home assistant and multi-tenant on at https://www.timeframe.app (coming soon).

Note: Timeframe is licensed under the O'Saasy License.

Local development

Configuration:

Create config/timeframe.yml from `config/timeframe.yml.example with your settings.

Environment variables

Variable	Description
VISIONECT_SERVER	Experimental. Set to "true" to start the Visionect TCP protocol server alongside Puma. Required for Visionect Place & Play / Joan 13 Pro devices.

Setup

1. bundle install
2. rails s
3. Visit http://localhost:3000

Testing

bin/rails test

License

This project is licensed under the O'Saasy License — see LICENSE.md for details.