RX8130 Time Source

You first need to set up the I2C component.

# Example configuration entry
time:
  - platform: rx8130
    id: rx8130_time

Configuration variables

address (Optional, int): Manually specify the I²C address of the RTC. Defaults to 0x32.
All other options from Base Time Configuration.

`rx8130.write_time` Action

This Action triggers a synchronization of the current system time to the RTC hardware.

ℹ️ Note
The RX8130 component will not write to the RTC clock if not triggered explicitly by this action.

on_...:
  - rx8130.write_time

  # in case you need to specify the RX8130 id
  - rx8130.write_time:
      id: rx8130_time

`rx8130.read_time` Action

This Action triggers a synchronization of the current system time from the RTC hardware.

ℹ️ Note
The RX8130 component will automatically read the RTC clock every 15 minutes by default and synchronize the system clock when a valid timestamp is read from the RTC. (The update_interval can be changed.) This action can be used to trigger additional synchronizations.

on_...:
  - rx8130.read_time

  # in case you need to specify the RX8130 id
  - rx8130.read_time:
      id: rx8130_time

Full Configuration Example

In a typical setup, you will have at least one additional time source to synchronize the RTC with. Such an external time source might not always be available e.g. due to a limited network connection. In order to have a valid, reliable system time, the system should read the RTC once at start and then try to synchronize with an external reliable time source. When a synchronization to another time source was successful, the RTC can be resynchronized.

esphome:
  on_boot:
    then:
      # read the RTC time once when the system boots
      rx8130.read_time:

time:
  - platform: rx8130
    # repeated synchronization is not necessary unless the external RTC
    # is much more accurate than the internal clock
    update_interval: never
  - platform: homeassistant
    # instead try to synchronize via network repeatedly ...
    on_time_sync:
      then:
        # ... and update the RTC when the synchronization was successful
        rx8130.write_time: