When I tweeted about the Rotrics Nextube, a couple people asked me how I set it up.
While it’s a beautiful clock with configurable displays, WiFi, and widgets, it came with absolutely no documentation.
I funded it nearly two years from Kickstarter, but just got it last week due to the pandemic, technical issues, and production delays. It was well worth the wait. It’s a beautiful clock with “faux Nixie tubes” (LCD panels in glass tubes) that can be configured to custom display different fonts, colors, and styles.
While it’s no longer at Kickstarter prices, the production Rotrics NexTube clock can be ordered from:
If you’re looking how to configure it:
- you’ll need to download Nextube Studio from rotrics.com/pages/downloads,
- plug it into your PC via USB,
- set up WiFi on it,
- and it’ll connect via WiFi after that first setup.
Agreed, there was ZERO documentation or support. The internal WiFi works great for RSS feeds and updating the widget apps, but terribly for configuration. You’ll need to plug it into your USB any time you want to configure (or re-configure) it.