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richonguzman / LoRa_APRS_iGate

LoRa APRS iGATE for ESP32 Based Board with Rx + Tx capabilities
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Added AlwaysOn Checks for Screen #80

Closed czajkaej closed 5 days ago

czajkaej commented 5 months ago

When AlwaysOn is false, screen now shuts off to conserve power. Good for Solar Digi nodes. - KI6PSP

richonguzman commented 5 months ago

hi,

so this will make the screen completely turn off when switch is enabled for this.

but the time for momentary turn on does control it independently ?

czajkaej commented 5 months ago

Yes, it shuts off the screen completely. Trying to save power for a solar build by shutting off the screen.

Ed (KI6PSP)

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hi,

so this will make the screen completely turn off when switch is enabled for this.

but the time for momentary turn on does control it independently ?

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richonguzman commented 5 months ago

Yes, it shuts off the screen completely. Trying to save power for a solar build by shutting off the screen. Ed (KI6PSP)

(I'm on the phone but very curious). but does this work only on the time It should wait (when is False) before turning off

or does it replace que other mode from before?

I was thinking of 3 modes: full off full on on for x secs then off

czajkaej commented 5 months ago

I was thinking about this too. These are the 3 modes I think are needed.

  1. Always On
  2. Sometimes On - Notifications Only
  3. Never On - Solar build

This current implementation is like mode 3, it’s only on at startup, then shuts off.

This current build doesn’t do #2, but maybe we can work together on this?

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKylNrCmpJFQpfomK3smmfAcWtpfPHEvTOC9cH5xhWOz5Wo2oAL13uKwfIHVmQYAZoCN2VNwMxZEXuppivKN3-GuQ-sgVABM6zp6UFSykF7Nfjm5wjD6OWZb6jiH8tclvcySgWYa91KNvt_NrQPkr_pyUQA5ycES1OyyKXNtMyBjmLXeTDow9_XCJCvc/s4032/image_6209779.JPG https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbSPy2rTtYoecub4wzThJy7grlXtm3IKGjuoXTHFJWFPtdw2iiCRHK305M9j9v0Yyr0JGE1z4lm1cuY2WONPaUooyMQetlWOfWQcpPy0KI4WneYKBD0C7yA44bglO2yHO365VxeM9Z6Fv-wFFDb8UlQd22ZY20SGoA8LPtvxEB_FQ46zWgiPrIeJMeS8/s4032/image_6209779%20(1).JPG This is what I am experimenting with. A solar powered Digi I can put on a hill. Also, I got this one to push telemetry that APRS.FI http://aprs.fi/ can graph. https://aprs.fi/telemetry/a/KI6PSP-4

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 7:43 AM Ricardo Guzman (Richonguzman) < @.***> wrote:

Yes, it shuts off the screen completely. Trying to save power for a solar build by shutting off the screen. Ed (KI6PSP)

(I'm on the phone but very curious). but does this work only on the time It should wait (when is False) before turning off

or does it replace que other mode from before?

I was thinking of 3 modes: full off full on on for x secs then off

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richonguzman commented 5 days ago

i will close this PR but still have this idea running around to see how to adde better use of the screen

thanks for pointing this out