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Power Settings

These commands are available three ways — in the FREE-WILi GUI app, in a serial terminal, and on the device itself. See Connecting it to a computer for how to reach them.

Note: These settings live on the display CPU but are stored and saved by the main processor. They cover the display backlight, screen timeout and wake triggers - power-zone switching itself is in the Power Management panel.

Brightness Powered

Display backlight percent while on USB power

How to use it — press a.

What you entervalue.

Brightness Batt Gt 70

Display backlight percent with battery above 70 percent

How to use it — press b.

What you entervalue.

Brightness Batt Gt 30

Display backlight percent with battery between 30 and 70 percent

How to use it — press c.

What you entervalue.

Brightness Batt Lt 30

Display backlight percent with battery below 30 percent

How to use it — press g.

What you entervalue.

Battery Timeout

Seconds of inactivity before the display shuts off on battery

How to use it — press e.

What you entervalue.

Powered Timeout

Seconds of inactivity before the display shuts off on USB power, 0 keeps it on

How to use it — press f.

What you entervalue.

Wake On Sound

Wake the display when the mic hears a sound

How to use it — press s.

Wake On Move

Wake the display when the accelerometer sees movement

How to use it — press m.

Auto Power Zones

Auto-manage power zones; off keeps every live rail on, commands still raise rails on demand

How to use it — press o.