First off I received my AmpliPI and I am very excited about upgrading my home audio system. Great job on the hardware! I have many of the outdated knob style audio controls and I am looking forward to replacing them with modern looking HMIs.
I was able to flash the AmpliPi firmware onto the NSPanel relatively easily however there seems to be a character limit on the WIFI password field, so I was not able to join the panel to my wireless network. There are obvious work arounds so no big deal.
The feature I would most like to see is to be able to have a screen saver / blanking of the screen as an option. I have two of the volume controls in my bedroom and the displays are quite bright.
Many thanks and I really looking forward to see the evolution of AmpliPi
We’ve been thinking about the display dimming functionality for a while, but haven’t added an issue for it until now.
I managed to increase the character limit on the on-screen keyboard though, so that change will be in the next release. Unfortunately the text wraps around at around ~48 characters or so. Hopefully no one ever has to type in a 63 character wifi password on that keyboard
There is a slider for timeout, active brightness and inactive brightness. After the display isn’t touched for the timeout period, the display will transition from active brightness to inactive brightness smoothly over ~8 seconds. You can set the inactive brightness to zero and it will completely turn off the screen too, and touching again will take you to the home page.
