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Site: the user guide (phase 2): the basics, one page per App, Settings and Updates
Eleven pages under /guide/, written from the README, the milestone documents
and the Apps' own source: the keys, the Launcher, the Status Bar and the first
start; the LoRa Scanner, GNSS, Gemini, IRC, Wi-Fi tools, Notes, Storage and
System; Settings (with Wi-Fi) and Updates. Real screenshots where the site has
them, a Guide link in the navigation, and the home page points to it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+++ title = "Settings" description = "The device's names, region, screen, sound, GNSS and Wi-Fi, and where firmware updates are found." weight = 10 [extra] tag = "Settings" +++

Move with the arrows. On a toggle, a choice or a slider, left and right change the value; Enter opens a text field or a list of choices, or a page marked >. Back leaves.

Setting What it is
Long name, Short name The names you gave in the first-start Setup (up to 39 bytes, and up to 4 characters)
Region The regulatory region; EU868
Timezone For the clock and the dates in file names
Brightness A slider
Dim after, Screen off after Screen timeouts. Dimming must come before the screen turns off
Sound & LED The beep and the flash on a Toast
GNSS Switches the receiver on and off (see GNSS)
Pause GNSS for LoRa Puts the receiver on standby while the radio listens (see LoRa Scanner)
Coordinates Decimal degrees, or degrees, minutes and seconds
Wi-Fi The page below
Check for updates Once a day, see Updates
Firmware The page described in Updates
About The firmware version, the node number, battery, memory, uptime, clock and licence

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi on its own page switches the radio on and off. The page also has:

  • Status: whether it is searching, joining, or connected, and to what.
  • Add a network: scans, lets you pick one, and asks for the password (leave it empty for an open network). Add a hidden network asks for the name first.
  • DNS and NTP: see below.
  • Your saved networks. The device joins one on its own whenever it is in range, the strongest first. Enter on a network opens its page.

An address by hand

A network normally gives the device its address by itself (DHCP, Automatic). On a network without DHCP, open its page and set IP address to Fixed: then it takes an address, a prefix (24 is 255.255.255.0) and an optional gateway. Switching to Fixed starts from what the network is giving the device at that moment, and the setting is checked and applied when you leave the page. IPv4 only. Forget this network is on the same page.

DNS and NTP

Two DNS servers (9.9.9.9 and 1.1.1.1 by default), used on Fixed networks, or on every network if Always use my DNS is on; and two NTP servers (pool.ntp.org and time.cloudflare.com), used after any that the network's DHCP offers. Enter on Status shows what is in use and where each value came from.