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Docs: caught up with v0.13.0 to v0.19.0
The documentation had kept up feature page by feature page and nowhere
else. Now also:

- the home page's App cards (notes of any size, pictures, sharing) and its
  note (the Shell, the VPN, the screenshot key);
- the guide: VPN in the Status Bar and in Settings, the three keys that work
  everywhere, screenshots of the Shell, a picture, sharing, the VPN page and
  the help panel;
- three how-tos: move files with your phone, set up the VPN, take a
  screenshot; where the files are and what things cost in memory;
- the FAQ: screenshots, and what listens on the network;
- the README's opening: what the firmware does today;
- the glossary: Tunnel, Sharing, Screenshot;
- every milestone's status line, with the version each thing shipped in.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EhqxQ49eCju4CzKYNjZzwT
2026-10-08 01:47:00 +02:00

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title = "Settings"
description = "The device's names, region, screen, sound, GNSS, Wi-Fi and VPN, and where firmware updates are found."
weight = 11
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tag = "Settings"
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Move with the arrows. On a toggle, a choice or a slider, left and right change the value; <kbd>Enter</kbd> 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](/guide/basics/) |
| **GNSS** | Switches the receiver on and off (see [GNSS](/guide/gnss/)) |
| **Pause GNSS for LoRa** | Puts the receiver on standby while the radio listens (see [LoRa Scanner](/guide/lora-scanner/)) |
| **Coordinates** | Decimal degrees, or degrees, minutes and seconds |
| **Wi-Fi** | The page below |
| **Check for updates** | Once a day, see [Updates](/guide/updates/) |
| **Firmware** | The page described in [Updates](/guide/updates/) |
| **VPN** | A WireGuard tunnel: its switch, "Start with Wi-Fi", and importing its configuration from the card. See [VPN](/guide/vpn/) |
| **Debug Console** | Off unless you switch it on. It lets a PC on the same network read the device's console and drive it, with a token shown on this page: see [the developer docs](/dev/debug/switch-it-on/). Leave it off if that means nothing to you |
| **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. <kbd>Enter</kbd> 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. <kbd>Enter</kbd> on **Status** shows what is in use and where each value came from.
## The keys, as the device lists them
What <kbd>Fn</kbd> + <kbd>h</kbd> shows on these screens. These tables are generated from the firmware's own lists, so they are always the current ones.
{{ keys(scopes=["settings", "settings-choice", "wifi", "wifi-servers", "wifi-network", "wifi-status", "wifi-scan", "wifi-name", "vpn", "debug-console"]) }}