🔼Display and Buttons (FPMS)

Front Panel Menu System

Front Panel Menu System (FPMS) is a 'homegrown' name, it came from the development team. FPMS refers to the screen and the buttons.

Display

1.44" 128x128 pixel colour LCD TFT display

Top menu bar

• Time

• Internet status globe

• Wireless interface status

Main page

• Operating mode

• Ethernet IP address

• Link connection speed

• Additional interface IP addresses (mode dependant)

Footer

• WLAN Pi hostname - Where did the last 3 characters come from? Here is the correct answer.

Physical Inputs

To the left of the display you should find a 5-way joystick (J)

⬆️ ⬇️ ⬅️ ➡️ and centre-click, used to execute the selected menu item.

To the right of the display you will find 3 action buttons:

• Button A cycles between wired network troubleshooting tools:

  • Reachability

  • LLDP neighbour

  • eth0 IP configuration

• Button B is a shortcut to activate Hotspot mode - useful for wall attenuation measurements

• Button C allows you to shutdown or restart the unit

What can I do with this display and buttons?

Explore the menu options and feel free to experiment.

• System > About

• System > Date & Time

• System > Summary

• System > Reboot