EFForg/rayhunter

Prevent screen shut off (when plugged in)

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#539 opened on Aug 14, 2025

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Description

What problem does this feature solve or what does it enhance?

I want to set up one of the Orbics to be running continuously with the green line in my eye line. But even plugged in, the screen turns off after a few seconds and there doesn't seem to be any way to disable that.

Proposed Solution

I would be completely happy if the screen never turned off once you updated to the rayhunter firmware.

Alternately, either a setting to keep it from sleeping or screen sleep is only disabled when plugged in would also be fine. Worst case, a setting accessible from the web app to disable screen sleep.

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Research direction
Investigate the display power management settings in the rayhunter firmware, specifically how the screen sleep timeout is configured and whether it can be overridden when the device is plugged in. Look for any existing display control code or configuration options.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
embedded iot
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Feature
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2
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Rust
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60