What are the needs for external visual output? about farmbot_os HOT 4 CLOSED

With a basic FarmBot, I don't think there is any need for this because a user could just login to the web app to see any and all information.

However, some users may want a small display that can show things such as: time till next operation, Internet connection status, currently active tool, etc, without having to login to the web app. It could come in handy for debugging purposes too.

But I don't think it is a high priority feature.

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What I was thinking about was basic diagnostics like

• Skynet connection ok
• Controller still running
• Moving

Otherwise it's just a black box for most users if the site doesn't seem to connect.

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That's true. Ok, I'm convinced :)

Let's build a list of things we want to know, and then these status messages can be shown on the display or the web-app can read them.

• Skynet connection status
• Controller program status, version number
• Wifi or Ethernet connection status, network name
• Arduino connection status
• Moving or time till next movement
• Where it thinks motors and sensors are connected (which pins)

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Where it thinks motors and sensors are connected (which pins)

Not in favor of this one. I like the pins to be fixed otherwise it gets really confusing. And, if you use the arduino with g-code, the pins are fixed in arduino and raspberry can't access or change it easily.

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