Experimental Branch

[Jstudner]

A new branch called experimental is now available for those who want to try out in-progress features. While it's not fully field-tested, it should be stable enough for general use. That said, some features may not behave perfectly. I welcome all feedback, especially bug reports and usability suggestions.

What's Included So Far

File Management UI

The new web-based file browser allows you to:

• See a list of files in each media directory
• Upload files directly to the SD card wirelessly
• Rename existing files
• Delete unwanted files
• View SD card status

This makes managing your content possible without removing the SD card.

LED Control Interface

The admin UI now supports LED control:

• Toggle rainbow mode
• Set solid color
• Turn the LED off, also starts off by default in the current version

LCD Debug Status Toggles

Two new toggles are shown on the device’s built-in screen:

• Wi-Fi status: If off, the access point failed to initialize
• SD card status: If off, the card did not mount correctly

These indicators replace the need to open the serial console for the two most likely failure modes, serial is still needed for full debug, but at least you will have a quick idea of what the problem is. (typically if it was working and then stoped out of the blue no wifi indicator means bad board, no SD means bad sd card. This can obviously mean other things too, those are just the worst case ones.)

How to Help

If you try the experimental branch, please report your experience. Whether something broke or worked better than expected, I’d like to hear about it.

Thanks for helping shape future versions of the project.