Serial Monitor Additional Commands

These commands are usually used for deeper diagnostics beyond typical use.
For more typical use case commands, see Serial Monitor Commands.

WARNING - While most of these are harmless, some of these are powerful and should only be used if you're familiar with how they work.

scanid

Have the board deactivate all current blades, check the BladeID and pick a BladeConfig [] array based on the new detected BladeID.

id

Show the blade ID.

dacbuf

Print the current contents of the dac buffer.

monitor

Toggle extra debug printouts. Topic is one of: swings, gyro, samples, touch, battery, pwm, clash, temp, strokes, serial, fusion, variation

list_named_style

List all available named styles.

describe_named_style <style>

Show what arguments a style requires.

amp on/off

Turn amplifier on or off.

booster on/off

Turn 5V booster on or off.

make_default_console

Make this connection the default connection (if using something other than Arduino Serial monitor, like a TTL->USB interface)

malloc

Show how much dynamic memory is allocated.

whatison

Shows all the wav players, whether they are currently on or off, and what is loaded into each of them.

BLADES:

SimpleBlade:

blade on/off

Turn simple blade on off.

state

Displays if SimpleBlade is on or off.

The following requires ENABLE_FASTLED defined:

blade on/off

Turn apa102 blade on off.

The following requires ENABLE_WS2811 defined:

blade on/off

Turn ws2811 blade on off.
The following requires ENABLE_DEVELOPER_COMMANDS defined:

state

Displays if WS2811 is on or off

NOTE - The following commands only work if
#define DISABLE_DIAGNOSTIC_COMMANDS in NOT active in the config.h file.

volumes

Prints volumes of sounds currently occupying wav players.

buffered

Prints buffering of sounds currently occupying wav players.

get_ble_config

Show BLE PIN

top

Prints statistics about how often things are running and how much cpu they are using. If something is slow, start by running this command a few times and see if something sticks out at you.

*NOTE* - The following commands only work if `#define ENABLE_DEVELOPER_COMMANDS` _IS_ active in the config.h file.

say ARG

Test error messages. See following ARGs list:
- bfd "Error in font directory"
- bof "Font directory not found"
- ftl "Font directory too long"
- sd "SD card not found"
- bb "Error in blade array"
- bp "Error in preset array"
- lb "Low battery"

talkie

Play talkie from hex string. rate = 25.

talkie_slow

rate = 25

talkie12

rate = 12

talkie15

rate = 15