Sensor Panels

The asterctl tool is started in sensor panel mode if the --config command line option is specified.

Sensor panels are dynamic screens showing various sensor values. Multiple rotating panels are supported. The sensor values must be provided in simple key-value text files from external scripts or tools. The asterctl tool is only responsible for rendering the panels on the embedded screen.

Example panels from the AOOSTAR-X software, rendered with asterctl using dummy sensor values:

See custom sensor panels for including custom panels.

Supported Features

• One or multiple panels rotating in configurable interval (configuration value setup.switchTime).
• Each panel can be configured with multiple sensor fields.
  • Text sensor value fields are supported (sensor.mode: 1), but there are still some text size and positioning issues.
  • Fan (2), progress (3) and pointer (4) sensor modes are being worked on and not all configuration options are working yet.
• Each sensor field can be customized with an individual font, size, color and text alignment.
• Panels are redrawn at a configurable interval (configuration value setup.refresh).
  • Only the updated areas of the image are sent to the display for faster updates.

See Sensor Configuration for more information.