Virtual Front Panel

Nov 2023

Introduction

The RX1 has what is called a 'Virtual Front Panel'. This is a text based representation of the physical front panel, to allow remote front panel operations.
To invoke the front panel, you need to SSH in to the unit, then you can start the virtual front panel by entering:

frontPanel

This does not require any elvevated access.
Here is an example of what the virtual frontPanel looks like:

┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┐ │
│ MK │W│ ┌──────────────────┐ │
│ └─┘ │ │ │
│ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ │ RX1 │ │
│ │A│ │S│ │D│ │ │ │
│ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ │ │ │
│ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ │ │ │
│ │Z│ │X│ └──────────────────┘ │
│ └─┘ └─┘ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────┐┌──────────────────────┐
│ ? = Help ││ CONTROL + C = Exit │
└────────────┘└──────────────────────┘

There are some items on the RX1 that have to be controlled via the front panel, and cannot be controlled from SSH (or not easily) and an example of one of these functions is time synchronisation.
By pressing 'X' (down) twice we get to the Time Status menu.

┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌─┐ │
│ MK │W│ ┌──────────────────┐ │
│ └─┘ │ │ │
│ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ │ Time status │ │
│ │A│ │S│ │D│ │ │ │
│ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ │ NTP (locked) │ │
│ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ │ │ │
│ │Z│ │X│ └──────────────────┘ │
│ └─┘ └─┘ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────┐┌──────────────────────┐
│ ? = Help ││ CONTROL + C = Exit │
└────────────┘└──────────────────────┘

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