pi-topUtils 1.07

[JonAbbott]

This build includes the following changes to resolve hangs under recent RISC OS 5.27 beta builds:

• The HID and Keyboard drivers now use BufferManager to read USB data
• Screen dimmer now runs under RTSupport so it can yield when SPI data is delayed
• Added additional pause loops to reduce the likelihood of the pi-top hub getting into an indeterminate state

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pi-top Utilities provides a battery level indicator, screen dimming, auto shutdown, pi-top speaker control and pi-top keyboard support.

The battery icon indicates the percentage of charge and powered status:



Hover the mouse over the icon for time information:



It also includes HID and USB keyboard drivers, which add the following features:

• Volume controls adjust pi-top speakers, or the RISC OS volume if none are available
• Brightness controls work
• left pi-top+SHIFT+| is |
• left pi-top+Left Arrow is Home
• left pi-top+Right Arrow is End/Copy
• left pi-top+Up Arrow is Page Up
• left pi-top+Down Arrow is Page Down
• left pi-top+DEL is Pause/Break
• right pi-top is the middle mouse button
• P-key / F-key behaviour is swapped by default, removing the requirement to hold Fn for the function keys (set in !Run)
• Dims the screen when there's no keyboard/mouse activity (timeout is set in !Run)
• Powers down the screen when the DPMS screen saver blanks the screen
• Powers down if left on the Wimp shutdown screen (4 sec by default, timeout can be set or disabled in !Run), pressing a key or the Restart button cancels the power down
• Can set the brightness to a default level when loaded (set in !Run)

By default the P-keys and F-keys are swapped, the behaviour can be toggled by pressing the key next to DEL (this may be removed once finalized).

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Configuring a pi-top for gaming

If you're going to be using your pi-top for gaming, you'll also want to create a custom 50hz video mode so games such as Pac-mania have silky smooth scrolling.

Edit !Boot.Loader.CONFIG/TXT and add the following, remembering to comment out any previous video mode settings:

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# Custom 1360x768 50Hz
hdmi_cvt=1360 768 50 3 0 0 0
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87

[bigpopsjohn]

im pretty much a noob to risc, being a commodore kid, bit i had some basic usage at school but thats was 30 years ago. so as an old dog trying to learn new tricks, could you explain exactly what i do with the pi-top utilities plipfile (?). also, do i need the pispk programme to get the pi-top v1 speakers to work?

[JonAbbott]

Either manually run it by double-clicking, or add it to the boot sequence by right clicking on the Raspberry logo, selecting Configure, then open Boot and drag-drag it into the Run tasks section.

[bigpopsjohn]

so i can put the util file anywhere within the filing system?

[JonAbbott]

You can put it anywhere