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If so, there’s nothing wrong with it so don’t panic!

It’s just sleeping.

There’s a “feature” (poorly documented) that shuts off the display when there’s no activity.

You’ll need to add an attribute/value pair in the NextionDriver section of the mmdvmini file:

SleepWhenInactive=0

Then reboot your Pi




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FYI - I posted this earlier and didn't think to provide the necessary steps to add the settings to the appropriate location.

1. SSH into your Pi-Star system

2. Issue 'rpi-rw' to switch to read/write mode

3. Change to the /etc directory

4. Make a backup copy of the mmdvmhost file in your home directory - 'sudo cp mmdvmhost ~/mmdvmhost'

5. Edit the mmdvmhost file with nano (or other text editor of choice): 'sudo nano mmdvmhost'

6. Find the [NextionDriver] section

7. Add 'SleepWhenInactive=0'

8. CTRL+X to exit and save changes

9. Reboot your Pi-Star system

10. After rebooting, open your browser and connect to Pi-Star. Then go to Configuration -> Expert -> view the MMDVH host file and make sure that the setting is persistent (will not be removed after rebooting the system)

Enjoy!

Thanks for posting it was very helpfull
Gary
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W4JEW wrote:FYI - I posted this earlier and didn't think to provide the necessary steps to add the settings to the appropriate location.

1. SSH into your Pi-Star system

2. Issue 'rpi-rw' to switch to read/write mode

3. Change to the /etc directory

4. Make a backup copy of the mmdvmhost file in your home directory - 'sudo cp mmdvmhost ~/mmdvmhost'

5. Edit the mmdvmhost file with nano (or other text editor of choice): 'sudo nano mmdvmhost'

6. Find the [NextionDriver] section

7. Add 'SleepWhenInactive=0'

8. CTRL+X to exit and save changes

9. Reboot your Pi-Star system

10. After rebooting, open your browser and connect to Pi-Star. Then go to Configuration -> Expert -> view the MMDVH host file and make sure that the setting is persistent (will not be removed after rebooting the system)

Enjoy!

Good instructions, thanks for all the detail.

I still find my display has stopped each morning. Do you have any ideas?

Mine started shutting off every night since last Thursday. The Screen says "stopped" "nextion helper". I have to reboot to get it back. Then it is good all day. When I get up the next morning, it is back to stopped.

HELP!