Keep the LCD-Display always "ON"

[mito1]

Hi there,
is it possible to keep the LCD-Display of a ReadyNAS Ultra always "ON"? My NAS is in a server rack with a glas door and so I have to open the door every time and push the blue button to switch the display on. I found already this http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/hardware/my_readynas_nv_lcd_keeps_turning_off :?

[mdgm-ntgr]

No. You can also see what's shown on the LCD in RAIDar (http://www.readynas.com/downloads). I would suggest using this.

[IcyK]

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[chirpa]

It is possible to keep it on all the time. But this would also reduce the life of the screen, and cause 'burn in'.

I can show you how if still interested.

[mito1]

So please tell me 🙂 Maybe via PM.

[IcyK]

Why via PM? Someone else (me, for instance) might learn from it too 😄

[chirpa]

You can turn the backlight on with this command:

# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/rn_lcd/rn_lcd0/lcd_backlight

/frontview/bin/monitor_enclosure daemon (monitors system temps/etc) will turn it back off after ~one minute.
In that case, you could watch its status in a loop and turn it back on.

#!/bin/bash
while (true); do
  echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/rn_lcd/rn_lcd0/lcd_backlight
  sleep 1
done

[mito1]

IcyK wrote:
Why via PM? Someone else (me, for instance) might learn from it too 😄

Because of damaging the display 🙂