Turning off (all) Lights via OS 6.x

[CharlesR]

I'm wondering if I can disable the lights on the RN204? Via SSH would be fine and I realize I might have to re-edit the code after a firmware update...

[cpu8088]

if u have no need to see the status then use some black plastic tapes to cover up the display and buttons

[StephenB]

There's a tip in an old thread that might help:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/rn102-blinking-power-led-no-frontview/td-p/8457...

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@jschrijver wrote:
Took some time to find it...

I can control the power led like this:
/sys/devices/platform/leds-gpio/leds/power# echo 1 > brightness
to turn it on.
echo 0 turns it off 

This likely won't survive a reboot.

[CharlesR]

I already have lightdims.com and would still still prefer to quiet them...

[mdgm-ntgr]

I think the lights can only be set to be on/off and nothing in-between.

[CharlesR]

Sorry, I meant off...

[StephenB]

Then you could try the tip I found  - going in with ssh and entering

cd /sys/devices/platform/leds-gpio/leds/power

echo 0 > brightness

[CharlesR]

I found the correct directories to be a little different...

root@RN204_5000:/sys/devices/platform/leds/leds# ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 15 16:10 act
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 15 16:10 backup
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 15 16:10 pwr
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 15 16:10 sata1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 15 16:10 sata2
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 15 16:10 sata3
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 15 16:10 sata4

Killing the power led worked... haven't tried the rest or if it survives a reboot. However the sata max_brightness files appear to be locked (open?) as even changing permissions I can't override them (as root).

[CharlesR]

Power led off doesn't survive a reboot... I guess it's overwritten during. Perhaps a cron job or whatnot to auto run at boot...