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Yeah and that is completely understandable, I wouldn't mind the ability to not update the eInk at all, so maybe the option to just upload a background image. I made custom backgrounds, and because of that I have the icons etc separate so I am sure I can make it work, but it could be a nice option also, and then there is no worry about having the updates at all. Also since in theory the backgrounds are static, you could always just disable auto updating and have a refresh button (Just a thought but I guess that makes things a little more complicated for a single use case).

Hey mate, the way I handled it was just to update the image to someting with a gauge scale, an icon (little CPU for instance) and a name, and then leave the value for the actual needle, it takes around 2-3 seconds to update the screen anyhow. For easy to notice alerts, I just update the background LED to a gradient, eg, my base BG is white, and then if it hits a threshold of say 50, it goes yellow, then between 50 and 80 it fades between, yellow, Orange and red. That has been working well for me I have not had a chance to check out the beta yet (I am working with their support to resolve this timeout issue I am having), sorry, but I see @osxdude has, and it looks amazing, just a note, the way the updates seem to work, is the easing sets the max they can move, and how often etc, default is every 50ms but max 2% I think, so if your CPU usages goes from 10-50, and you update every 500ms, it will update max 2% every 50ms until your next input... but you can adjust the easing settings, both the ms between updates, the % amount etc, which can be set in the web UI (kinda) or using the API, if that helps, you can set the max % to 100 (I have) but it gets pretty erratic Edit: Just to add on some of your points. 2, I have 6 gauges (Sorry :D), but for testing I am happy to try 4, I think I will be getting my hub RMA'd soon so I will let you know. 5, I also had issues getting in contact with him, you might find better support from streacom support directly, they have been VERY responsive, and helpful, they seem to understand the product, but they do not seem to have direct control over the software unfortunately. 6, The way their demo and how I have handled it, I just set the needle to 0 and LED to off when closing the app, because otherwise if you shutdown they stay on in some cases, but leaving the lcd as a static image seems perfectly acceptable (Preferred in my case). And just a note, I am not 100% sure on the quality, model etc of their display, but most eink displays can handle 50-100 million updates before they start to fail, and they will more than likely fail in other ways before that, so I wouldn't be too concerned about accidentally updating too frequently etc.

Perfect, I am grateful that it is being worked on at all, it seems like a niche product, hopefully with AIDA support they become more popular!

Hi, sorry to double post, I just wanted to add, it might be worth looking into both direct updating the gauges over serial, as well as the API, I might be the exception (It's hard to know since the community seems rather small atm), but I have had issues where the server freezes up, or times out a lot when you want those gauges working the most, while my SensorPanel and aida64 continues to run perfectly. It could just be something I need to resolve, I have asked them for support but just a heads up :)

This is great news. I managed to get mine to display the main things I want, but have not got the backlights changing based on values etc, so I have it to a point that I am happy to wait as long as it takes! Having it built in natively to will be amazing, not just for me but the future of the dials themselves, their forum seems to be a little lacking and AIDA is probably the most popular SensorPanel app around, so I hope its the boost they need to keep making them, and see the community grow. Side note, absolutely love how they look / compliment the LCD SensorPanel I already have, it's a nice mix of new and old.

Hi there, This is by no means me rushing you , I was just working on a python script to pull data from Afterburner and RTSS to send to my VU1 dials, and I had an issue where it was freezing up and was looking for info when I stumbled upon this post. I actually already use AIDA64 for a screen I have, so if I can use it for my VU1 also (Or alternatively) this will save me loads of headaches and probably be 1000x more polished than any "Temporary" solution I come up with . All of that fluff to say, any updates? Did you receive the VU1 and have you looked into adding support either with or without the server they provide etc? Cheers