I keep getting stuck in what I believe is the "console" screen (attached) when I use the up-down arrow to exit the web display. I can return to the web display with the "web" button (bottom row) but I cannot see how to get to the Rasp Pi desktop, and more importantly, to the Pi app menu. With the keyboard I can click the "Win" button and get the menu. On the road with no keyboard I must turn off the radio and turn it on again. A fuller explanation of what's on that console screen and why would be good. I did not find it on sbitx.net or groups.io.

Bruce,
The thing is simple. The screenshot you make is missing the bottom of the image, so you can't implement it.
There is a 'dash' character in the lower right corner. Click on you can step out so that SBITX will continue to work.
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Gyula HA3HZ

Hi Bruce,

From your screenshot, it looks like you are running more than the standard RPi monitor.? The screen should look like Gyula's screenshot.? If you use a different resolution monitor than the original 800x480 DSI, you get scaling issues with the gtk based "console" screen.? ?

Can you provide us with your setup?? Did you supply your own screen or purchase the complete kit from HFSignals?

If you want to wait, Ashhar Farhan is working on removing the gtk based screen, as it does not have all the functionality being implemented.? In the future, only the HTML-based screen will be supported.? An expected date is not yet published.? I would recommend this option, as the others will take modification of the code that Ashhar is changing and will get lost in the update.

If you want to play with the code, fill us in on your screen choices, as that information is needed to suggest code changes.

My example is an original 480x800 DSI screen on my DE with an external HDMI-connected monitor.? To make that work, I modified the sbitx_gtk.c code.? I attached a zip file with the changes.??

The original code:

There are more details on how to set up the screens that would depend on what you have.

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Evan
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Thank you David. I last updated the sBitx software on 28 June (2023). At the bottom right of my window is a button with REC off/on. Should I update PiOS? I do that often with my Pi station computer but I wonder what I might break in the sBitX code. I don't understand it like I do the other Pi apps.

Okay, if I don't have the external display connected, the dash does appear and does take me to the Pi screen. I was testing what other Pi apps I could run with sBitX running and other apps are hard to read on the 7-inch display. Thanks for showing this to me. I had not found it documented anywhere.

Thanks, Evan. Sure is a responsive group! With no external display I find the WEB and - (minus) buttons and that does it. I will look forward to Ashhar's rewrite but it's quite usable as is. I had not seen any documentation about those button. The Web button was pretty intuitive. The - (minus) button not so much. In any case I've got it now so issue closed.

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The escape key works if you use a keyboard!

Bruce,
don't be satisfied that you now know how to exit Sbitx to access the RPi menu.
Evan wrote a solution for what doesn't work well for you.
Unpack this file, then rename the current file with the File Manager to the .OLD extension.
Then copy the extracted file. That won't work yet.
Only if you integrate it into Sbitx in the terminal program.
Type: cd sbitx <enter> ./build sbitx <enter> sudo reboot <enter>
(Note: dot slash build sbitx)

It restarts and the screen size of the Sbitx already fits into the hdmi screen.
If you did something wrong, you can go back to the previous version.
Delete the file, then rename the .OLD file to without old and include it in sbitx.
I hope I didn't miss anything and you will be able to use it.
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Gyula HA3HZ
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Gyula HA3HZ

I ran into this issue and I am thankful for the workaround.

I am trying to keep using the text-based UI (TUI) since I find the GUI one lags too much.

I am also seeing that the operating manual (link below) still describes the TUI not the GUI.

-- Regards, Dave, N1AI