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IronOS Settings Menu
The below breaks down the menu's and what each setting means.
Menu Categories
In the menu there are a few main categories that are used to keep the list manageable.
Category: Power settings
Menu for settings related to power. Main settings to do with the input voltage.
Category: Soldering settings
Setttings for soldering mode, such as tip temperature, boost temps, sleep temps.
Category: Sleep mode
Settings to do with power saving, such as sleep mode and shutdown modes.
Category: User interface
User interface related settings, such as Units.
Category: Advanced settings
Advanced settings. Misc catchall for settings that dont fit anywhere else or settings that require some thought before use.
Settings
These are all off the settings possible in the menu. Not all settings are visible for all devices. For example, the TS100 does not have USB-PD settings.
When using the device, if unsure you can pause (press nothing) on a setting and after a short delay help text will scroll across the screen. This is the "on device help text".
Setting: Power source
When device is powered by a battery, adjusts the low voltage threshold for when the unit turns off the heater to protect the battery.
On device help text:
Power source. Sets cutoff voltage. (DC 10V) (S 3.3V per cell, disable power limit)
Setting: Sleep temp
Temperature the device will drop down to while asleep. Typically around halfway between off and soldering temperature.
On device help text:
Tip temperature while in "sleep mode"
Setting: Sleep timeout
How long after inactivity the device drops down to the sleep temperature.
On device help text:
Interval before "sleep mode" kicks in (S=seconds | M=minutes)
Setting: Shutdown timeout
How long after the unit enters sleep mode before it turns off the heater and exists soldering mode.
On device help text:
Interval before the iron shuts down (M=minutes)
Setting: Motion sensitivity
Scale of how sensitive the device is to movement. Higher numbers == more sensitive. 0 == motion detection turned off.
On device help text:
0=off | 1=least sensitive | ... | 9=most sensitive
Setting: Temperature unit
If the device shows temperatures in C or F
On device help text:
C=Celsius | F=Fahrenheit
Setting: Detailed idle screen
Should the device show an 'advanced' view on the idle screen. Advanced view uses text to show more details than the typical icons.
On device help text:
Display detailed information in a smaller font on the idle screen
Setting: Display orientation
If the display should rotate automatically or if it should be fixed into Left or Right handed mode.
On device help text:
R=right-handed | L=left-handed | A=automatic
Setting: Boost temp
When the unit is in soldering mode. You can hold down the button at the front of the device to temporarily override the soldering temperature to this value. This SETS the temperature, it does not ADD to it.
On device help text:
Temperature used in "boost mode"
Setting: Heat on power up
When the device powers up, should it enter into a special mode. These settings set it to either start into: Soldering mode, sleeping mode, Auto mode (Enters into soldering mode on first movement).
On device help text:
O=off | S=soldering temp | Z=standby at sleep temp until moved | R=standby without heating until moved
Setting: Cooldown blink
If the idle screen should blink the tip temperature for attention when the device tip is over 50C. Intended as a 'tip is hot' warning.
On device help text:
Flash the temperature reading after heating was halted while the tip is still hot
Setting: Calibrate temperature?
Used to calibrate the ADC+Op-amp offsets for the tip. This calibration must be performed when the tip temperature and the handle temperature are equal. Generally not required unless your device is reading more than 5C off target.
On device help text:
Start tip temperature offset calibration
Setting: Factory reset?
Resets all settings and calibrations to factory defaults. Does NOT erase custom user bootup logo's
On device help text:
Reset settings to default
Setting: Calibrate input voltage?
Enters an adjustment mode where you can gradually adjust the measured voltage to compensate for any unit-to-unit variance in the voltage sense resistors
On device help text:
Start VIN calibration (long press to exit)
Setting: Detailed solder screen
Should the device show an 'advanced' soldering view. This is a text based view that shows more information at the cost of no nice graphics.
On device help text:
Display detailed information in a smaller font on soldering screen
Setting: Scrolling speed
How fast the description text scrolls when hovering on a menu. Faster speeds may induce tearing but allow reading the whole description faster.
On device help text:
Speed info text scrolls past at (S=slow | F=fast)
Setting: QC voltage
This adjusts the maximum voltage the QC negotiation will adjust to. Does NOT affect USB-PD. Should be set safely based on the current rating of your power supply.
On device help text:
Max QC voltage the iron should negotiate for
Setting: PD timeout
How long until firmware stops trying to negotiate for USB-PD and tries QC instead. Longer times may help dodgy/old PD adapters, faster times move onto PD quickly. Units of 100ms. Reccomended to keep small.
On device help text:
PD negotiation timeout in 100ms steps for compatibility with some QC chargers
Setting: Power limit
Allows setting a custom Wattage for the iron to aim to keep the AVERAGE power below. The Iron cant control its peak power no matter how you set this. (Except for MHP30 which will regulate nicely to this). If USB-PD is in use, the limit will be set to the lower of this and the supplies advertised wattage.
On device help text:
Maximum power the iron can use (W=watt)
Setting: Reverse + - keys
Swaps which button increments and decrements the temperature on temperature change screens.
On device help text:
Reverse assignment of buttons for temperature adjustment
Setting: Temp change short
How much the temperature is increased with a quick press of the buttons.
On device help text:
Temperature-change-increment on short button press
Setting: Temp change long
How much the temperature is increased with a long hold of the buttons.
On device help text:
Temperature-change-increment on long button press
Setting: Power pulse
Enables and sets the wattage of the power pulse. Power pulse causes the iron to briefly turn on the heater to draw power to avoid power banks going to sleep.
On device help text:
Intensity of power of keep-awake-pulse (watt)
Setting: Hall sensor sensitivity
If unit has a hall effect (Pinecil), how sensitive it is at detecting a magnet to put the iron into sleep mode.
On device help text:
Sensitivity of the Hall effect sensor to detect sleep (O=off | L=low | M=medium | H=high)
Setting: Allow locking buttons
If the locking mode for the buttons is enabled. Allows locking the buttons from accidental presses.
On device help text:
While soldering, hold down both buttons to toggle locking them (D=disable | B=boost mode only | F=full locking)
Setting: Minimum voltage
When powered by a battery, sets the minimum voltage per cell that is allowed. This is multiplied by the cell count.
On device help text:
Minimum allowed voltage per cell (3S: 3 - 3.7V | 4-6S: 2.4 - 3.7V)
Setting: Anim. loop
Should the menu animations loop.
On device help text:
Loop icon animations in main menu
Setting: Anim. speed
How fast should the menu animations loop.
On device help text:
Pace of icon animations in menu (O=off | S=slow | M=medium | F=fast)
Setting: Power pulse delay
How long of a time interval between power pulses.
On device help text:
Delay before keep-awake-pulse is triggered (x 2.5s)
Setting: Power pulse duration
How long should the power pulse go for.
On device help text:
Keep-awake-pulse duration (x 250ms)
Setting: Language: EN English
Changes the device language on multi-lingual builds
On device help text:
Current firmware language
Setting: Screen contrast
Display brightness. Higher values age the OLED faster but are brighter.
On device help text:
Adjust the brightness of the OLED screen
Setting: Invert screen
Inverts the entire OLED.
On device help text:
Invert the colours of the OLED screen