PiLab-Panel

Diagnostics

v6.15 reduced normal serial monitor noise while keeping the logs that matter for operation and troubleshooting.

Normal logs that should remain visible

The normal monitor output should include:

• boot progress
• storage mount result
• LCD/LVGL initialization
• AngelScript compile success/failure summaries
• HMI reload summaries
• Wi-Fi and HTTP server startup
• warning/error logs
• periodic health summaries
• memory steady baseline and memory warnings

Deep diagnostics

The most repetitive diagnostics are controlled by flags in:

main/hmi/hmi_diag_log.h

Important flags include:

HMI_LOG_MEMORY_CHECKPOINTS
HMI_LOG_SCRIPT_RUNTIME_DETAIL
HMI_LOG_SCRIPT_LIFETIME_OK
HMI_LOG_SCRIPT_MODULE_DISCARD
HMI_LOG_SCRIPT_MEMORY_RECOVERY
HMI_LOG_BACKLIGHT_DETAIL
HMI_LOG_HTTP_TIMING

Set a flag to 1 when investigating a specific issue. Keep them at 0 for normal operation.

Health summary

The periodic health summary is intentionally kept because it gives a compact view of system state.

Example healthy idle pattern:

health: uptime=... state=READY widgets=13 tags=9 ui_last=... tasks=... internal=... psram=... script={state=ok valid=1 gen=... modules=1 engines=1 event_task=1 worker=1 compile_task=0}

Important fields:

• state=READY means the runtime is not compiling or rebuilding.
• widgets=<n> should match the active page widget count.
• internal=<bytes> gives free internal RAM.
• psram=<bytes> gives free PSRAM.
• modules=1 engines=1 confirms script runtime lifetime is stable.
• worker=1 means the persistent compile worker exists.
• compile_task=0 means no compile is currently active.

Expected temporary states

During Compile-to-RAM, it is normal to see:

state=SCRIPT_COMPILING
widgets=0
compile_task=1

During layout reload, it is normal to see:

state=LAYOUT_RELOADING

After the reload settles, it should return to:

state=READY

Compile failure logs

A bad script should generate warnings/errors from AngelScript and a compile failure summary.

That is not automatically a firmware problem. It is only a firmware problem if the panel fails to recover to READY, leaks modules/engines, crashes, or leaves the LCD blank.

HTTP 404 noise

Browsers or operating systems may probe local network services and request URLs that PiLab Panel does not implement. A warning such as /ubus not found can appear when a client probes the device.

This is usually harmless unless it happens continuously or is associated with memory loss, crashes, or HTTP server failure.

When to enable deep diagnostics

Enable detailed logs only when investigating a specific regression:

• display offset or partial render
• stuck black screen
• stuck SCRIPT_COMPILING
• growing modules or engines
• unexplained internal RAM loss
• failed HMI rebuild after compile
• HTTP request timing issue

After fixing the issue, turn the detailed flags back off so normal logs remain readable.

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