PiPower 5 no OLED or fan/light control

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Hi,

I have installed the PiPower 5 in the Pironmax 5 case, with a 16GB Pi 5.
It works, the dashboard works.

What doesn’t work is the OLED, the light controls, and the fan controls. The dashboard doesn’t provide a way to control the OLED, fans, or lights, resulting in the fans running constantly, the lights always on, and the OLED always off.

I have attached the results of i2cdetect -y 1. There is nothing else installed other than the PiPower 5. I2C device 0x3c is the OLED, so I don’t suspect a conflict, but I could be wrong.

I want to use the PiPower 5, but if that means losing control over my lights and fans, then I’ll have to return it. I don’t really care if the OLED functions or not, so if unplugging that is the fix, I’m OK with it.

My main need is the ability to control the lights and the fans.

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Hi Jim, thanks for your patience. We have previously confirmed this issue. It is caused by the old version of the PiPower software incorrectly identifying the Pironman 5 Max device in some cases, which leads to malfunctions of the OLED display, RGB LEDs, and fan.

We have now released an updated version of the PiPower 5 software. We recommend that you uninstall the old version and then install the latest version.

cd ~/pipower5
sudo python3 install.py --uninstall
curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sunfounder/sunfounder-installer-scripts/main/pironman5/install.sh" -o install.sh
sudo bash install.sh --pipower5
rm install.sh

After the installation is complete, the following features on your Pironman 5 Max should return to normal operation:

OLED display

RGB lighting effects

Fan control

Please note that this version is still under continuous improvement, and there may still be some compatibility issues in certain environments. If you encounter any further abnormalities, please feel free to report them to us. We will do our best to fix and update the software as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

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That fixed everything, thank you!

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If you need any further assistance, please let me know.

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