# \[APP\]\[Pro\] smpl products - Battery powered e-ink display **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, zigbee, official, tools, homey-pro\ **Created:** [February 23, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932 "2022-02-23T13:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/208 "2023-09-02T10:56:48Z")
Due to space restrictions, it was decided from a design perspective to disregard from showing the icon for boolean and enumeric values in landscape, to make room for more text and in a bigger font size. This why graphics might look different in portrait and landscape. ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/matthias_1/32/78907_2.png) [@Matthias\_1](https://community.homey.app/u/Matthias_1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/209 "2023-09-02T11:54:24Z")
I see that too. it was a good decision to be able to do without the icons and display the text larger or even more text in landscape mode. This behavior should then also be consistently implemented for the portrait format view. I don’t understand why the placeholders are displayed here? Isn’t there a way to fix this with an update? ---
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/210 "2023-09-02T12:08:47Z")
Yes/No. All graphics are stored on the device. It’s the only way to make a battery powered display using low power, but also low bandwidth, wireless protocols like Zigbee. So, to change this, we need to update the firmware. Which is harder than the software (the app). But we are looking in to it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Matthias\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/matthias_1/32/78907_2.png) [@Matthias\_1](https://community.homey.app/u/Matthias_1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/211 "2023-10-23T14:00:39Z")
@Nitramevo time has passed. Have you been able to take a look at it and can you predict when there will be an update? ---
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/213 "2023-10-23T18:55:26Z")
Get hold of support via the web page… ---
**Author:** ![Maurits](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/maurits/32/8884_2.png) [@Maurits](https://community.homey.app/u/Maurits)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/214 "2023-10-24T09:23:23Z")
I have this also sometimes, a lot of patience and retries 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/215 "2023-10-30T13:48:19Z")
**Please be aware that the latest experimental fw v rc2 for HP23 is preventing pairing with smpl mini displays.** **It doesn’t seem to have an effect on already connected displays.** **We have contacted Athom about this.** ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Lansu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eric_lansu/32/29657_2.png) [@Eric\_Lansu](https://community.homey.app/u/Eric_Lansu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/216 "2023-11-07T17:09:26Z")
With the latest update, 2.2.7, pairing with the HP23 10.1.0-rc.2 works again. Thanks for your hard work! ---
**Author:** ![Ranney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@Ranney](https://community.homey.app/u/Ranney)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/217 "2023-11-14T19:31:51Z")
@Nitramevo Just to be sure, is pairing working again? If not, then I will wait with updating my Homey 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/218 "2023-11-14T20:03:35Z")
Yes. All Okay now👍🏻 ---
**Author:** ![Ranney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@Ranney](https://community.homey.app/u/Ranney)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/219 "2023-11-14T20:09:23Z")
Thanks! 1 (3rd) smpl on it’s way. So to be sure ☺💪 ---
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/220 "2023-11-23T11:48:07Z")
> [@Smpl mini display: battery powered e-ink display made for Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/smpl-mini-display-battery-powered-e-ink-display-made-for-homey/55191/255): > > rotating_light SUPPORT UPDATE: PAIRING ISSUE FIX | FIRMWARE HISTORY | KNOWN ISSUES rotating_light We have had some cases where users have been unable to pair the device with both old and new HP models. Neither Athom nor we can reproduce the issue. User-tests have proven the case to be a compatibility issue with certain Homey Pro environments due to radio interference. The users have been able to pair our display with another external Homey Pro or when moving their Homey Pro to another les… ---
**Author:** ![Oskarenator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oskarenator/32/34192_2.png) [@Oskarenator](https://community.homey.app/u/Oskarenator)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/222 "2023-12-18T11:29:58Z")
You don’t agree? The product is produced i Ukraine so i’ts not very weird. ---
**Author:** ![Maurits](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/maurits/32/8884_2.png) [@Maurits](https://community.homey.app/u/Maurits)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/223 "2023-12-18T13:01:57Z")
🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/225 "2024-01-06T12:28:18Z")
> [@Smpl mini display: battery powered e-ink display made for Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/smpl-mini-display-battery-powered-e-ink-display-made-for-homey/55191/265): > > rotating_light SUPPORT UPDATE: NEW UPDATE TOOL AVAILABLE rotating_light I am happy to share, that we have just now finalized our new update solution. This is relevant for users with order numbers \< 2922 (mid September 2023 and older) and who have issues pairing their display to Homey Pro and/or have unstable connectivity (the display often lose connection, showing an exclamation mark in the upper right corner). The new tool will update the display to the most recent firmware version 1.19 … ---
**Author:** ![Mike1233](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mike1233/32/20991_2.png) [@Mike1233](https://community.homey.app/u/Mike1233)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/226 "2024-01-06T13:05:31Z")
> [@RoyWissenburg](#): > > Hi, i was realy suprissed when that showed up to the screen. They already explaned it to me. > > And told them, thats not something they should do as a company. And has nothing to do if iam agree (iam agree) or notwith the text. If this shows up on the display does that mean they can always make the display do whatever they want even though you’ve already paired it with Homey? I did not read the whole topic. ---
**Author:** ![Nitramevo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nitramevo/32/17475_2.png) [@Nitramevo](https://community.homey.app/u/Nitramevo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/227 "2024-01-06T14:08:11Z")
Hi @Mike1233 The message on the screen is a so-called hidden easter-egg in the firmware, which we have put there as a tribute to our Ukrainian team. Our development team was placed in the eastern town Kharkiv on the 24th of February 2022 when the Russians started the invasion. They had to abandon the offices and flee 1,000 km with their families across the country to re-establish at the manufacturing site in the western town Ivano-Frankivsk, close to the Polish border. Our test set-up was destroyed, but that was nothing compared to the lost homes and family members. The easter-egg can only be activated if you click 5 times on the back-button. It will disappear after a short while just like the other information screens, which is described in our online manual: [Device manual - The smpl mini display](https://smplproducts.com/device-manual/) under ‘SET-UP / The service screen’. This hidden feature is not mentioned anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mike1233](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mike1233/32/20991_2.png) [@Mike1233](https://community.homey.app/u/Mike1233)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/228 "2024-01-06T14:17:20Z")
@Nitramevo Thank you for the explanation. Only I personally think that personal or political expressions do not belong on equipment sold to others and displayed as Easter egg. Although I do understand why you did it. 👍🏻 ---
**Author:** ![johan\_W](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johan_w/32/17556_2.png) [@johan\_W](https://community.homey.app/u/johan_W)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/229 "2024-01-07T09:49:25Z")
The Update tool is working very good. the only thing to think on is open on a decend way the case and to press and hold the button with your finger and watch your screen for the 6 steps to make. Compliment for that. The first time where the steps much and more complex, when I test that. If you have some trouble with the connecting zigbee and you have a old version see above, you can update. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Verwaal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/leo_verwaal/32/56320_2.png) [@Leo\_Verwaal](https://community.homey.app/u/Leo_Verwaal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932/230 "2024-01-07T11:35:14Z")
Updated 2 displays and removed 4 Aqura Powerplugs EU from the network. And now it is connecting in seconds instead of struggling 1 or 2 days to get the displays connected ! Big improvement. Thanks for the update tool. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932.md?page=10) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smpl-products-battery-powered-e-ink-display/60932.md?page=12)