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dkulp Daniel Kulp
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Enhancements

  • Selecting hash in ChangeLog will now prompt to revert to that version or view the changes on GitHub
  • About page can now download the fppos update files directly
  • Support for new capes (new RTC clock chips, Panel/pixel combination capes, etc...)
  • Add description fields to some of the outputs on the Other page
  • Adds Sensor information to about page

Bug Fixes

  • Fix "Command Failed" message on Reboot/Shutdown
  • Fix UI password not working for various endpoints
  • Fix bugs with string page allowing fractional channels
  • Fix UDP de-duplication not working correctly when configuration pushed from xLights
  • Fix "Force HDMI Display" not forcing the second port on a Pi4

Installation Instructions

If you have a system running 5.x, you can go to the FPP about page (about.php) and click on the "Manual Update" button. At that point, a big green "Upgrade" bar should appear on the main status page. Click on that to start the update process. It may take a long time to upgrade. Likely 5-10 minutes. You will need to reboot after the upgrade is complete to finish the upgrade process.

NOTE: there are no OS level updates in this release. The "FPP OS Build" will remain v5.0.

For users of FPP 4.x or older, it is strongly recommended to do a full "OS Level" upgrade or re-image instead of attempting to upgrade directly from any older FPP version. There are several new features that will not work if an OS level upgrade is not done. There are two ways to do so:

  • Re-image - you can backup your 4.x configuration, create a new image, and restore the configuration.
  • In-place upgrade - this is new and requires you to have FPP 3.6.2 (or 4.0-alpha2) or newer already running on the device. Download the appropriate "fppos" file to your computer. Make sure the file extension is still fppos (some browsers will rename it). Upload it to the "File Manager" on the FPP instance. Then go to the about page. Under the normal "Manual Upgrade", a new Upgrade OS button should appear. Click it and wait a LONG time. When done, it should reboot into 5.0. At that point, go to the Uploads tab of the FPP File Manager and delete the fppos file. Note: In SOME cases, the reboot will fail due to library replacement. In that case, a power cycle may be required to get it back up and running.

Selecting an image

For Raspberry Pi series including Pi B, Pi B+, Pi 3, Pi 3+, Pi 4 and Pi Zero use this image

  • FPP-v5.2-Pi.img.zip

For Beaglebone Black, Beaglebone Green, PocketBeagle, and Beaglebone Green Gateway use this image

  • FPP-v5.2-BBB.img.zip
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