If this is the hardware degrading, I don’t imagine there is anything to be done. But I thought there might be a debug mode where I could do an OLED pixel refresh or something.
Is there a fix for this?
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To add a little more detail, the screen is almost unreadable if I turn it on unless I’m in a dark room. Even then, it seems the pixels on the right side have degraded more so it’s very hard to adjust the power as it’s simply not visible what power setting I’m at.
When you leave the display on for a while things become clearer as the pixels become brighter, and it becomes possible to see what power setting you’re at.
Still it’s manageable. I hope the display doesn’t degrade more than this.
To prevent this from happening, I use the OLED OFF mode, basically press the WHITE button once the device is running. Then you can press the RED button to turn the OLED back ON, or just power OFF and restart the device.
But, if the OLED has already grown dim, the only way to fix it is to contact us at support@micro-pulse.com and arrange to have the OLED display replaced. I’ll solder a new one in for you.
If you have one of the original M1 pulse generators from about 6 years ago, it may not have the OLED OFF function, so if you send it back to us for OLED replacement, I will also reprogram it for you. The program is identical, except that it has the added function that the WHITE button can turn off the OLED to preserve OLED brightness and life.
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