HUD

The HUD or Heads Up Displays for short allow you to view and edit certain bits of information.

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Threads HUD

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Orb has background daemon threads to perform various tasks. These can be seen and controlled in the Threads HUD.

H

The H represents the HTLC thread, which streams HTLC data from the node and displays it by animating channels.

C

The C represents the Channels thread, which streams data about channels (e.g when channels are added, or removed) and animates the channels accordingly.

F

The F represents the automated Fee setting app (available from the App Store).

R

The R represents the automated Rebalancing app (available from the App Store).

A

The A represents the Automated rebalancing thread (spawned during auto-rebalancing).

U

The U stands for Update Max HTLC.

P

The P stands for Payment threads (spawned during payments).

L

The L stands for the LNURL invoice generator.

Note

Clicking on the letters in the Threads HUD terminates those threads.

BTC Price HUD

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This HUD displays Bitcoin’s monthly PA chart, as well as its current price in USD.

Mempool

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This HUD displays estimates for slow, medium and fast mempool transactions. Please note this data is pulled from mempool.space.

Fee Report

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This HUD displays the fees earned from routing on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

Global Ratio

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The global ratio is the total local balance / capacity.

Pan Zoom / Gestures

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Toggles between gestures, and pan / zoom. Please refer to the gestures documentation to find out more about rebalancing with swipes.

Balances

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This HUD displays the various balances. This can include, Chain Balances (confirmed and unconfirmed), Local / Remote Balances, Pending Open / Close Balances, Unsettled (In-Flight) Balances etc.

Connection Status

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This HUD simply displays whether a connection to the internet is available or not.

Graphics Info

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This HUD displays Dots Per Pixel and Pixel Density information. This can be useful for debugging layout issues that arise on specific devices.