This a list of some of the most typical commands you can use in the Serial Monitor.
For more diagnostic/developer based commands, see Serial Monitor Additional Commands.
The console can be opened in Arduino by choosing menu Tools>Serial Monitor.
Type the command in the top box and hit return, or click the "Send" button on the right side.
Note - Commands listed under the Diagnostic Commands section below only work if
#define DISABLE_DIAGNOSTIC_COMMANDS in NOT active in the config.h file.

version

Prints which ProffieOS version is running.

reset

Reboots the Proffieboard.

RebootDFU

Reboots the Proffieboard as STM32BOOTLOADER device.

get_volume

Displays the current volume.

set_volume xxxx

Sets the current volume of the board. Overrides the value uploaded in your config.h file.

n

Go to next preset.

p

Go to the previous preset.

on

Turn the saber on.

off

Turn the saber off.

clash

Trigger a clash

force

Trigger a force push effect.

blast

Trigger a blast effect.

stab

Trigger a stab effect.

lock

Begin/end lockup mode.

lblock/lb

Begin/end lightning block.

drag

Begin/end drag.

melt

Begin/end melt.

ccmode

Enter/exit color change mode.

cd

Use the specified font directory. Full path needs to be provided.

pwd

Shows what font directory is currently active.

dir

Show the contents of a directory on the SD card. Full path needs to be provided.

play

Plays a particular file.

play_track

Like "play", but uses the track player to play it, which means that you can stop the track with "stop_track".

stop_track

Stops the currently playing track, if any.

scanid

Have the board deactivate all current blades, check the BladeID and pick a BladeConfig [] array based on the new detected BladeID.

pow / aux / aux2 (or any button name)

These commands can be used to send button events from the Serial Monitor. See Button Commands for more information.

blink N

Blink Status LED N times (Proffieboard V3 only)

Editing Presets in Place (writes to presets.ini)

rotate

Rotating is an alternative to saving the current preset. It puts the last preset first and saves presets.ini/tmp.

list_presets

Prints currently programmed presets.

set_font FONTNAME

Set current font.

set_track (full path to)TRACK

Sets current track.

set_name NAME

Set current preset name.

set_style

Set current style.

Diagnostic Commands

beep

Plays a few beeps, great for testing if your speaker is working.

dir

List contents of current font directory.

effects

List all found effect sounds in font search path.

sdtest

Tests the speed of the sd card. From ProffieOS 3.x and forward, this will read all the files in the current font, then present an average speed and a histogram of how long it took to read each block and open each file.

sdtest all

Like the "sdtest" command, but reads every file on the SD card, this can take a while.