aiov2_ctl — switch the AIO v2's GPS, LoRa, SDR and USB rails
HackerGadgets' MIT-licensed CLI and tray tool toggles the AIO v2's GPIO-controlled power rails (GPS, LoRa, SDR, USB) so idle radios stop draining the battery.
What it takes
- Software only
- Purchase required
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
The v2 board brings each module's enable line out to a GPIO, unlike the always-on v1, and aiov2_ctl is the official client for them: sudo apt install python3 python3-pyqt6 git, clone the repo and sudo python3 ./aiov2_ctl.py --install, then aiov2_ctl --status, aiov2_ctl GPS on, aiov2_ctl LORA off, --gui for the tray app, --power for a power readout and --autostart to restore your choices at boot. It expects Bookworm or Trixie with pinctrl present and Python 3.9 or newer; there are no packaged releases, you run it from the clone.
davefrommars rewrote it for Kali, where the original would not run, adding CPU, RAM and temperature readouts, per-module autostart and restart buttons for Rex's services (PyGPSClient, Meshtastic UI, SDR++, tar1090); as of spring 2026 it was unreleased and tested only on Kali, and the thread notes v1 boards have nothing to switch. bryank7bat's status app wraps the same toggles into a GTK dashboard.
Links
Open at GitHub — aiov2_ctlRelated mods
Run a Meshtastic node on the console itself: meshtasticd drives the AIO's SX1262 over SPI, with the graphical MUI, the web UI or the Contact TUI client on top.
The AIO's PCF85063A keeps time off-grid once the right overlay is in config.txt — and on a CM5 the built-in fake RTC has to be switched off first.
bryank7bat's GTK3 dashboard for Trixie: battery, temperature, storage, gpsd fix, Wi-Fi state, AIO v2 GPS/SDR/LoRa toggles and service restarts in one window.
On Rex's images a single apt install gives you SDR++ for the AIO's RTL-SDR or a USB dongle; his AIO package adds the sdrpp-brown fork.
Two receivers, two recipes: the 4G card's GNSS via AT+CGPS on /dev/ttyUSB3, or the AIO's GPS on the serial port (/dev/ttyS0 CM4, /dev/ttyAMA0 CM5) at 9600 baud.
Rex's AIO package ships readsb and the tar1090 map as a disabled service with a menu launcher; Intercept or a hand-built dump1090 are the alternatives.